FULL NAME: Phillip
James Selway.
BIRTH: May 23, 1967.
INSTRUMENT: Drums.
EDUCATION: Abingdon School; studied English and
history at Liverpool Polytechnic.
PREVIOUS JOBS: Drumming in pit bands for touring
musicals; sub-editor; English language teacher.
KEY WORDS: Quiet, bald, well-dressed, sensuous.
FAVE MUSIC: Past influences - The Beat, Joy Division,
The Ruts.
Current faves - Teenage Fanclub, Tricky, Supergrass, Captain Beefheart.
FAVE MOVIES/TV/BOOKS: "Shenandoah", "This
Morning", "Ask The Family", "Becoming A Mon", "Waterland".
LIKES: Being noticed, fish, vodka and tonic.
DISLIKES: Sitting at the back of the stage, in
relative obscurity.
INFLUENCES: Luck, mostly.
OTHER: Often said to be the band's emotional anchor.
So mild-mannered that he is known as 'Mad Dog'. The band claim they wind-up new
engineers and producers by telling them to watch out for Phil's temper. Married
to Kate.
Note: Phil's wife gave birth to a
baby boy early June 1999.
Other band members said:
[Thom] "Can you play a bit
faster?"
[Colin] "He's been attending drum'n'bass nights."
[Ed] "He's the one who least likes the idea of the band as a gang."
[Ed] "He'll not impose his mood upon you like some members of the band."
