Name: Benjamin Keeston Hales
Sign: Taurus
DOB: 11.2.74
Likes: Football, sports, foreign travel, hardbacks, memory games
Dislikes: Semophore, obstinance, rifles, railways, cologne, tupperware, coal, brass bands, Safeway, trifles, trailways, mysteries, buckets, fish, Cubs, monsters, indolence, music, free-association, wordplay, meningitis, exhaust systems, belts
Favourite meal: Goulash with sour cream
Favourite film: Whistle Down the Wind
Hero: Aphra Behn
Instrument:Guitar and bass
Doctor: Dr Malde
Best piece of advice he's ever been given?:
"Get out of the way"
If Ricky Ross had a fight with Evelyn Glennie, who would win?:
Ricky Ross by sneaking up while she's on the timbales
lbs/sq in?: 254
What book are you reading at the moment?: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Name for son, name for daughter?: Kostya, Lucy
Any pets?: He doesn't really have the time with his hectic lifestyle to feed it
What gifts will he be getting for loved ones this Christmas?:
"I'm really going to try and think this year and get everyone something that they'll really appreciate, not just chocolates or something!"
Has he ever slapped a girl?: Yes, hard
Role in the band: The other one/ the witty one