ELEVATION
MEET THE BAND
Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Chris Gwilliam
Chris started playing bass in his mid teens and has never stopped. Gigging extensively across South West with some experience playing gigs in Europe. Having a love for rock/blues/indie music he has played in several original bands (Of One Skin, Scooby Does) and numerous covers bands, more recently gigging with andyjwilliams.com to promote his first 2 albums. Outside of music Chris runs a local football team.
Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Darren Addicott
Darren has been singing and playing in bands for 25 years. He was a member of originals Bristol group "Precious Mackenzie" and highlights include supporting Feeder and playing gigs at Sound Republic in Leicester Square. As well as fronting Elevation Darren is one half of popular Bristol duo "One Too Many" with Tim Paul Rice.
Darren also writes and performs his own music on the Bristol acoustic scene.
Drums and Backing Vocals
Colin Davis
Colin has over 20 years experience of playing in bands. He was in “Dead Man's Handle” with Steve, the band's former guitarist, and again with “Doing Time” where he also teamed up with Stuart.
Colin is the backbone of the band with perfect time keeping and a great ear for song selection. He owns both an acoustic and electronic kit, giving him flexibility for any performance.
Lead Guitar
Stuart Creese
Stuart made his band debut at the age of 16 in "Panic Stations". Since then he has honed his skills in bands such as "The After Effect", "Clear Cut" and "Hot Plumz" until 2010 when he joined "Doing Time" where he met Steve (the bands former guitarist) and Colin. When Doing Time finished he joined up with Darren, Steve and Colin to form Elevation. Stuart is just as happy playing bass as well as guitar and his favourite musician is Mark King.
