In recent years Rick has played numerous bands covering a wide musical spectrum. His CV includes The 7 Teez, Journey 2 Toto and he is the bass player with one of the UK's most popular Country Music acts, ARIZONA STORM.
A versatile session player he has depped for DARKSIDE, 5LIVE, GUNRUNNER and 5CATFISH.
Rick is also a much respected bass guitar tutor.
Gear:
Peavey Cirrus 4 and 5 string basses, Fender and Dean Bass Guitars
Amplification: Gallien Krueger Backline 112BL and 115BL
Official web site www.rickhampton.co.uk
John Turner
John started singing at school with the choir which all his mates thought
was a bit sad... So he thought he'd better join a band. That band was
called Amethyst, a progressive rock band which lasted a couple of
years. John then got involved with a few function bands but that was not
his thing, the money was nice though. In the early 90's John started
looking for another rock band and answered a advert for a band that
would become his life for the next 8 years, that band was Tranzam and
it was everything he was looking for, not just great musicians but
really good friends as well. At the end of the 90's John took a break
from music to concentrate on his other passion, custom motorcycles and
started his business Heartland Choppers. In 2008 he joined the band
Jaded, a rock covers band and then had a hard working stint with Devoted to Rock.
Unfortunately it seemed that nothing was going to
compare with those happy Tranzam years, so when Rick rang him
to say there was an opening John jumped at the chance. John is now back at
home with the band that he loves with an old friend and 3 brand new ones!
Ian White
After gigging nationwide throughout the nineties and noughties with various bands including Tantrum, Flinch, and Deadtime Stories, Ian made his Tranzam debut early 2010. Ian has supported the likes of Magnum, Skin, L.A.Guns and Girlschool to name but a few and has gained a demo award with Guitarist Magazine.
Gear:
'83 B.C.Rich Mockingbird, '91 B.C.Rich Bich, Jackson SL3 Soloist, Marshall JCM800 amplification, Boss GT8 FX unit.
Ross joined Trazam in early 2011 which was a welcome return to live playing after spending the previous year recording an album with the Collective.
After many years playing with the Wolverhampton Youth orchestra and several european tours it was time to move to something with more gain ! Through out the 90s, Ross was the guitarist for many midlands based bands including the indie band Stanley Bagshaw and the punk thrash band Log.
Gear:
Blackstar HT Club 40 + Marshall 1936 cab
ESP Ltd M1000 Deluxe
Jackson DKMGT
Fender Telecaster Deluxe (P90's)
Pedals include Ibanez TS808, Fulltone OCD, Blackstar HT Boost
John is the latest addition to the Tranzam line-up.
Essentially, a rock drummer with a passion for many musical genres. He has played with various alternative/classic rock outfits over the years and more recently with vocalist John Turner.
On joining Tranzam in 2011 John said -
" The quality of the band was immediately evident and so much fun working on what will be for us and the audience, an exciting set for 2012. I feel I'm where I should be"
Weapons of mass percussion -
Mapex Orion Classic 8,10,12,14,16,22
1990 Tama Granstar 10,12,14,16,18,22
Pearl copper piccolo and Mapex Retrosonic walnut snares.
Zildjian K & Sabian HH cymbals.
DW pedals. Evans heads. Pearl Icon rack. Sticks by Pro-mark.
