Alan Holmes

Although he began his musical career in the late 1960s in childhood beat group the Insects, he first came to prominence in the Zuggs (in 1979), followed by A Silly Tree, the latter including Gary Stubbs, later of Cut Tunes with whom Holmes also served.

Holmes was responsible for the cult psychedelic band the Pinecones and by the mid-1980s he was a key member of Reinheitsgebot, Third Spain and the Lungs.

Holmes' career came into its own as bass-player with the late-1980s Welsh language punk group Fflaps, who released two LPs for the Liverpool Probe Plus label and a third for the Central Slate label, in addition to touring Europe extensively between 1988 and 1992.

After his bass amplifier blew up on stage, he moved to guitar and the group morphed into the more psychedelic/experimental Ectogram in 1993.

He continues to work with his own groups Parking Non-Stop and Spectralate in addition to making solo recordings as 'The Groceries'.