Roger started playing guitar when he was 14. He was having spanish lessons from a spanish teacher funnily enough. At the age of 17 he started playing in bands as a lead guitarist in a band called The Treatment’. The band lasted for about 5 years. Then 1 day a friend of his needed a bass guitarist. So he sold his lead guitar and joined the group as a bass. He never looked back. He loves playing bass. The band love bug was created, a 4 piece harmony band doing covers, from there he went on to play with another harmony band called ‘China Grove’. He played in several Wolverhampton bands over the years before going to Australia and joined a top band called ‘Copper Soul’ who were based in Cairns, North Queensland. He was with them for 5 years before returning to the UK. When he joined a top comedy band called ‘Hello’ touring all over the UK. Bringing us up to present day he is now with ‘Phoenix Rising’. Loving every minute, influences, The Eagles, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, AC-DC, Journey and many more. He is a very professional musician that brings his own style of bass to the band.
