The Timebeats

The Timebeats were formed out of the ashes of "Matrix". After we had decided to finish Matrix we were offered the chance to do 2 further gigs. We brought in Bill Terry on second guitar and did the 2 gigs (still called Matrix), one at the St Ivo centre, which we had done annually for the previous 4 years (not once with the same line up!). The gigs were fairly successful and we decided to keep it going as a band (but on a more low key basis than Matrix) this time under the name of The Timebeats.

As we had already made the decision not to chase gigs, the bookings became less regular and we only did them when we really wanted to. This also allowed time for S.w.a.m.p to rehearse and gig occasionally.

Bill continued on rhythm guitar until September 1998, when he decided it wasn't really his type of thing; "...and then there were 3". The line up continued in this form for the next 15 months playing occasional gigs until we decided that New Years Eve 1999 would be the final gig. As it turned out this wasn't the highlight it could have been. Oh well!

Mick, Ken and myself still get on well and we got back together in the Summer of 2000 to play Steve Cook's party (even though it was as a duo as Mick was ill).

In September 2002 the band reformed to play at Stuart's parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary party. This went well and everbody enjoyed playing together again. There were guest spots from both of Mick's boys, Simon (on drums) and Philip (on guitar) as can be seen in the pictures below. Having rehearsed a couple of times to get this event going we decided it would be possible to get the band up and running again and on December 7th 2002 played we played our first proper gig in nearly 3 years. Even so we were able to dig up "Merry Christmas Everbody" without any rehearsal as an extra encore.

The Timebeats lasted until Ken was brought into S.w.a.m.p. following the departure of Bill Terry in 2003.

 
Mick Holloway - Drums/Vocals
Ken Scullard - Bass Guitar
Stuart Pledger - Guitar/Lead Vocals
 
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The pictures below were taken at Steve Cook's garden party in June 1998.
The pictures below were taken at Bill's last gig with the band at the Sea Cadet's Hall in Cambridge on 6th September 1998. The gig was an event put on by a BT department based in Cambridge. Mick video'd the performance.

The Timebeats were booked to play at Steve Cook's 40th Birthday Party on 8th July 2000. Unfortunately, Mick had been suffering from an illness which caused him to be very weak recently and so he pulled out from the gig at the last minute. Ken and myself decided to carry on and do it as a form of "Timebeats - Unplugged". Borrowing a number of percussion instruments we soldiered on with members of the audience providing the beat. We even had guest spots from Steve Cook and Kim Osborne.
The following pictures were taken at Fordham Social Club on December 7th 2002, our first proper gig in 3 years.
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