The Band
Geoff Randall - piano, backing vocals, cello
Geoff began his love affair with music early on in life and at the tender age of five, he discovered the cello. By the age of thirteen he'd already passed his grade 8. As a cellist, he joined the Brighton Youth Orchestra in 1980 which toured Europe and culminated in a sold out performance at "The Royal Albert Hall" in 1987.
At the age of ten, he taught himself the piano and five years later, started teaching himself guitar and it was these skills that led him to playing with several bands in the late 80's and early 90's.
Rich and Geoff's paths crossed in early 2004 and a friendship developed through a love of the same style of music.
Ross Lower - acoustic and electric guitars
A born and bred Brightonian, Ross grew up with the influences of 90's Brit-pop from bands such as Blur and Oasis. Inspired and enthusiastic he first picked up the guitar at the age of 15 progressing to later complete a diploma in modern music.
An acoustic duo with a fellow student soon progressed into a fully fledged band, granting him the chance to make use of his exceptional song writing ability- namely 'Mr Nice Guy' which was released as a single in 2006.
A refined and personalised taste in a wide variety of music, from Sam Cooke to John Mayer has enabled Ross's guitar style to fit in perfectly with the thoughtful lyrics and soulful style of Rich's music
Otto Metaxas - bass guitar
Otto was born in and grew up in the city of Piraeus, Greece. While at school he started learning the acoustic guitar with his school mate as they both wanted to form a band. After the two of them managed to get free classes on a weekly basis for about three months, a third band member was recruited and the local three-piece rock band was formed. Otto found him self playing bass for the band after he realized that bass was his true love. Since then he has focused on teaching himself this instrument. The band was successful and did quite a few gigs for couple of years. Unfortunately the band split up when the band members started moving away.
Otto came to Brighton in 1998 to take a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Brighton University. He joined a couple of local bands and did a few gigs in the Brighton area.
After years of playing and learning his craft in different bands, he met Rich Somers at a recording session. Three years later, the opportunity arose for Otto and Rich to work together with the rest of the Rich Somers band and he very quickly fitted into a great groove.
Otto has been influenced by rock style bands but also funky tunes and acoustic sounds. Inspirations include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dire Straits, Keziah Jones, Queen and also acoustic styles like Jesse Cook, Ottmar Liebert.
Adam McKee - drums
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Adam was introduced to music at a very early age due to the fact his mother performed as a singer/pianist and his father was a drummer in a number of bands. Growing up on a diet of Motown, jazz and rock, and having instant access to his fathers drum kit, Adam was destined to follow a musical path.
After playing in some bands in Wellington, Adam moved to England in the early nineties and began to find his feet in the British music scene. He had played drums in a few bands around the Brighton area before finding the drummers seat very comfortable playing in "The Rich Somers Band" early in 2008.