Tribute Band Feature

PERFECT ALIBI
Perfect Alibi are an 8 piece band based in Southampton.

• Rick Gauntlett - Vocals / Acoustic guitar
• Dave Blake - Electric guitar
• Ricky Hearn - Bass
• Graeme Wallace - Keyboards
• Martin Clegg - Drums
• Mike Blatchford - Sax / Percussion
• Carly Hearn - Backing vocals
• Claire Aikman - Backing vocals

Formed by Dave Blake and Rick Gauntlett in 1990 Perfect Alibi have now been performing together for over sixteen years. The band started out on the pub circuit playing quality rock covers by The Eagles, Neil Young, Genesis, Marillion and Pink Floyd. The music was different enough at the time from the usual pub rock covers and we very quickly built up quite a following around Southampton and surrounding areas. For quite a number of years we averaged 50-80 gigs a year and have had many line-up changes but we have always pushed on with very little time off the road.

Early on we started taking a big PA and lighting set-up around with us in order to put on more of a show which led us gradually into larger music venues and clubs.

Requests from people for more Pink Floyd songs in the set meant that we were soon performing a 45-60 minute set of Pink Floyd along with a set of mixed covers at certain venues.

Around 1998-9 we decided that it would be fun to stage a Pink Floyd tribute show in a local theatre which was a big success and it then became impossible not to carry on as a Pink Floyd tribute. Perfect Alibi currently play around 40 Pink Floyd numbers from all of the eras but primarily from Darkside Of The Moon onwards including solo songs from Gilmour and Water. It is always our intention to perform with a passion capturing the feel and essence of a live Pink Floyd show rather than just trying to recreate note for note the recorded songs. In doing so we are not afraid to change the songs or improvise within them, just like Pink Floyd or Gilmour/Waters have done over many years. The show continues to evolve with sophisticated lighting, lasers, projections and pyrotechnics, always with an intention to make things as visually spectacular as possible.

"Possibly", the most enjoyable Pink Floyd tribute there is!
Perfect Alibi Info:- www.perfect-alibi.net

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