Bass, vocals

The most eccentric musician since Syd Barrett (who at least had the excuse of being potty), Bob's pounding bass is the driving force behind the Mixers' barnstorming beat (when he remembers to play it).  Bob seldom strays far from the mike - handling lead vocal on his own self-penned pop classics or weaving his slightly weird harmonies behind Ketch or Ken. 

Drums

Possibly the greatest drummer ever to come out of South Shields - well, certainly in the top 500 - Darth has to be the fastest thing on four skins.  Hell, the rest of us can hardly keep up.  Darth is a high-tech wizard, and he can programme his space-age electronic kit to reproduce hundreds of different sounds - including, occasionally, the sound of a drum kit..

Guitar, vocal

 Guitar hero Ketch has been twanging his G string with the Mixers since answering an ad in the Nottingham branch of Selectadisc in 1980.  Hearts melt when the moody, mellifluous and magnificent Ketch steps up to the microphone to take lead vocal, and invites the ladies to turn up his Canon Gas Miser.  Well, they did in 1982, anyway.

Tenor and alto sax

The sultan of the saxophone - Wayne's stage act is a kama sutra of the sax, playing in every conceivable position (including upside down).  Wayne started as the Mixers' drummer, but after buying his first sax from a broken shop in 1981 progressed via a period of pregnant Walrus imitations to the blazing alto and tenor maestro we know today.

Vocal, harp

Objects demolished by Ken's whirling dervish frontman style over the years include beer glasses, light fittings, mike stands, an entire stage and   memorably - a 72 gallon beer barrel.  Ken has turned his hand - very badly - to guitar, slide guitar, harp, vocal, drums and (very, very badly) even fiddle over the years.  Is now not allowed near anything bigger than a harmonica.