Photograph by Steve Lally.
Howard is from Durham and got his first drum kit in 1970.
His first bands were with friends from school in South Africa then he saw an advert Iain had placed for a laugh in a
chip shop in Johannesburg. He answered the ad and got the job in the second phase of Scarlet O'Hara.
That was 1975.
Since then Howard's played in most of the bands Iains been involved in.
Howard's an avid collector and, at last count, has a collection of 120 snare drums which, surprisingly, he doesn't play all at once!
He also dabbles in handycamcorders so expect a movie at some point.