Well it all started to go wrong for Phil when he scrawled an advert in wax crayon on the back of a shredded wheat and placed it in a local shop window in December 2004. Sadly for Phil that window belonged to his local pet shop and responses to his “musicians wanted” ad, were……….. paw (sorry).

After moving the ad somewhere more suitable Phil was soon contacted by Andy, admittedly it was initially for a quote to re-plaster his back bedroom, but after the confusion had passed it turned out Andy could also play a bit of guitar so 1 became 2.

Phil managed to convince work chums Paul, Neil and Oliver to join his band, apparently on the strength of some frankly damning photographic evidence.

Mark and his multitude of musical talents followed next – rumour has it, that he was also the guy who stole Phil’s lunch money every day for 5 years at secondary school. To this day eye contact between the two of them is kept to a minimum. Mark became Mouldy number 6 but still something was missing.

It was a chance conversation that led Phil to raid the B team of Halifax band Belt of the Celts next. Here he found Stuart languishing amongst the damp towels, crushed beer cans and smell of ralgex, an excitable young man just desperate for a chance. Stuart completed the line-up.

3 months later our first gig was complete. Now a streamlined 6 piece band, The Mouldy Joes have gone on to have many, many memorable nights (not always for the right reasons) . We’ve played in and around Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and as far away as Derby, Retford and Cornwall and if you’ll have us we’ll be more than happy to play for you too. We released our debut CD “Back, Sack & Craic” in October of 2007 with plans for a follow up in the pipeline already.

In November 2009 Stuart bid the Mouldy Joes an emotional farewell and completed a free transfer to take his place in the Belt of the Celts A team. His position behind the kit was filled admirably by the previously unknown Sean.

Sean slotted in to the sizeable void left by Stuart with a bare minimum of fuss and a welcome lack of opinion too.

All of our music is geared towards getting people dancing and moving. We dare you not too. 

ENJOY YOURSELF……………………….. IT’S LATER THAN YOU THINK