MEET THE BAND | completemadness

Rick Kershaw

LEAD SINGER

Rick has been a fan of Madness and the 2Tone bands since they first hit the UK music scene back in 1979. From leaving school in 1985 Rick has pursued a career in entertainment through a number of roles, DJ, Karaoke Host etc. Back in 2009 Rick attended Lincoln Uni studying Theatre and Acting, and has had a few roles on both TV and Films. But his passion has always been music despite not being able to play any instruments. But he did find he had a vocal talent and decided to use that instead. From his first band "The Specialists" and the fifteen years running as the successful solo act "SkaburstUK", Rick has travelled the UK and beyond. Even gracing the stage at the home of Madness the Dublin Castle in Camden.

Rick has now found a new family with the Complete Madness team as frontman, and aspires to carry on the great work of "Keg" and add his own flair to the shows.

MATT GALLOWAY

LEAD GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS

Matt first discovered his love for music from a very young age, having been raised by a family of musicians. Matt is a multi instrumentalist having the ability to play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and vocals. Matt is a professional musician and for many years has played in function bands, cover bands and original bands and has worked with many industry professionals.

Matt is also a full time music lecturer at The Sheffield College and has been lecturing music performance and technology from 2015 to present day. Matt has always had a passion for ska and two tone music and when presented with the opportunity to work with Complete Madness, it was the obvious next step in his music career. As of October 2021 Matt joined Complete Madness full time.

Matt brings his experience, musicianship and professionalism to the band and uses his skillset to deliver the best musical performance to entertain and to fulfil this honourable tribute to the nutty boys.

BOB HUTCHINSON

SAXOPHONIST

Bob joined the band straight from college after completing his diploma in music performance. He first discovered his love for music at a young age where he learned to play the flute through school. When he was 14, He decided flute wasn’t cool and swapped to sax with the help and encouragement of his music teacher.

Since then, he has developed his skills by working with other musicians across various genres and is looking forward to his time on the road with the nutty boys.

COLIN DRUMMOND

KEYBOARDS/BACKING VOCALS

Colin began his music career during the era of New Wave with Liverpool band VHF before moving to Germany to join the pop/rock band Twelve Drummers Drumming. After a few successful and meteoric years they were caused to disband prematurely due to health problems, and so Colin moved back to Liverpool in 1986 where he joined The Merseybeats. He has also played for The Bay City Rollers and was Denny Laine’s (ex Wings & Moody Blues) keyboard player. The artists that Colin has worked with have collectively spent over 1000 weeks on the UK singles charts! Colin loves nothing more than working at home in a custom-made recording studio. But unfortunately he doesn't yet have a recording studio. Or a home.

CHRIS JACKSON

DRUMMER

Chris first played for Complete Madness in 1999. After Chris left the band he went on to play for other bands but, after 25 years without Complete Madness, he ended up missing gigging with them and Chris rejoined in 2023. He is striving to get the band back to their former glory. He's been playing drums for 32 years.

PAUL 'BULLY' BULMER

DANCER

Bully, our very own Chas Smash, is from Sheffield and has been a life-long fan of Madness. Bully wowed the band after demonstrating his Nutty dancing skills as they performed in his hometown of Dinnington on his 50th birthday at the back end of 2019.

Void of any musical talent and any formal dance instruction, Bully has studied Madness' music videos and live performances since aged 10 to bring a visual masterclass of the Nutty Boys. He awaits the call from the BBC for the new series of Strictly Come Madness.

JOHN E TODD

SOUND ENGINEER

John "Toddy" has been working in the Audio-visual industry for 10 years in a range of organisations from educational institutions, corporations and well known artists.

He has gained his experience working on events right up to large-scale festivals both in the UK and internationally.

He joined the band in 2018 and has been keeping Complete Madness on point ever since.