"This cane," explained Cooperdale, "is a Penang lawyer. An odd name for a walking stick, eh, Lowder? In the city of Penang there is supposed to be one way to settle arguments. That is with the aid of a stick shaped like this. Every man carries his own lawyer. Hence the name: Penang lawyer."

"His wet clothing showed that he had been out in the storm of the night before, and his stick, which was a Penang-lawyer weighted with lead, was just such a weapon as might, by repeated blows, have inflicted the terrible injuries to which the trainer had succumbed."

The band I'm in is called the Penang Lawyers, we have quite diverse musical influences, I'm into anything that's played well without computers, currently Reef, Kula Shaker, Ocean Colour Scene and the Levellers but always seem to go back to my all time favourites The Cult and The Black Crows.

Rick, Martin and Kev seem to be more into seventies rock and blues. Doug spent most of his time in jazz bands but like me is into anything played well.

We decided to be democratic when we formed and each brought about six songs to the set so it's a bit of a strange mix but hopefully something for everyone.

THE PENANG LAWYERS ARE:-

NICK - Lead Vocals And Things That Rattle.

RICK - Lead/Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica And Backing Vocals.

MARTIN - Lead/Rhythm Guitar And Backing Vocals.

KEV - Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals.

DOUG - Drums.