Meadies Musical Marconi

Former drummer with 90’s super group The Seahorses, Andy Watts has been an active musician since his face and drumming style became familiar to many on the covers of the weekly music papers and TV appearances alongside former Stone Rose John Squire. Fast forward to the present day Andy has an exciting new solo project The Lisbon Treaty which is about to unleash their electro dynamite tracks on the unsuspecting public: Can you tell me about your upbringing? Born in London but my northern accent developed at a pace due to my being fostered then adopted and moving around a great deal – Dublin, Southport, St Helens, West Yorks then Durham to York in my formative years. It was somewhat itinerant in the early days and I never really felt like I was from anywhere. Still don’t really – I’m a citizen of the world I suppose. My folks really encouraged my musicality but it was double edge sword as my father had academic aspirations and struggled with my lack of interest in formal education. Growi...

Stuart Fletcher unwittingly rose to fame as one quarter of post-Stone Roses band The Seahorses, which John Squire formed after leaving the Roses. Having had significant success, touring with the likes of Oasis and The Rolling Stones, the band eventually fizzled out after a couple of years of frantic activity. Stuart has rarely been heard of since his time in the band. Matt Mead has tracked Stuart down for this exclusive interview for Louder Than War. Can you tell me a bit about your upbringing? Well I was born in York in ’76, the Summer of Love I believe. I think Bohemian Rhapsody was number 1 so not a bad year all in all. They knocked down the hospital I was born in shortly after, which I like to think was in a weird kind of Omen way. My father was a drummer in a local rock band but had to quit in order to raise me. He had one fill which was just the classic “roll round all the toms in order” so I probably did him a favour. He used to play me lots of Quo – Pictures of Matchstick Men a...