The above seems to be a good start. Simon and Duggy's lifestyle had always been a 'bit hectic', their mutual background of taking life to extremes was their initial bond. They met while working as drug counsellors with Brighton's homeless and during this time they met Nick Flowers who was offering his drumming skills free to Big Issue Vendors

They had all been in Bands since the seventies, Si tying up the 'Steamkings' loose ends and Dug doing the same with Brighton based 'Two Cars Too' and 'Backwash'. They all lost their musical virginity to each other during an orgy of ideas in a Shoreham basement in 2003.

 Simon, after the Steamkings become inactive he began to vomit little gems of musical delight for the Bands delectation, Duggy got his head round a few songs vocally, Nick Flowers provided the beats and the embryonic process began in a another basement in Brighton one Saturday afternoon early 2004.

 Simon kept spitting out songs which they recorded mostly at Herbie Flower's House, sometimes in the garden during the summer of 2005 which became Beachy Head's first album 'Nice Feel'. Nick (Mini) Cooper turned up with a guitar and the 'core four' formed.

 The First Album Nice Feel was produced over the next eighteen months with the help of Herbie Flowers (Lou Reed, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Sky) Tom Arnold (Cockney Rebel, The Lost and Found Orchestra, The Brighton Beach Boys) Charlotte Glasson (Divine Comedy, Oasis, The Lost and Found Orchestra, The Charlotte Glasson Band, The Brighton Beachboys) whose influences and musicianship feature prominantly on the this Album, not forgetting Vern Cunningham and Phil Rhodes providing ambrosaic electric guitar and Harp respectively.

 The Album is dedicated to their good friend Ron Aspery (Back Door) who they had to say a sad goodbye to during the recording of these first eighteen songs, and who was going to appear on the album.

 Most of Nice Feel was a 'first take album' which has a semi live feel, due to the very very relaxed recording process. Some of the backing tracks were recorded live in a Barn one weekend when the whole band decided to go camping.

 The Album Nice Feel reflects the somewhat Bizarre attitude they have to recording, the songs are not re-worked and re-worked, genius happens in the moment and as mentioned already they feel most first takes are the best. The most enjoyment I see them have is watching one of them hanging on dearly to a performance that's like riding a bike down a very steep hill, closing your eyes and taking your hands of the handlebars for a moment to see what happens.

 I recall the weekend recording sessions were especially relaxed. One sunday afternoon I counted at least twelve people listening chatting while drinking tea and eating huge gataux's provided by Herbie. Duggy liked recording the vocals outside in the garden, their kids and friends just hanging out around recording sessions gave the whole thing a real Canturbury Scene feel which has been a massive influence on their work.

 During Nice Feel, songs were already being written for the next album that would eventually be known as 'Custard Lighthouse'. Rather than have an album 'on the run' they decided to go underground and recorded in yet another basement at Nick Coopers personal studio suite in Brighton. This is a move on Album, more and more intersting and some songs that are of Beachy Head Music Clubs best so far.

 Simon had another cascade of golden songs, like a yellow cable, couldn't stop him, which he collected, dried out and took to 'Boys Club' which is a regular Saturday morning 'men' only guests meeting in Dugs flat, . This song writing process consisted of Simon and Dug playing music to each other. It was on these many occasions that the skeletons of Simon and Dugs songs were fleshed out by a process they call 'shouting at the computer'. Dug says 'ok....now! and they both hurtle towards the computer and try and be play as loud as possible due to a dodgy mic on the pc. The output from 'Boys Club' was then taken to Nicks studio and put together. Nick then worked his magic on arrangements and production.

 The songs still drip with irony and sometimes boneyard humour angainst usually or unusually happy music. The clear influences of the Small Faces, The Beatles, Kevin Ayers and Neil Innes became more apparent on this album.

 Custard Lighthouse has a rich musical quality toasted by some honest, revealing, sometimes witty lyrics so far.

 The album consists of songs that will surprise you, make you think and perhaps make you blench, sometimes an embarassing caustic humourous observation of human behaviour mostly from personal experience!

 Since the last release and subsequent performances Beachy Head Music Club have woo'd audiences with their quirky live act. Acolades hae been received from such people as Damon Aubourn, (Blur, Gorrilaz), The Wizzards of Twiddly (Kevin Ayers), Ken Stringfellow (REM, Posies, Big Star, The Disciplines) and from America Charles Plymell who published the first works of Robert Crumb, Burroughs, and is an author and poet in his own right who quoted : IF YOU MISSED THE COOL SOUNDS OF A STAN GETZ OR CHET BAKER IN REAL TIME, DON'T BLAME IT ON THE BOSSA NOVA! YOU CAN STILL CHILL UNDER SOME SAME SUN SOUNDS FROM BEACHY HEAD MUSIC CLUB - CHARLES PLYMELL.

Nice Feel is as rich in it's ingredients of rich melodic hooks and ascerbic lyrics as a British Summer Pudding. Hope it makes you sick.

IF YOU MISSED THE COOL SOUNDS OF A STAN GETZ OR CHET BAKER IN REAL TIME, DON'T BLAME IT ON THE BOSSA NOVA! YOU CAN STILL CHILL UNDER SOME SAME SUN SOUNDS FROM BEACHY HEAD MUSIC CLUB - CHARLES PLYMELL.

Current Line Up

Tom Arnold – Drums Percussion

Dug Degnin – Vocals and various amusements

Charlotte Glasson – Sax, Flutes, Viola

Keith Markwick - Guitar

Glenn Richardson – Keys

Simon Young – Bass

Sounds Like – Arthur Lee, Kevin Ayers, Beta Band, Bonzo Dog Band, Beatles, Pete Brown, Graham Bond, Blur, Caravan, Can, Small Faces, Neil Innes, Viv Stanshall, Pete Townsend, Ian Dury, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine, Syd Barrett, Traffic, Lily Allen, Squeeze, Paul Weller, Elvis Costello, The Magic Numbers, Evan Dando, XTC, Zombies, Kinks, Ben Folds Five, Drive by Truckers, The Shins, Faust, Bon Ivor, Roddy Frame.