David Brunt - Bass

David's musical career started on rhythm guitar in punk bands on the North Lincolnshire live music scene, enjoying a residency at Brigg Corn Exchange in the late 1970's. A far cry from the classical piano training he had had earlier, enjoying a similar residency in the Lincolnshire Youth Orchestra playing the viola, but nonetheless good preparation for the regional music scene across South and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire where contemporaries and fellow bill sharers included Red Guitars, Everything But The Girl and The Housemartins. Fortunately for The Amplifires David didn't follow in the footsteps of the latter, moving from bass to DJ'ing as the ubiquitous and unnecessary Fat Boy Slim did, instead he moved from guitar to bass.

1981 saw a move to university and opportunities to soak up many musical experiences and influences although playing did take a back seat. This included seeing Slade in original line up with the similarly classically trained Jim Lea on bass - fate would at some point intervene as Cum On Feel The Noize has entered the Amplifires set as a crowd-pleasing standard on some of the pub-based gigs!

In 2002 David reformed an earlier band - The Gophers - before meeting Steve via ebay, trading guitar related items of course! Before you knew it two elements of The Amplifires had been put together.

Together with Ruth, David provides the backbone of The Amplifires, delivering the low end punch to our distinctive sound.