The band was founded by George Hexman in the late 70s, joining forces with major movers and shakers of the Liverpool music scene. Throughout the 80s and 90s, The Hexmen line-up was a shifting collaboration of local luminaries including members of The Las, Edgar Jones (The Stairs, Oasis, Paul Weller), the Boo Radleys, Elvis Costello (Alan Mayes/Rusty), Electrofixion (Echo and the Bunnymen), Cast and Dr Phibes among others, even guitarist Charlie Whitney from supergroup Family was a sometime Hexman.
Although they have always been known as a blues band, the Hexmen’s material is not that easy to categorise. The band’s music is blues based certainly but the defining quality of the Hexmen has always been energy with an aggressive, indie edge and a psychedelic undercurrent that lends extra dimensions to the music. Notwithstanding George’s historic links with the 80s and 90s Liverpool music scene, the current band members have an exciting pedigree. George himself, vocals (and a much sought after session blues harp player), has recorded with with some of the most significant indie bands of the past 20 years.
Bass player - Noz Easterbrook, whose furious 60s psychedelic cult band The Klubs, caused a huge stir when 30 years after recording in legendary Abbey Road and Decca Hampstead studios, their long lost album ‘Midnight Love Cycle’ (engineered by Vic Smith, future sound man for The Jam) was released in 1999 and was voted ‘Album of the Year’ by Record Collector magazine, which called The Klubs ‘The Greatest Lost Psychedelic Band of the 1960s’. The release of the CD version of the album, celebrated by a one night only reformation at The Cavern Club in 2000, has subsequently brought international, psychedelic cult acclaim. Bands and musicians Noz has appeared with include: Pink Floyd, Chuck Berry, Thin Lizzy, The Move, Wishbone Ash, The Pretty Things, John’s Children, Gene Vincent, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Graham Bond, Status Quo, 10CC, Hawkwind, Chicken Shack, Atomic Rooster, Judas Priest, Family, John Hiseman’s Coliseum, Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds, Focus, Creation, Badfinger, Fleetwood Mac and many more.
On guitar is Steve (The Preacher) Burkhill who has an awesome reputation on Merseyside for his powerful guitar semantics. During the 80s Steve played with renowned power trio, Fallen Heroes and has had several brushes with big time luminaries including Motorhead and Michael Shenker. He has a long association with Noz stretching back to 1979. Steve took up lead guitar duties with The Klubs at the Cavern’s 40th Anniversary Celebrations in 1997 and again at the 50th Anniversary in 2007.
Blistering drummer, Wayne Dangerous (ex Pressure Point and The Jam Restart), has shared the stage with The Stranglers, Big Country and Paul Young and The Q Tips among others.
