PERSONAL Born: January 15 Lives In: Ladismith, South Africa Personal: Single Occupation: Muso, Web Dev, Teacher Instrument: Bass, Backing Vocals

BIOGRAPHY Panna is a multi-instrumentalist and has been involved with various bands and projects. Although the bass guitar is his main duty in the band, he is primarily a pianist (he reached UNISA's grade 8 while still at school). He is also proficient in organ, flute, keyboards and percussion. He also studied classical guitar for three years. He matriculated in 1993 and went overseas for a year. On his return he completed an Honnours Degree in Geographical Information Systems at the US. He was a member of Majuba's a cappela group for three years and in 1999 they secured second place at the National Competition held at RAU, Johannesburg. After he graduated, he moved away from GIS and into Oracle and Web Development, which he specialises in today. He worked in the United Kingdom for about two years and, after his return, started the acoustic rock and folk band MiME with Jo Ellis and Frans Haasbroek. He fooled around with Jo's fretless bass one afternoon and got to grips with the basics quickly. He later formed the rock band Fuse with Jo, SC Pienaar and Sheldon Muller. This venture only lasted a few months, mainly due to artistic issues between the members. The split of Fuse was very unpleasent and Panna decided to stop making music altogether. He sold his instruments and began to work full-time as a Web Developer. In 2004, Panna was asked to play live bass for Willim Welsyn, an Afrikaans singer/songwriter. He enjoyed the vibe very much and realised how much he actually missed making music and playing live. He joined forces with Willim soon after, toured with the Melktert Kommissie, aquired a drummer and started a new band called Willim Welsyn and the Sunrise Toffies. However, as time wore on, Panna realised that he was outgrowing the band. After long consideration, he finally quit Willim Welsyn middle 2006 and joined forces once more with Jo Ellis. Panna is responsible for the bass duties as well as backing vocals. The band does play the occasional acoustic show, during which he plays acoustic guitar too. His bass playing style, which combines the guitar and drum rhythms with very fast downstrokes, provides a solid backbone for Jo's electric guitars. But there are also times when Panna basically has to play rhythm guitar on the bass guitar while still providing the bass line. This occurs during Jo's solos. His technique also involves playing with a pick and his fingers silmutaneously. He lives in Ladismith and works full time developing websites. He listens to a wide variety of music (no jazz though!) , with classical music and hard rock his favourites. If he could choose a different career, he would become a Vetenarian. INFLUENCES Muse, Velve, My Chemical Romance, REM, U2, Radiohead, Bloc Party, The Killers, The Strokes, Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, Seether, Stone Roses, Roxette, David Kramer FAVOURITES Albums: "Absolution" – Muse, "The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance, "Viva la Vida" - Coldplay Songs: "Hysteria" – Muse, "Black" – Pearl Jam, "Welcome To The Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance Quote: "How blessed be the nameless vestel's lot, the world forgetting by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind! Each prayer accepting and each wish resigned" - Alexander Pope There's a hole in the world like a great black pit And it's filled with people who are filled with shit And its morals aren't worth what a pig could spit And it goes by the name of London - Stephen Sondheim Bassists: Victor Wooten, Chris Wolstenholme, Flea, Ben Shepard, Schalk van der Merwe (from Bed on Brix), Tiaan Eksteen (bass and guitar teacher at Jam Rock Music School in Brackenfell). Pianists: Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Bergerich, Christo Janse van Rensburg Composers: Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Bach, Liszt Classical Works: 5th Piano Concerto, 7th Symphony, Moonlight Sonate, Appassionate, Pathetiqué (all by Beethoven), Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach, Raindrop Prelude by Chopin, 2nd Piano Concerto by Rachmaninoff, Fox Dance by Leo Weiner and the Introduction & Allegro Appassionato by Schumann. Songs to play live: "House On Fire", "Gasoline" FACTS Hobbies: Painting, Wrtiing Poetry, CGI, Gardening, Theatre I dislike ignorance, arrogance, HP Computers, olives, liqorice, turkish delight, CD's wat nie in my kar wil speel nie, mense wat my flippin huis opdonner, anyone who touches my computer without my permission, summer, the Cort Funkma- chine II, my decision not to continue with piano lessons when I left school, the South African East Coast, drugs and lastly: snotty name-dropping little shits who think that the gear you use dictates your musical proficiency. What a load of RUBBISH! I like animals, Ladismith, Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd, August Rush, computer technologies and software enginee- ring, Dell Computers, SKOPBEEN!!! - Awe my bra's!, climato- logy, winter, the South African West Coast, prawns, MUSE!!!, the Cort C4, Adéle & Danie Lourens, my white Honda Spree- line, Hansa Marzen Gold, Chris Chameleon's vocal ability and the down-to-earthness of Kirk Hammett.