mugstar - liverpool band before moving south to london. adrian took over "singing" duties for the mersey band mugstar. he was also responsible for their name... mugstar - noise mechants @ www.mugstar.com

bbc radio 1 - mugstar in session for huw stephens they almost ended up being named after a slagheap, but this liverpool four-piece are making some of the finest noise to burst forth out of your speakers. formed in the late nineties the current line-up dates back to 2oo2 with peter smyth on guitar/keyboards/bass, neil murphy on guitar, jason stoll - bass/sax and steve ashton on drums. "our former singer wanted to name us muckstack because that's what they call slagheaps in his native barnsley" explains jason, shaking his head. "fortunately someone misheard and thought he said mugstar, and he decided that was much better!" bbc radio 1