DAVE HARROLD - bass, 1958, Dublin, Ireland It was either be a skinhead or a hippy where Dave grew up, in the backstreets of Dublin, so before long he was tripping over his hair, in a scene that included the likes of GARY MOORE and PHIL LYNNOT, Dave came to a point in his life where a huge decision had to be made. You see, the trouble with having all that hair was that the skinheads liked pounding on what was covered underneath, so Dave decided, enough is enough and started travelling the globe! After the USA and most of Europe he ended up in Holland in 1977 where he taught himself the guitar (which in true Irish fashion he learned to play upside down, being left-handed and not realising this was NOT the normal way...). He moved on to the bass and before long he became a much wanted musician playing in Dutch bands such as RE-EXPERIENCE, CLEMENS V.D. VEN BAND, BOERENLEENBAND (who went on to become DOE MAAR, the only band to cause BEATLES type hysteria in Holland). Next to all kinds of rock, he loves fusion music and as well as in PHYSICAL GRAFFITI, he plays in a three piece funk/jazz band called EL DOPA, with super-guitarist MICHEL THYSSEN. He has now added mandolin to his repertoire so that now in true JOHN PAUL JONES style he can accompany his P.G. brothers in a few wonderful ZEPPELIN acoustics numbers.