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Colin MacKinnon

Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar

Colin MacKinnon
Colin grew up in Clynder, in the West of Scotland and started playing piano at six years old, thanks to classically pushy parents. He took up guitar aged eleven, and then added mandolin and accordion after receiving three albums by The Band for Christmas in 1986. He formed his first band the same year with a bunch of schoolfriends, playing one gig a year and quietly folding when he left for university. After his degree course at Glasgow University, Colin moved to Oxford for his D.Phil and started Bridge with Ed. This began as a recording project, which despite being interrupted by two lengthy postdoctoral stints in Chicago and Philadelphia gave rise to the album "Helen of Troy". Colin now lives in rural Oxfordshire, writing and playing for Bridge whilst doing a little research chemistry at a pharmacutical company.

Ed Scroggie

Drums, Backing Vocals

Oxfordian Ed has been playing drums for fifteen years and has played in a variety of the cities' bands. The most notable of these bands were To Jane (also known as Janey), Especial K, a six-piece improvisation band which fused Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop and Jungle and Soul Craft, a four-piece hard rock band, who supported Dustball at Radio 1's Sound City Oxford in 1997. As for musical inspiration Ed likes to listen to 'anything I think is good', but we all know that mainly means Led Zeppelin, DJ Shadow, The Police and G Love & Special Sauce.

Adrian Breakspear

Guitar, Backing Vocals

Born and brought up in High Wycombe, Adrian first picked up a guitar aged 12 and it's been downhill from there on. After stints in the school jazz band and sixth form band "Juminous", Adrian departed for Manchester and a degree in music and sound recording. Upon his return to High Wycombe, Adrian was recruited for Bridge via the web, and since then has been making regular M40 journeys to rehearse and gig in Oxford.
When not playing in Bridge, Adrian works as an assistant engineer in several top London recording studios (including a stint at Abbey Road), and has worked with artists including Kinobe, Suede, the Dandy Warhols and Mel C. However his career highlight to date was getting a kiss from Denise van Outen!

Simon Hunt

Bass, Backing Vocals

Simon was born in Aylesbury,Bucks but has been Oxford based for some years now. He has been in several groups ranging from ceilidh to covers bands. Although his main instrument is bass, he can (occasionally) be persuaded to play violin, mandolin and guitar - pretty useful in Bridge's folkier numbers. He listens to Nick Cave, Polly Harvey, Les Negresses Verts and lots of world music that you won't have heard of.

Bruno Muellbauer

Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Bruno Muelbauer

Bruno has been in Oxford since a fateful day back in 1983 when he was born. Since then he has mostly been eating and sleeping, occasionally doing useful things like practicing piano and attending Oxford University. The piano practice obviously paid off, because after a long search for a keyboard player, Ed heard him through the wall of his house and Bruno was swiftly installed as the fifth part of Bridge. He eats a lot of bacon sandwiches - in fact, he just eats a lot.