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Paul Menel And The Essentials are a progressive Rock Band formed by the former vocalist from IQ between 1985 and 1989. Paul featured on the most successful IQ albums namely Nomzamo and Are you sitting ComfortablY?


2022 MARKS THE 35th anniversary of the release of NomzamO.


PAUL AND HIS BAND WILL BE PLAYING TRACKS FROM THEIR LATEST ALBUM, SPARE PARTS FOR BROKEN HEARTS, Along WITH THE ENTIRETY OF NOMZAMO (HEADLINING SHOWS ONLY) AND A SELECTION OF OTHER IQ CLASSICS.



Vocals

Paul Menel

(Ex IQ Vocalist 85-89/Great Outdoors/PMB


Drums;

Fudge Smith

(ex Pendragon)


Bass:

Jordan Brown

(ex Hayley Griffiths Band, Rube Goldberg Machine)


Guitar:

Gareth Cole

(Fractal Mirror, Bardic Depths, Drifiting Sun)


Guitar

Marcella Arganse

(Mr Punch, Ubi MAIOR)


Keys;

Iain Jennings

(Mostly Autumn, Breathing Space, The Tower Radio)