The Midnight Beast

Reception

Members

• Stefan James Donald John "Stef" Abingdon: Born 19 January 1989. He was born and grew up in Fulham, London with his parents and his two brothers, Kyle and Tcha. Abingdon learned piano from age six until he was asked to leave by his teacher because he did not practice enough. By age 12, Stefan was playing the guitar, and a week later he started his first band named Ink. His next band, called Icarus Burning, started when he was 12 with another boy, Simon Childs, and fellow founder Dru Wakely on drums. Years after, Stefan had started another band asking Maya Yianni and Henry Bauckham to join. They went under the name, The Clik Clik; Dru joined at a later date after finishing college. After a few years the band called it a day and so Stefan and Dru started a new project which turned out to be called Perfect People. This was Stefan's final band before The Midnight Beast. As well as a songwriter he is now also the lead singer of the band Cast of Lions.
• Andrew Francis "Dru" Wakely: Born 10 January 1987. He grew up in Wandsworth, South-West London. It's unclear whether the story of his father running off with the family's Spanish cleaner on Christmas Eve is true. The story goes that the loss of his father led to a Calpol addiction and he described his teenage years as "a fine blend of drunken brawls, unsuccessful robbery attempts, and casual sex". He met Stefan Abingdon at a local drama group. Dru said he was interested in playing drums in Stefan's band. He auditioned to Abingdon on a wooden box they found in the street. His first band was known as Icarus Burning and was also a member of Perfect People and The Clik Clik. He was the second member of The Midnight Beast, as Ashley was not fully convinced to join until the last minute. As well as being in the Beast, Dru is a self-confessed 'HipHop head' and does his own songwriting and production alongside like Stefan.
• Ashley Neil "Ash" Horne: Born 4 January 1989. He grew up in Reading with his mother and father. In his childhood, he enjoyed running around his garden and pretending to be Rambo. After a few years, his sister, Sarah Louise Horne, was born into the family. He has supported Newcastle United from childhood. At the age of 12, he started attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He was in Maths Mansion. After attending three years at the Italia Conti school, Ash got his first small acting part. He was part of a fake boy band in the Nickelodeon show Genie in the House. He was also "Ziggy" in EastEnders, and also got a part as "Lad" in the 2008 Christmas Special of Doctor Who with one line being "Who the hell is that?" Stef was telling Dru and Ash about a new song by Kesha called Tik Tok. He was going to parody it and needed a band. Ash was asked to be in the video because of his "retroyet modernstyle of dance." In the Tik Tok Parody, he did not have a singing part but was still part of the band. Recently Ash has appeared in All Stars the film and Skins Redux as the part of Stephen. He also claims that he is the "ladies man" of the band, although he has also been jokingly referred to as gay in songs by the band, such as Just Another Boyband, only to then deny it in their later single The Dance Routine. Posts from Ash and actor Gregg Chillin's Instagrams reference a relationship between the two.

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Discography

• The Midnight Beast
• Shtick Heads
• The Album Nobody Asked For.