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In 2005 singer Jen placed an advert seeking female musicians in the hope of forming an all girl band.

"Boys are quite critical so I thought it would be easier to work with just girls," Jen says.

"But Paul (Skuff) was the first to reply to the advert. He said 'I'd love to play for you but I'm a bloke. Does that matter?'"

The answer proved to be 'no' and Skuff was recruited.

Despite the male input (Skuff was joined by Kevin on lead guitar) the influences on Bad A.N.D.Y's sound continued to be dominated by the more commercial side of female-led acts such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elastica, The Donnas and Suzi Quatro.

The band themselves referred to their early output as "summery punk".

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A turning point came in late 2006 when former Extreme Noise Terror member Daz became Bad A.N.D.Y's drummer.

"We were playing at the Stop The War Peace Festival and Daz got up on stage with us to have a go on the bongos. It was the first time he'd played with us and we've kept him since.

Extreme Noise Terror were a favourite of John Peel and the Suffolk formed band had a glittering career.

In a moment unlikely to be matched at Brit Awards in the near future, the band opened the 1992 showcase alongside The KLF. They performed a raucous version of 3am Eternal which left many of the audience, in the theatre and those watching live on TV, bemused.

"Extreme Noise Terror got signed after their first ever gig and Daz has got tonnes of experience.

"He plays it all down but it's amazing what he did with Extreme Noise Terror.

"His influence has helped us develop a more punky, rocky sound which can be heard on our new EP."

The state of the Ipswich scene

Bad A.N.D.Y started 2008 with the release of the Car Crash EP. They continue to showcase their music at live shows around Ipswich but Jen, like many of the other acts who 大象传媒 Suffolk Introducing has spoken to, is frustrated at the lack of venues in the town.

"The Steamboat really is the saviour of the Ipswich music scene. The range of music and the people they have down there is amazing.

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"Hopefully the university (University Campus Suffolk) will see an increase in venues as we really need a good sized venue for bigger bands.

"When the Regent was the Gaumont no band's tour was complete without a visit there. It's now gone weird and has Daniel O'Donnell and the like play there.

"It's such a shame that the Corn Exchange isn't put to better use."

But despite wanting a bigger venue for the town, Jen along with Skuff has taken things to the other extreme - promoting gigs in their 20 capacity basement.

"Me and Skuff were looking for somewhere to live. We saw this one house and thought 'it hasn't got parking but it's got a good cellar!'

"The idea of Sunday Cellar was born. We had our friends along for the first one but a year later it's continued to grow.

"We stream each event on our website and the last one had 120 people watching from home!"

The monthly event is a celebration of Suffolk's music scene, with three or four bands playing acoustic sets to the audience who have applied via the Sunday Cellar website.

Skuff even bakes cookies for the occasion.

"It helps make the house smell nice. Sunday Cellar is always a good laugh and people often spill out into the courtyard where the music goes on well into the night."