Neville (Nevtech Gnometronics)

A self-confessed ‘cheeky little bugger’, Nev joined the Experience on our 10th Anniversary tour in 2007 after running away from his home in Invercargill. He originally persuaded his mate Doc to accompany him on his new adventures, however Doc was such a wuss that he piked out at Timaru and returned to Invercargill early without seeing his 10th Anniversary contract out!

Well, this is Nev’s fourth contract with the Experience. He’s already done two NZ Tours and the Back Catalogue tour in Aussie last year. Nev loves touring with the Experience, describing it as a ‘real blast’! Nev really enjoys life on the road, the late-night parties and, of course, what he refers to as the ‘three Gs’– Groupies, Grolsh beer and Germish bourbon – though not always in that order.

In fact, putting it simply, Nev is an absolute party animal when he tours. On his first tour with The Experience he drank so much Germish that he vomited in Christchurch but, undeterred, he entered into the party spirit again in Palmerston North before falling off a table and literally breaking his arse! He finished that tour being rushed back to Wellington for urgent surgery and recuperation. Nev also fell off a lighting stack in Aussie last year, we think he may have been smoking something funny up there but Nev has always blamed Boma, who he says pushed him (he says he’s reporting Boma to the RSPCGG if it happens again). When Nev’s contract was terminated at the end of last the tour he was sent back home to Invercargill until his attitude improved, but this time round we’re still looking for any positive sign that this has actually happened. For everyone’s sake we’re all just hoping that Nev has calmed down a little bit and that he won’t be injured in similar circumstances this time ’round, he’s becoming a bit of a liability.

We have suggested that Nev consider more wholesome pursuits then drinking and smoking during his down-time. Unfortunately he gave up his fishing pastime some years ago, as he never caught anything and the time was mostly spent in solitude sitting by an uninhabited goldfish pond in Invercargill while occasionally being pissed on by the neighbor’s cat. He’s considered taking up duck shooting, but unfortunately, as the photo shows, he doesn’t have any real ducks to shoot at home, just cheap plastic decoys!

Since touring with the Pink Floyd Experience, Nev has set up a website detailing his experiences and life on the road with the band. As he says, it’s not all Grolsch, Germish and Groupies! You can check out Nev’s site here.

To keep him occupied and out of trouble between tours we have delegated Nev the task of updating the band’s blog page. We’re still not sure if this was a good idea as Nev is very eager to share his ‘politically incorrect’ opinions and while we may agree with many of his views perhaps a blog is not the best place to publish them. Plus the fact that Nev usually leaves the blog updates until he’s had a few Grolschs, a couple of Germishes or maybe even smoked something to ‘get his muse going’, so postings can sometimes be a bit erratic!

If you want to take it up with Nev you can comment on the blog or write to him direct at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it