- Hugh "Hug" Kelly
Hugh ("Hug") Kelly is an English rock
drummer best known for his tenure withGroop Dogdrill between 1993 and 2000.Born Hugh Kevin Kelly on
29 May 1971 inAskern , a suburb ofDoncaster , UK, Kelly played drums in various school and community bands before eventually joining short-livedindie rock /shoegazing bands Honey Haze and Heathers in the late 1980s/early 1990s. His departure from Heathers was assured when he accepted an offer fromDarren Belk to joinBeachbuggy in early 1991, for which Kelly adopted the pseudonym Jim VeVee .Kelly continued to work with Beachbuggy after joining
metal /punk bandGroop Dogdrill in 1993 who eventually enjoyed considerable success in theUK andUSA . Unable to commit to both bands Kelly quit Beachbuggy shortly after the release of their debut US-onlyCD album "Unsafe.. At "Any Speed" in 1998.He was an occasional/unofficial member of
The Wedding Present (with whom Darren Belk was now playing guitar) during 1996-97 during which time the band experimented with two drummers. Kelly recorded one single,2, 3, Go with the band and appeared on onePeel Session in between numerous live concert and festival appearances.Meanwhile Groop Dogdrill released the albums Half Nelson (1998) and Every Six Seconds (2000) before Kelly chose to leave after
Mantra Records declined to renew the band's contract at the end of 2000. Thereafter he largely retreated from the music business, having married and settled inSheffield , but briefly returned to play with a re-formed Beachbuggy from 2005-06.Discography: Albums
* Groop Dogdrill: Half Nelson (CD, 1998)
* Beachbuggy: Unsafe.. At "Any Speed" (CD, 1998)
* Groop Dogdrill: Every Six Seconds (CD, 2000)
* The Wedding Present:The Complete Peel Sessions 1986-2004 (6CD Box Set, 2007)
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