Duncan - the singer for The Afterglow

Duncan Baillie is The Afterglow's charismatic lead singer.

Dangerous Dunc, as he is affectionately known, has a fantastic voice but unfortunately a memory and timing that leave a lot to be desired. Despite singing The Afterglow's repertoire since formation in 1997, Dunc still cannot remember the words to any of their songs and constantly needs "nodding in".

This lack of memory seems strange due to the fact that Dunc completed a 1st class Honours degree at Oxford University in Organic Chemistry in 1983, completing a certificate in cream cheese and a diploma in Butter Management which led to his present position in the milk industry (after he refused a position with "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter") as natural yoghurt supervisor. His title is actually Duncan Baillie MSc(hons).

Dunc from Norfolk or Cornwall or Devon or somewhere down south where they speak funny, has a number of favourite pastimes, including; Shove Ha`penny, collecting famous peoples' strands of pubic hair and pulling his pud.

Duncan Baillie

Anyone watching the band regularly will notice the ongoing saga of Dunc's music stand. For anyone not up to speed with developments, the stand got completely smashed at our recent gig at Nelson & Colne Rugby Club, following an over ambitious pogo by one of the crowd in Pretty Vacant, who went headfirst over the monitors straight into Dunc's faithful stand. For the record, Dunc is currently trying to repair the stand using substantial quantities of Gaffer tape. A spokesman for the Band commented 'it makes a change from Dunc getting completely smashed at one of our gigs!

Col has mentioned that he will make Duncan a pulpit or lectern or something like that very shortly as a replacement for his music stand.

The songs that Dunc would like to do

Any by Frank Zappa
My Way
Shot By Both Sides
There's No One Quite Like Grandma