NORTHAMPTONSHIRE'S PREMIUM WEDDING AND EVENTS PARTY BAND
About Us
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE'S FINEST PARTY BAND
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A PROFESSIONAL LIVE BAND FOR YOUR EVENT, WEDDING OR PARTY, YOU HAVE COME THE TO RIGHT PLACE!
POINT BLANK WILL PROVIDE YOU A FIRST CLASS SERVICE AND OFFER MANY PACKAGES TO MEET YOUR BUDGET AND REQUIREMENT. A 'ONE STOP SHOP' FOR ALL YOUR ENTERTAINMENT REQUIREMENTS.
PLEASE BROWSE TROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND GET IN TOUCH VIA OUR CONTACT PAGE OR OUR ENQUIRY PAGE FOR A NO OBLIGATION QUOTE.
Who Are Point Blank?
We are an energetic four piece band from Northamptonshire who are on a mission to bring you the greatest live music sound covering the biggest Artists from days gone by to today's favourites. Their covers range from the authentic sounds of the 60's right through to the modern day classics.
Point-Blank Biography
Lead Vocals & Guitar, Guitar, Bass & Backing Vocals,
& Drums (4 members).
Highlights
* Fun, lively & professional 4 piece party band
* Highly experienced and highly professional
* Hits from the 50’s-2020’s
* High quality EV 4000 watt PA system for amazing live sound
*Professional stage lighting.
* Public Liability Insurance
* PAT testing compliant
What Sort Of Music Do They Play?
Point Blank perform classic tracks from the 50's right up to 2020’s. From Chuck Berry and The Beatles, Pulp and Blur, and The Killers to the Bruno Marrs, Point Blank guarantee to keep your dance floor filled all night. Please see our covers for more details.
What Will The Band Look Like?
Point Blank can dress to suit the needs of your event. They usually dress formally but are more than happy to wear casual clothes if you prefer!
Your Event
Point Blank are able to provide a variety of music throughout the night. Their live sets are available as 2 x 45 minutes. They can also provide any type of music on iPod before and between sets. To keep the party going, Point Blank can provide a DJ service between and after sets if required for an additional fee. The service includes advanced requests, and an experienced DJ with 1000’s of tunes! Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page (FAQ).
Superior Equipment
Point Blank are fully self-contained with their own high quality PA sound system and lights. They use a high quality EV 4000 watt PA system suitable for an audience of up to 300.
The band are also flexible should your venue have volume restrictions and can bring an electronic drum kit if given advanced notice.
Meet The Band
Alan Milne - Lead Vocals
Tim Henbury - Guitarist
According to his mum, Alan has been singing ever since he arrived into the big wide world. His parents and sister's musical influences led him to like many genres. From his childhood hero’s Elvis Presley, Shakin’ Stevens (cant beat a bit of double denim and black Moccasins), to Spandau Ballet, UB40, Duran Duran, the new romancism movement and the 90's Brit Pop sounds of Oasis, Pulp, Cast & Blur. Alan's taste in music is very wide and varied with his favourite era being strongly rooted in the 1980's (as well as his dress sense some would say!).
It's fair to say that Alan's IPOD collection contains more cheese than an 12' Dominos stuffed crust pizza with extra mozzarella “but that’s how I roll baby” says Alan. In terms of dislikes, he doesn’t get Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Goth Metal and any "shouty" music that contains vocals that are only audible to cats & dogs.
Alan played in a classic rock band for over a year and decided to leave the band in 2013 to do something different. He set out to form a band with some strong/talented local musicians that had the same passion to deliver a range of live music that caters to all ages and tastes. To which he found the perfect guys and POINT BLANK was formed. "It is a privilege to get to play along side these very talented guys. Each one is unique in their own way and each bring something different to the band" Says Alan. "Especially Tim, who likes to fix everyone’s equipment and never moans! He absolutely loves it, what a guy!
Veteran lead guitarist Tim Henbury, has been playing the guitar since the age of 13 and has lost count of the number of bands he has been in over the years, (so in other words he's knocking on a bit). He answered an online advert to form Point Blank with Alan in November 2013 and has played every gig ever since.
A recording engineer with a Cambridge 1st class degree in Audio and Music Technology, Tim is also responsible for recording, mixing and producing the bands demo tracks and CD's. (Should you require the skills of such a man, please contact him via this site). He also has a degree in Electronic and Electrical engineering, so often ends up fixing everyone's equipment too. "amps, mixers, TV's, dishwashers...you name it, i'm sick of being roped in to do it" says Tim.
His influences are just about everyone you have ever heard of who played the guitar, from classical to acoustic, through all styles of rock. If they have Michael or Moore in the name Tim is probably a fan: Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Dave Gilmour, Micheal Moorer, ....no hold on he's a boxer, Ritchie Blackmore, Vinnie Moore ...ok maybe not so much Vinnie, but you get the idea. Thankfully Tim's party piece “Highway Star”, including the keyboard solo played on guitar, is not in the set! Tim would like to stress that Shaking Stevens isn't a major influence, although he would admit that “Merry Christmas Everyone” was a well crafted pop song!
Mark Varnfield - Drummer
Ben Smith - Bass & Vocals
He just wants to rock da party! Mark Varnfield, an accomplished, passionate drummer has been playing the drums since the tender age of 11, much to the neighbours delight. He was born in the golden year of 1966, in North Northamptonshire.
Rhythm ranks very highly in the family genes, he has an older brother also playing the drums – where the fixation first began for Mark. He is a versatile artist who can turn his hand to all sorts of music genre’s including pop, rock, funk, jazz and blues to name a few. Mark has been playing both professionally and semi-professionally since 1980, gigging with a number of different bands he hasn’t looked back since.
Spending all of his adult life in successful popular function bands and a few popular well known names to this arrangement working well for a work/family balance.
At the young age of 14, in a friends shed, Ben was handed his first guitar. It is fair to say that from this point on he was hooked and then was very rarely seen without one in his hand. He found his true calling and passion in playing Bass. Ben has since played in numerous Bands which covered genres from top tunes of the Pop world to classic Rock n' Roll.
Ben's biggest influence has been Level 42's Mark King, a true master of Bass! After many years of studying and idolising his biggest influence, Ben then adapted his playing to incorparate King's unique slap style and funky edge.
Over the years Ben has incorparated main and backing vocals to his arsenal of musical talents and has done this succesfully with many previous Bands.
Ben brings his funky bass and a 3rd vocal to the Point Blank mix, which you have to hear to believe.
