Tom Ashton

Guitarist with the March Violets from 1981 to 1986, Tom Ashton played guitar for the Sisters circa 1983 for a few live dates after Ben Gunn left. Rumour has it that Eldritch asked Tom to join the Sisters at this point. He didn't. Wayne Hussey did. A shame.

"Soon after The Violets folded I worked with Tim and Paul from the Danse Society for a while ... and also Stan and Martin from Skeletal Family. We buggered around in rehearsal studios for a few months in Leeds trying to put a new band together but couldn't find a singer. Had some good ideas though as I remember. More recently in 1996, Cleo and myself had a band called Amania. We wrote one album's worth of stuff, found Craig Adams to play bass and went out to play the Camden circuit. Some cool tunes but not much response from the industry."

After the Violets' split Tom remained working in the music industry, working on soundtracks for film and television, and playing guitar in Hard Rain and then Clan Of Xymox.

Tom is now married to an American girl called Rachel and moved to Amercia (Atlanta, Georgia to be more precise) where they built their own house. Tom and Rachel now live there with their children: a little girl called Charlotte and a little boy called Lukas. Tom works as a freelance musician.

Tom still writes and records music, and his latest work can be found on his website: http://www.themultiverse.org