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Steve Howard: Rhythm guitar
(departed 2006)
Steve and his half-brother Beau never agreed on anything until Beau's 1979 conviction for firearms offences.
By then Steve had served time in a couple of hot beat combos: the Idiots, Tone Deaf and the Idiots and the Warks. During this period he contributed to the seminal singles "Operation Julie" and "Repatriate the National Front", which are still collectors' items, and the album "Catastrophe Rock", which isn't.
While trying to interest his brother, during a prison visit, in his ambition to form a surf group with Keith Moon, he inadvertently sowed the idea in Beau's mind of a career in hitting things other than other people.
Soon after Steve had joined up with Keith Hawkins and Keith Ferris (Keith Moon having become unavailable) in Saint Keith, Beau became schlagzeugmeister as part of the terms of his parole.
Later, almost rehabilitated, he followed his more talented sibling into the 4 O'Clock Planes where, between gigs, he pursues his interest in tracking down people who owe him money.
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Keith Hawkins : Lead guitar
(departed 2010)
Founder member of South East London's punk/hardcore trio Pre-Dog (1987-91), Keith moved into more acoustic based rock with Saint Keith and the Big Picture (1997-2000) before co-founding the 4 O'Clock Planes with Ian in early 2000.
Travelling back to his original guitar landscape of Pere Ubu, Fire Engines, Slits, Stooges, Television, Voidoids, Contortions, Magazine, Meat Puppets, Pop Group, Patti Smith and P.I.L etc., Keith enjoys applying his passionate, high-energy playing to the songs of Ian Long.
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