The Padres

Formed in 1991, Padres is Joe Ng's vehicle to realise his musical ambitions. Comprising of friends from other bands, Padres remains more as an ad hoc rock outfit. Previous members include Abdul Nizam and Jong Aik (The Nonames), Patrick Chng and Vincent Lee (The Oddfellows), Francis Frightful and Ray Aziz (Opposition Party), Ben Harrison (Electric Penguin ETC), Adam Yusop (Global Chaos) and Idham 'Budi' Budiman (Cracked Healer), amongst others. Even the moniker was a case of last minute name picking. During their first gig at Marina Village four years ago.Joe chose 'Padres' simply because that's the first thing he saw - drummer Abdul Nizam t-shirt of the US baseball team. Since then, Padres have released one mini album, What's Your Story (1994), one single, Radio Station (1993) and they have contributed tracks to a few compilation albums (two of which were played by legendary UK DJ John Peel on his BBC World Service, John Peel Show). Joe Ng has even found time to dabble in some acting, landing the lead role in Eric Khoo's highly acclaimed movie, Mee Pok Man. The current line up of Nigel Hogan (ex-The Mother), Evan Tan (ex-Opposition Party) and Dean Aziz (ex-Silent Sorrow) was partly a result of a need to nurture a cohesive permanence; an element that was lacking in Padres' earlier line ups. As Joe puts it," All the previous members have an understanding with me that their primary band have the priority over Padres. In that sense, I could maintain a very creative unit with all the different influences coming in to shape the music". With Nigel (who fronted and co-wrote for his former band) in the team, the new game plan will feature more collaborative songwriting. Members: Joe Ng (Vocalist) Nigel Hogan(Guitarist) Evan Tan (Bassist) Dean Aziz (Drummer)