*Totally Gourdgeous is Mal, Penelope Swales, Carl Pannuzzo and Andrew Clermont playing Penelope's fantastic gourd instruments.

*Oxo Cubans is tuba, sax, trombone, drums, percussion and vocals. All originals. Ground breaking band. Check the CDs list and the gig guide for upcoming gigs with new tuba player Luke and percussionist Nasreen.

*Batacuda is a five drummer roving circus thang with Mal now very rarely (playing drums).

*Sock is a 3 man out there vocal group (thusly he sings). In recess: Quite a long one!

*Into Wishing is Mal playing percussion, slide trumpet and voice, Leo Dale playing Baritone sax and voice and either Martha Baartz and Adam Simmons on saxes or Ben Gillespie or Shannon on trombone: Make sense? We are do a great school show. Haven't played for a while though.

*Crankenstein is Barb Dwyer (nee-Knudsen) on the hurdy gurdy and voice, Matt Goodwin (he of Utungan Percussion and Cleis Pierce's Group) and Mal on guitar, electric bass and trombone.

*Singsibling is brothers Nic (of Lothlorien) and Topher Morrey (of Oak) with Carl Pannuzzo, Mal (on bass and vocal) and occasionally Lou Bennett on vocals.

*Bomba, is a 7 piece funky reggae pop band in which Mal plays trombone, slide trumpet and sings whenever possible. Rare, at the moment.

*Brassica is arguably the loudest acoustic four piece on the planet: Tuba, trombone, trumpet and drums with hefty vocals. There are geographical restraints on the frequency with which we can play, but we love it.

*The Somethings is Oxo Cuban Leo Dale's band with piano, drums, flute, sax and vocals (with Mal occasionally playing bass).

*Adzohu is umpteen piece Ghanaiian drum, vocal and dance group entering its third decade, now enjoying a sporadic existence.

*Honky Trash was 2 saxes, 2 drummers, Mal playing trombone and some heavy funk. Now sadly defunct.