Started drumming at the age of 14 in a band Caution, 2 years later the band writing their own material, signed to Copros' Casket Records, recorded and released a full length album To Better This, produced by Dave Chang. The band toured the U.K playing all the best toilets and supporting amongst others Napalm Death, Groop Dogdrill, Brutal Deluxe, Stampin Ground and Landmine Spring, in addition, headlining their own shows.  

 

Gav by this time aged 17 was studying at London's 'Drum tech' after one year moved on to 'The Academy of Contemporary Music', Guildford sharing gigs with Chris and Nikki from the power metal band Shadow Keep playing on the demo that secured the bands singer.

Following graduation 2001, he moved to Portsmouth's 'Academy of Popular Music' for a 2 year course, achieving a distinction.

Gav was recording his own material and playing with a London based Death Metal outfit Exit Wound  whose live performances and E.P. was acclaimed in the London' venues such as the Barfly, Verge and Underworld. Metal Hammer and Terrorizer magazine highly rated the band, unfortunately, the lead singer quit. 

Exit Wound's lead guitarist Sam Chin formed a hardcore band Last Hours of Torment and asked Gav to hook up, LHOT toured Poland, Holland , Belgium and Germany playing several summer festivals on the way.

At this point in Mid - 2003 the U.K / Italian Power Metallers Power Quest saw Gav playing in Germany and asked if he would help them and drum on their live shows,  Power Quest performed with critical acclaim at the 2003 Bloodstock Festival supporting Blaze and Saxon, latterly they toured with Threshold.

Gav left the band in 2004 to concentrate on further studies, since that time has been involved with a London based experimental Thrash / Death metal band.

Now the rest as they say is history...Gav has joined Nervecell.

Gav possesses a large portfolio of recorded work, and to date has performed in over 150 live shows and festivals. he is a hard hitting, extremely speedy double kick player and fast becoming one the best young metal drummers around, Gav is looking forward to his Dubai experience with Nervecell