{"id":81468,"date":"2024-02-02T17:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=81468"},"modified":"2024-06-20T21:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:13:57","slug":"ex-60-ft-dolls-drummer-happy-people-are-shopping-for-his-paintings-after-change-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/02\/ex-60-ft-dolls-drummer-happy-people-are-shopping-for-his-paintings-after-change-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-60 Ft. Dolls drummer happy people are shopping for his paintings after change of art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Carl Bevan&#8217;s band 60 Ft. Dolls invigorated the &#8217;90s music scene. These days he&#8217;s swapped his drumsticks for paintbrushes but is finding a whole new international fanbase. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ANYONE who grew up during the \u2018Cool Cymru\u2019 cultural movement of the 1990s is likely to be familiar with trailblazing Newport indie band \u201860 Ft. Dolls.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummer Carl Bevan, 50, along with bandmates Mike Cole and Richard Parfitt, were central to Newport\u2019s \u2018Golden Age of Music\u2019 in the mid-90s as the city became known as the \u2018New Seattle\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if you are of more tender years the chances are you are more likely to recognise Carl for his artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sat down with Carl at his&nbsp;studio near Canton to discuss the shift in career and lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 60 Ft. Dolls he certainly lived the rock and roll lifestyle: \u201cJust after signing our first record deal, I blew \u00a310,000 in one night. We smashed up our hotel room and destroyed the oldest bowling green in Britain.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band were kicked-out of London\u2019s legendary Columbia Hotel, famous for its relaxed attitude and \u2018turn-a-blind-eye\u2019 policy to the after-party shenanigans of artists who stayed there \u2013 including Oasis and Iggy Pop. It takes something special to get banned from that place, but the Dolls managed it after hosting a 600-person after-party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"386\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4.png 386w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-293x293.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4.png 386w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-4-293x293.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">60 Ft. Doors (L-R): Mike Cole, Richard Parfitt and Carl Bevan. Credit: Carl Bevan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The band were infamous for their off-stage antics, but they achieved great success on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They performed at Glastonbury in 1997, at Reading Festival six times and at T in the Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also played at the 1996 Sex Pistols reunion gig in Finsbury Park, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Johnny Depp and Kate Moss backstage. Carl described it as \u2018the best day of his life.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl\u2019s love for music emerged long before his days with 60 Ft. Dolls though. He was born in Glynneath in 1973. His dad, Ray, was a well-known preacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was eight my dad joined a travelling gospel band and we to Spain for a year with a 3,000-seater big-top circus tent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>That experience inspired his initial love for music and \u201cthat\u2019s what made me want to be in a band. I started playing the drums in church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a youngster growing up in the 1970s and &#8217;80s, I wanted to be two things; a drummer, or a cartoonist. I ended up being a drummer. A drummer first of all anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"337\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81602\" style=\"width:751px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6.png 474w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6-293x208.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81602\" style=\"width:751px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6.png 474w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-6-293x208.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carl during 60 Ft. Doors Performance (Credit: Carl Bevan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl and the family moved to Newport in 1984, when Carl was 11. He went to school in Newport, getting a \u2018D\u2019 in Art at A-Level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aged 21, Carl and 60 Ft. Dolls signed their first record deal and he spent nearly a decade behind the band&#8217;s kit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their 1996 album <em>Big 3<\/em> came in at number 12 in Welsh Arts Review\u2019s \u2018Greatest Welsh albums of all time.\u2019 &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band \u2018imploded\u2019 in late 1999, but Carl remained in the music industry. In 2005 he got a call from BBC Wales\u2019s DJ Adam Walton, who asked Carl to produce all the live in-session bands for his show. Carl accepted and produced for bands such as Future of the Left, The Keys, and Exit International, who then asked him to produce their debut album <em>Black Junk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Black Junk<\/em> went on to be a critically-acclaimed record and was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"81587\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Img-1-6-868x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81587\" 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But hand problems caused by banging a drum for 30 years, coupled with a loss of love for music, meant he had \u201cgot to the end of the line with music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThere was a huge void to fill as music had been a lifelong obsession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This void, however, would soon be filled by his other passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Carl was a kid, he&#8217;d only wanted to be a drummer or a cartoonist \u2013 it just so happened that drumming came first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl, who moved to Cardiff 15 years ago, started painting five years ago. \u201cI started with dog portraits, which I made on my iPad. They would take around 200-hours to complete and would sell for about \u00a3200 each.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came his lucky break. Whilst working as an IT technician at the Royal College of Nursing in Cardiff, the company hosted an art competition. Despite initially not being interested in entering, he was persuaded by his boss. After a blind vote by 1,200 people, his painting (below) won and Carl pocketed \u00a32,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis was a real lightbulb moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"485\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9.png 732w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9-293x194.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9.png 732w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/image-9-293x194.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carl&#8217;s competition-winning painting (Credit: Carl Bevan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI then started taking it seriously. My first six paintings went straight in the bin, but the seventh clicked and it sold for $600 dollars at auction in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl is now on his 110<sup>th<\/sup> painting. His work has sold to people all over the world. Beth and Preben from Pennsylvania have never been to Cardiff or Wales, but they have bought 22 limited edition prints over the years. \u201cWe love it, and it ain\u2019t over yet,\u201d they said by email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl said: \u201cPeople just get it. It resonates with people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His work encapsulates the spirit of Cardiff and his native South Wales and he often paints locla locations. It reminds some people of home. 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