Peter Hackshaw - vocals

Founding member of Retrofin with Dean, Pete hails from Barking, Essex and now lives in Hornchurch. Descended from a line of urly burly pearly East End pub piano players, he was taught piano at a young age by his great grandmother (God rest her soul), but has never been able to read music.

The first album that made him want to be in a band was 'Fear of the Dark' by Iron Maiden, which a friend copied for him on cassette and literally got worn out from being played so often.

He then began his journey into music and found inspiration in albums such as; Nevermind (Nirvana), Strange Days (The Doors), Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins) and a stolen vinyl of 'Rolled Gold' (a Rolling Stones comp). Pete was bought a copy of a Fender guitar at the age of 12 and formed a school band with Tony Lewis (original Retrofin drummer)...

Later, Pete and Tony played in a band with Johnny Rocker of Roadstar/Hurricane Party and at some point, he discovered the music of Billy Idol, decided to drop the guitar (which frankly he was never that good at) and concentrate on being a frontman; ...with the space to dive into the audience at any given moment and generally climb things...
Pete would like to meet; Ollie Reed, Henry VIII, Billy Idol and Serj Tankian.

Fact; Road To Ruin actually began as a song on the piano, which Pete never intended for the band, as he thought they would hate it.