" There is a sense of joy that comes from playing music with like minded people that you can't get anywhere else. If the album is the sea and the songs are the waves then we are the surfers riding each wave as if its the first or maybe the last. Every performance in each song has it's individual stamp. Thats what makes music exciting and thats why we do it." FV

From the age of ten when he first picked up the classical guitar through to his first professional band at the age of fourteen and up to the present Floyd has been totally immersed in the world of music and performance. For the past 17 years he has largely by-passed musical trends and fads preferring to follow his own muse and lead one of Australia's most unique and enduring bands as they record and tour both here and overseas.

Floyd's career was kicked along in December 1988 after winning the JJJ/ Sony sponsored Australian Music Video Festival Award for the best music video. He immediately went overseas in search of inspiration. A pilgramage to the birthplace of Salvador Dali, a long standing love of Spanish culture and an early start in classical music led him to Europe and the exotic rhythms of the flamenco guitarists.

After travelling Europe and then landing in New York he eventually ended up in Los Angeles where he met Frank Zappa. Floyd was inspired by Frank Zappa's musical integrity, work ethic and "do it yourself " philosophy. Back in Sydney Floyd's song "Child Thing" from the award winning video had been receiving airplay on JJJ. The song was in 3/4 time, featured nylon string guitars and sounded like nothing else on the radio at the time. At the urging of booking agents in Sydney he formed The Childbrides and hit the road.

The early line-ups of the band featured members from The Church, The Crystal Set, The Milky Bar Kids and Ed Keupper's band The Yard Goes On Forever. It was regarded by many as the inner city's answer to the Party Boys who were a popular band of famous names doing the large suburban beer barns of the day.

Floyd's early shows featured snake chalmers and belly dancers as support acts and the band had a 3 strong female road crew that used to decorate the stages of the Hopetoun, Annandale hotels and the like with a giant fish net full of paper mache sea creatures. This "rolling party" ' toured semi regularly around the country whenever the band members main acts were off the road. This approach worked well for quite a while and allowed Floyd access to experienced musicians. Eventually frustrated though by the inability to keep up a touring momentum Floyd searched for like minded musical souls who could form a permanent line up.

Over the years the band has been renown for its consistent and high quality live performances with a musicianship and energy level far above that of most Pop/ Rock bands. On his recordings and tours Floyd has also featured the talents of some of the countries most exciting and technically proficient rock and jazz players including Chris Abrahams ( The Necks), Matt Peg ( Jethro Tull, Ozzy Osbourne), Jo Accaria ( Wendy Mathews, Tap Dogs), Robien Haider ( Don McLean), Lindsay Page ( King Tide, Junglehammer), Bill Jacobi ( Warumpi Band, Method), Cameron Undy ( 20th Century Dog ),Victor Roundsand,Dave Marsalis ( Tim Finn, Not Drowning Waving).

From the mid-nineties to today the lineup of the band Floyd - guitar vocals, Lindsay Page - keyboards, trombone, piano accordion, Bill Jacobi - Bass has been a constant with the relatively recent addition of Dave Marsalis - drums being the only change.

Floyd has always retained a strong degree of autonomy in his career being either a self managed or co-managed artist and in the mid nineties he again set his sights overseas and began touring internationally. He has now performed 5 international tours ( 4 band - 1 solo) of up to 3 months predominantly on the European festival circuit and covering the territories of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, Spain, and Belgium. He is alo one of the few Australian artists who has toured and released an album in Eastern Europe performing in Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

In the late nineties after the international tours began he was signed to Universal Music and released the critically acclaimed album "Last Exit Motel" around the world. That album received strong airplay across Europe and the UK with 3 singles on high rotation on RETE 3 in Switzerland. Throughout the mid- late nineties the band literally lived on the road performing an average of 180-200 shows per year. They also maintained a constant touring presence in Australia during that time and also performed 5 concerts to overwhelming response at the Sydney 2000 Olympics live sites organized by the Olympics Co-Ordination Authority.

After his tour of Europe in 2001 Floyd moved out of Sydney. He renovated a house near the beach south of Sydney which includes his new studio Blushing Pig Sonic Exploration Facility where most of the latest album was recorded. The new album "MONKEY PUZZLE" was released Jan 2006 on his own label Godsplay and it is distributed nationally in Australia by MGM. The album was produced and recorded by Floyd Vincent and the Childbrides/ Brent Clark and features 11 new tracks. It is the first time he has been able to produce an album without the pressure of time constraints. Some of the tracks recorded have been live favourites over the past few years and some are new. The album continues the bands fascination with the dance rhythms of South America and breaks new ground for them in the areas of rock and pop.

Floyd will be touring nationally both solo and with The Childbrides throughout 2006 and a European tour is planned for later in the year.