Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for...

Mr Martyn Francis Paul Casserly, Glass Darkly's answer to Slash, known as 'the bearded one'. You'll find him slightly to the right of Dave.

Ah the infamous facial hair, subject of much heated debate I believe?

Quite. Sadly he's not for being persuaded - a dose of chloroform and a fresh razor would seem to be the only way to separate him from his beloved red chin fluff.

I thought he claimed it was his best feature?

A view shared by his lovely wife, Naomi, and his daughter Aisa who likes to grab him by it and pull really hard!

Legend has it he was separated at birth from Graham Kendrick... what's his response?

"Humphmumblemumblemumble."

Come again?

It's hard to comment effectively when you talk at a frequency that most lesser mortals are unable to pick up.

So what else does he bring to the band?

Listen out for his melodic bluesy guitar - an essential part of the GD sound - and a raft of carefully crafted solos.

I hear he often goes missing?

True enough, though he's easily located by combing the local second hand book stores. As well as a book collection that's bigger than The Library of Congress, he has a near encyclopaedic knowledge of films.

He's in it for the fame and fortune is he?

Apparently not. Martyn says record breaking music sales are irrelevant.

You mean he has no desire to meet Norris McWhirter?

Nope.

Unlikely to be invited around to his neighbours house for:

His personal nightmare: an evening of canapes and modern jazz.

Not to be confused with:

Treebeard (Lord of the Rings), Captain Redbeard the Pirate, Graham Kendrick. Dr Seuss' Green-bearded Schlott or indeed, any exotic bearded creature, factual or otherwise...

Serious bit.

Born and bred in Bermondsey, Martyn lent his Steve Staunton-esque talent at left back to the mighty Drummond Rovers, City Hope's overachieving church football team while remaining dubious about the meaning of life. Still, the team served its purpose and Martyn made it from footy field to mission field, and the rest as they say is history.

Facial hair, Glass Darkly, marriage to Naomi, the eventful birth of their daughter Aisa, and thankfully boring one of Holly followed (well, boring for Martyn - Naomi looked to be quite busy). While not on GD duties Martyn can be found writing for various magazines under the pretense that he knows what he's talking about.