sentence: members royston langdon a.k.a. '' ray sprinkles '' ( born royston william langdon , 1 may 1972 ) -- bass and vocals antony langdon a.k.a. '' tone down '' ( born antony alfred chester langdon , 14 may 1968 ) -- rhythm guitar and vocals jonny cragg a.k.a. '' corky '' ( born 18 july 1966 ) -- drums richard steel a.k.a. '' rich '' ( born 12 november 1968 ) -- lead guitar timo ellis -- multi-instrumentalist history though all the band members are from leeds , west yorkshire , the band was formed in new york city in 1994 when antony langdon met cragg by chance in a café where cragg had a job killing rats .