The Players are a supergroup consisting of the core members of Damon Minchella

Damon Minchella

Damon Minchella is an English bass guitarist, formerly with Ocean Colour Scene, which he left in 2003. He was a regular member of Paul Weller's backing band until 2008, is a member of the supergroup The Players and played for The Who during their performance at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park.He...

 (bass), Mick Talbot

Mick Talbot

Michael 'Mick' Talbot is a British keyboardist. He played with the late 1970s mod revivalists The Merton Parkas; Dexys Midnight Runners; The Bureau, and later with Paul Weller in The Style Council....

 (keyboards) and Steve White (drums).

Their first album Clear the Decks, released in 2003 had Aziz Ibrahim

Aziz Ibrahim

Aziz Ibrahim is a British musician. He was born in Longsight, Manchester to Pakistani parents. He is best known for his work as guitarist with Simply Red, The Stone Roses and their former vocalist Ian Brown in whose support band he regularly performs – both in the studio and live...

 on guitar, and featured guest musicians Steve Cradock

Steve Cradock

Steve Cradock is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock is also the second guitarist in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo records following Weller's self titled debut album.He is a distinctive guitarist, who has a...

 and Chad Smith

Chad Smith

Chad Smith is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot which includes Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony, former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and...

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Their second album From the Six Corners, released in October 2005 featured Kelly Dickson (vocals), Ken Papenfus (guitars and vocals) and Carl Papenfus (percussion and backing vocals).