Garfield Ulysses Yves-Kindling was as a child fascinated by the power of fire. While growing up in Burnley he worked in the family business, pioneering a range of gentlemen's scents, Smoke, at the tender age of 13 and developing the brand to such an extent that ten years later it overtook Hai Karate as the number one aftershave in North Yorkshire chemists.

His musical career was kicked off when, while acting as matchmaker for a couple of friends, he was struck by an idea: "What would happen if someone combined the sounds of The Tindersticks and Big Flame?" He rushed out and purchased a computer and immediately set to work. The Guy Who Invented Fire is the result.

Shortly afterwards, in a freak stage accident involving lighter fluid, a Fender Telecaster and a brother, he also became one of the Guitare Brothers.