The Phantom first rose to prominence in 1994, a full three years before the BN Crew would even form. He was a pioneer in leading an idiotic lifestyle and invented many of the noises and catch phrases that today are so popular among the worldwide BN community.

'I remember he had this mad bowl hairdo and kept talking about wanking' says The Bean, a man who once tried to kill Hammer, 'and as if the bowl wasn't enough, he was had this inane grin on his face, like some kind of clown in a coma'.

Right from the beginning, Hansel would form an alliance of annoyance with future BN star Disco Lights. 'I didn't know what to make of Hanton at first so I figured I might as well make his life a misery for the next 30 years. Well, I guess that won't happen now but I still visit his grave every week and mad shake my fringe at him, the way I used to, just in case he's watching me from down there. It's nice to know I can still annoy him.'

It would be these three years before the birth of the BN Crew that Hamhead would meet, greet and, eventually, be beaten by Ceb 352. 'Yeah, I remember that dickbean, he was rapid. Mad perv head on the cunt. Think I'll dig him up after and give him a ghost attack. Ah Hamhead, where did it all go wrong?' These three years where Hamhead, Disco and Ceb ruled the piss stained halls of Mount Temple Comprehensive school would come to a head in 1997 on the now infamous 'Trip to Tipp'.

The Trip to Tipp:

'Hamhead believed. In the Western Sun. He believed that it was falling down. On everyone. That's why he is gone from us now. There'll be no shelter here.' The exact words that Disco Lights used at Hamhead's funeral last month, before the riot started. 1997's Trip to Tipp would see the birth of the BN Crew as we know it. Ceb, The Bean, Disco Lights, Doctor Edgewild and Hammer would all come out of that weekend on a path to nothing. 'The Trip to Tipp was solid.' remembers The Bean, 'Hamhead left early and didn't do the washing up. That was when we decided to completely ruin his life for the next 20 years. Who knew it would only take 14? RIP. Poor Hanton. Should have washed up.'

'That weekend was great' remembers Disco 'I had these glasses. They were prescription. I needed them to see properly. But for some reason Hamhead got all worked up about them. He kept on about them not having two lenses and that I was only wearing them to annoy him. I mean, who would do that?' Doctor Edgewild seems to agree that this may have been an early warning sign 'Yeah, I remember those prescription glasses that Kenna had. Don't know why Hamhead got so worked up about them. Looking back now, I think we should have realised how badly his mind was starting to suffer.' BN leader Ceb seems to add further weight to the theory that this weekend was the beginning of the end for Hamner 'For some reason, Hamsistor radio insisted on lying across the backseat of a taxi. I don't know why. There was plenty of room, I don't understand why he remembers it differently.' It seems that Hamhead was starting to unravel like a red and white ski jacket.

Local man Will Buttimer recalls ' This guy kept ringing me, like some kind of prank calls, you know? I could hear his friends in the background trying to stop him but he was obviously the one behind it. The other guys were just trying to have a fun time but this Hamhead guy was all about ruining it for everyone. That's exactly how it happened. No doubt'.

The years of wilderness:

After the Trip to Tipp and the emergence of the BN Crew as a global powerhouse, Hamhead found himself the leader of the BN All Stars. All Star Gumpner remembers what it was like to serve under Hamhead 'Yeah, he was really weird. Always calling for meetings and then demanding we tell him why McKenna had no lenses in his glasses. Eventually, the All Stars were absorbed into the main BN roster.

Hamhead himself seemed to get more unstable as time went on. I'm kinda glad he's dead now.' BN well wisher The Mongrel worked with Hapton 'He was a really bizarre character. Seriously. By the time I worked with him, the bowl haircut was gone but he kept asking me if his bowl haircut looked OK. I eventually gave up and told him it looked great.' It was around this time that Hamhead began to experiment with drugs. BN drugorama Ceb recalls 'Hamhead did a bucketbomb, we tried to stop him, didn't pressure him into it at all, but he kept insisting. So we set one up for him, just to keep him happy and he did it but for some reason thought that Doctor Edgewild was Dennis Irwin.

I think he was really struggling with life.' Around this time it is believed that Hamhead was living out of a brightly coloured Antler brand bag. Disco recalls an incident from their youth 'I was minding my own business, just sitting there when I heard a scream. I ran to help and saw Hamhead. He had a 2b pencil in one hand and there was a young lad crying. I can't really say anymore but anyone who bought Hamhead's solo album, Strider, will know what I'm talking about'.

The failure of this album pushed Hamcrustin to further lows. Selling only a single copy, despite being free, the album was a disaster. Hansolo was forced to crawl back to the BN Crew, cap in hand, to beg for forgiveness. 'Yeah, we forgave him right away' says The Bean 'We're not the sort of people to be stuck in the past at all. We move on and forget what happened. Dig the Jimmy Ray, huh?' Even though the BN Crew fought hard to keep Hamhead on the straight and narrow, offering him support, money and even a bicycle with a lollipop stick in it, this tragic star would eventually fall from the sky in the most devastating of circumstances.

The death of a legend:

They lined the streets of the nation's capital for miles around. From every walk of life, from every area. Men, women and children solemnly waiting to pay their respects to a legend. Broadcast to every corner of the globe, the black Peugeot 306 began it's grim procession. It lasted for about a minute before everyone headed home and the coffin was left lying around somewhere.

At a special funeral mass, the church was hijacked by BN Spiritual leader Lofty who started a riot which would eventually cause the deaths of over 6 billion people. Believable. The details of his death are now notorious, taught in schools and studied in colleges yet still, so many unanswered questions. Why did he have a pigeon under his arm? How could he fire those shots with a gun from Time Crisis?
Just what was Paul McGrath's involvement in those last hours? Why did he choose a bench on Grizzel Avenizzel to eat that last fateful meal? The 17th April, 2011 would forever be known as black Hanton day. Whoa, black Hanton Ham-a-lam.

He left behind a legacy. A legacy of noises. Of smells. Of making faces. Of destroyed jacks. Of drunken nights. Of demanding satisfaction when none was available. Hamhead was a man for all seasons. He will be sadly missed. Until next week when he'll probably be back or some shit.