As well as the Lovesticks and Honorary Lovesticks, there are also several Associate Lovesticks, who play an important part in the Lovesticks world by providing inspiration, musical input, and companionship during our ventures to the local (or, more usually, not very local) public house.

As will soon become apparent, the world of The Lovesticks is a very strange and peculiar one, not made any clearer by the constant naming and renaming of songs, band members and associates. Furthermore, there are a number of traditions that are regularly followed, which may seem bizarre to most people.

One of the more obvious bizarre traditions is that of stealing things from Joseph's house, only to re-present them to him down the pub. Amongst the things that have been stolen are telephones, computer keyboards, cuddly toys, a dustbin and a cat. The last three of these, of course, have their own personalities and traits, and as such, have been given the status of Associate Lovesticks.

Bun Bun

Bun Bun is a cuddly toy rabbit, and is most famous in the Lovesticks world for bouncing. In particular he is well known for bouncing off the backs of mandolins and guitars during an on stage tennis match between Xan and Michelle, whilst Xav and Joe were attempting to perform the song "Fluffy".

Bun Bun has also been known to perform at St. Celia's Day Jams, although his musical skills are somewhat restricted by the size and furriness of his paws. There is, however, video footage of him playing the harmonica.

Bun Bun

Not to be confused with Bun Bun, Bun Bun is another toy rabbit of the same family. Due to his smaller size, Bun Bun is more easily concealed than Bun Bun, and has consequently made more trips to the pub. He was also involved in the tennis match, and has played keyboards at a St. C's jam.

Cull

Cull is a toy seal (think about it) who frequents the pub even more than Bun Bun and Bun Bun added together! Due to his more aerodynamic form, he is also used quite often as ammunition during outbreaks of civil war in rehearsals. He also appeared in the tennis match.

Zachariah & John The Baptist

Zachariah is Joe's cat, as was John The Baptist before he unfortunately passed away. John was not John's real name, but he has been known as such in Lovestick circles since Xav first met him. He was once almost taken to the pub (he mewed just as we were pulling away, so Joe spotted our cunning plan), and both cats have played active parts at jams and rehearsals by walking over instruments, causing them to generate a pseudo random element to the music.

John has also had some incredibly bad poetry written about him by Xav, when he was in a particularly strange mood. An extract from this piece is reproduced below, but please don't take this as an example of Xav's usual poetic talents:-

John The Baptist, John The Baptist, he drank lots of water.
John The Baptist drank more than was good, or than he oughta.
John The Baptist loved a girl, and so he tried to court her,
But she was a prostitute, so John The Baptist bought her.

Bin Bin

No, not another toy rabbit. Bin Bin is, in fact, a Scottish dustbin, occasionally known as "McBin". His lid takes the form of a tartan hat, and his body is red and furry. He has been taken to the pub on a few occasions, and was even converted into an icon for use on Xav's computer - which resulted in him actually making it into a magazine (as part of a screenshot) during Xav's attempts to make some money from writing.

The icon is the result of Xav having turned Bin Bin into an image of a dustbin wearing a kilt, which flashes its yellow underpants whenever something is deleted.

The Non-Stop, Rubber Topped, Whirly Things

A non-stop, rubber topped, whirly thing is the name given to any inflatable object which is used as a projectile or weapon of force against any band member who plays a bad note, or generally fluffs up. The first devices of this nature were the semi-inflated bladders of footballs, which are ideal for throwing at people. More recently, the ubiquitous squeaky inflatable hammers and inflatable clubs have been used to similar effect.

Joe's Oven

Joe's oven deserves a special mention as the source of our sustenance during many jams and rehearsals. It is a miracle of modern science that by using such a device we can produce a piping hot pizza from base materials (nominally, a cold pizza).

This method has been found to be far more effective than our previous method, whereby we would ring a pizza company and have one delivered. In principal this may sound like an ideal solution, but has been known to result in Xav singing from halfway up the stairs (using long extension leads to his mic and headphones - but not long enough to reach the bottom of the stairs) whilst waiting for the pizza to be delivered!

Michelle's Mum

For our sustenance during recent St. Celia's Day jams, we have resorted to more traditional methods - someone's mother. Since the location of these jams has been at Michelle's house, her mother was kind enough to not only reheat our pizza, but also provide salad and desert.