Fresh from a series of open-air shows as special guests of Status Quo last summer, The Hamsters return to Pembrokeshire with a gig at the Queen's Hall, Narberth, on Friday.

The Hamsters are: Slim (guitar, singer); Rev. Otis (drums, sings a bit); Zsa Zsa (bass, sings a bit).

Now in their 18th year together and soon to beperforming their 3,500th concert, The Hamsters are established as the UK's premier blues-rock attraction.

This has been achieved purely by hard work with the band handling all their own affairs, thereby disproving the popular misconception that it can't be done without major-label 'muscle'.

Legendary Radio 2 broadcaster Bob Harris described them as 'fabulous' and 'one of Britain's very best live bands'.

Although primarily performing their own material, they are widely regarded as leading interpreters of the music of Jimi Hendrix andmore recentlyZZ Top.

Originally forming for their own amusement (and taking their name from the Sex Pistols, who once used it as a pseudonym to outwit hostile councils), The Hamsters enjoy the irony of being an aggressive band with a cuddly name.

Members have performed with artists such as Eric Clapton, Alison Moyet, Doctor Feelgood, Walter Trout and the late, great gentleman of British Blues, Alexis Korner.

If you can't make it to the Queens Hall on Friday, Telegraph Pulse has two copies of The Hamsters' latest album, Open All Hours, to give away.

To win tell us how many years the band have been together.

Send your entry, name and address to Hamsters Competition, Telegraph Pulse, Western Telegraph, Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA61 1XF by Monday, February 14th. Or e-mail ally.betteley@gwent-wales.co.uk with the subject title 'Hamsters'.