Finalist ARIA Award for Best Children's Album for Rufty Tufty. Julian's drums recorded by Mark "Tufty" Evans at Wispington Studios. Tracks 8 & 12 mixed by Mark "Tufty" Evans at Wispington Studios. In 2012 Vess Ruhtenberg and Tufty left the band just before a European tour. Under its auspices more than 30,000 Tufty books about road safety were issued to parents. David "Tufty" Clough (formerly of Zero Boys) joined the band on bass guitar. "Tufty buns" are smaller versions of stotties, also sold in bakeries across the North East.