If you could no longer be a musician, what other occupation do you see yourself in?
I would probably try and write. You don’t get paid for that either so I’m well and truly used to the work conditions.
Do you remember the song that was playing when you lost your virginity?
It was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. One did. I heard it.
How did you all meet? What was it that brought the band together?
My girlfriend Edwina staged an improbable scene in Smith St to get my attention. She knew I was ripe for it. Dave and Clare were musicians, often neighbours. Dave still watches Neighbours.
Have there been any sexual exploits between band members?
I heard a rumour that Dave and Clare have had sex and also that Edwina’s daughter is actually mine. We are morally bankrupt.
What has been the biggest fuck-up you’ve made during a live performance? How do you usually handle mistakes?
So many memories. So many feelings of awfulness. In my own band I allow myself these ‘mistake’ luxuries and I actually often feed off them. Mostly.
Talk us through your first ever live show.
My first proper show was a date playing bass on a short Birthday Party tour.
It was extraordinary. A baptism by fire. I felt very strangely still as tornados, fireworks and violence in general ricocheted all around me. The promoter said, ‘That was the greatest show since the Doors at the Roundhouse.’ I smiled weakly and swallowed hard. I think of it surprisingly often.
Catch HARRY HOWARD & THE NDE at the Flying Saucer Club on Saturday July 11 with support from Gary Gray & The 6th Circle.
