Define your genre in five words or less:
Rock-n-cow-punk-roll.
When and where are you launching your EP?
Scotty: Bar Open on Saturday April 19 (free entry). We’re pulling out all the stops to make this show special – sequenced choreography, laser beams, revolving stages and pyrotechnics. Rehearsals have been stressful at times, but we reckon it’ll be worth it.
What part of making music excites you the most?
Nick: Basically, all the rock’n’roll shenanigans that happens backstage. One time Clare had three sugars in her tea!
What part of making music discourages you?
Clare: Each week we rehearse at my house and every time Nick goes to the toilet he always leaves the seat up. Scotty’s even more of a menace: don’t trust him with your drum sticks or plectrums, and no matter how much he cries or begs, never, ever, feed him after midnight.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
Clare: Scotty generally paces the room at Olympic speed and visits the toilet approximately three times a minute. Nick often sprints outside the venue spins round three times and spits over his shoulder. My job is to calm their nerves by forcing them to form a huddle, sing the A-Team theme song and down a shot of Jamesons.
What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?
Scotty: The formula’s pretty simple: visit the lonely old crossroads at midnight. There you’ll meet a strange man dressed in a red suit. Give him your old guitar and ask him to tune it; the next time you play, it’ll be to an audience of millions!
What makes a good musician?
Clare: You have to enjoy lifting guitar amps and drums kits up flights of stairs. Nick: I reckon owning a camper van’s pretty important too. Scotty: Facial hair.
When are you doing your thing next?
We’re playing The Tote on Saturday June 14. It’s a Saturday night at a great venue with a great lineup, so hopefully see you there.
AYE CANDY celebrate the launch of their EP at Bar Open on Saturday April 19.
