Ten bands everyone should know about:
Clowns, Velociraptor, Apes, The Yard Apes, Step Panther, Udays Tiger, San Gras, Sheriff, Sasquatch, Hollow Everdaze.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Really good tacos, beers, tequila, ground beef nachos, habanero sauce, limes, my home made guacamole, good corn chips (not Doritos).
Eight possessions that define you:
Rainbow glitter drumkit, my cat B.C. (Battle Cat), my broken down piece of shit ‘79 Jaguar, Marshall Combo with Marshall changed to Arsehole, Technics SL1200s and my record collection (I swear I have records I haven’t listened to), my studio, all the weird shit in my house, there’s a lot of things I can’t explain but can’t part with, my tattoos, that seem to get stupider with every new one, funny is apparently something a aspire to look like.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mixtape:
Banshee, Aliens, Predator, Red Dwarf, The Life Aquatic, Italian Spiderman, Game Of Thrones.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
I’m shy and it makes me act like a dickhead, I sleep in too much, I’ve quit smoking about 30 times, I leave Important things to the last minute, I’m gullible, apparently I’m clumsy, I’ve never noticed, but I seem to get told every other day.
Five people who inspire you:
My dad cause he’s the best mate I’ve ever had, my mate Murph because he seems to be happy with everything all the time, anyone who shreds on guitar because I can’t and have never wanted to be able to do anything more than that (Guy can), Yetis, and the dog from Harry and the Hendersons for giving hell to a yeti.
Four things that turn you on:
Girls that look like gypsies, cool weird guitars, cars from the ‘60/’70s, especially Camaros and Jaguars, good coffee and the feeling straight after a really big show.
Three goals for your music:
To get our original material out asap, to keep touring here and overseas successfully (I don’t know what else I ever want to do!) and to be able to keep coming up with ideas for our insanely complicated mixtapes. It’s way more work than you’d imagine!
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
The first Meredith we played, I nearly shit my pants I was that nervous and there was a real chance my shyness would have got me and I would go catatonic, but it’s amazing what you can do when you push yourself right? It’s such a special weekend even when you aren’t playing, which I never thought I’d get to do. The second would have to be gentlemen or the road with Mumford and Sons. We initially thought it was weird as shit that we even got asked by them to come along, but turns out they love us and we had them all on stage dancing the whole time, and pretty much everyone that had played that day.
One day left before the apocalypse and you:
Probably throw a party with the people that are important to me, play music, have some laughs. Just be happy, if it’s all gonna end all you have left is being happy and each other.
When’s the gig?
Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday March 30 and Sunday March 31 with Step Panther and APES.
