Define your genre in five words or less:
Psych/folk/rock/baroque.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
Hard to pigeonhole. My process of writing was to find originality by throwing out anything that was like anything else I’d heard. English, contemporised Celtic folk meets Syd Barratt/’60s psychedelia, with a touch of the Baroque thrown in is the closest definition.
What do you hate about the music industry?
Nothing really. It’s not in me to hate. Like any relationship, it has its unkind moments but then there’s the good times. Bitterness with lack of success is a killer. It’s a different ‘industry’ these days. I think you have to do it for its own sake, not for recognition. When it defines you, that’s when the trouble starts. You see it a lot these days, the need to be known, and the self-destruction when rejection comes in.
So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you…what do they say?
You should check these guys out. Very interesting band. These four guys and two string players, playing a style of music that comes with some very unusual, almost classical overtones to the string arrangements. Interesting song ideas and content. You don’t see many bands like that.
How long have you been gigging and writing?
Decades, since the late ‘60s. I did a lot of things in between, and had lots of musical adventures.
Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?
Fuchsia I (1971), Fuchsia II: from Psychedelia to a Distant Place. Fuchsiamusic.com
Why should everyone come and see your band?
Because we are unique. Who else has taken 40 years to be recognised? Who else is doing baroque folk string arrangements in a folk/rock idiom, and sounding pretty contemporary?
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
At the Roundhouse Chalk Farm London, along with Syd Barratt’s Pink Floyd and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac. Magic was there. It was a good night!
If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why?
Lindt Dutch chocolate. It’s so beautifully packaged, creamy and satisfying. You can never get enough, and the taste really does linger!
