Riot In Toytown conjures up a cute, yet violent image. Is your music cute and/or violent?
Defintely violent. Though, it’s mostly due to our drummer flailing around like a maniac and injuring himself on cymbals. As for cute, well our bass player is quite small. He’s like a miniature human. Some people might consider that cute. Musically – we’re slightly disgruntled.
How did you come up with the name?
Peyote. No, we struggled with names for the first year of our existence. In the end, Matt (bass) brought it into practice one day and it was the first name we didn’t hate straight away. It conjures some good imagery. As for what it means, only Matt may know, and probably has no idea.
You’re about to launch your debut EP at The Corner Hotel as part of the massive Collision At The Corner festival. Which of the bands are you most looking forward to checking out?
Defintely Barbarion. That clip for My Rock is legendary. We’ve played with the Voodoocain boys before. Their singer has a great voice. So that’ll be awesome too, no doubt.
Who smells the best in the band?
Two-way tie. Both our drummer and bass player have no body odour. We’re not sure they’re human. Having said that, Matt does like his protein. So, ok. Gangles wins.
Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with?
One Direction. Not much music would get played (thankfully) but who wouldn’t want to see a few of those kids decapitated with a nice crash cymbal or cleft in twain with a PRS.
What song would you love for Riot In Toytown to cover?
There are many. We’d like to do something a little left of centre. Something we can put our own stamp on, but I don’t want to give too much away just yet – oooh secrets.
