Interview for Bolton Evening News 2006
BEN: Who are you?
Ste Robinson (spam) guitars and vocals
John Fearns guitars
Richard Whyte (YT) bass
Norman Cook drums
BEN: How did you get together?
Ste and Rich were in Lofthouse, John was in The Arch Dentons and when those bands split up in ‘94 we got together.
We have recently re-formed after a 5 year break and acquired Norman Cook, a drumming legend, (no reserve), off ebay.
BEN: And the story so far...
We did a lot of gigging ‘round Bolton and Manchester during the mid to late ‘90’s, supporting such bands as the Cardiacs and Half man Half Biscuit. We played the Hacienda, just before it shut down. Then it all kind of stopped happening, we got lazy and the momentum stopped. Then last year we decided to have another shot at it and at least get some of the songs recorded properly. As we prepared for the recording the BBC got in contact and asked if they could make a short film featuring the band in the studio.
BEN: What do you sound like?
Like a mixture of our influences The Chameleons, The Clash, The Jam, The Pixies and many others starting with ‘The’.
BEN: What's on your record player?
Ste: Interpol, Editors, raging kipper and Adam Green
Rich: The Village Green Preservation Society
John: Foo Fighters, Arctic Donkeys and David Gilmour
Norm: a pot plant
BEN: If you could play with one band, who would it be and why?
Girls Aloud, or did you mean musically? Probably somewhere on the line up at a Northern Soul weekender.
BEN: What's been the highlight so far?
Playing The Hacienda. Also being filmed by the BBC was smart. They have been showing the film on the big screen in Manchester city centre, you know the one by the Manny Eye. Folks, on the Ferris wheel, can view the video, whilst slowly rotating.
BEN: Day jobs?
Spam’s a DJ, fearns is a pipeline inspector, ric is a saturation diver and norm is a full time drummer.
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