My Tiger My Timing have just got back from opening the John Peel Stage at Glastonbury. They are a five-piece who are based in SE London. Two of them grew up there. The others didn't. One of them is from Crawley. They've got a single out on August 1st.
That's all very well but I want to know is which, if any, of them wants a cock for a nose?
Biscuit or Cake
Anna - Limp Bizkit!
Gary - Biscuit
James - Biscuits, unless we're talking Cheesecake. That's the king of all
sweet treats.
Seb - Always the biscuit.
Jamie - Biscuit. For tax purposes.
What is your guiltiest musical pleasure? (one per band member) -
Gary - Country music. Especially Wichita Lineman!
James - Simply Red, and that's barely guilty. Just. A. Good. Band.
Anna - UB40, no guilt!
Seb - Happy Hardcore
Jamie - There is a serious lack of guilt about our musical peccadilloes in this band. For me, I’m aware that I shouldn't love Bon Jovi as much as I do but you have to admit Livin’ On A Prayer is where choruses go to die. I’m also a sucker for the tapping solo in In Too Deep by Sum41. Sue me jack!
Favourite live music experience.
James - (MTMT) Playing at Astra Stube in Hamburg was great! Proper sweaty little gig. We even did an encore. Felt like The Beatles.
Seb - There have been many... some are credible, some not so much.The entire Reading Festival 1998, Blur in Hyde Park last year, Vampire Weekend with the rest of the band at Isle of Wight - New Found Glory at the Borderline 2001 ;)
Jamie - (MTMT) Berlin with Phoenix. Hands down. 3,000 people. Easy.
Gary - I've had loads. Blur at Hyde Park, Queens of the Stone Age at Brixton to mention just two. But my favourite was my mate Hilly's band at the Front Page in Carlisle. He was really nervous so decided to get proper hammered. He got on stage, played one note then threw his guitar through a very small window. The gig lasted 5 seconds. Amazing!!
Anna - (MTMT) Playing John Peel Stage at Glastonbury - there are loads to choose from but this has to be up there
At the park do you prefer the swings or the roundabout?
James - Swings.
Gary - Oooh, definitely the swings!
Seb - It's all about the slide brother - but if pushed (literally) I'd say the swings. I like going really high and doing a big jump off at the end.
Anna - Swings, I get sick on the roundabout
Jamie - Swings. We’re talking SERIOUS ralphing on the roundabout!
If you could play a full gig of music anywhere in the world where would it be & why?
Seb - Benicasim festival I think or maybe Torquay - I'm from there you know.Anna - Hawaii for the sheer opulence of it (I'm imagining a Roxy Music scenario)
James - Glastonbury. Pyramid Stage. On Last.
Jamie - I’ve got a list of things that I’m ticking off as we go. Concorde2 was big on that list and playing there did NOT disappoint. Same with Glastonbury. I think for me it’s Brixton Academy next. I’ve seen so many shows there that getting onto that stage would be like....WHAAAAAAT!!??!?! Either that or The Paradiso in Amsterdam. You can’t whack a converted church!
Gary - Ibiza would be nice cos it would be a dead good party. Either that or King Georges Hall in Blackburn. It's a lovely building y'know!
Would you rather be the owl or the pussycat? State THREE reasons.
Anna - I need to re-read this...okay, the whole set-up is confusing, the owl is a bit of a weird perv and the cat is a floozy, but I guess I'll go owl -
a) power of flight,
b) super vision and
c) ability to play a guitar.
Jamie - The Pussycat:
- She seems to be calling the shots.
- She knows what she wants & she knows how to get it.
- She’s an animal of honour. A year & a day on a boat with an owl and she didn’t munch him. Loyalty!
Gary - The Owl.
1. He had a sweet voice
2. He seems quite easy going. The pussy cat is like "Ooh, let's get married" and the Owl is like "Yeah, alright, fair enough".
3. Owls are cool and pussycats are selfish. So there.
Seb - The pussycat:
i. Cats are awesome
ii. The cat would know what to do with all that money
iii. The cat would be able to get involved in the honey, where as the owl would have hella trouble beaking away at it.
James - Owl.
1.) He plays guitar.
2.) He know where the Bong-trees grow.
3.) He can eat from a runcible spoon.
What would win in a fight a chicken or a duck?
Seb - Duck - such a handsome creature... and I've always perceived chickens to be stupid. Ducks know how to play the game. (See what I did there)
Anna - A chicken has better claws and beak but I think the duck's multi-terrain abilities (land/air/water) would give him the upper hand.
Gary - Chicken. They seem a bit more aggressive to me.
James - Chicken. Less to lose.
Jamie - Duck. More to prove.
Would you rather have a dick for a nose or an arsehole for a mouth? (both in full working order)
Jamie - Dick for a nose. Although I am concerned about mouth-obscuring balls....
Anna - Hmm the long-standing debate, I think a dick nose would give you a niche appeal in underground sex clubs so you could probably make a reasonable living if you embraced the situation.James - Dick for a nose. Self explanatory.
Seb - Dick for a nose. Imagine the smell of that arsehole in such close proximity to your nose.
Gary - Dick for a nose. It'd look funny and I'd I'd be able to join Slipknot. Finally.
The chips are down. You're going out. The taxi's booked and you're wearing your sparkly jeggings. What one song do turn up loud to get you from pumped to PUMPED?
Seb
Jamie
James
Gary
Anna
You got in at 4am. You've got blistered hoofs & a pig has shat in your head. You need to spin an album to get your brain back for good. What album?
Anna - 'Fear of the Dark' by Iron Maiden
Gary - The Trials of Van Occupanther by Midlake is lovely.
James - Warpaint - 'The Fool'.
Seb - Weezer - Pinkerton
Jamie - Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
In the past few years you've made some amazing progress in the music industry. There have been some massive achievements and cool collaborations Who's the biggest prick you've met on the way?
James - The music industry itself is one massive prick.
Anna - there are so many...they far outweigh the good guys (a select and notable collection). You encounter innumerable puffed-up, pompous prats in other bands on the circuit, but at least they're trying to do something productive; it's the industry leeches who are the worst offenders, crap coke-sniffing, band-wagon-jumping, pay-to-play promoters are up there with some of the shoddiest.
Jamie - I think Anna’s right that the pay to play promoters are by far the biggest twats in the music industry that we’ve encountered so far. Although there are a few promoters who AREN’T pay-to-play that really have no clue what they’re doing and I’ve no clue what they’re doing it for. Some of them have full moustaches on their foreheads too. Other than that, miniature shitheads with small-man syndrome and delusions of grandeur/persecution complexes must be avoided at all costs.
Seb - Aye.
Gary - I don't think I've met anyone I would feel strongly enough to call a prick.
What has been the single worst live music experience for you so far?
Anna - we did one of those crap multi-venue city 'festivals' last year which was pretty shocking, the stage was covered in water, the venue was stiflingly hot, the show ran about 3 hours late, the sound was appalling and we got paid about £4 for the pleasure.
James - Too many to mention, none I'd care to recall.
Jamie - I try and take a positive away from every live show... I can’t fucking stand sound checks though. Across the board they are mind-numbing, ear-splitting, time-sucking shitters.
Gary - We played a gig at a club in Shoreditch once and there was about 10 bands playing. Each and every one where terrible. It ended with some solo girl singer naked and singing in French. I wouldn't have minded but she were pretty rough looking. In terms of playing I would say any gig where I have been too drunk. I play like a right arse when I'm drunk.
Seb - Playing some shit'ouse pub in Dalston where there was a lake of beer on the stage and the risk of being electrocuted was significantly high. Also - Northampton was pretty weak. Aye.
Let's picture a scenario. You've been asked by your management/label/fans to do a collaborate with a specific person. It's a high profile event collaboration that will be seen worldwide. It's impossible for you to back out of it and just have to grit your teeth and get on with it. In this scenario who would be your NIGHTMARE collaboration & why?
Seb - Des’ree - I just have a real problem with her. Hearing her music makes me really angry and unhappy.
Anna - this is quite a difficult question, I can think of lots of people who wouldn't really fit with what we do, but then I think, "hmm collaboration with Shaggy could end up being okay if we did it right" - I think it might be hard to maintain much cred if we had to work with Nickelback though...
James - The English National Opera. I'm dressed like the guy from the 'Go-Compare' ads and I'm about to try to hit the high note - but I can't - there's no way...
Gary - Anything to do with free jazz. It's just a bunch of people playing completely different songs to one another.
Jamie - We all try to be so accommodating I really think this could happen, we could very easily get talked into a collaboration that we’re too polite to back out of. I think a comic relief venture where we had to lark about with ‘comedians’ would be my ultimate nightmare. I'd admire the charity element but if I had to appear on stage with that wall-eyed jerk Russell Howard I’d probably dirty protest right on the floor in front of Lenny Henry. Starving African kids or no.
What's the best bit of free shit you've been given?
Seb - The bottle of Jagermeister in Daarmstadt comes close second to Fred Perry clothes.
Anna - Gotta love the Raybans...Reeboks...Fred Perry... keep us looking freshhh!
Jamie - A cup of tea. In a mug. At a festival. Bliss.
Gary - I never really buy anything too extravagant so anything that will last longer than an evening is great.
James - Some advice: "Get out of here, this place is burning down."
You do alot of these interviews. What one question have you not been asked that you wish you had? And what's the answer? (at this point I will write that you said TFM have asked all the best questions in this interview. FYI)
Anna
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Llama farmer
Gary
Q: Who else would you like to be in a band with?
A: Tony Mccarroll. An absolute crime that he got sacked. Oasis never made another good album after he left. It's true.
Jamie
Q: If this band doesn’t work out what will you do next?
A: Fuck you!
James
....
A: With my socks on...
Seb
I can’t think of anything you haven’t covered to be honest. There’s nothing more. I can safely say that this was one of the best interviews we’ve ever done. Thank you.
Endless Summer by mytigermytiming
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