Ohh, Rob, now you’re reading into it. I think it would be, whenever you think, oh I need some music in my life, every time you turned some kind of musical device on, that CD is what would be playing.
Oh, I’m a shuffle kind of person. I have an iPod shuffle, and all the time I go ‘skip, skip, skip.’ If I have to choose something, I’d go for something really bad, I’ll have to go for Simply Red.
Eew! Okay, well you’re ears aren’t in for much of a treat. But how are your ears, and the rest of you, coping with fame and getting recognised?
It’s really weird actually. The first time it happened we were travelling down to play one of the Unsigned gigs and we got lost so I got out of the car and went walking to a bus stop to ask for directions and there was this guy standing there and he looked horrified. I was wondering if he thought I was going to batter him because of my accent!
Anyway, so I asked him if he knew where the Student Union was and he just stood with his mouth wide open looking at me. So I asked if he was okay and he said; “Are you the guy from Hip Parade?” and I was like yeah, but I thought that he must be from Orange Unsigned and we were pretty close to the gig but he said; “No I’m just standing here!” It was funny and we got him on the guest list and he came to the show.
Since then it has happened more often and people tend to just want pictures and us to sign things. I feel like, why do you want a picture with me? I’m just me!
Aww, you’ll be headlining Wembley in no time! But now, to ask you three questions to test your grey matter, well sort of; If you could go back in time and prevent a huge catastrophe, what would it be?
That’s a pretty heroic question, I have to be careful now. [FF: Get your Gladiator clothes out!] Haha, well I would have to go back as far as possible, because all the other ones happened because of the one before. I’ll go back to the Big Bang and prevent that then the whole human race wouldn’t happen and then no catastrophes would ever happen.
Hum, not exactly upbeat, but I see where you’re coming from. So, if you were elected as the leader of a a foreign country, what country would you like it to be, and what would be your first act?
Does England count as a foreign country to me? In fact, I’ll go for the USA, because they seem to cause all the problems. They are the trouble makers. I would start by pulling out all their armies from all the countries that they are in and then giving the other countries a telling off because I’d have the power to do so, then I would make people make me lots of nice food and do everything thing for me.
Ooh, I love it, I think I should be your second in command! But so I know what not to buy you, what is the most embarrassing gift you have ever been given?
Once my auntie bought me a sinking ship. I was a little boy and my auntie bought me an ornamental boat that was made from metal and I thought it was an actual boat that use could use in that bath, but when I put it in the bath it just sunk to the bottom. I was absolutely gutted. It was the worst present I ever got.
Eek, better luck next time.
Cheers, fingers crossed!
So with many Scottish bands such as Biffy Clyro, Frightened Rabbit and the incredible Twin Atlantic really ‘representing’ their country to the masses at the moment; I think that Hip Parade, winners of the competition or not, are bound for something very big indeed. Good luck boys!
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