They've seen the Honeyz in their Knickers, 
split a drink on a Backstreet Boy and chilled with actor Matt Dillion!
Looks like Guitar strumming Brit Popsters BBMAK 
( who blazed into the UK Top 40 Charts with 
debut single 'Back Here' are going places!
Our Reporter braved an afternoon with the boisterous ballardeers 
and gets an earful for accusing them of 
being dodgy dancers, posh popsters and lager louts!

Okay, let's get it right, BBMAK is a combination of your last names Barry, Burns and McNally?
Christian : Yes! There's no big story to it.
It's cos we're a new band and people don't always know our second names, so they wonder where we got our band name.

Is your first trip to Asia what you expected it to be?
Mark : ( Enthusistically ) Asia's very clean, the people are 
really nice,the food's amazing and the women are gorgeous!

What's the most exciting thing you have done in Singapore so far?
Ste : The most exciting thing we did was our showcase on telly show Tonight With Gurmit.That Gurmit fella , he's really funny.!
Christian : Yeah, we really had a good time!
There were loads of fans waiting outside too, hundreds of them! 
I put my hand out to wave and everyone grabbed at it!
They had to come out and rescue me ( Laughs ) 
It was really good fun.

Christian, how would you sell Mark to a girl you were 
trying to set him up with?
Christian : ( Generously ) I'd say he's very funny, very thoughtful 
and the cleanest person on the planet cos he spends about 2 hours
in the shower! He's a really nice guy and he could 
serenade her too--he's got a great singing voice!

Stephen, write a personal ad for Christian.
Ste : I was gonna say six foot two but ...he's not. HaHa!
Alright, alright....23 years old, up and coming popstar! 
Likes a good laugh, loves movies, music and partying.
Oh, and he's a not bad looking chap ( Ignoring Christian's protsets ) 
And He's a right laugh, too!
 

Mark , describe Ste on a bad day.
Mark : He's quiet when he's very tired. And agitated when he's hungry.That's it really.

Do you blokes have any hidden talents we should all know about?
Ste : I know Thai Boxing! ( Chuckling ) When we were in Thailand recently, we did a TV show and they asked me to demenstrate some kicks.Mark was standing in front of me and I kicked him in the 
head by accident! Of Course I was sorry for what I did!
Christian : I'm very good at pool ( pointing to Ste ) 
I trashed him in Japan. HaHa!
Mark (proudly ): I was a 4 time English Champion for the bagpipes.

Impressive!How about sharing some crazy backstage stories?
Christian : ( Cheecky smirk ) How about when the Honeyz 
were getting changed?We saw them in their underwear! HaHa!
Ste : ( A tad embarressed ) We didn't realise! 
We'd just come off stage and walked into the changing room and 
there were the Honeyz geting changed.
Great looking girls though ( breaks into Huge Grins )
Sure put a smile on my face.

You've been accused of being posh Amarni loving popsters. 
Guilty As charged?
Christian : Nah! I liked to look good even before I was in a band! 
It's about self appearance.I just like to look tidy and smart.
We're definitely not posh, we are really down to earth. So not Guilty!
Ste : Well, for one thing, I';m from Liverpool--the only 4  posh people from Liverpool are the Beatles but John Lennon has died so he doesn't count.I do have a pair of Armani glasses but I got them at half price.

Are you wine sipping gentlemen or lager louts?
Christian : How about wine Louts?Oh, alright, we 're lager louts!
Mark : Actually I like brandy and coke.
Ste : I'm a bit of both ( Connfused ) I mean a pint of beer and 
a plate of pasta just don't go, you know?And I like me soft drinks too.

Would you rather have oodles of style , buckets of smarts 
or truckloads of money?
Mark : ( Immediately ) Truckloads of Money!
Christian : (Pleased) Buckets of Smarts! If you are really smart, 
you'll have loads of Money.
Ste : But if you've got loads of Money, you don't have to be that smart! 
( Hurriedly) Not that I'm thick or anything.

We hear that you fellas live together in London. What's your pad like?
Christian : My bedroom looks like 5 tornadoes just hit it.HaHa! 
Mark's bedroom looks like a breeze has just come through and 
Steve's ..... There's no wind in it at all, It's really tidy.
Ste : ( Nodding in agreement ) Christian has the diriset room. 
Alright, alright,it's not dirty, it's just messy.
You go in and teher are clothes all over the place, magazines everywhere, TV and radio remote controls on the floor , sweets.....

Gulp.And What's in your fridge?
Ste: (Wincing ) Ooh!
Christian : ( excitedly) We had this big pan of soup we made and then we went on tour and forgot all about it. When we got back.....
Ste : ... it looked like green candy floss. ( Shudders) It was horrible.
Christian : There's  also a  big bottle of champange, water, 
milk gone off and the remote control... 
( Cheesy Grin ) cos we only watch Cool channels.

Groan. Do you sing more ballrads than fast numbers cos 
you're heartfelt romantic .... or dodgy dancers?
Ste : (Amused) Nah! It's cos we are heartfelt romantics! 
We can dance but don't choose to cos every other band does it. 
Plus we play instruemnts so we don't have to.
Christian : ( Shame faced) Er...heh..heh I am a dodgy dancer. 
But you know, there are only 3  ballards on the album, 
the rest are mid tempo.

Who are some of your Fave pop acts right now?
Ste: Will Smith! His latest lbum is wicked.
Mark : Destiny's Child. And Backstreet Boys!I've actually 
met Kevin once,in a nightclub in London.
Christian : Two weeks ago, when we were on a bar in New York, 
I ended up standing next to Howieand split a drink all over his feet. 
Of course I apologised, but he was fine about it.

Do you hide or highlight the fact that you're in a pop band 
when you are chatting up the laydees?
Christian : I usually say I'm a car salesman cos I used to sell cars. Anyway, if I didi speak to a girl and told her 
I did this (pointing at the fuss around Him), firstly she probably 
wouldn't believe me and secondly she'd think I'm being a poseur.
Mark: (Nodding) I'd say I'm a bricklayer
STe: I just say I'm a security guard.Back home most poeple 
know we are in a bandbut of course it took us  afew years to get a record deal so a lot of them were like, "Are you still in that band? 
Why don;t you get a proper job?" So I'd lie and say I'm not in a band anymore just so I don';t ahve to explain! Then Ithey all see me on 
tv and it's like " You are in that band."

Any Freaky fans encounter yet?
Christian : (sheepish Laughter ) In England, this girl sent us some underwear and a blow-up doll! 
For some reasons, we also get sent a lot of food.
Mark : (Amazed) Yeah! Someone recently sent a 
king-sized Mars Bar--in the mail! Of course it was all squashed.
Ste : There's this fan in England who likes me and she's really weird! When you go over to say Hello she'll be really nasty to you nad snap,"get away from me!I hate you!" 
and you'll be like ,'Er...okay, sorry!' Then when you walk away she comes over and goes,'Oh, give us  a hug then!'.She's so weird.

Jeepers,! Do you think celeb parties are Great Fun or Real Bore?
STe: For us it's great fun cos we're a new band and you 
get to see all thsese superstars and stuff.
Mark : And have a few drinks.
Christian : ( Disgruntled ) They're not as good as everyone think 
they are. you go to thsese big dos and a lot of the stars that are supposed to be there don't even turn up. there're also a lot of poseurs. When I finally went to my first celeb party, 
I was actually disappointed! I'd rather go out with me friends.

Go on, then, impress us with some shameless name-dropping.
Mark : (Gleefully ) Actually, we went skinny dipping with Conner Reeves.
Christian : And we made friends with matt Dillion over in LA
---he's a really nice guy!We were just chilling out with him, 
talking about normal things, not about acting or singing, 
just chatting about girls and what-not.
Ste: We went to a Tommy Hilfiger party in New York and 
Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley were there!
Christian went over to Hugh Grant and introduced himself, 
so I headed straight to Liz Hurley!HaHa! 
She was really nice. I went home and told all me mates I met her. 
They were raelly jealous.

Adapted from the November issue of LIME