1. HEY GUYS, HOW ARE WE?
We're very well, thanks. And you?
2. SO, WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS?...
Well Devil Bunny and Pandora got married and it was a really nice wedding and then we sent little Emily a birthday card and apparently it was a really nice surprise. Elains psychiatric test results have come back okay and a little dog was able to leave the rescue home when our friend adopted it.
Oh yeah, we got a record deal too.
3. NOW YOU ARE SIGNED, DO YOU THINK THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU MAKE WILL CHANGE IN ANYWAY?
Apparently, we are young and still developing (musically I mean, bodily were all up to speed, well actually G.D is a bit shorter than average) and we've never claimed to be "underground". We just intend to carry on writing metal in the Torsohorse tradition.
4. WHERE DID YOUR RECORD DEAL SPRING FROM AND WHAT WILL IT ENABLE YOU TO DO?
It didnt really spring, it was more of a slow amble. The only springing was from their lawyers to ours and back and then we'd do it all over again. In all, it's taken about five months to arrive at the deal, but it really all started last October about a week after Marc and Lil ditched out on us. We had lunch with a guy who turned out to be one of the company directors although he didn't tell us that at the time. Then we played a showcase, although they didn't tell us it was a showcase (see news item on our web site, probably titled "gig from hell"). Then we had a meeting and this time we knew it was a meeting. This went on for four hours, mainly in a pub. When we left we realised it was 7pm and we'd left the car in a multi storey car park that shut at 6pm.
We had already started to get better stages and bigger audiences and very nice riders thank you, so I suppose nationwide distribution is important, followed by world wide distribution and if you read the contract, territory is actually the universe. So although planet Earth is the starting point, it would seem that the sky is the limit. We once planned to gig on the moon but somebody told us there'd be no atmosphere.
Anyway it will also enable us to allow a company to take large proportions of our earnings to get rich on while we work our asses off. But at least we can show off, sleep around and not get out of bed till lunch time.
5. TELL US ABOUT YOUR 'FREAK SHOW' ALBUM?
You can order it by quoting catalogue number NTV 256, distributed by Pinnacle. Freak show is a carefully planned mini album. It tells a story. We had to bear in mind that the company want to start negotiations for the first full length album straight away, so it is almost like planning the two together. Freak Show showcases 8 original compositions and includes what has been described as the instrufuckinmental "Staring at the Ceiling" as well as a re-recorded Every Dog, The Torture, In My Head, Sick of You, Useless, the bonus track is Butterflies the revenge, theres a cool intro and if you play the songs backwards.......They make no sense. The inlay is also a poster and every copy has had our blood sweat and tears spilt on it. Oh and did I mention that you can order it by quoting catalogue number NTV 256
6. SO THERE'S HELL OF A CHANCE YOU COULD GET ON VARIOUS FESTIVAL BILLS NOW SUCH AS 'LEEDS/ READING' AND 'DOWNLOAD'?
That would be good, wouldn't it. I dont know if there all booked out this year but we have already scored The Willow Festival and with a crowd of 38000 last year, it can only be good news.
7. DOES THIS MEAN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RE-LOCATE THE BAND OR ARE TORSO HORSE STILL GOING TO BE BASED IN BRIDLINGTON?
There are currently no plans to re-locate. We get a lot of inspiration from the hatred and small mindedness that surrounds us here.
8. WHAT'S THE MOST EXCITING THING ABOUT BEING SIGNED?
Well, this is where the hard work really starts. But all we ever asked for was the chance to get on with it.
9. ARE YOU PREPARED TO BE HOUNDED FOR AUTOGRAPHS GALORE NOW?!
YUP
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