Chris explained: "The nutty sound's something that Lee thought up. It's 'cos our music sounds like fairgrounds and organs and things. It just sounds nutty." So which nut writes the songs?

"We all do really, though reading and writing music isn't a strong point," said Mike. But it is all done together. That's one of the strongest feelings about the group. Though they don't really socialise together, they're a working team. They really want Madness to be succesful. It's gonna happen, and soon.