To call Lostprophets rebillious would be ludicrous. They dont smoke, they barely drink and the most outrageous thing they've ever done on their tour bus is enjoy the karate Kid videos.
And yet the six strong group who filled the Carling stage at the Reading Festival to barrier crushing bursting point last month, are completley different from what you'f expect a gang of 22 and 23-year olds from pontypridd to be.
The way they look, act and sound sends a huge two fingered message to the rugby-obsessed community in which they grew up, and yet according to the band, they are just as much a product of a South Wales Valleys town as Neil Jenkins or Tom Jones.
"It was quite easy for outcasts like ourselves to get together. It was a reaction against that whole rugby and boozing lifestyle," said Lostprophets lead singer Ian Watkins. "We were interested in music and bands, and we wanted to do something together. So we learned how to play the instruments we needed. We didn't hold auditions. If we needed a bass player or a guitarist we'd learn it.
"We're not anti-rugby,we're anti rugby mentality. We can't see the point in going off, getting drunk and fat and chasing a ball around a park. We hared this attitude in our town where if you didnt play sport or rugby in particular, you were rejected."
"we are a product of our enviroment," added DJ/vocalist Jamie Oliver. "But we were into skating when everyone else was playing rugby and going to the pub. We were the ones keeping fir and healthy, and we could always run faster than them if anyone had a go at us." |
