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AN INTERVIEW WITH....
CHRIS DALE FROM SACK TRICK

SACK TRICK ARE A SPOOF SUPERGROUP. WHO ARE ITS MAIN MEMBERS, THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY PLAY LIVE WITH THE BAND?
Spoof ????!!!??? Kind of implies to me that we're taking the piss. I'm afraid we're deadly serious about what we sing about. I know some people think penguins exploring the moon is funny but we think it's a bigger threat than most of you realise. Just think about it. the Moon controls the tides in the sea. If penguins controlled the moon, they could alter the tides to suit fishing in Antarctica, this could mess up the Gulf Stream and the whole global climate. Are Greenpeace a spoof? This is serious.
As for who's in the band live it always changes, that's the fun of it. On the last Kissmas tour we did we had me playing bass, Robin Guy recently ex-Rachel Stamp and Benny Calvert from Vex Red both on drums. Two drummers is better than one, besides drummers are always so accident prone that it's worth taking a spare one with you. On guitar we had Alex Dickson (as the Spaceboy Hero), Reuben Gotto (as our token metal Santa), Bobby the Bus Driver (as himself) and occasionally some guy we thought was Ace Frehley from Kiss but just turned out to be some lad from Manchester in make-up...we felt really stupid when we realised we'd been duped...oh and Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden sang a couple of songs at the last gig...we thought he was an imposter too, but he turned out to be the real one.
WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED WITH THE GROUP?
There's about forty of us in total, it gets a bit confusing at times having different people in the band every day but I'm gradually learning all their names. Go to www.sacktrick.com where they're all listed and profiled, that's where I go when I forget their names.
IF YOU COULD PICK ANYONE IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE GROUP?
Well as we've already had Ace Frehley and Bruce Dickinson, it would seem ungrateful if we asked for much more.
WHO STARTED UP SACK TRICK?
That was me sorry. It started as a novelty foreskin act then became a musical trio for a while before we became a supergroup.
WHEN?
It was about five years ago. I think...again check www.sacktrick.com it's all there.
WHY?
We were bored.
WERE YOU DRUNK AT THE TIME?!
Yes, bored and drunk.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO CALL YOURSELF SACK TRICK?
Like I say we were a genital contortionist act at first before we did songs and albums, so in that context it makde more sense.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC?
It's a natural development for the nut games. We try to play music that we either really like or really hate, that way everyone will like it even if we don't.
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?!
We're mostly influenced by Kiss (but we don't sound like them), Five Star (but we don't dance like them) and Belgian Beer (but we don't taste like them)...
YOUR LIVE SHOWS ARE FANTASTIC. WHAT ARE THE BEST AND WORSE THINGS ABOUT TOURING?
Why thank you, glad you liked them! The best thing about touring is sitting in a little van on the M1 in the rain, I love that bit...the worst bit is being given free beer every night and having to drink it out of politeness.
WHICH HAVE BEEN THE BEST AND WORSE GIGS YOU HAVE PLAYED?
The last bunch of gigs we did before Christmas were the best gigs by far we've ever done. But that's only because Alex's Spaceboy outfit emphasised the size of his manhood so well. The worst gig we did was one in Oxford a couple of years ago when our guitarist at the time (I forget his name) sucked off a complete stranger onstage during the gig...no really...
YOU�VE WRITTEN SONGS ABOUT PENGUINS, RABBITS AND BLUE ICE CREAM. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE ABOUT NEXT?
Love songs....or teenage angst...or Satan...or maybe not. It's quite nice not knowing what you're going to sing about next.
WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE POSSIBLE WAR WITH IRAQ?
If it makes Mr Bush and Mr Blair feel better about themselves by killing a few thousand innocent people that sounds fair enough to me. In Sack Trick we're not that scared of America as we're developing a nuclear deterrant of our own, I'm surprised more bands don't go down that road. I think North Korea will start having chart hits soon.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON YOUR KISS ALBUM FOR AGES AND AGES. WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO COMPLETE?
Because it's so good. We just keep recording more and more songs...we're going to stop soon but it's great fun recording millions of Kiss songs...
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TV SHOWS SUCH AS POPSTARS AND FAME ACADEMY?
The idea with shows like that is that you don't think about them surely. If we thought about them for a couple of seconds we'd realise they're a bit too dumb to be put on telly. The best thing is just to empty your mind and stare at the screen.
AS A BAND, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE?
For us just to release albums and play gigs are achievements and self-fullfilling on their own. But I suppose our proudest moment was when we first tested our nuclear missiles in the Pacific. You can't imagine how much of a man you feel while blowing up huge areas of the Earth's surface knowing they'll be radio-active for centuries to come.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO RELEASE A HOME VIDEO TYPE THING. WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON IT?
We've got loads of silly live stuff, some studio bits, some bits of Joe Inferno feeding ducks in a park...and of course the missile testing footage, it's amazing.
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT STARTING UP A BAND?
Write some good songs then go into arms trading with third world countries. You can make a fortune and use the songs in the telly adverts. Oh and don't do a Kiss tribute album, it'll take forever...

ALL QUESTIONS BY MR MARTYN.

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