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| AN INTERVIEW WITH� GREG AND BEN FROM THE DAWN PARADE. IT�S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE YOUR FIRST INTERVIEW FOR SUICIDAL TRASH. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO SINCE WE LAST SPOKE? Ben: Vomiting in hard shoulders and going deaf. YOU�RE CURRENTLY ON YET ANOTHER TOUR. HOW IS IT GOING? Ben: Eternal, costly, taxing to your sanity but at the same time a right old hoot. Greg: We�ve effectively been on tour for ten months now. It's all I live for, so I can't be objective. Nothing feels so spiritual as that Coffee Nation cappuccino with six sugars on the all night drive back from Edinburgh. DOES IT ANNOY YOU WHEN YOU PLAY PLACES AND ONLY ABOUT 30 PEOPLE TURN UP TO SEE YOU? Ben: 30!? thats a good crowd man. Im only annoyed if i have an off night where im not on the money. Even if we play infront of 2 people, im infinitely pissed off if i make the smallest of mistakes. DO YOU GET NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE? Ben: Only if the place is full of thrash fans. Greg: A gig is the most comfortable I feel in a room full of people. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER A GIG? Ben: If we're playing a gig where we are on last, get offstage and walk around the block, if not we catch our breath and do the dirty work of getting our equipment out of the way. Greg: Run around the venue trying to cajole strangers into going on the mailing list or buying me a drink. DO YOU GET A RIDER? IF SO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON IT? Ben: Crack. Greg: In Harlow they gave us a crate of Fanta. That was a big moment. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BUSTED? Ben: Doomed. WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER BECOMING A CONTESTANT ON BIG BROTHER? Ben: Thought about it, decided it would be a waste of valuable time and Its a false, synthetic, effortless way of earning respect and wealth. Greg: My kid sister loves it, so I tend to experience it by osmosis. Big Brother always feels a little like the bikini-girl sleeve art on those Ibiza Chillout records; I'd like to be able to be a part of the culture, but I'd be phoneying it up just to have something to talk about on the bus. It was good that the gay guy won a few years back. That would have been unthinkable in 1993. Maybe there's more to be said for our generation than all that Eminem homophobia suggests. YOU HAVE A NEW SINGLE, �STRUNG OUT OF NOWHERE�. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? Greg: Sex, death, bombs in parked Sierras, and shimmery disco pop. IF YOU FOUND OUT YOU ONLY HAD A DAY TO LIVE, HOW WOULD YOU SPEND IT? Ben: I would wake up early and see what morning is like. Greg: Strap a bunker buster to my ribs and go for a day out at a stately home. YOU RECENTLY DID A LIVE SESSION FOR JOHN PEEL. WHAT WAS HE LIKE? Ben: Genuine. WHAT WAS IT LIKE BROADCASTING LIVE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE? Greg: It was the eve of the Iraq invasion, and you know people listen to Peel on the internet right across the world, so it was important to voice some opposition, just to add your voice to those saying "This is the action of a few liars and fanatics; this is not the will of ordinary people." WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE REST OF 2003? Greg: Tour throughout July, September, October. Keep cracking my head against the wall and hope a few more bricks come free. Ben: To soil myself with elegance. ALL QUESTIONS BY MR MARTYN. |
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