Interview with the Blackout

We are the children of the night, we are the children.... I wondered if Sean (vocals) really is a vampire. I was too afraid to stop by at full moon, but I did ask him some dark questions that reveal his dark and naughty thoughts. It seems that Sean talks a lot about “naked” fantasies in interviews, so my goal was to see if there is anything more about this blonde. Truth is, what you see and hear in interviews is really what you get. He may be a bit superficial, but I managed to uncover a bit of his dark and mysterious side. A side of Sean Smith that you would never expect him to have....

Sean, This will be a bit of a dark interview. It’s all about the night.

My favourite kind of interview!

What did you do last night?

Last night we played a gig in Brussels and then we just went back to the hotel and watched some soft porn, cause we’ve had been travelling all day. So it wasn’t a very eventful night, but hopefully tonight will be better and tomorrow in Amsterdam will be better again.

You’re a child of the night, what’s the difference between children of the night and children of the day?

I guess children of the night are a bit more mysterious and probably in an awful lot of trouble. We are lazy during the day, so I like to do things in the night.

Like?

Anything, go out, have fun and party. That is the kind of stuff I like to get up to during the night.

Where do you like to go out?

I started dj-ing a lot lately, I dj clubs and stuff. So I like to go out in club or gigs if there’s any show up.

What do you like to eat at night?

Anything, I would eat anything you put in front of me, but I love sushi more than anything, it’s so fantastic!

What do you usually do after a show?

Normally we do take a shower and then change. Not together! That would be strange…After that we just go out to a club or whatever is going on and just hang out really. We don’t have to go to work in the morning so we try to have as much fun as possible.

Are you going out tonight?

I’m not sure, but tomorrow we’ll go out in Amsterdam with the Young Guns, they’re a bunch of party animals as well, so that’s going to be messy!

You went to bed early yesterday, did you have a nice dream?

I have no idea, no sorry…

What is the nicest dream you’ve ever had?

I think that we’ve played Wembley Station once and everybody loved us, which is quite nice. I can’t think of any other nice dreams I’ve had. I normally don’t remember dreams, so this is the only one I can remember.

What is the worst nightmare that you’ve ever had?

I have nightmares about plane crashes. Like a week ago, I had this nightmare. I was in a plane and it crashed on a lake and it hit some trees. It doesn’t help that I’m completely scared of planes either. So I woke up less than happy. I dream a lot about planes lately.

Did you travel by plane?

No no no, we drove thank God!

Do you believe in dreams coming true?

I guess so, when we were younger we always used to setup our goals and when the band started we first used to play on the floor of clubs and venues and stuff. After that we were excited to play a stage and we even got to play in different countries. It’s really amazing for us that people like our band. It’s a dream coming true.

Are you spiritual?

Not really, I’m not very religious either. I probably don’t know for a fact what’s comes next. I just think that while you’re here you’ll just have to have as much fun as possible. So that’s kind of my philosophy I guess. You should party hard!

What do you think that happens after your death?

I have no idea. I like the heaven and the eternal party, but I’m not exactly sure. We could just rot in the ground as well. I’m not sure…

Are you going to Heaven or Hell?

Probably Hell, cause I’m evil.

Really? Why?

I do bad things

Like?

I don’t know if I cans say that, but I’ll probably end up in Hell sadly. But at least it is warm and there will be other evil people too to hang out with.

You like to hang out with evil people?

Yeah, they’re probably more fun to hang out with than people that are just to good all the time.

How would you describe your dark side?

It comes out in the night, in the day it’s a little bit better. How would I describe it? Naughty… Mysterious, probably annoying and probably a bit of a pest. At least when I’m in that mood. That’s about it I guess.

You’re not really coming off like a nice person, would you like to say anything nice about yourself?

I treat others like I like to be treated. I know that if I like to see a band I prefer them to be nice rather than miserable dicks. So I try to be nice, until somebody wrongs me I’m fine with a person.

How mysterious are you?

Probably not very, I guess that what you see is what you get and what I say in interviews is what you get. Yeah not very mysterious.

Are you afraid of the dark?

No, not at all. When I was younger my mother told me to eat carrots, so I could see in the dark. I’ve eaten so many carrots that I should be able to see in the dark, but it’s not true yet. I’m still trying.

So when I’ll see you perform tonight, your eyes will glow!

Yes! Hopefully! I recently bought a pair of sneakers that glow in the dark.

If you could be a vampire, whose blood would you drink?

I would like to get my teeth in Megan Fox or there is a girl called Sasha Grey. You’d have to look her up online.

I don’t know her.

No, it’s probably for the best. Yeah, but if you look her up online you will find out who she is and what she does.

Who is she?

Uhhhhm…. She’s an actress, lets say she’s an actress!

What kind of actress?

Uhhhm, she does…She is really good! She’s a really good actress.

Is she the one that you saw last night?

I wish, she could have been involved in that one, yeah that is kind of her work and the stuff she does. She’s fantastic!

Have you celebrated Halloween?

Yes, my friend had a house party and we all went there dressed up accept for Bob our guitar player, because he’s too miserable. He’s too miserable to have fun.

Is he a child of the day?

He’s an old man of the night, that’s what he is. We all dressed up like pumpkins and hang out and people got drunk and stuff. It’s fun!

Like what did you dress up?

I dressed up as a skeleton. I got my face paint, had fake teeth and got my hair up.

You dressed up at the Lowlands festival as well.

Yeah we did that, it was quite fun though. We enjoy dressing up, we’ve done it before though. It will probably happen again, but not tonight. I haven’t got any fancy dress with me.

I can bring you a fancy dress tomorrow.

I’d be the only one then! I’ll be on my own, everybody else will be laughing at me.

Maybe I can even get you six.

Then we’ll all dress as you! Right.

Is the song “I love myself and I want to live” a parody on a very dark Nirvana song?

Yeah, pretty much. The song is kind of about just being positive get on with your live rather then let depression dig you down and eventually killing yourself. That’s what the song is about. It is just kind of a good rocking party vibe.

You sing about how much you love yourself, but what do you like the most about yourself?

Just that I get to be in a band I and that I get to meet people and get to do interviews with people that offer me fancy dresses. Right now I’m just living the best possible life I’ve always wanted.

Would you like to be in a band for your whole life?

If I could yes, it’s not even a job. People say it is the best job ever, but it’s not even a job. It is too easy to be a job. It is just amazing and we work hard and we will keep working hard so we would like to do this for as long as possible.

There is no dark side about this “job”?

Not really, we do have long driving for hours and sometimes we argue and Bob is a dick, but that’s about it really.

You don’t really seem to like him…

No, he’s a dick! He knows it as well.

What would you do if a blackout occurred during your show?

This has happened actually, we played a show in the UK and all the power went out. We were playing with a band called Funeral For A Friend. They had a football, so we just kicked the ball onstage for a bit. Basically that was the show for like ten to fifteen minutes. When the power came back we played again. So we probably try to entertain the audience and ourselves. Probably with some terrible jokes, cause we have terrible jokes as well.

Like?

I can’t think of a joke, you can’t put me on a spot! I can’t think of anything…

What was the last joke that you told to somebody?

I read one in a magazine yesterday. There are two boys, one is twelve and one is seven. They go downstairs for breakfast and father says: What do you want for breakfast? The twelve-year-old says: I want f*cking cornflakes! Father beats him up and says go to your bedroom! Then he turns to the seven-year-old and he asks: What do you want for breakfast? And he says: Well I don’t want f*cking cornflakes! Terrible joke!

How are you going to make tonight the most special night ever?

We’re going to play naked! No we’re probably not going to.

You’re not going to dress up, you’re not going to play naked….

We are going to make all the audience be naked.

Really?

We’ll try

Well good luck!

I hope so! Everyone should ne naked, I don’t discriminate, boys, girls anything! Even animals.

Is there anything more you would like to say, dark stuff or anything about the night?

If you see me in a dark alley, run away! They shouldn’t run to me, I’ll warn them! There is a good chance I’ll bite them. Especially when they look like Sasha Grey.
Sasha Grey...

Interview with Young Guns

Who would expect that Friday the thirteenth could turn out to be such an amazing day? It had been a day of amazing music and lovely superheroes. It’s actually quite hard to describe my thoughts about this fantastic band called Young Guns, cause my thoughts are wild and all over my brain. Truth is…can’t stop thinking about them. I know that they’ll be a band I would always remember. Just when I thought that I’d know what rock stars were all about, Gustav (vocals) proved me wrong. With his modest, honest and sweet attitude he’s a true superhero to me! And that’s exactly what this interview is about.

Interview with: Gustav (vocals)
Interviewed by: Pearl

So despite of Friday the thirteenth, did you have a good day?

I have had an amazing day! The guitarist said to me today is Friday the 13th and it’s an important show to us. I’m quite superstitious so I was really nervous. The last two shows were amazing, but tonight it was busy and the crowd was really up for a good time. So we’ve had a lot of fun. At least so far Friday the 13th had been a better day than I could have possibly imagined.

Are you a superhero?

Am I a superhero? No definitely not, I’m far too lazy to be as courageous as superhero.

Have you done any good deeds today?

Today? No, I haven’t done anything bad, but I haven’t done anything great today. In my life I would like to think that I’ve done some good things.

Like?

A while ago we had a house party and a girl turned up. I don’t know who she was. Turns out she is quite young and she drank too much and became ill. And it turns out she nearly died. I didn’t know this, but her dad came round next day and thanked me cause she had like slipped into a coma and if I hadn’t given her CPR, apparently she could have been seriously ill or died. I was quite proud of that, but today we’ve done nothing courageous. I’ve just gotten up and been really tired and then played a cool show!

Would you like to be a superhero?

I would love to be a superhero!

Which one?

Spiderman, without doubt! I already knew the answer on that. He has always been my favourite. When I was a kid I had like eight costumes of him. He has this great mix of powers you know. He can kind of fly, he can swing around he’s really strong, but he can also be just a person. So definitely Spiderman!

If we would be in the year 2012 when the world goes under…

Hopefully not

As a superhero which people would you safe?

Who would I safe? Well I’d be selfish and I would firstly safe my mother and my brother cause I come from quite a small family, but we’re very close. I’m lucky that I’m very close to them and they’re very supportive. Without them I wouldn’t be anything. So they would be the first two I would save. And then I suppose logically it will be my friends.

What about your fans?

Well I find it hard to believe that we have any fans, so that’s a difficult question for me to answer. We still are a very small band, but if we have any fans I would gladly save them.

Would you save us?

I would definitely save you two; you’ll be on top of my list.

Do you feel like a superhero on stage?

Well, it’s funny cause in a good show and if things are going well, there are times when I feel different because of the adrenalin, the moment and the attention that people give to you. You do feel a little bit like a superhero, sometimes. And I think that is probably why some people find it addictive, cause it is like a rush really, an amazing feeling. So I don’t know if I feel like a superhero, but I definitely feel something different than I feel when I’m walking around as a person during the day. There is a definite difference between me on stage and me off stage. That’s for sure.

What’s the difference?

I’m offstage a lot quieter and a lot less of a show-off.

What to you is a legendary band?

Well my favourite band of all time is a band called the Police. So they are my favourite band, they are a legendary band to me. I also like The Beatles; they are obviously one of the biggest bands and best bands of all times. When I was a kid my mother was really into the Police. So the Police and the Beatles for me.

Do they influence your music?

Not so much the Beatles, but the Police definitely do. In a way they look at song writing. We may not sound that necessary much like the Police but it’s kind of in the way that they approach their song writing. Is definitely something we try to keep in consideration. They wrote like pop songs in essence like verse chorus, verse chorus, but tried to step outside the band music. I like to say that we’re a pop band, in a kind of popular sense. We just don’t necessarily have like the Britney Spears kind of vocals. Pop music is a lot more than the kind of horrible shit that you see. It’s just popular music that is written with a structured and catchy formula.

I read your lyrics and they’re really beautiful!

It’s funny cause I’m so far of being satisfied with my lyrics you know. I think that they can be an awful lot better. It’s very kind of you to say so though. And I do like the lyrics, but I like to think that I can push myself and get better all the time Do you know a band called Say Anything? They’re an American band. On the surface it’s kind of emo/indie, but his lyrics are like out of this world. Phenomenal! It’s just incredible. When I listen to something like that I just think that I should better give up. So thank you, but I would like to think that we can get a lot better.

How are you going to make your band a legend?

That’s a difficult question, I think…What I would like to be legendary for, if you would like to be legendary for anything, I would like to play small shows, in small venues and everybody has to go as crazy as they possibly can. We would like to be a big band that plays in small venues. So if I could be legendary for anything, it would be for that.

Tell me the truth, are rock stars just desperate womanizers or are they true superheroes?

Well it’s not like that. You know like everywhere else in the world rock stars are mainly guys and because of that they’re interested in girls. But I wouldn’t say that they are superheroes either. If there are superheroes, they would be people like doctors, people that really contribute. I think it’s probably unfair to say that much rock stars are just after the girls, cause there’s a lot more than that. But they’re not superheroes, they’re just somewhere in between.

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Interview with the Cubical

These great guys from Britain managed to be named `One of the coolest bands ever´ by Mojo magazine. I have to admit that they really are... Due to their unique sound, which is bluesy, raw and like nothing else you’ve ever heard. I don’t think there’s need to say anything more. Just find out yourself at http://www.myspace.com/thecubicalthecubical
Listen to their rocking tunes and keep an eye on this amazing band!

Interview with: Dan (vocals)
Interviewed by: Pearl

How was your day? Did you do anything special?

My day has been pretty good, bit of a hangover but just relaxed all day watching True Blood. But nothing special.

You´ve just released your debut album, how would you describe it?

I'm never too good at describing our sound so I'll just say a collection of finely crafted songs, some fast, some slow, mutated blues.

What have been your inspiration sources and influences on this album?

We draw on a wide variety of influences and each member of the band brings something different but we all love the blues, Son House, Howlin Wolf, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Dr John, Nick Cave. We are also into the likes of Hank Williams, Bing, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, all the classic song writers.

Why did you choose for Dead Young Records?

Dead Young Records are a pretty cool label, good guys and into similar stuff so we kinda picked each other really.

How are you going to conquer the British music scene?

Well were just gonna do our thing, play our songs around the country and hopefully people will jump aboard the good ship Cubical. We've already gotta a cultish following in bizarre pockets of the UK.

Do you think that being in a band is a way to escape the everyday life?

Well maybe at first but we've been doing it awhile so its just part of our everyday lives now but yeh it does break up the mundanity of the daily grind.

Have you changed as a person since you were in this band?

I suppose I have yeah I've probably grown in confidence and ability amongst other things. Bad habits too. People change by nature.

Would you change your sound and become more mainstream for the money and the fame?

No I don't think we could ever do that really its not in us. Personally I could only do something if I was interested in it and excited by it artistically and I'd say the same for the rest of the guys.

You´ve already achieved a lot, but do you have any unfulfilled dreams left?

Of course plenty of unfilled dreams. We just want to take this forward to the next level, record a new album and come and play in Holland, hopefully though that will be early next year.

Interview Dinosaur Pile-up

Interview with: Matt and Steve
Interviewed by: Pearl

It was a complete coincidence that I ran into them on the streets, but something in me tells me that this was meant to be! I’ve had an interesting conversation with them and that’s exactly what made this interview so special...The fact that it wasn’t really an interview! After a mind-blowing gig in a sold out Heineken Music Hall they were still full of adrenalin and full of amazing stories and fantasies which they, kind as they are, would like to share with you! Be prepared to read about some interesting stuff about a band that isn’t a typical rock band in an interview that isn’t a typical interview...

Did you enjoy playing the Heineken Music Hall?

M: Yeah, it was really cool! Amazing!

P: Where do you know the Pixies from? (They played the gig with the Pixies)

M: Where do I know the Pixies from? I kinda have always known the Pixies. They’re just one of those bands of the 90s that inspired bands that we’re into. Mayor bands like Nirvana. I’m not into all their stuff, but I’m into a lot of it! So I don’t know, I’ve known them since I was little. For you it´s probably the same right?

S: Yeah, cause they are an influence for a lot of our favourite bands, so that’s a big deal!

M: They’re just one of those bands that you should know about.

P: How is touring with them?

M: Cool! It’s really cool! The places we play in are really big which is a shock for us, cause we’ve only played in a few big places like the Leeds and Reading festival. And it’s because you’re below the Pixies, that there is a whole crowd…

P: You’re not below the Pixies!

M: Well...

P: I really believe that you’re better than the Pixies.

M: Yeah right!

P: Really.

M: Shit!! That’s kind of a compliment! Well look at you, you’re just saying that...

P: I have to admit that I didn’t really know that Pixies until today, but I really liked your show!

M: Okay cool, thank you very much!

P: Do you hang out together?

M: We haven’t really talked to them much, but Steve has talked to them right?

S: They take a lot of smokes and I smoke too, so the conversations are more like: Can I have a cigarette?

M: We’re not really hanging out together, they go straight from the venue to the hotel, so it’s not like we meet them in a passing.

P: What do you think of touring?

M: It’s wicked!

S: To me it’s the best thing of being in a band! Totally wicked!

M: I really like to sit and write songs and I like to record them. So the hardest thing about touring for me is that I’m always on the road and don’t have the chance to just shut the door and stuff. I did it today for like half an hour or an hour before we left the hotel, but it’s never the same, cause when you write at home you know the room and it is comfortable. So I love touring, but when you’re on tour you have to give something up.

P: Where do you prefer to write your songs?

M: I usually just write in my bedroom, but recently I started writing in another room, it’s really quiet and I go there every day.

P: Does that room give you some special kind of inspiration?

M: It just feels comfortable. Inspiration is just like stuff that happened and stuff you think about. That room just feels easy.

P: So what’s the funniest thing that happened to you on this tour?

M: The funniest thing that happened to me personally was probably last night at 3 am when Tom and Steve banged on the door. Me and Wayne were asleep and I got out in my pants and Steve and Tom walked in head to toe wrapped around everything in maps of Amsterdam, just like a massive map, they had maps everywhere! It was crazy! They found a lot of maps at the reception and they did that..

S: We just wanted to show Matt what we’d made actually.

P: How did you react?

M: It was more of a noise than a reaction actually.

P: Where did you go last night?

M: After we met you we went to a pub that we got recommended. We went to a supermarket and then got a metro to the hotel.

P: I’ve seen that you have a lot of gigs on your tour, how do you manage to survive?

M: I don’t know, this bit right now is the easiest bit. We have Wayne and people that are helping us with getting the equipment and it will get a lot harder when we’re just with the three of us. Then we’ll sleep on peoples floors, so we’ll see how that goes. That will be hard, but this part is easy. This Friday is the last show with the Pixies and then we’ll fly back and from that start it’ll be really hard. We use humour to survive, we’re just stupid idiots at the end of the day and we make each other laugh, that’s what keeps the spirits up between us!

S: We talk about a lot and that’s the key to a band surviving and also a bit of humour. But too being able to talk to each other and being okay with each other.

P: Do you talk about everything?

M: Yeah everything.

P: So you’re best friends?

M: Steve to me is really really close, cause we spent a lot of time with each other in difficult situations, we’re being helpful and I really need this guy!

M: You have to get that right, cause you face a lot of hard times on tour.

P: What do you think of the different music scenes in Britain?

M: Don’t know, because it’s not about how many genres there are it’s all about the genres you like. The trouble we have is that the music we’re into is not really represented in the UK. There is a massive Indie scene that is really shit music!

P: It’s not shit music!

S: Pretty much everybody in England is in a band. Like in Europe this is not the same, but a lot of these bands miss the concentration.

M: When there’s a gig in Europe it’s more special. In England you can go to a gig in every venue in every city at every night and most of these bands are just horrifying. If you would go to London you could go to a gig every night and if you would go to Leeds you can see 4/5 bands every night! But it makes it quite hard for us, cause there’s so much competition, so many bands! So the people that can do things for you are divided so many times. The problem is that the good bands don’t get noticed because there’re sooo many bands...

P: But don’t you think that the competition is good for the quality?

M: Yes that’s good if you’ve made it.

P: But you’ve made it.

M: We’ve not made it, we have a long way to go...

P: It’s a good start.

P: In Holland we don’t have such a music culture as you do in England and the bands that we have are usually really bad, have you heard any Dutch bands?

M: There’s one really nice band, they’re from Utrecht and they’re not a big band yet, but they’re really cool. We’ve played with them last time we were in Holland and after that they’ve played with us in England. It was great!

P: I just bought your ep, the most powerful ep in the universe, why is it the most powerful ep in the universe?

M: Well, because we’re big egos..Just joking. To be honest with you the name is more of a joke than a statement. A lot of people say us: So it’s the most powerful ep in the universe, and we’re like it’s a joke you know. It’s just an ep.

P: I’ve heard that you would like to make people feel like you did at a Foo Fighters gig, can you describe that specific feeling?

M: Well, that was T in the Park and I was just blown away! I love their first two albums, amazing albums! I felt really inspired, it’s just what they do and who they are.

P: You both kind of looked like Dave Grohl on stage with all that hair before your faces.

M: Really? O no..

P: So tell me, how does it feel to go from a member of the audience to a member of the band?

M: We still are members of the audience. We still go see bands that we like. So I don’t know, it’s pretty awesome really! When I was younger I remembered going to the Reading festival and I always felt deep down that I wanted to perform on that second stage. It has such a good atmosphere and the sound is so good! So it was just really cool when we got the chance to play there! Sometimes when we perform I sing really close to the mic, so that I can see the people in the crowd and then suddenly it hits me and I realize what I’m doing. It’s really great, isn’t it?!

P: Are you still capable to sing when that happens?

M: It was a bit like Awahahahwa... It’s hard but well. It’s something you usually just think about afterwards. When you get back on your feet after the show you think hang on, did I just play that?

P: If you could organize the Reading festival, what bands would be on it?

M: Cool,okay.. Torche! They’re amazing! Slayer..

P: That is really hard!

M: But that’s not why. I’m a punk rocker, but they’re obviously one of the best bands technical.

S: I’d have Nirvana, I would bring them back.

M: I’d have the Foo Fighters, short after they’ve released the first album.

P: Wouldn’t it be hard for Dave to play twice?

M: He would play twice. Maybe we could have like two dimensions, that would be awesome! Who would you have to play Steve?

S: I’d have really heavy metal bands!

M: I’d have some very predictable stuff, early Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Melvins..

P: No girl bands?

M: There are a few good girl bands,

S: Janis Joplin, P.J. Harvey, Kylie Minoque

P: If you’d be in the audience at your own festival, where would you be?

M: I’d probably be in the front.

S: Definitely!

M: If all those bands played at one festival and I wouldn’t be able to play that festival I would cry. I would literally be crying, horrible, it would be tearing!

P: Have you ever cried during a gig?

M: No, but I’ve felt very near to happen.

P: I’ve cried one time during a gig, it made me feel like a loser.

M: What gig was that?

P: The Lostprophets..

M: Wauw!! Awesome!! I wasn’t expecting that..

P: What do you think of the Lostprophets?

M: They really started off really good, but they ended up not so good. They started off really heavy and technical.

P: They’re making an album that is a lot darker.

M: they started off really really heavy and technical, but recently they’ve just released really bad stuff. You’re a big fan, I can tell!

S: She is like die hard!

M: Yeah, she’s like no no they’re going to do an album that’s darker!

P: But they really are!

M: Hahaha, I can listen to them. There are a couple of songs that I like, but I can’t remember how it goes..

S: Tudududutututududu..

P: Shinobi versus dragon ninja!

M: That was when they were good, I like that song.

P: They usually perform that at the end of the show and then they go crowd surfing.

M: Really? haha

P: Do you ever crowd surf?

M: I’ve crowd surfed as a member of the audience.

S: I haven’t done it in this band yet. You did it at...

M: No, I didn’t it was Tom.

S: But there is a picture of you.

M: Yeah, I ran into the crowd once, but I ended up on the floor.

S: The first time I’ve crowd surfed I was really rocking and kicking ass! Me and Matt did it together.

M: That was a good one!

P: I’ve always wanted to crowd surf sometime.

M: You really should! It’s cool! It’s fun!

P: I’m a bit afraid for the touching..

M: As a girl I should warn you. Boys in crowds aren’t to be trusted and they’ll take advantage you know.

P: So what things keep you busy besides music?

S: I have a dog.

P: Do you take him with you on tour?

S: No

M: Things beside music..There’s nothing else I think.

S: Even if we’re in the van driving to venues we still play the guitar.

M: And we’re all air drumming on Slayer!

P: So what is the name of your dog Steve?

S: Pig, he’s a half-blood terrier and he looks like a pig, so we call him pig. He’s the best dog ever!

M: He’s good, he’s the most handsome dog ever!

S: He’s very cool, he’s the kind of kid that enters the van of a very famous band and would just walk up and say hey. He’s like that in a dog form.

M: If Steve talks to him he just ignores him. The dog is just like; I’m not talking to you.

P: Are dogs your favourite animals?

S: Yeah, dogs and than rats. A rat is an amazing pet. I used to have a rat, his name was Smeagel.

M: Rats are amazing, but I like dogs more. They are so intelligent, really affectionate and laid back.

P: What about dinosaurs?

M: No

P: What would you do if you would live in the Dinosaur era?

M: We would start a rock band called Dinosaur pile-up and play gigs. I don’t really think about time.

S: I think that the world would be a lot more civilised. If a city gets attacked by a massive dinosaur, it would make people a lot closer, cause they would have a band and stuff.

P: Woow you’ve really thought about it!

M: I think a lot about Jurassic Park en Deep Impact things. I also think that I have to make a plan, like an escape route just in case the Dinosaurs come and Grrrrrraaaaahhhhwwwww!!! Oooeeeeaaaaaahhhh!!! If they would come here, what would you do?

P: I would play my guitar so loud that I would just blow them away.

S: Every now and then I feel a bit sad that they’re not still around.

M: Me too!

S: I want to see them so badly! Like knowing that I never will is really sad. I really want to see them!

P: We probably wouldn’t exist if they were still here.

M: That’s very true. Tyradactills were one of those, DANGEROUS!

S: Raawwwwwwwr!!

M: They were really bad.

S: They would eat a lot of people.

M: Yeah they would, they would bite you to death. Imagining being eaten by a Tyrex!

S: It just wouldn’t be like being bitten by a Tyradactill, I would rather be bitten by a Tyradactill.

M: No you wouldn’t, no you wouldn’t! If a Tyrex would bit you, you would be like.. A Tyradactill would beat you up and bite you with his massive deathly uuuhhh (shiffers)...

P: So what is Dinosaur pile-up coming up with in the future?

S: We’ve just released our new ep and in the New Year we would like to do an album.

P: Okay guys, sounds good! Thank you very much for this interview!