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Andy, Guy, Sym, Tom, Marc
How has the tour been so far? Are you enjoying it?
Marc: It's good. First date last night, it went down really well!
Sym: It's good to be back onstage.
Marc: It's good. First date last night, it went down really well!
Sym: It's good to be back onstage.
What is your new single 'I Could Be An Angle' about?
Marc: We were in L.A...
Sym: Texas not L.A!
Marc: We were driving between Houston and Dallas...
Sym: No, we were just in Houston.
Marc: We were driving along and there was this bum by the side of the road...
Sym: That's harsh calling him a bum! There was a MAN by the side of the road.
Marc: ANYWAY, he had a sign saying 'Please give generously, you never know, I could be an angle' instead of 'angel'. We just thought it was good.
Tom: The song is a warped love song, it's about being obsessed with celebrity and being obsessed with someone. It's like you're so madly in love with this person that you want to become them, he wants to be her.
Marc: We were in L.A...
Sym: Texas not L.A!
Marc: We were driving between Houston and Dallas...
Sym: No, we were just in Houston.
Marc: We were driving along and there was this bum by the side of the road...
Sym: That's harsh calling him a bum! There was a MAN by the side of the road.
Marc: ANYWAY, he had a sign saying 'Please give generously, you never know, I could be an angle' instead of 'angel'. We just thought it was good.
Tom: The song is a warped love song, it's about being obsessed with celebrity and being obsessed with someone. It's like you're so madly in love with this person that you want to become them, he wants to be her.
What made you choose the title 'The Royal Society' for your album?
Tom: It's a group of people that come together from a different school of thought, a different way of thinking of things. We have a different way of looking at music so we thought it was appropriate.
Sym: It's also the name of a b-side.
Marc: We named the album after a song that's not on the album!
Tom: It's a group of people that come together from a different school of thought, a different way of thinking of things. We have a different way of looking at music so we thought it was appropriate.
Sym: It's also the name of a b-side.
Marc: We named the album after a song that's not on the album!
What has been your best gig?
Sym: Glastonbury, Reading was good.
Tom: Reading and Leeds were fantastic.
Sym: I love festivals. They've got an enormous sound.
Sym: Glastonbury, Reading was good.
Tom: Reading and Leeds were fantastic.
Sym: I love festivals. They've got an enormous sound.
How about your worst?
Marc: Some of the dates when were supporting an american band called Face To Face all their fans were ten year old kids and they just stood there and they really didn't get it.
Sym: One at the Mardi Gras! Everything went wrong!
Marc: Some of the dates when were supporting an american band called Face To Face all their fans were ten year old kids and they just stood there and they really didn't get it.
Sym: One at the Mardi Gras! Everything went wrong!
What happened?
Marc: They didn't open the gates until like a minute before we were due on!
Sym: I only had two picks! I dropped the first one and it went right the way across the stage so I couldn't get it, so I picked up the other one and it snapped almost straight away! I had to scramble to get it, then ripped the leads out! I got the leads back in, then snapped a string! Stuart brought me the new bass out without a strap so I had to kneel down for the whole thing! Then the guitars went down as well, it was only vocals and drums! laughs
Marc: There was this buddhist seminar and the sound guy didn't even have a sound desk!
Marc: They didn't open the gates until like a minute before we were due on!
Sym: I only had two picks! I dropped the first one and it went right the way across the stage so I couldn't get it, so I picked up the other one and it snapped almost straight away! I had to scramble to get it, then ripped the leads out! I got the leads back in, then snapped a string! Stuart brought me the new bass out without a strap so I had to kneel down for the whole thing! Then the guitars went down as well, it was only vocals and drums! laughs
Marc: There was this buddhist seminar and the sound guy didn't even have a sound desk!
How would you describe your sound?
Tom: The press try to pigeonhole it.
Guy: What is your obsession with pigeons and their holes?!
Tom: I think we've got a certain style of diversity, there's no set sound.
Guy: Fucking amazing!
Sym: Challenging!
Guy: Commercially challenged!
Tom: We started out to be dark psychadelic rock, but we accidentally turned it into dark psychosis rock!
Tom: The press try to pigeonhole it.
Guy: What is your obsession with pigeons and their holes?!
Tom: I think we've got a certain style of diversity, there's no set sound.
Guy: Fucking amazing!
Sym: Challenging!
Guy: Commercially challenged!
Tom: We started out to be dark psychadelic rock, but we accidentally turned it into dark psychosis rock!
Do you ever worry that your reputation as trouble makers at awards ceremonies and the like overshadows your music?
Tom: Whether you misbehave or get shitfaced or whatever, they don't want to write about the music, they want to write about what's rock'n'roll! Some stupid angle they've thought of to make you rebellious.
Andy: I don't really think we get written about. But look at The Libertines, when do you ever see their music mentioned?
Tom: People really don't want to read shit about drugs and have magazines encouraging it, it's such a cliche.
Sym: The NME are encouraging people to take mushrooms saying they're harmless and that not every 'shroom user ends up in rehab from heroin, and insist they're safe but they obviously haven't taken enough!
Tom: Whether you misbehave or get shitfaced or whatever, they don't want to write about the music, they want to write about what's rock'n'roll! Some stupid angle they've thought of to make you rebellious.
Andy: I don't really think we get written about. But look at The Libertines, when do you ever see their music mentioned?
Tom: People really don't want to read shit about drugs and have magazines encouraging it, it's such a cliche.
Sym: The NME are encouraging people to take mushrooms saying they're harmless and that not every 'shroom user ends up in rehab from heroin, and insist they're safe but they obviously haven't taken enough!
What's the funniest or worst thing that you've read about yourselves? Has there ever been anything that's completely untrue?
Marc: That our names our made up!
Tom: Yeah, they put that "if they spent as much time on their music as they do making up their ridiculous names then they'd be great!". They are our names!
Guy:They said my name was made up too! What's so weird about 'Guy Mcknight??'
Marc: They said we haven't got any tune. There was a review that said "directionless debut!" That was great!
Marc: That our names our made up!
Tom: Yeah, they put that "if they spent as much time on their music as they do making up their ridiculous names then they'd be great!". They are our names!
Guy:They said my name was made up too! What's so weird about 'Guy Mcknight??'
Marc: They said we haven't got any tune. There was a review that said "directionless debut!" That was great!
What are your opinions on filesharing? Do you think it's a good thing or do you think it is damaging for bands?
Tom: You have to pay now don't you?
Marc: I think it's good as it spreads the music about and the money goes back to the bands.
Tom: Before it was legalised it was theft. This is a job, this is our living. We have to recoup money, so any people that aren't buying our stuff affects us.
Andy: I do have a lot of recorded tapes at home though.When I was skint I taped albums, that's what you do when you're skint! I'd rather someone who was short on money downloaded our songs or taped the album rather than not have it. If you've got the money, then buy the album! I buy albums to support the bands I love.
Tom: You have to pay now don't you?
Marc: I think it's good as it spreads the music about and the money goes back to the bands.
Tom: Before it was legalised it was theft. This is a job, this is our living. We have to recoup money, so any people that aren't buying our stuff affects us.
Andy: I do have a lot of recorded tapes at home though.When I was skint I taped albums, that's what you do when you're skint! I'd rather someone who was short on money downloaded our songs or taped the album rather than not have it. If you've got the money, then buy the album! I buy albums to support the bands I love.
What new bands do you rate at the moment?
Tom: Pink Grease. Sterophonics. laughs
Marc: Jet. laughs
Tom: Pink Grease. Sterophonics. laughs
Marc: Jet. laughs
Where do you get the inspirations for your songs from then?
Andy: Walking down the road I'll just come up with a beat in my head and go home and write it down and build on it at home.
Tom: Just writing and writing, you get more ideas the more you write. You have bands you love and take inspiration from them but you don't want to rip them off.
Guy: Suffering. Use stuff from that, just things that make me angry.
Tom: I hate people who copy other bands! Art is personal, it's what's inside you, you're imagination, how can you copy someone else when it's not what's inside you!
Andy: Walking down the road I'll just come up with a beat in my head and go home and write it down and build on it at home.
Tom: Just writing and writing, you get more ideas the more you write. You have bands you love and take inspiration from them but you don't want to rip them off.
Guy: Suffering. Use stuff from that, just things that make me angry.
Tom: I hate people who copy other bands! Art is personal, it's what's inside you, you're imagination, how can you copy someone else when it's not what's inside you!
What are your plans for this year? What are your ambitions for this band?
Tom: Top ten hit? laughs
Marc: World domination!
Andy: I'd like to have a career out of it and get the album out and play to as many people as possible. I want to carry on.
Marc: I want to revolutionise mainstream music.
Guy: I think music comes in waves. I want to start a new wave, it's all very safe at the moment. I want to make a new wave that changes daytime radio so that people have a choice of what they listen to rather than being forcefed souless crap!
Tom: Top ten hit? laughs
Marc: World domination!
Andy: I'd like to have a career out of it and get the album out and play to as many people as possible. I want to carry on.
Marc: I want to revolutionise mainstream music.
Guy: I think music comes in waves. I want to start a new wave, it's all very safe at the moment. I want to make a new wave that changes daytime radio so that people have a choice of what they listen to rather than being forcefed souless crap!