Last week saw the return of a band that has
been MIA from the UK scene for a while. They were sorely missed but now
Buckinghamshire’s Young Guns are back and they haven't done their comeback by
half.
They played a show on a bus, kicked off a
headline tour and released an album, Ones and Zeros, the day after they went right back to where
it all started, The Fighting Cocks in Kingston, where the band played their
first ever show and where we managed to catch up with 4/5 of them.
You can read what we thought of the gig and the new album here.
ADVANCED WARNING: There’s a reason why this interview is on the
brief side and that reason is that it was less of an interview and more of a…hostage
situation. Whilst the guys were chatting with fans after the show I all but
cornered them and forced them into answering some ridiculous questions for you!
Aren’t I kind (to you, not to bands. Clearly.)
Summer or Winter?
Ben Jolliffe (Drums):
I would usually go Summer but because I just played the hottest show of my life
and I would do anything for some cold water right now, I’m going to go winter!
If there was an extra
hour every day what would you do with it?
Fraser Taylor
(Guitar): That is quite easy.
Ben: Sleep!
Fraser: I would
sleep yeah. We last slept about, three
years ago maybe?
Ben: I got a solid
two hours last night but…
What was the most embarrassing
thing to happen to you at school?
Simon Mitchell (Bass):
Errr, so many. So many things! You know in the canteen when you use to get
trays of food? Well there was a girl I really fancied and I just couldn’t stop
staring at her and I just tripped straight over my best friend’s foot. The food
went all down me! I fell down, I looked like a twat and I didn’t get the girl
in the end so errr, that was a real shame! I spent the rest of the day looking
like that, no wonder she didn’t fancy me!
McDonald’s or KFC?
Gustav Woods (Vocals):
Neither! I’m a vegetarian! HA! I picked that one by accident, I just pulled
it out!
A huge thank you is owed to Young Guns for allowing me to grab some pics and stick a dictaphone in their faces. We also want to say thank you to all of the fans for not telling us to get lost.
And, as we're thanking people, both Banquet Records and The Fighting Cocks are performing a vastly important service to the music industry and we are eternally grateful that you both exist.
