We got Lonely The Brave to answer
some stupid questions for us though! Here’s the ridiculousness that ensued.
Tell us the best joke you have ever heard:
Mark: I
can’t, it’s offensive!
Ross:
Just do it!
Mark: No
I really can’t.
Andrew: Do
a child friendly one.
Mark: I
can’t that’s the problem.
Andrew:
Okay well I’ve got one. Why did the baker have smelly hands?
Mark
& Ross: Because he kneaded a poo!
Andrew:
Yep. Pretty bad but still the best joke I know.
Is there anything you know this
week that you didn’t know last week?:
Mark:
That our countries fucked. Well I knew it was fucked before that but it’s even
more fucked now. We’re not fans of the Tories.
Andrew:
And everyone voted for them for some reason.
Mark:
Apart from in the happy country we’re in, which is great!
Andrew:
Oops, we got a bit political for a second there.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how weird
are you? Explain:
Mark:
Well, Wheat Crunchies have to remain well hidden.
Andrew:
Wheat Crunchies are fucking amazing.
Ross: I’d
say we were at a level eight.
Andrew:
Yeah, well I do have a bit of an OCD thing. This will sound really strange. I
have to have my TV on certain volumes. Not necessarily even or odd numbers or
anything but only a small selection of volumes are acceptable.
Mark: I
have a similar one with letters where the angles in letters have to add up to a
certain number. So the letter T is like number two so it has to have two
strokes in it.
Andrew: I
probably shouldn’t admit this but I actually have a lifelong fear of Thomas the
Tank Engine.
Mark: He
really does.
Andrew:
It’s actually the music. As soon as I hear that music I shit myself. It’s
probably because of some deep rooted suppressed memory. Please don’t mention it
again.
When you look in the mirror just
after waking up, what thought goes through your head?:
Mark:
FUCK I’M GINGER AGAIN! OH GOD!
Andrew:
Usually it’s why am I so fat? Followed by, oh that’s right, I’ve eaten kebabs
for the last 25 nights on tour.
What is one thing you would like
to become better at?:
Ross:
There’s a couple of things. Being a better family member and spending more time
with them. It’s hard when you’re on tour though. But I do want to get better at
keeping in touch because I feel like I’ve really let that go.
Mark:
Start enjoying things more. Worry is a killer.
Andrew:
Writing things down I think. Because I always think things, and think “oh that
sounds really good.” It’s probably not really good but at least if I wrote it
down I could look back and think “you’re a dick that’s actually rubbish” and
censor myself.
Which musical instrument do you
wish you could play?:
Andrew:
Well bass would be a good start. No I use to play Cello until I was about 9 I suppose
and then I stopped. Now I’m really gutted because one of the guys from Twin
Atlantic plays the Cello on stage and it sounds amazing.
Mark: I
wish I could play Cello as well actually. I’m gonna learn it! Fuck it! I’ll
show you up!
Andrew:
I’ve actually had to learn a few bits on the keyboard for some new music we’re
writing so hopefully I can do that on stage.
Ross: I
want to learn how to play the piano.
Mark: He
can actually play the piano, he’s being very modest but he can actually play.
Andrew: I
actually found a bass with a keyboard on it and I think I have to get it.0
What’s your favourite method of
apologising?:
Ross:
Carrier pigeon.
Mark: I
never apologise…because I am never wrong.
Ross: If
we go back to the earlier question, the thing Mark would like to be better at
is being more modest.
Mark: No,
seriously I think the best way to apologise is sincerely.
Andrew:
I’m a big fan of the ancient technique of grovelling. On the knees grovelling.
The more you humiliate yourself the more you mean it.
What is the stupidest thing you
have ever done?
Andrew:
Oh my god.
Mark: How
long have you got? We did a couple of shows last year, we were playing a club,
and we had done the first line of the first song and I fell backwards into the
drum kit. We carried on and everything was fine and then the next night about
three songs into the set I did the same thing again. Everybody thinks I either
did it on purpose or I can’t stand up. The band should probably all wear hard
hats and hi-vis.
Andrew: I
have thought of one, it’s not very funny but it’s definitely stupid. I once
poured a whole bowl of boiling water over myself. I was inhaling smelling salts
because I had a cold and I whipped my head up and the whole bowl went over on
me. It REALLY hurt.
Ross:
Probably admitting that I had a fear of Thomas the Tank Engine.
Mark:
*starts to sing Thomas the Tank Engine theme tune*
If you could try any job for a
week what would you try?
Ross:
Probably something to do with sharks, is that a job?
Mark:
What like a loan shark?
Ross: No!
Like a Marine Biologist, I’d give that a go.
Mark: I
think I would like to be Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Fly F 14’s circa 1986, just for
a laugh. Mostly just to wear the glasses. Even if I couldn’t fly the planes,
just wear the glasses. Danger zone!
Andrew: I
would probably try to be a bin man or something. But I would have to do it in a
musical style like swing around lampposts singing happy songs. Mate, you have
got to have so much strength to do that job.
Lonely The Brave will re-release
their debut album The Day's War on June 8th and can be pre-ordered
now.
Catch them live on these dates .
