Tone Deaf Inquisition With Liam from Belles Will Ring
We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files, however we don’t like regurgitating press releases or asking the easy questions. No-one gets out of the Tone Deaf Inquisition lightly, so just hold still, grit your teeth, clench your buttocks and be still while we put on the rubber gloves, apply the thumbscrews, and pull out our thermometer while you open up and say ahhhhhhhhhhh… Truthful answers only or we drink your rider while you’re on stage.
Everyone joins or forms a band to get laid. If your band represents your sex life are you Casanova or spending plenty of time doing the five knuckle shuffle?
Everyone joins a band to get laid huh? Gee, I’ve got to sit and ponder on that for a moment…I’m trying to work out why my girlfriend joined the band. Clearly there are 2 possibilities a) I’m lousy in bed, or b) I’m amazing in bed and she’s gotta follow me everywhere. That wasn’t really an answer to the question was it?
We don’t want to know about the painfully hip bands your press release says you’re influenced by. Take us back to your bedroom when you were 14. What band posters did you have on the wall?
Oh boy, let’s think…nope didn’t have any band posters up. If you want to know the truth and, man this is a dark area, I probably had posters of the local musicals I was in…that’s all you need to know about my bedroom at 14 years of age. I will say this however, it was about this time that I started listening to Tour of Duty cassettes and discovering Donovan and The Byrds and the rest is history.
What’s been your worst gig and why are you glad there’s no footage of it on Youtube … yet?
Our worst show ever WAS FILMED. It was at the Gaelic Theatre in Sydney and there’s nothing too special about it – just one of those nights where everything goes completely to shit. It was a weird night – the demons were out. I’m glad it’s never showed up on Youtube because my mum would be so annoyed. Harshest critic.
Tomorrow’s payday, so we’ve only got $20 to get you drunk. Where do we go and what do we buy with it?
Oooh, let’s see. For $20 we could pick up 3 clean skin bottles of Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc and go down to Rushcutters Bay near my shoebox flat. Yeah, that sounds nice. The secret with this wine blend is that if you want Sauvignon Blanc on a budget, get the blend with Semillon because it makes it taste a bit more like $25 Sauvignon Blanc…
We’ve been looking in the $2 bin at Dixons Recycled and also bidding on eBay – what releases are we looking for there that your band has put out?
Probably “Broader than Broadway” I’m afraid.
Suppose we put a gun to your head and force you to kiss a member of another Australian band. Who, which band and why?
Sasha from The Morning After Girls. Why? My turn.
BELLES WILL RING PLAY DING DONG LOUNGE ON SATURDAY JUNE 5TH.
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