We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files, but we don’t like regurgitating press releases or asking the easy questions. No-one gets out of the Tone Deaf Interrogation 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.
It’s a real shame your upcoming run of shows in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles got canned: what impressions did you get last time you visited those cities? Did the crowds love you?
We’ve visited these cities a few times now, so we tend to have a great time. People remember us and come back to shows, so that’s pretty awesome. And look at us, of course they loved us.
Coming home from LA would be an epic culture shock. What happened when you got back on home soil that really made you realise you’d landed?
The epic fucking heat, people saying “haaawwwsss it gaaarnn mate?” and our wives/ girlfriends/mums picking us up from the airport instead of having a driver or catching a cab.
What’s been your worst gig of the tour and why are you glad there’s no footage of it on Youtube … yet?
I would say the worst show was when Von Dee drank a heap of wine, and in between glasses he drank water (as to not get too drunk before the show, obviously) and it back-fired. He ended up just concentrating on NOT spewing the whole set and as a result, he didn’t play too well. Managed to keep the vom down though, which probably would have been a youtube hit, coincidently.
It’s probably soon to talk about drinking so soon after Von Dee’s wine fable but hey! Tomorrow’s payday, so we’ve only got $20 to get you drunk. Where do we go and what do we buy with it?
Slippery fish – it’s a delicate bouquet wine, worth about $.289 a bottle. we’d probably get quite a few with a 20. Sounds good!
Suppose we put a gun to your head and force you to kiss a member of another band you played with on this tour. Who, which band and why?
Mat said he’d kiss any/everyone from all of the bands. He’s a lover, not a fighter. The rest of us will let him take one for the team.
You’re touring Australia. We know how much visitors are afraid of our native animals, so what is your greatest fear? Getting attacked by a) a snake b) a red back spider c) a bluebottle jellyfish d) a crocodile or e) a venomous drop bear?
All of the above. Australia has all of the most dangerous animals in the world. I think realistically tho, you’re more likely to hurt yourself falling out of bed than to encounter one of these dangerous animals where we reside.
Grand Atlantic are just about finished their tour but Queenslanders can still get along to see the boys as they wind donw on the home front. Check out the below dates to make sure you can still get there!
Thursday 3rd November – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Friday 4th November – Sky Parlour, The Loft, Gold Coast, QLD
