4.52am Issue: 032 4th May 2017 The Little Triggers Issue

months with more higher octane tunes
with more guitar hero moments.”
Can you describe your sound?
“High energy, million mile an hour tunes
broken up by the odd slow melodic one
you can waggle your lighters to.”
Can you describe your fans?
“All manner of mods, hippies, fan girls,
weirdoes and people in Berghuas
trackies, just people who want to have a
good time, it's not little kiddies music or
music for pretentious wankers.”
When did you start gigging - what
was your first gig like?
“Our first gig as the current line-up was
in the Cavern nearly a year ago I think,
it was a good laugh as I remember, lots
of free bevvy in the fridge and I think
Chris copped off.”
Tell us about the big gigs you’ve
played and how did you enjoy
them?
“We did this gig in France with Iggy Pop
that was mad, few thousand people
there, we had only been a band for a few
months and we hammered through all of
our songs at break neck speed and
ended up going through them all with 15
minutes to go. We had to round the set
off with a quarter of an hour long version
of Johnny B Goode, went down well on
the continent though like.”
What gear are you using?
“I use a Vox AC15 for small gigs and a
Marshall JCM800 for larger ones. My main
guitar is a Gibson 330 with a Bigsby and
p90 pick ups.
In the studio we also layered parts on
with a Fender Tele and a Rickenbacker
325.
My pedal set up is very basic. I use a
tuner, a wah, and a Tube Screamer.
When we were in the studio however we
did mess around with echo and reverb
but I can't remember what they were.
There was this 70's Marshall 30 watt
combo in the studio which we got a pretty
beefy tone out of.”
Moving forward to the current
release 'Silly Cigarettes' - can you
tell us about the recording?
“We recorded it in the motor museum on
Lark Lane which is just by Sefton Park,
close to loads of Chinese takeaways and
chippy's which is ideal.
We were in there right at the turn of the
new year and we did 4 tunes which will
be in our E.P. Al Groves produced all the
tracks. Was a breeze really.”
What is your approach to
songwriting?
“It's often the chords that come first or
an idea in my head of how the songs
could sound when the whole band is
playing. I normally have to sit down after
and bash the lyrics out.”