Interviews index.

                   An interview with Brandon from 18/8/00.

                    1. How much do you brothers fall out with each other and how does Hilary
                     put with you?

                     i will say this...when brothers fight it is the most inane drivel in the
                     universe. They begin fighting about something and end fighting about fighting
                     and each others fighting styles. I feel for hilly..i really do...she is
                     strong.

                     2. Why did your original keyboard player Heidi leave?

                     she got a great big scholarship to boston university. We could not stand in
                     the way of somehting like that. :)

                    3. Does the band not like the UK or something! cos firstly you were supposed
                     to play with the slackers then the pietasters in England, what's happened?

                     We seem to be cursed. actually it may be  blessing....when we finally do
                     manage to coalesce a tour of europe and the british isles out of pure vapor,
                     we should be in peak performance condition. Perhaps God would like us to make
                     a good first impression so he chooses to sabotage any premature attempt we
                     make to cross the atlantic preferring instead, to keep us in training here in
                     the colonies until we are a leaner, more streamlined and savage army.

                     4. You may not have graced us with your presence, but your CD's have been
                     well received, so whats the plans for the rest of the year and 2001?

                     more work i hope. :) Another album and a million more miles of touring and
                     then perhaps some time off to get sulky and remember that time off eats shit.

                     5. What are your favourite bands?

                     I adore elvis costello. The stones, stax and motown stuff, blur and elastica,
                     AC DC is another big one. oh yeah...ska....hmmm....the bodysnatchers are by
                     far my fave of the two tone era....toots....hepcat and the slackers are
                     wonderful.

                   6. What are your best TV shows?

                     The simpsons are funny as hell. The daily show on comedy central.

                     7. Whats you ambition in life?

                     to do this (write songs and perform them) forever.

                     8. Best childhood memory?

                     There is a nice first kiss one....one where my brothers and i got caught
                     smoking and drinking in the attic....most of the best ones involve my
                     grandfather though. His limericks and foul-mouthed driving. BUying me my
                     first electric guitar.

                     9. What's it like being on Hellcat?

                     I would guess it is the same as most other labels. There are some very close
                     friends of mine there though....so that is how it is diffrent i suppose. I
                     don't think it is so common for artists to have close relationships with the
                     label folks. At least nota big label. most big label people i have met are
                     rather adversarial with their labels.

                   10. Finally How did you get into ska?

                     I have a very short attention span and i was at the time, very bored with
                     sound-alike punk rock. This would have been a year or so before green day
                     went big int he states. There were a few cool ska records floating around and
                     they caught my attention and then there was enough substance in ska  insofar
                     as lots of records of diffrent eras and lots of brand new bands forming, that
                     i got fairly immersed. NOwadays i have sold off alot of crap records i bought
                     over the last few years and kind of narrowed the whole thing down to a few
                     artists or albums that i really like.

                   Thanks for your time.

                     no, thank you for yours. :)
                     -brandongadjit.