 (or the Stick interview)
E.O.W were a new enough band on the underground punk scene,who first came to my
attention when I heard Stick from E.N.T, Doom, Dirt and a millions of other great bands, was in them. The interview is just before they released their album, in 1994. Also in their ranks was a friend of mine Mags from from my hometown, Cork.
This should have really been called
the Stick interview as, you'll find out I was asking him about every other band he was in too, which was pretty ignorant on my behalf , sure its even a picture of Doom included, 'cause I've no photos of E.O.W!
I hear that your first demo cost £15 & ye did it only after 2 pactises,are ye all the same orginal members in the band ?
Yep!It's true,I think it was £
16,but the 2 practise bit is right.It
was pretty spontaneous as I was going
away to Europe & wanted to let people
hear the new band.That line-up was me
dms,Tom-guitar&vocals,Rat-bass&vocals.
We've had a fair few changes along the
way.It's still Stick/Tom-guitar,but
now we have Mal-bass & 2 vocalssts,
Leigh & Mags,ones a bloke & ones a
girly.
How long has "R.T.P"records & E.O.W being going? what releases have ye to
date?Have ye done many gigs & is it hard to do them since ye're all in other bands?
"R.T.P" records only released
thenE.O.Wn7t<(the waste & the geeed)&
isn't really doing isn't doing anything at present the label is The label is run by Mark Bailey who
also was in the band on 2nd guitar in
1 particular line-up.E.O.W started
earley'90.The releases so far are a
split e.p.on Finn records(with Dischange)A full 7"(see above)& we've
recorded 2 demos.(still available)We
go into studio feb'93 to record a full
L.p.but when that appears is anyones
guess.Gig-wise we've not done many as
we've always had unstable line-ups
until recently.The"other bands" thing
isn't too much of a problem.
Did you get to talking to any famous
people at the Brit Awards?what was the
general atmosphere there like?Is the
split single with the"K.L,F"&"E.N.T"
ever going to be released on any l.p?
This isn't really an"E.O.W"question is
it!I don't remember that much about it
as I was pissed out of my mind,it was a
a laugh,so I enjoyed it I suppose.The
K.L.F/E.N.T thing may come out on an
l.p but I'm no longer in E.N.T so I
can't tell you about their plans.
Is is there any truth thaf'DOOM" could
reform as its always rumoured?What do
you think of Bri's(ex-doom)new band
"WARFEAR^What are the rest of DOOM up
to are they still doing SORE THROAT?
DOOM did reform,with the orginal line
up,but not for long.We're still going
but have a new^better line-up.I thought
warfear were o.k,but they split ages
ago(same as SORE THROAT)Pete & Jon are
doing a very slow band called CAIN.
I hear due to the Brit Awards a big gig
organiser is doing loads of gigs for ENT
can ye still control door prices,etc due
to this as I was going to see ye in
London with BAD RELIGON but it weas£15,it
was cancelled,did ye evenually play?
ENT did go with an agency for a tour,they
never got to play the B.RELIGION gig.
I know your not involed with"RAW NOISE' but
I heard they &"CHOAS U.K'.'haven't received
any money from there split Ip.is this true?
So much for the E.O.W interview eh!I know
Dean Jones(ENTvox)was instrumental in putting
ing out the lp,& I've heard CHAOS U.K.weren't
n't pleased about it,why not ask them?
Last question,do you want to say any thing
to PROTEST readership?Do you ever think ye
might play here?
I think theres a good chance we'll make it
to Ireland evenually as Mags comes from Cork
orginally.so she says you won't eat us(tho
we're good enough to eat,ha!)WE've got some
E.O.W shirts/£5.Demos £1.50,split eps£1.50
for sale if anyones interested write to Stick
or if ya just want info send an s.a.e
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