Chillin'

"Wow, that's large!" Code Red are bowling down a Los Angeles highway, completely agog at the sheer size of everything they see. A limo we pass is virtually as long as the road it drives on and we spot a shopping mall done up like a castle and about ten times as big. Wow indeed!
This is the group's first visit to california and they're well excitied. In addition to making a video for their new single, Is there Someone Out There, they're here to shop, see the sights and of coz, hang out with SMASH HITz.
"We went down to the Baywatch set on the Santa Monica Beach yesterday," fizzes an excited Lee. "We saw david Hasselhoff and everything!" They've also been on tour of Beverly Hills to spot the houses of all the big stars. "We got one of those star maps and just drove around," says Neil. "We sae Aaron Spelling's mansion---it's meant to have 200 rooms!And there was this Mercedes going in---it must have been Tori!".

Drivin'

The band are in fine form on the morning of their video shoot, despite the fact they had to get up at 4.30am. Lee's still going on about Baywatch, and neil's tormentingPhil with a bananaskin and Roger's discussing what a bad loser Lee is. "When we play Fifa Football and he wins, it's like Shoppin'

We get up the following morning for bereakfast in an American diner, then spend all day shopping in Bloomingdales departmental store and a hip-hop clothes shop called Baseline. Code Red rush about picking up loadsa baggy designer gaer. "We try to mix and match stuff-get stuff that no-one else has got," says Lee. Today's labels of choice include Karl Kani, TWISM, and Rico. The lads end up spending a fortune. Fortunately, their record company will probably pick up most of the bill. "They look after us well,"says Roger. "They pay for food, haircuts, hotels and that." "The only thing we don't have much of is money to spend on going out,"explains neil."But we never get the time to do that anyway."

Start Spottin'

Night's falling and it's time to head off home. We set off along a glitzy Sunset Boulevard, before drawing to a halt at the traffic light. "Dont' look now,"says the driver,"but i think that's Brad Pitt in the jeep next to us." We lean forward to stare....then pandemonium breaks out. "IT IS BRAD PITT!"screams Roegr, and by crivens, it is well. Moodily muttering and looking somewhat less than ugly, sits a real life movie star just a few inches away. "Aww man, I'm totally star struck!" yells Lee. Brad zooms off towards the Hollywood Hills. "He might be going out to get over Gweyneth Paltrow," Neil suggests, while the Code Red bus virtually explodes with excitement. "America-what a wicked place!"