Dunno if anyone has seen this interview but I hadn’t so figured I’d post it :) - 30th May 2006
http://www.pembrokeshiretv.com/content/templates/v6-article.asp?articleid=2115
“IRISH rockers Therapy? rocked any number of fluids out of the crowd at the Queens Hall, Narberth on Friday evening. Coming from a town in Northern Ireland which is like Narberth in many ways, Therapy? could certainly understand the notion that the kids NEED to rock - in peripheral areas especially.
The people of Pembrokeshire are also an inquisitive bunch. So we put singer/guitarist Andy, bassist Michael and drummer Neil on the couch, and asked them the questions that YOU wanted to know…
Sue asks “who has been your greatest influence ?”
Andy : Ah, there have been so many. I’d have to say something like The Ramones to start with.
[There followed a brief interlude as Andy extolled the virtues of Funkadelic]
But we listen to absolutely everything. If you look through our CDs, there’s everything from Dr Alimentado to Atari Teenage Riot. And in our CD player at the moment ? Neil Diamond.
Rob asks “what’s your favourite type of booze ?”
Michael: The flying schnitzer.
Andy : Yeah, we found this drink in a hostel in Austria. They had this drink called Klang-Stag, or the flying stag [makes horns with the devil-sign over his head]. You make it with Red Bull and Jagermeister. That was really good.
Heli asks “what punishment do you administer on birthdays ?”
Andy : Grundying. Which is like…
Michael : A wedgie!
Gemma asks “apart from the question mark, what is your favourite form of punctuation ?”
Michael : A full-stop.
Neil : Dot.
Andy : I think a comma.
Owe : You’re not colon men, then ?
Andy : Ha ha. No.
Nikki asks “what are your views on public nudity ?”
Andy : Nudity in itself is not provocative like pornography. Not like what involves all the big platform shoes and garters. If people could just get comfortable with the notion of being naked, it would be alright.
Cara asks “whose teeth are on the cover of ‘Teethgrinder’, and do you still keep in touch with said teeth owner ?”
Andy : ‘Teethgrinder’ was sourced from a public library in Coleraine. So we never actually met the teeth.
Menace asks “are you concerned that Tom Cruise thinks you’re evil ?”
Michael : Eh ?
[The band seem pleased]
Andy : Anyone who has to get his leading ladies to stand in a trench is surely evil himself ?
Stacey asks “G-string or French knickers ?”
All in unison : French knickers!
Michael : Yeah, you need a bit of mystery.
Becky asks “which would you rather lick off a naked body - honey, creme fraiche, or Nutella ?”
[Brief pause for consideration]
All : Nutella.
Nigel asks “will you lend me fifty quid ‘till next Friday ?”
Neil : No!
Kathryn asks “do you get down with your groupies ?”
Andy : We’re not really that kind of band.
Michael : Nah, we’re not Mötley Crüe…
Gordon asks “what are your feelings on the pedestrianisation of Tenby town centre ?”
Neil : It’s an outrage!
Andy : Every place in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland - they’re gonna end up making them all the same. Then you’ll have Starbucks and Costa buying up all the local coffee shops for example… It’s going the wrong way. Sometimes the pessimist in me thinks we are truly living in the last days.
If the questions from the gutter posed by the people of Pembs are anything to go by, I fear he may have a point. The last days are upon us. Or perhaps we just need a liberal dose of Therapy?”
