Ok, well there being
7 members of Jesse James I'll probably get who said what
wrong, 'cos apart from the fact it was just a big discussion,
I cant tell very well who's speaking when with a Dictaphone..
Who's who? They
all introduce themselves as someone else... Ian: trombone, Ben: drums, Tom: sound, Rich: guitar,
Pete: sax, Dan: trumpet, Ben: Trombone Dko - No one was me! Who's me? Me - I'm you! Dko - He's me (pointing to some guy who I think was
in the other band, 40ft fall) the newer, better looking
version. Younger doesn't mean better looking
Brief
history of the band?
Dko - Well, I wear Timmy Twists, Dan
wears... Dan - I wear really nasty ones DQ - I wear nothing (and shows me..he has a really
cool star tattoo)... Ben - I don't wear briefs...Its all down to the
pants... Dko - He's got quicksilver pants on, the newer, better
looking me
How did you get on Deck Cheese?
We got them drunk! Dko - More to the point, how are we getting off?! Ben - That's a direct quote...
We got them drunk, literally - they paid DQ - We got very drunk as well
We've been drunk ever since..
How do you describe your music?
Not ska..! Me - I tell everyone your not ska..
We used too, but now we've given up, because people will say
it is Ben - If we had to describe it in a way that you JUST
couldn't write down (but I have to try) It'd be kinda
like 'da na na na da na na na na na DA NA NA NA NA NA' Dan - 'Stop. Start. Fuck. Off. And. Die. You. Cunts.'
That's the best description we've ever had Ben + Pete - Da da, DA da (Laughs) Me - you scare me.. All - We scare you?! Pete - We haven't begun yet - we haven't even taken any
clothes off at all, and it's scary?! Rich - Almost as scary as the mini socks (rich is
wearing trainer socks) Pete - Did you get them off your girlfriend?! Rich - They're mens' socks... DQ - they're toddlers socks... Dan - they're booties.. Me - They're girls socks..
(Cheer) you've been told....told by a girl....gutted! Busted! Dan - Belch!
Hotwired is a lot heavier, more rock than shoes...how did
that develop? Ben - Someone else wrote it.. Dko - He wrote Shoes, I wrote Hotwired Me - I think Hotwired sounds a lot more like
SpeedUrchin...
Funny that, he (Dko) wrote Hotwired - he (Ben) wrote Shoes Ben - And I wasn't in SpeedUrchin, Donagh was.. Dko - It's all coming together here.. Pete - We never even ask ourselves these questions..
How do you feel about playing at Reading? All - very excited
Dko - Oh, yea, great! Me - I think people at college were saying today how
there's a band playing at the Joiners that are also playing at
reading and that it was a bit weird.. Pete - Is this venue a bit shit compared to reading
then? Ben - With the 80,000 people at reading, and the 50
people here.. (laughs) Dko - Dunno about the 80,00 people in the Concrete
Jungle Stage.. Rich - We can try...if they stand on peoples
shoulders..it'll be like a double decker Ben - It'll be the Foo Fighters in '95, there will be
broken legs down the front, there will be people on top of
other people.. DQ - Climbing up the tent poles... Rich - We're planning a really strong stage show, we're
gonna have Oompa Loompas running across stage, were gonna have
foam guns.. Ben - you never know, if they fucked up in '95 with the
NME tent, putting the Foo Fighters in a very small tent.. Pete - It's gonna happen with NOFX being on too early
as well, its gonna be day time Dko - I just hope that the whole place empties by the
time the strokes come onstage.. Pete - It'll be like 'we've seen NOFX already, we're
going home..that's what we came for' Me - I think NOFX are playing with the wrong people -
like prodigy and stuff... Pete - They're on with the metally - technoey type
people Ben - They probably asked to be like that on the bill.. DQ - I'm looking forward to seeing Slipknot, that's
gonna be fuckin cool - Rich's favourite band is Slipknot Dan - belch..
Why did you turn down EMI and do you regret
it? Pete - EM..who? Ian - They weren't right for us.., and we don't regret
it.. Dko - We wouldn't have had the time to spend the money
they'd have given us anyway.. Ben - Money is bad.. Pete - We're rich of soul at the moment anyway, aren't
we...I feel rich of soul Ben - I think cos basically we all knew we'd develop
coke habits so we kinda tried to stay away from it. If someone
gave you *** grand what would you spend it on? Coke, exactly (laughter) Dko - Trouble is some of us had already started looking
at flats to buy and stuff Ian - We all got a little pent up in it Dko - You could buy a fucking big car for *** grand Ben - You could buy a couple of maseratis for that Rich - We didn't realise that the bloke that we were
dealing with was a complete twat and.. Dko - He's about to lose his job actually...for making
every mistake imaginable
What's the best gig you've ever played and the best band
you've ever played with? Dko - 40ft fall are the best band we've ever played
with Ben - My favourite show was Link 80 at the Underworld Dko - Reel Big Fish ... (everyone agrees) Pete - that gig we did at the underworld last week.. Dko - OUR gig at the Underworld.. Me - I've heard a lot about that.. Rich - What've you heard..? Me - That all of Pete's' stalkers jumped onstage and
stuff.. Dan - In cat suits.. Pete - They weren't cat suits, they were actually
dressed as cats.. Dko - I wish I'd known who those girls were at the time
- I just took the piss out of them a little bit Rich - Well Lil' from HHN kicked em' off stage anyway Dko - Lil' ended up doing on stage security - I was
saying to her 'Lil', your dancing to our music!' Pete - It was quite unusual - he's not the kind of guy
you'd expect to be getting down to Jesse James onstage but
there ya go.. Ian - He's a lovely guy.. Pete - More of a Capdown man..
Which bands influence your music..? All: Dexy's, Midnight Runners and NOFX Ben - Level 42.. All: The Clash, The Charlatans (laughter). Oasis
are a big influence, Adam and the Ants, DJ Luck Pete - I always thought Milli Vanilli was quite good in
a way, but that's probably just me...have you seen the guys
that actually sang for them? They were like little black guys
with glasses and bald with 2 big dread-locked
Adonis's...yea...ok
Who would you most like to play with? All: (cheer - they take it in the wrong way as if I
mean play with...sexually) Pete - Ben! Ben - say perform with.... Ian - Nah, that's even worse
Pete - NOFX Dko - Reformed Dexy's Midnight Runners, or The Clash
Eric Clapton... Ben - I'd quite like to perform with Helmet, but that's
personal.. Me - Who?! Ben - exactly.. Pete - I think NOFX would be really good, I think I'd
be a wicked show...we wouldn't get that shit necessarily Ben - I think that would be cool..
Why do you think the punk scenes grown so much lately? DQ - Because we're in it (laughter) Ben - Next! Dko - Come on, it's a good point..why? Rich - cos there's no other good music around.. after discussion... Dko - This music has all ages shows Ben - Every where you go you hear house music or indie
music, but to listen to house you need to take drugs in order
to listen to it for hours.. Pete - You don't need drugs to listen to punk - it's
just music Dan - That's why Ben's straight edge.. They discuss how Ben likes head (hmmm).. Pete - He likes taking head.. Ben - Yea, I like the head..
What do you think about Mp3 sharing, and CD burning and
stuff? Dko - I think all CD's should be burned, especially
Oasis ones - God Damn those bastards, kill every flamin' last
one of them! Dan - With lighter fuel..I live in Finsbury Park and I
have Oasis in my face.. DQ - So do I! I had fucking mancs' shitting in my front
garden (laughter) They fucking did it..and they nicked
my BC Ethics shirt! They stole my BC Ethic shirt! Ben - I'll tell you what, I don't think it's worth it
until everyone has broad band because 128kps is just not good
enough Dan - I think that as soon as bands get paid enough at
live shows, which they should do, then Mp3 sharing would be
good Pete - If bands got paid properly for live music then
the world would be a beautiful place Ian - If people like the music, they will go buy the CD Me - I download a hell of a lot of stuff, but then I go
out and buy a CD - like I did with yours Ben - When it's not good quality, people will be
obliged to go out and buy the proper version Pete - I think it could destroy the quality of recorded
music cos the average man on the street doesn't give a shit
between the quality of Mp3 or CD/CDr-w
Dko - It's quite good cos Mp3 can be lots of different
qualities
Ben - The average is like 128kpbs
Dko - I do all ours at 98. If it wasn't for Mp3's I
wouldn't have that version of ....
Ben - I wouldn't have that version of Elvis trying to sing
Love Me Tender and cracking up halfway through (laughter)
Dan - Ian wouldn't have Timmy doing..
Ben - TIMMAAAY my name is T-T-T-TIMAAAAY
Do you guys have day jobs?
DQ - not anymore, no
Dan - me and Pete just finished our A-Levels, and Ian just
finished a degree, and he (Ben) just gave up a degree
DQ - And me and Rich quit jobs..
Dko - and I've never had one
What's a strange or gross fact about each of you? All - oh no!...oh jesus..Next! Ben - just one each? come on! Dko - We've gotta name each others.. Pete - Ian's! Ian - No! All: (cheers) uh oh! After a discussion that I'm not allowed to write about they
come to the conclusion that Ian 'doesn't have a thing for
crack whores' Dko - I think Ian's dirty, dark secret is Alex
really.....Pete? Pete - Ben! There's no where to even fucking start so
you might as well just move on..!
Dan - There's a video of Ben jacking off (how pleasant)
on his bed (cheer)
Pete - yea, he send a video of him jacking off to his
girlfriend in America, and he accidentally downloaded it onto
this computer (their laptop)
Dko - And we were watching it on the bus.. Me - Is that true? All - yes! Ian - you might be able to find it floating around on
the internet Pete - You got one on me that I think isn't true
probably (something you don't want me to know, Pete?!) One
of me jacking off in a bed next to Richard is not true (cheer
+ laughter) Dko - Pete was jacking off Pete - Ben was actually jacking off right there.. Dko - It was at my party when Eugene burst into the
little room and you were in there shagging that girl with the
pizza face Pete - Yea, she was kinda hot though I think actually All: Urgh! Dko - Yea, so our manager walked in on him
shagging...Any other secrets? DQ - Rich stinks like knob..so do I but I'm the
drummer so that's alright Dko - Ian snogged a girl after I/he (I can't tell
which) came in her mouth Ben - (clapping) Good stuff!......I thought we
were keeping these in the band! Pete - Well the band are here... Dko - hey! Tour manager, what embarrassing things have
we got about the tour manager? Pete - he doesn't ever do anything embarrassing Dan - He dreams about food (laughter) Pete - Donagh...there's no where to even fucking start DQ - Donagh is wanted by every Jewish criminal in the
whole world (laughter)
Is there a reason why you're called drag queen? DQ - yea because.. Rich - cos he likes dressing up in dresses Me - (to Pete) Apparently there's a picture of
you in a pink dress.. Pete - There's plenty of pictures of me in pink dresses Dko - There's a picture of him all dressed up in girly
clothes for the website... Pete - There's a naked picture of me on the web site
with me playing the guitar.. Ben - we had this picture of him dressed up as a girl
with a mate and he kept showing it round to people saying
'hey, what do you think of this girl, isn't she hot' expecting
everyone to go 'yea, she's fit' and then say 'actually, that's
me' Pete - No, no, people did though, at a party I went to
once they were like 'aah she's really hot, is that girl at
this party?' and I was like 'yea she is...IT'S MEE!' (laughter)
and they were like 'nah nah I thought she was rough anyway
(laughter) DQ - I used to listen to Motley Crue and they used to
wear make up, and these guys called me drag queen cos they
used to take the piss out of me for wearing eyeliner.. Dko - You insisted on being called drag queen! Rich - On the whole Lit tour he wore make-up every
fuckin day as well! DQ - Had to compete with Jeremy Popoff Pete - He threw up on his snare and he hit it and it
splashed up in his face!
Did you like that tour? All - That was a good tour! Me - That was when I first saw you... DQ - which one? London..? Me - Yea, it was cool but I has a spine injury so I had
to stay right at the back! Ben - Did they have you in a straight jacket?! .... if
you want dirty stories just look on www.altjessejames.co.uk Me - I already do - I'm obsessed...no, I'm not
really... DQ - I bet you are! I bet you are!
What are your porn star names? Ben - oh, er, mother's maiden name and first pet's
name... DQ - Mine was Puke Klein's Me - you called your first pet puke?! DQ - yea, my first ever cat was called puke, the other
was called Widdle! Dan - Mosca Georgia Pete - I think I would simply be called 'Machine' (laughter
- machine is this sick fuck child abuser from the film 8mm) DQ - do you know what Ian's Spanish name is? In - Fidel
What's a message to fans or anyone who's reading? Dko - take your clothes off! Pete - ah, be excellent to each other (laughter) Rich - go straight back to sleep Pete - I don' t think Jesse James should really be
giving messages to those in the outside world..!
Favourite films? Dko - Apocalypse now..The Outsiders.. DQ - Back to the Future 1,2, and 3 Pete - Usual Suspects Dko - Young guns.. DQ - Young guns 1 and 2 Pete - Usual suspects! This is Spinal Tap.. Ben - how about 3 amigos? DQ - Evil dead is cool as well Ben - I like E.T's re-issue...Drew Barrymore is just
the cutest kid in the whole world! Pete - She's fucking 5, dude! Ben - She's about 3, but she was so cute, Drew
Barrymore is almost as cute as my niece...when I say cute, I
don't mean I wanna fuck her, (laughter) Pete - Oh, go on, just a little bit... Ben - What I'm saying is if it were my kid I'd be proud DQ - Would you fuck her then? Ben - If I was considering fucking a 3 year old, it
would not be my own offspring!
Ok that's it! Thank you!!! All: Thank you!
Cheers for doing the interview guys was fuking class! I'm
going to be scarred for life..
