Listen to them predict their Mercury Prize luck back in July 2005.
I recorded this interview with Matt and Andy before their gig at King Tut's in Glasgow on July 31st 2005. This is one of my favorite interviews, not only because of the heights they soon achieved, but also because of the many topics and opinions we touched on. Where else would I have found out they were a Blink 182 cover band when they started? And the fact that Laurence Bell of Domino approached them just as they were signing on the dotted line with another label. And ask them if they'd do a Les Savy Fav and release an album like Inches. Or that they found out about their record deal offers via text at work? Listen to me gawk at them pulling crowd of 1000 ha! They kind of were too when we talked about the album's release date. My times have changed. . .Download Mercury Music Prize segment (MP3)
Download Entire Interview -25 minutes 52 seconds (MP3)
Two notes:
I posted the audio on the Arctic Monkeys forum and wow did they hate me! They didn't seem to realize that I, the poster, was the one on tape, but they really hated my American accent, and hated all the yeahs and uh huhs.
And yeah-if you listen to the full interviews-I know a lot of people have heard of Les Savy Fav, but none of their core fans at the time
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Blink 182 cover band? I guess the purpose of Blink was to play music so shitty any geezer can play it.
Posted by: Mo! | September 06, 2006 at 07:26 AM