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BoneIdle
June 1996
 WeKnowWhereYouLive,
as mentioned in our last issue, have lost their
drummer, Martin Gilks. I asked Ange the reason
for Martin leaving, but he wasn't very
forthcoming. "Ask Martin," he said. But was
there a massive argument or something?
"No, there was no animosity," Ange replied. It
seems, from other sources, that Martin left to
become a full-time father and business man.
Surely it must
have been a blow to you all? How did you and the
rest of the band feel after his departure? "It
was a bit of a headache for a while, but we felt
for the telephone, made a few calls and started
auditioning drummers." You've sorted that
side out now, and toured with your new drummer.
Tell us about him. "His name is Bigger Jim
Ledbetter, formerly of Cornwall, and he rules
(man)." The thing about interviewing Ange is,
he's very brief with his answers, probably
something to do with the interviewer. I don't
suppose you all noticed, did you?
Has it made any
difference to the sound of WKWYL? After all,
Martin was a very distinctive drummer. "We are
still 'WeKnowWhereYouLive'. We have our own
sound - our post-psychiatric noise. Jim is with
us all the way," Ange counters.
I decide to take
a different tack. There was talk that the band
were on the verge of signing to a label. How's
this going? "We are on the verge," replies Ange.
"There are a couple of them so we are doing the
juggling act at the moment." There's talk of
another single being released, how about that?
"Yeah. It will be coming out on our own label
again, H.M.D. Hopefully, this will be in the
first week of June, depending whether we can
whore ourselves enough to raise the money."
Last December,
WKWYL did a short acoustic set on GLR which went
down really well. Would more live radio spots
help promote the band more? "Money makes money,"
Ange philosophises. "Money buys good support
tours. Money makes for good promotion, plugging,
advertising." None of this can be denied. WKWYL
deserve a break somewhere. They are one of the
hardest working bands around at the moment.
They've toured extensively since they formed,
put out a commercially released single, 'Don't
Be Too Honest', which did well in the Indie
charts, and are no doubt, working towards an
album. They deserve more 'air time' to put over
their excellent sound, and reach a wider
audience.
What are the
band's plans for the next six months or so, Ange?
"Ah! Many and various are our plans. Supports,
own tour, single release, record the album,
another single, release the album, tour the
album, get a hair cut, get out of jail free, do
another tour, start my own fanzine called 'We
Think We're It, But We're Not, We're Shit', and
back to the top again." Ooooh! Biting, Ange,
biting. Is that all? Things haven't gone well
since you formed then? What's gone wrong? "Look!
We've worked fucking hard to keep this band
going, and when it takes off, I'm going to run
around town with two fingers raised, shouting
'Suck my dick, you spineless cunts!'" Now that's
what I like - fighting talk! Into battle, Ange.
We're right behind you!
I feel I'd better
move on to something less controversial, or so I
expect. What do you think of the Sex Pistols
reforming, Ange? Good idea or not? "GET
PISSED. DESTROY!"
Time to call it a
day, don't you think? |
