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What's the name of the band, and how did you come up with the
name? MEMIL - it's the name of the bass player in our old band
who went off to travel the world and never came back!
What are the individual members names and what do they play?
Kevin McKidd - guitar & vox
Cam - drums & vox
Bert - bass & vox
Jamie Reid - guitar & vox
How did you meet? We're all from the same labour camp
How long have you been together? In one form or another "nigh'
on forty years"
Where is the band based? The mean location between London
& Aberdeen so for arguments sake let's say....Scotch Corner.
Who or what inspired you to become a musician? Bingo - the
magical singing fox who comes to us only in dreams!
What bands are you listening to at the moment? Weezer, The
Cardigans, The Super Furry Animals, Travis, Longpigs, Sheryl Crow,
Neil Young, Jeff Buckley, The Boys of much Beastlieness, Supergrasso,
Beck, Arnold, James Talyor (all that Kevin ever listens to) and
an adundance to boot!
What are some of your favourite songs? At the moment Travis'
"Writing to Reach You" is pretty unbeatable if it's a
Kwality song you want though "Marvel Hill" off the Cardigan's
new album's good......and anything by James Taylor for Kevin (especially
if it contains the line "I'm tellin' yah" or "I'm
sayin'" or something along those lines)
Do you prefer to play in the studio or live gigs? Laying
tracks in the studio is fun and it's good for invention but we can
never afford to do it.
Playing live is really spledid and always over too quickly......I'm
tellin' yah
Describe your sound. Like the moving and bubbling of gastric
juices after a good meal whilst sitting in a comfortable chair.
What do you like about being a part of 25 Records? They're
warm yet straight from the chiller cabinet kind of people.
What are most of your songs about? (love, partying, political,
beer, etc.) Why do nice girls hate me!
Give us an interesting story that happened either at a gig, or
while writing or recording a song. Once we wanted to go for
a drink after rehearsal but it was too late unless we went to a
hotel and pretended to be guests. We did this and were asked for
our room number although we insisted in paying with cash. I looked
at Bert, Bert looked at me and we claimed that we were from room
213, the barman tried to put this in to the digital till but alas
there wasn't a room 213. We were doomed............until all of
Babybird walked into the bar, for this was their dwelling for the
night, we gave them the money, they bought us drinks and put it
on their tab. Not only that but we'd given them £20 instead of £10
without realising. 5 minutes later their guitarist came up to us
with the tenner and told us we'd given him too much money........what
an honest band I'm tellin' yah! Our next demo was called Room 213.
Do you play any weird or unusual instruments? No but we play
our instruments in weird and unusual ways - we don't really.
Have you been in other bands? Not really. The band has had
many different names and line ups. Plan 9, Sideshow Bob, 7 Zark
7 and MEMIL
Do you have any interesting stories involving the police or breaking
the law? ( That we can post on the site) Our mascot proceeded
to rip its light off much to the annoyance of the policemen in it.
He also watched a couple having sex through the skylight of their
caravan. When spotted he tried to run away, forgot he was on top
of a carvan and plummited earthwards injuring himself....twofold
when the bloke came out of the caravan and started to kick the shit
out of him.
Does anyone in the band have any strange or unusual habits or
superstitions? Cam thinks he's a normal member of society.
This is Hardcore!!!!!!
Here are a few questions we got out of Melody Maker from a Jarvis
Cocker [Pulp] interview.
When did you lose your virginity? We never lost it, we know
exactly where we left it!
Would you be willing to give up sex for five years if you could
have graphic erotic dreams any time you wished? That would be
an adequate trade foe the two years of enforced celibacy I have
had to endure. When Cam wants to have an erotic fantasy he just
goes to the pub and finds a girl - oh to be a drummer - I'm sayin'
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