First of
all, how are you?!
W.W.:
We’re fine! Had a good time!
Feeling
better, since last night’s show (are we?)
W.W.:
Ehm, Yes! Think so!
How’s the
tour been so far ?
W.W.:
It’s been Great, we’ve played in Norway, then we went to Iceland, now
we’re here, and then we’re going back to Norway, then Germany, Sweden,
Japan, Firefest in the Uk and a few more dates here and there… It will be
great really, we shoulf be doing more date in
Firefest?
W.W.:
Yeah – with a lot of bands, like us, Gotthard, Cinderella (it will be Winger
after all), Bonfire and more in late October!
Oh, I ve
gott-en-hard ! I m getting wet… in naughty ‘n’ ham eh ?!
W.W.:
(laughing) yeah! It should be good – we’re looking forward!(Sporty is
returning from the bar!) Hey Sporty’s back!
Sporty
spice!
W.W.:
(Sporty) You think so?
No! Not
really! You’re better, more masculine/muscular…
W.W.:
(Sporty) Oh good! Rest of the band laughs!
Hey
– Wigwamania is out – and it kicks ass – but it’s impossible, to get
over here ! Only a store imports it – but
he’s sort of selling it for 25 bucks so it’s kinda steep – and not a lot
of people may actually bother – ordering it from him – which is a bit of a
letdown !
W.W.:
(Glam) Well, we want it to be everywhere, but we were advised – that most
companies over here, care mostly about Greek folk music – booze-ouki, so
it’s kind of hard. But we’re open to anyone – who wants to distribute
this, just drop us an email and we can try to work out something with you!
Hey,
what’s up with your debut and it’s 25 different editions?!
W.W.:
(Whole band laughing) (Glam) Well it’s kind of strange. We initially
recorded the album and released it as “667 The Neighbor Of The Beast,” on
a very small label in
(Hmm cunning
plan there Glam) People, criticized you about being a Eurovision band, a band
without substance etc …. Which I found as absolute bullshit…
W.W.:
(Glam) : It’s partly bullshit and partly true. Obviously Eurovision, gave us
a huge push – as a lot of people got to know us through it, but we had an
album previous to that – and we’d been going on for 3-4 years –a hard
working band, we had our little own following etc… so Eurovision did not
create us – Eurovision – helped us – take a few more steps forward –
exposed us to more people in a little time, and we seem to have won most of
them over.
(Teeny): In
What do you
mean? Company functions, weddings and funerals?
W.W.:
(Teeny) No! (laughs) We do 2 versions of our show, one for the kids, where –
they come and we rock together, with them and their parents and an adult one
– later at night!
Where you do
the dirty stuff eh?
W.W.:
(Teeny and Glam) Yeah, we only drink milk during the kids show! (laughs)
(Glam): We also have a death box in the adult version, which we could not have
brought over here unfortunately!
A death box?
Do you mean a box – like the ones that illusionists have- with blades –
going through it?
W.W.:
(Glam) No! It’s not that!
Is it a box
– that plays death metal then?
W.W.:
(Glam Laughs) No it’s one with gas! I go in it – and somebody traps me in
– and fills it with gas, and then I die and a skeleton is shown, but I come
alive again on stage.
So it’s a
bit like Alice Cooper then?
W.W.:
(Glam) Yeah, like AC.
I wonder if
someone – thought about replacing the smoke gas with laughing gas (band
laughs their asses off) ( oops – I shouldn’t be giving people ideas here)!
W.W.:
(Flash) Great Idea!!!
(Glam) No!
(Teeny) Hm…
Did you
destroy the drumset – to avoid a second encore…?
W.W.:
Nah, it did cost us – half a grand – cause we damaged it – but we were
having too much fun! If it was Sporty’s set – he would have killed us!
hahaha!
Glam, Have
your stage antics ever gotten you in trouble, with a crazy boyfriend leaping
on stage to try and punch your lights out?!
W.W.:
Hmm, narrowly, twice, but it’s all in good fun, so most people chill out,
after a drink , we don’t seriously try to hit on their girlfriends –
it’s all part of the show… Which is all about having fun!
I guess –
hence you got both your eyes – black – just I case eh?! (making slight fun
of Glam’s totally made up face – complete with (drum roll) – black areas
around the eyes)
W.W.:
(Glam chuckles) Yeah!
Do you use
the costumed to disassociate yourselves from your stage characters, do they
help you to step in an out of the personas – that you portray on stage?
W.W.: (Glam) Yeah – in a way it helps. I
put on the boots and the make up – and I’m Glam – I take them off and I
am Age, again ! It helps to keep the private person private and the rockstar
the rockstar ! Some people – artists, see themselves as Gods! You look
different – you act different – it’s easier ! You put on your uniform
– you’re ready to kill!
(Teeny) We’re soldiers of rock!
Make love
– not work!
W.W.:
Whole band laughs!
As kids
–growing up – were you shy or as loud and crazy as you seem to be now?
W.W.:
(Teeny) Not too shy…
(Flash) I dunno – a little bit of both, but I got
into music from a real young age, Zeppelin, Purple and more.
(Glam) Oh, I was a big fan of Elvis, then Beatles, Kiss and Sweet and
Well
that’s where WW, stems from Wig Wam Bam, the Sweet song, isn’t it!?
W.W.:
Yeah!
I heard you
played with them, the reunited version of them!
W.W.:
We were the support band – but Andy is not much fun being around these days
– he’s a bit of a moaner (….tour stories follow….) – we had fun on
tour – but he was very pissed off – when we had to reverse – the
headline slot, in Norway – he didn’t want to be our support band – but
the organizer – said – because we were so big in Norway – there’s no
way we’d support AS Sweet.
(No way in
W.W.:
(Glam) Haha!
(Teeny) He wasn’t too happy about that – and
having to do Ballroom Blitz with all the kids – screaming WigWam, Wigwam
didn’t lift his spirits too much either! Anyhow…
Hmm, since
you mentioned about groupies yesterday – about a 100 of them – are there
any left upstairs?
W.W.:
(Glam) (Laugin’) You’re welcome to have the leftovers!!
Hey –
I’m content as long as it’s not skeletons… haha!
W.W.:
Hahahahha!
Any plans
for a follow up just yet – apart from “Hard To Be A Rock N’ Roller in
W.W.:
(laughs) (Glam) We’re working on a second DVD – a full live show – no
release date yet – we want to put a documentary on that – doing stupid
stuff, the video clips… and a lot of other stuff… interesting stuff –
and not so interesting staff! And 2 Jap Versions…. From “Wigwamania”….
We always right music – all the time!!! But we first want to promote this
one!
Do you feel
justified – succeeding in the face of such adversity… ?
W.W.:
Well – nobody, believed in us – in the beginning – every record company
we went to, in
No it’s
alive! Heavy pettin’!
W.W.:
(Glam) Damn right you’re! So we decided to do it on our own – no dickhead
A&R telling us what to do and what not to do, then the Darkness come out
– and sell by the trackload – and hey – presto – we’re sitting on a
bona fide – hard rock album, which we own – that people are crazy over! We
were not hoping in our wildest dreams that we’d be here talking to you –
that we’d have die hard fans all over the place – with this little
promotion – and to be honest – I (Glam) was getting a little worried,
about getting a little too old to make it…
Never too
old to rock n roll – but too young to die too ! OMG – Sporty is about to
die – ( the drummer seems to have keeled over – and he’s sitting next to
me – so I try to set him straight …. At which he responds with a bizarre
gesture – to which I respond with a furtherly more bizarre gesture – at
which point the band are again laughing their heads off…
W.W.:
Damn he’s about to keel over!
Do you want
– to do a bigger – crazier show?!
W.W.:
(Glam) What you saw on the DVD is a gig from the debut tour – the new DVD
will have a new one – a bigger production.
(Teeny) We had 100 people last time.
So next time
– do a performance with 200 people – and next time 300?
W.W.:
Hahahaha…
Have you
ever – had any accidents on stage as you move frantically around?
W.W.:
Sure, lost – a heel on stage, Flash has hit someone with the bass – and
Teeny has done the banana trick…
What’s
your take on The Darkness and Mr Hawkin’s falsetto… you came around the
same time …
W.W.:
(Glam) Well I like ‘em, and they led the way – about Glam’s revival…
so we have to hand it to them, but after a while the only humour is the
falsetto – and you can’t do it forever, but we like most of their songs
– and especially their videos…. Oh man – they’re masters of videos!!!
Very funny stuff… I like “One Way Ticket To Hell and Back” a lot, nice
song too…
You do a lot
of cover’s and not the obvious ones… like “
W.W.:
(Teeny) Well we do more original material – normally – but we didn’t
know how many had the new album – so we did the covers to get the party
started and going…
And what a
party it was – I lost my voice, hair, wallet, head, virginity …. Ehm -
just voice really ! haha. I don’t think I had ever had so much fun before
with my clothes on … hahha as old cov’d put it !
W.W.:
Ahhahahaha...
What do you
think – about the future, what will it bring to WW?
W.W.:
We’ll take things one step at a time – see what happens – make new music
and try to promote it the best we can. (some dodgy – wordplays, and little
in-jokes happen).
Are you
aware of a band called Metal Skool ? They were on MCghee’s management –
and they’re a little like you – only much more humorous, so you’d
possibly be a good match!
W.W.:
Not really – but we’ll check them out man (writing the name down) might be
fun for a tour! There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in rock n roll
right now! Finally!
It’s great
to be a rock n’ roller… Right now !!!
W.W.:
Glam (over the top) Yeah!!!!
Anything
else?
W.W.:
(Flash) takes 10 seconds – raises his brow – Nooo! (band laughs)
(Teeny) We ‘d like to come back again.
(Glam) And play to more clubs.
(Teeny) And go around and see the sights more…
(Glam) And take a swim…
(Teeny) And get a tan … hahahaha.
Ok, salute
the readers!
W.W.:
(Glam on behalf of the band) Well, we’re truly thankful and stunned by your
response yesterday –
I was about
to say – say something dirty – a Nashville Pussy thing – but we’ve all
said – tons of nasticities along the way – so I’m content… so thank
you…
W.W.:
Thank you man. (the end was a bit surreal with handshakes – and Sporty
taking pictures of everyone on his mobile) hahaha.
(reproduced
- by kind premission of D. Fatouros of Metal-invader.com)