interview with the tubelord

alright, the interview with tubelord is here! the questions are amateur as hell, but it was fun in the long run! hope you guys enjoy.


It's time to reveal yourself! What is your name, and what do you do in tubelord?
I am the thief, the hoarder and exhibitioner.

So how and when did you form the band? Have you always kept the same members since that time?

We formed Tubelord in 2006. At this point in time, there have existed up to no more than six members of Tubelord, thus six incarnations of the band.

So who writes the music and lyrics?

I do.

What has been the biggest inspiration for songwriting for you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUYdi43qXHc

You recently released your album called Our First American Friends. how has the recording process been like?

The process was our first experience of recording in a studio, the first two hours were spent being shocked and excited by doors with circular porthole windows in and a room with a table for placing our drinks and selection of books on, otherwise known as the Library of Fools.

Will you ever tour europe in the near future?

Yes, absolutely, definitely WILL be in the near future.

If you could pick one song from the past and re-record it, which one would you pick?

George Frideric Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Dave (I think) told me you're in the process of recording a 3 track EP. Do you have an approximate release date for this?

Unfortunately not yet, another single or two will be released prior to the  EP seeing the light of day, BUT...It will be in 2010 and recording will be finished the week ending Friday 15th January.

If someone of you would develop some kind of nasty habit for something bad, who would be the first guy to call an intervention?

Dave.

Best experience that has happened in the band?

At every/any point when an idea materializes into a logically viable solution to a problem.

And to counter it, worst experience?

At every/any point when an idea fails to form a logical or viable solution to a problem.

Weirdest object/place a fan has asked you to sign?

A few weeks ago I was asked to sign a product used to supplement an absence that certain women experience when feeling insecure due to the minimal size of their breasts in comparison to models and 'beauty'. A construction of 'beauty' that the external pressures of a society enforces the person to believe that their femininity, womanhood and thus an identity of their 'self' as being, stems from the size of their breasts.
Someone, somewhere, has my name close to their heart.

Can you share some insider information about things to come?

Reading the Economist is like being a part of a super-secret society which is allowed to read the news before it becomes the 'news'. A suitable means for relating one another and the world to certain/specific/demographic hours in the day. Our society becomes external unreality in comparison with this paper pamphlet of socio-political transparencies in the palm of my hand.

Do you have some personal favourite bands in the same genres as tubelord?
We have a few friends  over here and there which is cool. But generally speaking I prefer to visit Continental Europe rather than pay over £150 to stay in a chalet. I did this when I was a kid. Irregardless.....it's Butlins still.

What is your favourite chord?
I have no idea about chords, A lot of the songs may be capo'd and I've yet to play G.... in a car.

Anything else you'd like to say?

KEEP SPREADING JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJWR

alright, so that's it, a mildly confusing but fun interview with Tubelord!