Hi all,
It's 10 question interview time again. This time with John O'Shea and Rosie Botterill from JOS.
This has to be the most international band I have interviewed, and I've interviewed 3 (yes 3!) bands. Find out what makes some of these guys tick below.
1) I haven't been following you long, where have you been and
where did you come from?
JO: Well I've been
writing since I was 16, tried going solo in my early 20s which went
nowhere so in 2010 I decided to record the first album I ever wrote
called Ad Nauseam. After a year of preparation I met Anna Thomas in
March 2011 and together we recorded the album in 7 days. Once the
album was completed I met Rosie Botterill through Anna and Chris
Pinkton through an advert. After just a few gigs another friend of
Anna's Nathan Baldachino completed the line up of JOS.
RB: We formed around october last year, so
we haven't been around long! I was the last to join after meeting
John through Anna. I had been playing in a previous band who had
just broke up when John got in contact with me. It was perfect
timing!
2) How would you describe your music?
JO: Ummm...
That's a bit tricky. We're a rock band, but we're rock in the
broadest sense. For me rock is everything from Bob Dylan to Marilyn
Manson and everything in between and the band reflects that. I think
instinctively we're a grungy punk rock band, but as musicians we'd
never limit ourselves. Also, I get bored really quickly of my own
songs so the idea of doing the same thing twice I find utterly
repulsive. As a result every album is different from every other
album. We're no one trick pony.
RB: This is a tricky question for me because
our style is very broad it's quite hard to explain. Although almost
all the song fall in the rock category. You'll just have to come and
see us to find out!
3) What was the first album you
bought?
JO: Can't remember. I can remember
nicking my sisters copy of Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II and
listening to that constantly. I suppose the only album I can think
of that I used to listen to a lot before that was Queen's Innuendo.
RB: I really don't think I can remember that
long ago! Probably some bullshit, I didn't have a great music taste
as a child hah. I think the 1st album I remember buying which I
still have now was Evanescence's debut album Fallen. That was really
big when it came out, I was 10 at the time so it was probably the
1st album I brought with my own money so I guess that counts.
4)
Who are your influences?
JO: Another tricky
one. Emotionally, Guns N' Roses and Led Zeppelin is where my heart
lays. But as a songwriter Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and
Brian Wilson is where my head lays. Other artists and bands may have
come along since them and sold more albums and done bigger tours and
made more money. But on pure song writing talent alone no-one in the
last 50 years has come close to those men, not by a long way.
RB: My biggest influence as a guitarist would
be Slash. Guns is my favourite band, and they are what made me pick
up the guitar in the first place. There are so many guitarists and
styles I love its hard to pick a few! Players like Joe Perry, Joe
Satriani, George Benson, BB King, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Nuno
Bettencourt, Steve Morse.. I could go on!
5) What
venue would you really like to play, who would you support and
why?
JO: Citi Field Stadium in the USA. I would
of love to have played Shea Stadium for obvious reasons but the
idiots demolished it so Citi Field will have to do. Who would we
support? Sod that, we'd be headlining!
RB: The
ultimate goal Wembley Stadium! But being a bit more realistic I
would really like to play Brixton Academy because I've spent a lot
of time there and some of the best gigs I've seen have been at
this venue. I would love to support Slash.. of course haha but any
band that I admire and love their music, whether they're big or not,
I'd be happy to support.
6) What is the most stand out moment you've had so far?
JO: There
was something special about our first gig. This is the first band
I've ever been in but even the others said there was 'something'
about that night. I think that night we realized that there's
'something' about this band.
RB: I think for me personally the best
moment/feeling I've had with the band so far would be on stage at
our first gig. At that gig a lot of important people to me where in
the audience and to see all my friends come out and show their
support was really lovely. It was a great gig and it felt like
everything had come together, like our work up till then had paid
off. But there's still a lot more hard work to come!
7)
What is the name of your DEBUT ALBUM?
JO: Ad
Nauseam. The name came from the fact that I've spent 14 years trying
to come up with a name for that bloody record and by the time I had
come up with it I was sick of it.
RB: Our debut album is Ad Nauseam.
8)
What should people expect from your DEBUT ALBUM?
JO: Well
there's a variety of styles on it. Overall I'd describe the album as
Garage Rock as the songs on it vary from Grunge, Punk, Indie and
Psychedelia. Funny thing is I can't write songs like that anymore.
Back then I had no idea how to write a song so there's naivety to
the songs which my later songs don't have.
RB: Some awesome tunes ;)
9)
Your fantastic NEW video for "When Giants Walked the Earth"
features an animated amphibian, who came up
with the video idea, where did the original video come from?
JO: Oh that's easy, the idea was inspired by
laziness! Basically I did a video last year for the song 'Get Up' and it was a
right royal pain in the arse sourcing all those clips then
converting them then editing it them, bloody nightmare it was. It's
a cool video but I had no appetite to do something as time consuming
as that again, but I did want to keep a similar feel for 'When
Giants Walked The Earth'. So the idea was to find footage that was
already edit. I did find a strange 1950s strip tease collage video
but it was kinda sleazy and then I stumbled upon that frog cartoon
and thought that would be different and funny and it seemed to fit
with the music so I used it. So if you're looking for a JOS video
with meaning check out 'Get Up' if you're looking for a laugh then
'When Giants Walked The Earth' is the one for you.
RB: Erm John made this, I have no idea where it
came from or what it is haha I was sent it when it was finished!
10)
Whats next for JOS?
RB: Hopefully a lot of gigs to be booked. We're
talking about putting on our own events, and playing student nights
etc So hopefully we can get the up and running soon. Now we have our
new member and we're all in good health we're gonna be upping out
game! Watch this space!
Plenty. We've just released Ad Nauseam as a
torrent. Here are the links:
https://tpb.pirateparty.org.uk/torrent/7343983/JOS_-_Ad_Nauseum
https://isohunt.com/torrent_details/394432781/JOS+Ad+Nauseum?tab=summary
https://kat.ph/jos-ad-nauseum-t6441811.html
We've
also got a Charity gig coming up for Little Princess Trust and we're
going to be hosting our nights in the autumn. So lots to look
forward to!
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