| Richie:
No it has nothing to with the
character, that’s not why we
chose it. Q: How did
you guys first meet?
Clarke:
I first officially met Rich when
I was 12 or 13 at this party I
was DJ for, but meeting
officially as a band, that was a
while later.
Rich:
I went to secondary school with
Sean, but a person I went to
junior school with (who tried out
as a bass player) said that he
knew a drummer called Clarke who
he went to secondary school with.
Then I found out that Clarke
lived down the road from me so I
went along for a jam and it just
carried on from there…
Q:
Didn’t you used to be
another band or known as
something else? Why did you
choose to do covers at Silks for
a brief period of time then
decide to become a band again and
write all your own stuff?
All:
We were known as Exile for a
while, we mainly did a mix of
covers and our own work, but then
we split up. Clarke and Sean got
talking about starting up a band
again however they couldn’t
be Exile as they found out there
was a London band who had won
Battle of the Bands known as
Exile, and even more recent, a
Basingstoke band going by the
same name. When Rich came back,
we started talking about becoming
a band again, and the next day we
became one starting with 2 of our
songs we had used as Exile.
Richie:
The whole Silks thing I set up
with me old man and we needed a
drummer so we got in Clarke (they
go on to joke saying there was no
– one else) and we just
decided to do a load of covers.
Q:
What are the stories behind the
four songs on your EP?
All:
(begin to laugh as they had not
been expecting this question)
Err…well… what song
shall we start with? FAR GONE?
That was about a player really,
you know someone playing these
women about, having a laugh,
messing about. FUNK YARD DOG
appears as kind of aggressive;
SILVER FOX was really about a
relationship/obsession type of
thing with a “mature”
woman and STAND ASIDE was about
going really crazy with some
influence of some old stuff,
dunno really…
Q:
How do you think your first gig
at the Royal Oak went?
All:
We played quite well we think
seeing that it was our first gig
as Angelus and our first official
time playing together with our
new set of songs. We had a touch
of nerves though, and we
couldn’t get over the size
of the crowd, some of the people
we didn’t even know but yeah
it was good.
Q:
What about your most recent gig
at the George?
All:
It was a really good gig, it was
a good crowd, great venue, and it
was great supporting Moriah
again. Really enjoy supporting
those guys, we get along really
well with them, its comfortable
playing with them as we know them
and get along with them and can
relate to them more as they are a
three piece as well with a
similar type of genre. Definitely
the best gig we have done so far.
Q:
Finally, what are your plans for
the future?
All:
Well we feel its going really
great at the moment, we thought
we would give it till Christmas,
but its going really well and we
are going to try hard and push
ourselves to do well. We are in
contact with several promotions;
we have managed to achieve what
we wanted getting loads of great
gigs everywhere, especially in
London; we have a website;
we’re writing new stuff; we
have got plans for January and
February and we are going to try
to get involved with festivals,
be part of the unsigned band
tents. Basically we just want to
get somewhere.
Well
massive thanks to the guys for
allowing us to do this interview.
Real nice bunch of lads who are
really into their music, and are
determined to make a big name for
themselves. We wish them the best
of luck for the future.
You
can find ANGELUS via myspace at http://www.myspace.com/angelusbandmusic
You
can also vote for their track
“FAR GONE” and read a
review of one of their gigs
http://www.bandsunsigned.co.uk
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