Production- Interview

Here is my interview:

If you were an animal which one would you be and why?

B:We've been asked this before on a radio show and ive said cheeky belmon fox-connor said a frog

Who are your major influences in music and why?

its a lot to do with 60's and 70's rock and roll like the british rock band zeplin and erm theres a lot of american influences in there aswell

Do you have a record contract? Or are you intrested in getting one?

well we havnt got one but we are interested in getting one (So if any readers are reading and want to offer you one...) yeah yeah yeah

Could you ever see yourself on the x factor?

[Awkward Pause] No! (Why?) We do our own stuff we are not interested in doing covers or anything.

How do you feel about shows like the x factor which take fresh talent and get as much money out of it as they can?

The thing about the x factor is, there is talent out there but it sometimes doesnt take into account that it is a hard job, and it is very hard to make money out of. it's a bit of an unreal world really but thats not to take away from the fact that there are good people out there.

So, you're an upcoming band, how do you feel about the music industries nowadays?

(U: Is that your phone?) (C: Sorry yeah) B: It's quite... we probably are more interested in things like in america really where you get an album deal and they are more interested in developing you ater a few albums. It's a bit more based on short term in england. U: It's more commercialised, the hits are there and then.

How do you promote yoursleves? Do you have a website?

B: Yeah we've got a website ( what is that webiste?) www.thepalaminoes.co.uk and we've got myspace and promoters aswell.(who are the promoters?) glasswork

Do you tweet?

C: We do yeah! It opes up a lot of interest for more people not just on myspace and facebook and places like that, so yeah.

Do you think your home enviroment has shaped you as a band?

B: Yeah because we're not from liverpool, we are from different parts f cheshire really, connor is from the manchester end of cheshire,  and we're from the merseyside end so we're not proper mancunions or scousers or anything so we're a bit outside.

You've been accused of jumping on the band wagon of other local bands such as The Wombats, how do you feel about this?

 U: We have been?! (laughs) We were going before the wonbats! B: We taught them all they know! (fair enough)

For any readers who arent sure who you are, what genre would you describe your music?

B: It's rock but we play and support a lot of indie bands so its not, you know, its kind of half indie half rock, we do a lot of indie shows

Have you got a fan base together yet?

C: Yeah we do weve got erm a lot of the same faces coming back time and time again and not only to the liverpool gigs we see a lot of the same faces coming back to a lot of the gigs. We see the same people from a lot of the gigs from around the places we've done from Birmingham and up towards Newcastle. The thing is we're not a pop band so we dont get hundreds and hundreds of people every time but people will come and see us who like the style of music.

Is there a band which you aspire to be like?

Yeah well theres the likes of the bigger bands, we obviously aspire to be like them. Like Led Zeplin, Kings of Leon, White Crows, White Stripes, long lived bands with die hard fan bases.

How do you feeol about handpicked bands? or should bands be formed through a love of music and friendship?

Yeah they should be. (so your're close friends?) Well yeah, we went to primary school together but then different high schools.

what inspires you to write your lyrics? do they have much meaning?

They do have meaning but it only comes out afterwards just... usually it starts out as nonsense but it means something later on. (Who writes most of the songs) B: me

What is your favourite memory as a band?

Its tough because weve been together a long time and done lots of things that we wouldnt normally have done if we wouldnt have been a band in the first place, its been a lot of fun sine the start U: Suppose it's the hoosiers have less fans there than we did at the carling academy!

What is the goal in the end? Would you like to go as big as world tours or just stick to the uk?

World Tours!

Who chooses the bands outfits? Do you ever hate them?

We have a stylist (Do you?) no![very sarcasticly] We just tend to wear casual clothes.

Whats the craziest thing youve done at a gig?

I dont know we would really have to think about it! (Ok, ill get back to you on that one of we ever have another interview)