How long have you guys been playing together?
Ross: Kieran and I have been playing together for about 13 years. we becae friends in year 7, mostly out of guilt from his end, if I remember right.
Do you play in other bands?
Ross: I play in another Australian band called The Bamboos, and I also have my own solo project/band which has supported The Cat Empire in the UK and plays locally in Melbourne.
Kieran: I play drums in Golden Axe, a new band with vigour, and trombone in many bizarre situations, playing music from all ages.
You have some great dance moves, do you come up with them yourselves?
Ross: Our moves are mostly contemporary reincarnations of Lemur mating rituals. The rest, Jumps taught us. The one’s that we make up ourselves usually end up looking like we’re being injured by a pack of over zealous, elderly Portuguese tourists……….(That’s bad).
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Ross: JAWS. That film had a confusing affect on me when I was little.
Kieran: I wanted to play footy for Collingwood.
Favourite line from a movie?
Ross: “Well, I think I’ll get saddled up and go looking for a woman…..Shouldn’t take more than a couple of days…….I’m not picky…..Just as long a she’s smart…… and pretty……and sweet……and gentle……and tender…n’ refined…n’ lovely…n’ carefree. .”
(Robert Redford in “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid”)
Kieran: "Listen to me Hillary. I'm not the first guy who fell in love with a woman that he met at a restaurant who turned out to be the daughter of a kidnapped scientist only to lose her to her childhood lover who she last saw on a deserted island who then turned out fifteen years later to be the leader of the French underground"
(Val Kilmer as Nick Rivers in Top Secret)
Which super-hero would you like to be, and why?
Ross: A): The Flash. Mostly because I’m lazy. Getting a beer from the fridge just wouldn’t be so arduous if you could do it in 0.0079 seconds. Also his name makes him sound like a guy who would open his trench coat at the park. That’s funny.
B): Secondly, The Punisher. Mainly because he has no remarkable super power, he’s just pure macho psychopath. Also, full body red spandex wouldn’t match my eyes. Punisher has a cool leather jacket and stubble, which is rad.
Kieran: Conan the Barbarian: He has no need for vocabularic gymnastics, he's buff as, and all he craves is too crush his enemies.
Favourite smell?
Ross: Pasta sauce with red wine in it simmering on the stove. Smells like home.
Kieran: Burning wood.
About the other band members:
Who is the nicest?
Ross: Will
Kieran: Will
The funniest?
Ross: Harry or Kieran
Kieran: Will
The meanest?
Ross: Everyone has their little moments. (Except Will)
Kieran: Ryan, because when he's mean, it's hilarious.
The most stupid?
Ross: Do you mean mucking around, or literally slow? If it’s mucking around, it’s Kieran. If you mean slow, then that’s probably me. Always the last to laugh.
Kieran: Stupid question.
The weirdest?
Ross: Felix
Kieran: Felix
The most committed?
Ross: The most committed to every show, that’d have to be Jumps.
Kieran: Jumps.
The hottest?
Ross: C’mon, have you seen me in tight jeans. It’s breathtaking. Girls heart’s literally break in two. Entire nations weep. The heavens purr. No one can escape it.
Kieran: Ollie.
The most settled?
Ross: Ryan
Kieran: Don't know
The most annoying habit?
Ross: Ryan, being so settled. Although, I have an annoying habit of repeating everything I say, like that guy in “Goodfellas”. “I’m gonna go get the paper (get the paper).” Apparently that’s pretty annoying.
Kieran: Felix asking me a million questions about next years footy season.
The most sarcastic?
Ross: Without a doubt, it’s Harry.
Kieran: Ryan...he's the best. Harry always laughs when he lies.
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