Simon- Is Tropical
Where did your name come from?
A dream
What happened in your dream?
An embarrassing celebrity told me
Which celebrity?
Not saying
What celebrity?
An amalgamation of all celebrity’s.
What did the celebrity tell you?
That the band should be called Is Tropical.
What’s the main influence for your music?
Whatever we happen to be listening to around the time of making the songs, even if its stuff we don’t like.
Who takes your photographs? They really stand out, unlike normal press shots that bands have.
Ellis Scott he’s a really good photographer and friend. He has a good studio in North London. We are shooting our music video there on Saturday.
How come you decided to start doing the free Wednesdays at The Macbeth?
Because cover charge’s are a ball ache, and you shouldn’t have pay for band you haven’t seen before, and
How did you meet the other bands?
We first met the Saudis when Nathan was trying to beat up the guitarist of our old band. Ever since that we’ve hung around with each other. The Fiction, we met after Gaolers daughter suggested them for one of our nights. And they blew us away…
Why The Macbeth?
Because the Macbeth has great sound and it’s off the main road. So it doesn’t attract that many tooches.
The Saudis
Is it true you’re from the Saudi soda family?
Yes. Our cousins from Kabylle in Algeria run a small soda pop factory for whom we penned the radio jingle "saudi soda time"...
'get some sunshine in your soda, its saudi soda time
when you hear that magic sound (pop!), and everything turns to glass
its a rainbow in a bottle, all you have to do is ask'
Where is your accent from?
Its an intracit blend, mainly from being just too damn saucy
I heard your planning a future tour of Algeria, do you think the future or music is there?
Algeria needs some music cause the people like it out there. theres little terms of stardom out there. which is much better than having a band or singer who thinks they are a demi god
Every time I see you play live you have more and more members, how many people would you like ideally in your band?
A guitarist for each note on the guitar. 144. plus bassists (for each individual note), 100. singers containg the 8 octaves = 100(individual note). 1 drummer
Where does the inspiration for your music come from?
Sexual problems
How did you meet the other bands that are part of the weekly Wednesdays at the Macbeth?
Down the pub
How many times have you been thrown out of the Macbeth? And how do you persuade the owners to let you back in?
Collectively we have been thrown out of the pub probably about 15 times. We are always readmitted on account of our incredible talent.
Is blood thicker than Saudi soda?
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