Q&A with Jack, Iwan and Doviak
@jackthesticks Name: Jack Edward Mitchell.
Birth place: Withington, Manchester.
Favourite record: Sex Pistols - 'Never Mind The Bollocks'.
Favourite book: '1984' by George Orwell.
Favourite food: Cookies.
Heroes: My Dad.
Pet peeves: Selfish drivers, loud music playing on mobile phones in public and Manchester United fans!!
5 words you'd use to describe yourself: Friendly, kind, funny, thoughtful, Rhythmical.
What do you like to do on your days off?
Sleep!
What job would you have if you weren't a musician?
Rally driver.
What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?
Take the bankers' bonuses off them.
Tell us something about yourself that might surprise us:
I have a stammer.
3 things that would be present in your personal Utopia:
MK4 Ford Escort XR3i, Drums and of course my girlfriend!
Where do you see yourself in 20 years from now?
Making great music and making people happy.
Best memory of working with Johnny:
Been so many, but would have to be playing the Manchester Apollo on the UK tour in October 2014. That was a special day.
@igronow Name: Iwan Gronow.
Birth place: Sidcup, Kent.
Favourite record: The Stooges - 'Fun House.
Favourite book: 'A million little pieces' by James Frey.
Favourite food: Traditional Sunday roast.
Heroes: Wilko Johnson.
Pet peeves: MPs, rude people and saxophones.
5 words you'd use to describe yourself: Ambitious, driven, curly, skinny, approachable.
What do you like to do on your days off?
Run, teach guitar, write music and read.
What job would you have if you weren't a musician?
Geologist.
What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?
Sneak into Old Trafford with a spade and dig the ground up.
Tell us something about yourself that might surprise us:
I was a Cornish Judo champion.
3 things that would be present in your personal Utopia:
- Lock up all greedy MPs
- Rid the world of Chavs
- Abolish pay to play gigs for young musicians and bands
Where do you see yourself in 20 years from now?
On a beach in Cornwall.
Best memory of working with Johnny: Playing Manchester Apollo to a sell out crowd on the Playland tour.
@thedoviak Name: Doviak.
Birth place: "Unknown".
Favourite record: Wire - '154'.
Favourite book: 'Blood Meridian' by Cormac McCarthy.
Favourite food: Korean tacos.
Heroes: Tony Benn, Rupert Sheldrake, Igor Stravinsky.
Pet peeves: Crowds at baggage carousels.
5 words you'd use to describe yourself: Thoughtful, patient, lazy, sociopathic, focused, innumerate.
What do you like to do on your days off?
Read Wikileaks.
What job would you have if you weren't a musician?
Experimental filmmaker.
What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?
I'd sneak into Buckingham Palace and look for shapeshifting lizards.
Tell us something about yourself that might surprise us:
I'm actually quite pleasant to chat to.
3 things that would be present in your personal Utopia:
Immortality, cheesecake, handguns.
Where do you see yourself in 20 years from now?
Building a state of the art recording studio in North Korea.
Best memory of working with Johnny: Playing the Manchester Apollo, 2014.