Who would win - cymbals or guitars? We find out.
Ever wondered whether your favourite band like Coke or Pepsi? Whether they read Pitchfork or the NME? Whether it’s Lady Gaga or Britney Spears that gets the nod on the tour bus?!? Nope – us neither, but here at Spoonfed we have that winning combination of guile, alcohol-fuelled bravado and downright shamelessness, meaning we’re certainly not afraid to ask such (ahem) ‘pressing’ questions.
On this occasion I took a mid-week jolly down to the Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen to chat to New York indie-rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars. We could have talked about their highly regarded debut record, last year’s ‘Why There Are Mountains’, or their sparkling – sometimes volatile – live performances. We could have even talked about what they’re up to in 2010, or their plans for that ‘difficult second album’: all logical topics of conversation. But balls to that. Instead here’s 20(ish) quick-fire questions on what bassist Matt Whipple, drummer Matt Miller and keyboardist Brian Hamilton think about McCartney, Cobain, and er, Arnie. Enjoy.
Right guys, you know the drill. I say three words, and you say the first thing that comes into your heads. Got it? Good. Let’s go.
Coke or Pepsi?
All: Coke.
Tea or coffee?
MW: Coffee.
MM: Tea.
B: Tea, really?
MM: If I had to have one for the rest of my life, then yeah, tea.
Beer or wine?
All: (Resoundingly) Beer!
Cigarettes or alcohol?
All: Alcohol.
McDonald’s or Burger King?
MW: McDonald’s.
MM: McDonald’s.
B: Neither.
Lennon or McCartney?
MM: McCartney.
B: McCartney.
MW: Actually… I’ll go with Lennon… just to live on the wild side.
Kurt or Courtney?
(laughter)
MM: Kurt.
B: Kurt.
MW: Kurt, c’mon!
Lady Gaga or Britney Spears?
MW: Lady Gaga.
B: Lady Gaga.
MM: (thinking)
B: Don’t be a fucking idiot!
MM: Britney Spears… I’ll be that guy.
Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
All: (In Chorus) Lord of the Rings!
B: You have no idea!
MM: The first conversation I had with these guys was on nothing but LOTR.
Arnie or Seagal?
MW: Steven Seagal.
B: Steven Seagal.
MM: Arnie, c’mon… ‘Predator’!
MW: Have you ever seen Marked for Death?
MM: Yeah, I’d probably kill that man.
MW: There’s like a 10 minute gun-building montage.
MM: Conan the Barbarian! Conan!
MW: I’m sticking to Steven Seagal.
Fight or Flee?
B: Flee.
MW: Fight.
MM: Depends… if they’re smaller than me, fight.
Afghanistan or Iraq?
MW: Afghanistan.
MM: Afghanistan.
B: Like, neither! But I like the infrastructure in Iraq.
MM: Actually that’s another neither.
Army or Navy?
All: Navy.
Navy or Beige?
(laughter)
MW: Navy again.
MM: Yup.
B: Ditto.
Pitchfork or NME?
All: Pitchfork.
MM: Both of them gave us good reviews. We actually played an NME show last night.
MW: NME has been very nice to us also. Nice people all round. But I know a couple of the Pitchfork guys – I’ve drank with them.
Presidents of the USA or former Presidents of the USA?
MW: What?
(the band or the old gentlemen who used to be in charge of the country)
MM: Oh, the band then.
MW: The Presidents. The old ones.
MM: The former Presidents.
Painful win or glorious failure?
MW: (Laughs) Glorious failure.
MM: We’re pretty big fans of the glorious failure
Pavement or sidewalk?
MM: Pavement.
B: Wait, the band? Pavement I guess.
MM: Don’t ride your bike on the sidewalk.
Ok, last one. Cymbals or guitars?
(Laughter)
MM: Cymbals
MW: Guitars!
B: Keyboards. I’m going with keyboards.
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