Airbomb

Hi, how are you?

My shoulder hurts, it's been hurting for about five months now and I'm waiting for some X ray results and hopefully a course of painful injections to take away the constant pain I'm currently enjoying. funny enuff I heard on the radio this morning that you should never answer "how are you ?" with the truth. You should instead reply "I'm fine thank you". It is apparently bad ettiquette to bore your questioner with your woes. Thank you Vanessa Feltz for putting me straight on that one.

How would you personally describe the band?

Punk Rock. When we started we were a bit bored with the way the punk scene had gone. Almost every band was playing angry crass/conflict style punk and most of 'em where fucking terrible. So we wanted to get back to playing good old fashioned punk rock like SLF, the Clash and the Ramones, stuff with tunes and harmonies.

How’d you come up with the name?

We used to have fireworks parties at Meaty's house and we used to let off loads of Airbombs.

If you were stranded on a desert island (and somehow had a music player available) what is the one album you'd want with you.

I'd have a Westlife album so it'd give me the incentive to swim for it.

How has the punk scene changed since you first started? Is it better/worse or just the same?

There's always been good and bad things about punk. It's great that it's always been political and opinionated. But it's bad that if you don't think and dress and act like the collective you are a sell out or deemed to be not punk enough. It's all bollocks really. I think punk should challenge everything, starting with it's own hypocrisy. Truth is most punks are fashion tourists they'll move onto something else as soon as they can afford it, but in the meantime they spout the same old boring slogans and stay well within the safety zone, but it's always been like that. Gap year punks fuck off.

Whats your favourite song to play live/favourite place to play live ?

I like playing "It ain't over" cos it's easy. Fave place is probably the Vic in Derby.

Tell the readers five facts about the band / band members they will not already know.

We're all over 40, we've all got proper jobs, we're all married, we've all got mortgages and we genuinely do not give a fuck if that means we ain't punk.

You're invisible for a day...what do you do?

I would follow George Bush around pretending to be the voice of God and test the old tossers faith. “Geeeoooorge this is God, stick your cock in the blender George, I will save you from injury with my godish powers” that kind of thing.

Plans, gigs and releases for the rest of 2008?

As I said earlier we're working on new songs but I'm unable to play. So hopefully a new album next year 2009, not planning any gigs until my shoulders mended.

Any extra comments?

Errrrrrrrrr No!