Photo Credit - Marianne Harris
Scott Of Interviewed by Lee Walker Hi Scott, thanks for taking the time out for a quick interview. It’s ok mate,
ourselves would be a good one *laughter*. In the studio that we practice at we have even got a Room Of Doom they used to call it and we steer well clear of that, that causes big issues. But no I mean we are pretty good at booking our own gigs and we are pretty well organised so I wouldn’t sort of say... I suppose one big obstacle is getting on tours and things like that. It takes a lot of work to network and know the right people but we are pretty good at it to be honest.
How did the band start off? It was about, I reckon 2007. I was in bands before so I’ve been in a bands that did a week in France or something which was our highlight and wasn’t really a serious thing, so I was looking for a new band. I responded to an advert from Marty, Ash and Dan which I found on the internet and I went along and auditioned we jammed and then I joined obviously then Freddy joined a few months later, Sort of the same process and we have been together ever since. Why was ‘RIOT | NOISE’ chosen as the band name? *Laughter* that’s a very good question. We all put ideas together, we had a feeling that we wanted Riot in it and I think Ash was pretty set on that. So we had different combinations of words with Riot, what sounded best. It was a stupid system really we picked first, second and third choices and eventually came out with RIOT | NOISE How would you describe the band’s sound? I mean we, as a band, we don’t like being pigeonholed too much. We did the ‘Never Wrong’ video which was probably a couple of years ago now and I don’t know if you have seen it, but it had girls and that kinda thing in Photo Credit it and I think some people got the impression that we are kind of a, I don’t know, a Guns’n’Roses type band. But we have always thought we were a bit more modern, a bit punky and that, a bit more aggressive and I think that definitely on the new album you can hear that. As an up and coming band what is the biggest obstacle that you have come across and how do you overcome it? That’s a good question. Probably arguing amongst
Recently you have shared the stage with the likes of Duff Mckagan, Motorhead, and The Blackout and quite a few other bands. What has been your greatest achievement to date? I mean growing up I suppose Duff Mckagan was a hero of pretty much everyone in the band, so to be able to share a stage with him. We played with him once in Bristol a couple of years ago at the Academy, and while he was sound checking, there was only five or six of us in the room and we were just sort of “this is mental” and then a couple of years later we ended up touring with him, so you have got to say that that’s the highlight. We’ve done the tour, did a couple of other UK tours, played the NEC a couple of times. All big stuff that you wouldn’t imagine that you was going to do when you start out, so yeah, pretty proud of that. You are about to release your latest album ‘Stand For Something’ shortly and I have noticed that the reviews have started to come in for it. Have you been happy with the way it’s been received so far? Yes without doubt yes. I mean we have had everything has been pretty much positive so far and one big thing that I have noticed is that people who I suppose wouldn’t have listened to us before, who you think aren’t going be rock music fans take notice so that’s a big plus that basically means we are reaching a bigger audience.
- Marianne Harris
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