:: oceancolourtheme :: chatroom transcript 2 ::

Question: Do you think Gareth Gates needs a dig or are you more of a Headbutt man?
Steve: Headbutt

Question: How’s Oscar? is he ready and fit for action?
Steve: Oscars fine now - thanks

Question: What venue’s are you doing in December?
Steve: What gig’s in December?

Question: How do you feel about manufactured groups being labelled as bands?
Steve: I’d burn them

Question: Do you play vintage guitars much or do you just smash them up on stage?
Steve: I don’t smash vintage ones!

Question: What is your Favourite Stone Roses Song?
Steve: ‘Standing Here’

Question: What will the opening song on the September Setlist?
Steve: A new one
Steve: Maybe ‘Oh Collector’ or the new single

Question: What Cigarettes do you Smoke?
Steve: B&H

Question: What do you think of Coldplay?
Steve: I like ‘em, good band

Question: What band are you into at the moment?
Steve: I like the White Stripes new single

Question: Whats your Mobile Tune?
Steve: I don’t have a mobile
Steve: I am mobile

Question: Whilst not touring or in the studio, do you see much of the other band members
Steve: No

Question: Whats your favourite OCS Riff?
Steve: hmhc (Hundred Mile High City)

Question: Who would win in a fight in the band
Steve: Oscar

Question: Have you heard John Squires solo album, if so did you like it?
Steve: Yeah, it was absolutely awful

Question: Will you be playing ‘Better Day’ on the tour?
Steve: Dunno yet

Question: Is there any chance of the guitar tabs for the new album being put on ocs.com
Steve: Don’t know what the guitar tabs are

Question: Would you like to appear on one of Jools Hollands Albums
Steve: Would love to. Jools is a geeza

Question: Do you like playing in London?
Steve: love Brixton Academy

Question: Are you going to perform in Hastings ever
Steve: Nope, coz Toploader come from Hastings

Question: You’ve had a whinge about Toploader, what do you think of Proud Mary?
Steve: The singers brilliant
Steve: I think they might have split up?!

Question: Do all the band smoke, or is it just you and Damon?
Steve: all of us do. we’re all faggers. ‘cept Simon who is a faggot.

Question: What is your favourite Movie
Steve: Color Purple

Question: How do you relax?
Steve: Spliff and a pint

Question: Is it hard with Chris being your manager, do you row?
Steve: Its as hard for Chris as it is for me

Question: How do you rate this album in comparison with the others
Steve: second to Moseley Shoals

Question: What guitars did you use on the new album?
Steve: National Acoustic, Alto Harp, 335 Statacaster

Question: Have you still got your Mini’s given to you after hmhc?
Steve: One’s for Sale
Steve: 7 Grand and it’s yours

Question: How many songs did you pick from for the album, do left over songs ever get re-written?
Steve: Yeah, we had 30 songs
Steve: and they do reappear
Steve: in the bin

Question: Lennon or Mcartney?
Steve: Lennon

Question: What was your first part time job?
Steve: Working at ‘Next’

Question: Do you have a problem with me taking my camera to your gig’s? Cus the stewards do!
Steve: No

Question: I heard that The Mode (with Oscar's son as drummer) are supporting you in Sept. Is that so?
Steve: No

Question: What made you lot work with Martyn 'Max' Heyes again on the new album
Steve: Could’nt find anyone better

Question: Did the video for One of Those Days (which appears on the DVD) ever see the light of day before then, like on TV or something?
Steve: Don’t think so

Below are a few of the question and answers given by Steve Cradock in the Chatroom. The Transcripts are available on the official site.