Originally written by holliy · 4 March 2004
Since they've put the effort in to book all those dates for the pleasure of toilet venue frequenters around the country, it seemed only fair to give Mohair a chance to sell themselve to you in their own words. So here, for your reading pleasure, is a short Q&A session with guitarist/vocalist Tom.
Mohair - who's in it, and what does it sound like? Me, Tim, Pete and Alex... we sound like the bastard son of every record we've ever listened to.
What came first - the band name, or the band members' extravagant hair? Or is there no connection whatsoever between the two? There was never meant to be a connection. The band came first, then the hair kinda did its own thing... and then came the name... but not because of the hair.
Give us a quick summary of Band Achievements to date? Believe it or not I got BAGA 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Alex got his 20m swimming just last week. There are no certificates to say that you've spent the last few years slugging your guts out trekking up and down the country in the back of a transit van playing every toilet there is... there should be. We did get to release a single early last year and there is a piece of paper saying that we successfully reached 177 in the charts (it may be in my own handwriting though).
How different was playing America to playing in the UK? Totally. You are treated like a star even if you aren't. We only played in Los Angeles so I guess we got the glitziest side of it all. Sound engineers, promoters, bar staff... I dunno... they just treat you like you're not just there to sell their beer or get in their way... what a joy. The audiences seem a little more open to a good 'wig out' from time to time - something we british find hard unless we are told that it's ok by magazines or tv.
What can we expect from the live Mohair experience? Decent songs being played well and the odd convulsion or scissor kick thrown in for good measure. Good songs are paramount, the rest is a bonus.
How can people get hold of Mohair's music, and why should they bother? Go to any decent bargain bin or charity shop... no... there is a single coming out on the 19th April called Brown Eyes Blue and you will simply feel better about yourself if you go and buy it!
What's do you plan for the next step on your path to world domination? World domination sounds like a bit too much effort. We're like every band, we just want people to get the chance to get into what we do and for them to get as much out of it as we do... call that domination if you will. The next step to this is to get the records out and tour our arses off till everybody is sick of us then retire and do voice-overs on strange children's programmes... worked for Ringo.
Well, that's the band - now, to those tour dates:
MARCH 17th LONDON – Metro 19th MANCHESTER – The Late Room 20th SCARBOROUGH – Kaz Bar 24th YORK – Fibbers 25th SHEFFIELD – Fez Club 26th DONCASTER – The Leopard 27th LEEDS - Joseph Wells 31st HULL - Adelphi
APRIL 1st CARLISLE – Brickyard 2nd SUNDERLAND – Bar 36 3rd PETERBOROUGH – Met Lounge 6th GREENOCK – Connelly’s 7th EDINBURGH - Venue 8th MOTHERWELL - Starka 9th PERTH – Taw Tams 10th GLASGOW – King Tuts 11th ABERDEEN – Café Drummond 13th LIVERPOOL - Barfly 14th BIRMINGHAM – Bar Academy 15th NOTTINGHAM – Rock City 16th NORTHAMPTON – Soundhaus 17th COVENTRY - Colosseum 21st SOUTHAMPTON - Joiners 28th LONDON – Islington Academy 2 29th BURY ST EDMUNDS – Priors Inn 30th BOSTON - Axe & Cleaver
MAY 1st KINGSTON - Peel 3rd READING - Univeristy 4th CAMBRIDGE – Anglia University 5th ST ALBANS – The Horn Reborn 6th BRIGHTON – Concorde 2 7th TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Forum 8th HASTINGS – The Crypt 12th BOURNEMOUTH - University 13th WINCESTER – Railway Inn 14th HIGH WYCOMBE – White Horse 15th HARLOW – The Square