MancMusicMag!
Searching For The Brightest New Stars In And Around Manchester!Here is a local band who recently entered the Manchester
'Battle of the Bands'. They performed an amazing show but, unfortunately for them, finished in a very respectable second place! With this being their first major event, hopefully we will see some great things from this band!
Introducing... Fathers of Fury!
"Well hello boys," Larissa Johnson says; "it is great to finally meet you all!"
"Wow, well thank you so much! I have been reading your stuff for a long time now," Jack replies, obviously a bit excited about his first interview for a proper magazine
"Thank you Jack. Well, you guys are called Fathers of Fury, and before we get into anything else i would like to know where the idea for the name came from."
"Well, it was Freddie's idea - the only thing he has ever done for the band - haha," Jack says, quickly glancing across at Freddie and smirking.
Freddie then replies, "Well if you want i can leave? No, thats what i thought." Just by looking at Freddie's body language it is clear that he doesn't want to be here.
"Chill boys." Larissa states quickly, "Freddie, how did you come up with the idea for the name?"
"Basically, i decided that we needed something catchy - and the word Fury seems to catch peoples eye, making them look at it, also the use of the alliteration with the F's in the name helps make the name memerable. That is basically what i learned from English at school. Who said it's not helpful?"
Larissa looks impressed by his use of the English language, "So it was a well thought out plan, eh?"; she gives a quick laugh and then looks over to Isaac. "And you are Isaac, are you alright?"
Isaac - looking paler than ever - looks up and gives a small smile; "I'm alright... Just a bit nervous... This isn't really my thing... Being in the public eye..."
"Ah, I see, a bit shy? Well i'm sure you will get used to it," now looking over to Ollie, Larissa smiles. "And you must be Ollie. A very talented guitarist I have heard. Almost part of a signed band before."
"Yeah, but that is in the past, Fathers of Fury is where i want to be right now." Ollie says, looking cooler than a cucumber.
"Fair enough, so you guys came second in the Battle of the Bands. What was it like performing infront of so many people?"
"Terrifying!" Exclaims Isaac from the corner, "I thought i was going to throw up for the whole show!"
"You did throw up afterwards!" Freddie laughs, "It was disgusting" he laughs again.
"Eurgh" Larissa shudders, "Not really my cup of tea that; how did the rest of you take the show?"
"Well, I loved every second of it! It was the best experience of my life! I have never had a bigger buzz!" Jack says, having calmed down a bit from the start of the interview,"I just love performing, its what I want to do for a long time,"
Freddie leans back in his chair and simply says: "Yeah, it wasn't bad. I would definately do it again"
"I had a great time, these guys are really good to play with;" Ollie expresses a smile and continues to say; "and I have such a laugh with them while practicing"
Larissa smiles again; "It's good that you guys get along - it's the key to success really" Larissa laughs; she then goes on to say "So what to you guys intend to do now then?"
Jack looks accross at the rest of them, and then announces "We intend to continue playing and are going to record a demo and sen it into the local radio stations; such as BBC Radio Manchester, Galaxy 102, Kerrang!, and a few of the other smaller stations"
Ollie then interupts to say "We hope that this will give us exposure to a wider area and mayble will come to see us perform"
"Sounds like a pretty solid plan. Presumably you are all working at the moment, and what do you all do as a profession?"
Freddie looks down to the floor, "I'm currently unemployed, I worked as a bouncer for a while, but the club I worked at closed down."
Jack pats him on the back; "It hard being unemployed, I spent a long time like that, but I know work at a really great music bar, and have done for almost a year now"
Ollie is next to pipe up; "I currently work at my Dad's car dealership as a mechanic, and Isaac here is also unemployed - he got the exam results to do some good stuff, just no jobs have come up really"; Isaac nods, and smiles at Ollie for speaking for him.
Larissa gets up, "Well unfortunately that is all we have time for today - I wish we had longer but we don't. I can't wait to hear your demo on the local radios, as I am sure it will be played many times"
"Well thank you for having us!" Jack says, he gets up and shakes Larissa's hand and is shortly followed by the rest of the band.
And that was Fathers of Fury being interviewed by MancMusicMag!'s very own Larissa Johnson.
Until next time, that is all from Larissa Johnson!
