Kerbdog [Interview]
TMMP’s 2000 Trees Interview Onslaught continues with Cormac Battle, vocalist/guitarist for rock legends Kerbdog…
You’re playing 2000 Trees this year. How’re you feeling about it right now?
Very excited. We play quite rarely (our drummer lives in Dubai for God sake!), so to leave our lives for a brief period to become rock stars at 2000 Trees is properly fucking brilliant.
What can the curious expect from your set?
A heart-pounding set of songs that the Foo Fighters wish they had written.
What happened at the first show you ever played?
Not a lot really. There were more people onstage than in the venue – and that included our friend with a deep fat fryer making chips and handing them out to the punters at the front of the stage. We were truly awful.
You’ve been around for a while! What lessons have you learnt about playing live over the course of so many shows?
8 cans before going onstage just doesn’t work.
If there is no barrier [in front of] the stage, stay as far away from the mic as possible to avoid losing teeth due to an enthusiastic stage diver.
Always bring a second pair of underpants.
What’s the most bizarre thing that’s ever happened at a Kerbdog show?
An overexcited fan streaked across the stage with length of toilet roll hanging out of his nether regions. The toilet roll was on fire!
Do you get stage fright or nerves? If so, how do you get around it?
Yes I do. The best way I can deal with it is to engage somebody in small talk about the weather or what their holiday plans are.
If money and good taste were no object, what would your stage setup look like?
1000 Marshall stacks with me in front of it, and the rest of the band behind the…out of view of the crowd.
Beyond 2000 Trees, what does the future hold for Kerbdog?
We are in talks to do an album with David Guetta to give our new album a contemporary feel. Then world domination – again.
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