Your name:
Lee
Christian.
Where are you
from?
I live
in Bath now but the band is from and born in Oxford.
Name of band:
Smilex
(named after a toxic chemical Batman villain the Joker uses to kill people with
a smile on their face).
Who else is in
your band?
Tom
Sharp - guitar and vocals, Pat Holmberg - drums, Liv Luce - bass. I'm the
singer (loosely defined!)
How would you
describe yourselves?
Alternative rock I guess: Arty
and melodic but heavy and in your face. Kick ass live. Nice people with problems.
Who are your
main influences musically?
We
all have our own tastes but the stuff that unifies the band and is reflected in
it's sound would be: Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins,
Radiohead, Pixies, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Tool, Deftones, At the
Drive-in, Guns and Roses, Led Zeppelin and Beavis & Butthead's vocal impressions of
classic riffs from yesteryear...
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
Fight the good fight against all the
meaningless style-over-substance commercial drivel and make an argument for intelligent (tho
not TOO intelligent - that would spoil everything!) But visceral rock. Always get better.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
The
creation and release of Smilex's debut '7' as it is pretty much exactly the
record I wanted to make and also resulted in working with Ace from Skunk
Anansie, a band that we all love. Also getting Playmusic's award for best
live act 2010 was nice as our live show is very important to us!
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
The
sales of '7' that followed! Plus a couple of nights picking glass out of
my head after a hectic gig!
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Old
album - Ape Pig Man as it is one of 7 direct kicks to the balls. The new album
- I'm still too close to tell.
Where can we listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
www.smilex.co.uk
www.facebook.com/smilexband
www.youtube.com/smilexvideos
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/smilex/id213490413
www.soundcloud.com/smilex
www.smilex.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/_smilex_
www.facebook.com/smilexband
www.youtube.com/smilexvideos
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/smilex/id213490413
www.soundcloud.com/smilex
www.smilex.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/_smilex_
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
We're not trying
to be rich or famous: Both have become very crass & tacky (if they were not
always!). I want to give people something for their heads, hearts, feet and maybe loins
to feel engaged/excited by!
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