Ya know when life gets in the way and you can't even begin to thing about how many interviews, words, sentences, funny phrases (alright I know, I'm not even funny!) you have to write for your blog but you just wanna crawl back into bed and never see the light of day. LOL YEP THAT HAPPENED! So be prepared for 500 interviews coming your way in the next week or so, LOL blogger of the year award goes to ME!
Many moons ago (by many moons I actually mean a few weeks ago) I stopped by Stereo to see my pals Marsicans before they supported the mighty Hippo Campus. If you follow the blog on social media (twitter and insta: @fckyespromo / facebook: fckyespromotions) you would have probably seen that I was more than pumped for this gig. I mean come on, it's not every day that you have two amazing bands that you adore play together and then there is a CLUB SABBATH night on straight after!? OOOOH LORDY!
Marsicans formed when James, Oliver and Matthew met in school and did that think of ''LET'S START A BAND''. They later met Rob creating what we know now as Marsicans (so yeah, it's all down to you Rob...). They have been a band for 2 ½ years but as James rightly put ''we had a flirting period before we dove in to a proper relationship''. Rob even pointed out that James took him for lunch to persuade him to be part of the band to which James says ''I did! I asked him to come round to mine one Sunday evening, we drank a lot of tea and discussed that we should be in a band together. We cuddled and then Marsicans was formed'' (awwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!)
AND HERE THEY ARE! When I met up with the boys they were around halfway through there tour with Hippo Campus. I asked how it was going and I got a big ''ACE!!'' shout from Rob. They all said how amazing the shows had been so far, especially the crowds. Oli even said that Hippo Campus were the nicest and funniest guys which obviously makes touring so much easier.
If I'm entirely honest, I didn't know how the crowd was going to be for Hippo Campus and Marsicans in Glasgow. I mean, I had been waiting to see Hippo Campus for bloody years but I didn't realise the sort of fan base they had!! The queue was massive as we went in to the venue, had honestly never seen anything like it at Stereo before. The Marsicans boys said it was crazy and it had been like that every night on the tour so far! (can we all just bare in mind that Hippo Campus are from America and hadn't even put out their debut album at this point, MADNESS!)
Going into the silly questions I asked the boys if they could take anyone for dinner who would they take and where would they take them. We were interrupted by a security guard at this point just as they were about to answer. The guy was checking if everyone had their passes backstage and if there were any problems to give him a shout (what a guy!). As soon as he left James said ''I would take him (the security guard) upstairs for a pizza''. Then the interview goes into this full story of what Kanye West got up to when he went to Nandos. Other answers included Natasha Bedingfield for a quiche lorraine made by Lorraine from ITV and Philip Schofield for a jumbo hotdog which they would share like Lady and the Tramp.
What do Marsicans listen to on the road I hear you ask? Well you can expect a playlist full of GetInuit, Local Natives, HIPPO CAMPUS (getting in the good books) and Izzy Bizu.
Of course I couldn't end the chat without a wee quick fire round which I know you all LOVE/hate/phoebe stop bloody doing this:
BUCKFAST – F*CK NEVER HAD IT
TRAINSPOTTING – F*CK YES (this turned into Rob doing a Begbie impression)
MARMITE – F*CK YES/NO (James goes into a big ''I know your supposed to either love it or hate it but sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't'' to which you hear a shout of ''CLASSIC JAMES'')
Marsicans also have a busy year ahead of them, releasing new tunes and touring the f*ck out of 2017. Most likely the nicest and most talented bunch you will ever meet in your life. Don't miss out on seeing them live because I swear to god they are bloody brilliant. They have a new single ''Friends'' which is out now and has a cool new video which ya can see below..
