ok, a transcription of the recent interview on the Net, that radio 1 showbiz news type thing that goes out 3 times a day. it's a lot longer than the bit that they quoted on the ceefax page. radio 1: now, scottish 8 piece b&s say they're happy to remain elusive to the media. the band were formed at the beginning of last year and have been the subject of much industry interest. now they're starting to sell some records too. like this ep called '3, 6, 9 seconds of light' which is a top 40 hit this week. the band hardly ever do interviews but two of them, chris and sarah, did talk to us. chris says they don't believe in playing the media game. chris: it doesn't make your record any better if you go in the nme telling everyone you're the best band in the world. you know what i mean? i mean, you make a record and you stand or fall by the record and if people like it they'll buy it and if they don't they won't. you can't make people buy something they don't like just by going in the nme every week telling everyone you're the greatest band in the world (when). it's pointless. it's really easy to say that, it's a lot harder to give respect where it's due to other people and just keep quiet. radio 1: the band say they'd rather let the songs speak for themselves and even hate explaining what their music's like chris: you don't have to give 'em an idea cos the only idea they'll get is when one of their pals go 'oh, i heard this record and it's good, listen to it' or something like that. because that's the only way i've ever got into any bands in the past, all my favourite bands, it's certainly not by reading about them in the press. y'know, you hear it on the radio and you go 'that's great' sarah: everything seems to change from one day to the next anyway. each song comes out sounding completely different. it's not really worth trying to shove it into a category cos we'd go and make it pointless the next time we pick up our instruments. chris: it all depends on what part of the menstrual cycle we're all in... radio 1: and you don't want to catch them on a bad week, believe me. anyway, if you like them, b&s will be releasing a new album but not until early next year. [end] i'd not heard chris' voice before and it's kinda soft and sweet (which he probably won't thank me for - it's on par with having a teddy bear named after you in the 'ick' stakes). sarah's accent was a lot less pronounced than i remember it. still drop dead gorgeous though. andy my tigermilk tape just got mangled by my walkman. not happy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------