You Me at Six - Interview
You Me at Six have exploded onto the music scene in the last year or so and have taken the industry by storm. To look at them they are your average teenage boys but to see them play they are rock stars in the making. At the moment they are always on tour, but with a new album due out You Me at Six are working harder than ever. Josh, lead vocalist took some time out to have a chat with us.
noize: What do you think your biggest achievement has been since being in the band?
Josh: “I would say playing the London Astoria with Angels and Airwaves; it was one of those moments when we thought WOW! All five of us were so happy to play there as it has always been a dream.”
n: You guys have been on tour a lot recently, what do you like to do while on tour?
Josh: “Well we play so many shows; we generally go from venue to venue, hotel to hotel. I would like to be able to play more, as sometimes we can be 23 hours preparing for a show and we only get to play for like an hour or so. Recently we had a day off, we all went to see Linkin Park, and that was pretty awesome. We generally like to go and meet our fans after the show as they have travelled far and wide to see you. I feel it is important for us to show them just how much we appreciate them.”
n: Spending a lot of time together, you must see all the bad habits? Who has the worst?
Josh: “We all have our down falls, but Matt our Bassist, is not a morning person at all. In the morning, he is grumpy. Matt is really excentric and OTT but we love him for it. Like when we are all tired and bored Matt will keep us awake.”
n: You must have some gossip to spill then?
Josh: “Not really, we are just ordinary people.” Laughs.
n: I recently saw you at King Tuts in Glasgow, and you spoke of a little incident that happened with some boxers…Tell me more!
Josh: “Well when we arrived at Glasgow I noticed that I didn’t have enough boxers to last the rest of the tour, well I did, but I didn’t want to use the nice ones! So I got a friend who comes to all our Scottish shows to take me to the High Street and get some from a shop. I have a pair on at the moment and they are not the most comfortable things.”
n: How did you come up with your name then?
Josh: “Well on a Friday night me and a mate would be making arrangements to meet up and I would always say “You, me at six?” We had played a show and someone had asked our name at that point we didn’t have one. So I said You Me at Six and it like kinda stuck, it’s really weird how it happened but after that we where known as You me at Six.”
n: If you had to sum up your new material in five words how would you describe it?
Josh: “Um, five words, that’s really hard considering how long we have spent writing the new album and recording it. Man that’s difficult if I had to pick I would say…exciting and out of the box, that’s five right?”
n: When is the album out Josh?
Josh: “it is due out in October. I am really excited but at the same time anxious. I really want people to like it. We like to read the comments about what fans think about it so far. We know that some of the stuff on it, that’s like older material may not sound the same, but that’s because it has been modified for the better. But we really want people to give it a chance.”
n: The lyrics to some of your tracks are unusual, where do you find inspiration for them?
Josh: “Well like we take our experiences from back home like parties and what people where like from back home. Like “The Gossip” I went to a party and the next band practice I had I was like guys start a drum beat with…” Starts singing the drum beat from the song. “We had never written a song like that before, and I doubt we will again.”
n: You will need to go to more parties then!
Josh: “Aww man yeah, I haven’t been to one in such a long time.”
n: When you where younger what was your ambition to be when you grew up?
Josh: “I don’t think I had one! I didn’t know what I wanted to do until early teens, when I really started to enjoy music, but I never thought I would be selling out venues, having an album released.”
n: Who is your favourite signed/unsigned band at the moment?
Josh: “My favourite signed band is Kids in Glass Houses. They are wicked! I’m loving their album at the moment. We toured with two great bands called Attack Attack! and Tonight Is Goodbye. Both are fantastic, I really like Attack! Attack! Though, I honestly believe they are one of the most underrated U.K bands around at the moment.”
n: Do you have a favourite sweet of all time?
Josh: “I love drumsticks! I really do like them…we got one of those variety packs on the bus once and I completely flipped out when I saw the drumsticks!”
n: Well Josh it has been great talking to you, I wish you and the band all the success in the world. Any final words to your fans?
Josh: “I want to say a big thank you to all those who came out to see us on tour and sticking buy us, we hope to see you all soon!”
Well fans now you know if you ever have the chance to meet You me at six in the future, make sure you have some drumsticks with you and some half-decent boxers, it will get you in the good books with the guys!
Interview by Emma Jackson
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