Interviewee: Chris Burney - Bowling For Soup
Interviewer/s: Kate James & Matt James
Date: 11 October 2005
Venue: Bristol Academy

 
 
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Upload Your videos are some of the funniest around, where do the ideas come from?
Chris Well they come from a mixture of just all of us and we've been lucky to find some really good directors who have always come up with some really good ideas, well its like brain soup or brain stew. We all get together and its like a big mixing pot, the directors know that if they ask us to do anything silly we will do it.
Upload Do any of you have a stalker or do you have any fans that seem to go to all of your gigs?
Chris Yes i think thats happened to all of us, there are some crazy people out there.
Upload Everybody knows how much you like to party, but do you ever sober enough to get a hangover?
Chris Yeah, alot of times, I mean we wake up in the middle of the day with a hangover and then we drink some more. So we do have brief intervals in the day usually around the time we wake up, if we're not still drunk.
Upload If you could share a stage with any band, who would it be?
Chris Hmmm, thats a tough one. really alot of the music I listen to is not really our type, i'd have to say slayer. They are my favourite band.
Upload What do you want for Christmas?
Chris Christmas, I actually thought about this the other day, for christmas I want this, its like um, its made by Clips Audio, its like this bad ass sound system for my ipod, it rocks. This ones like really nice, its got the sub woofer with it, and the other speakers are just like satelite speakers.
Upload You seemed to have a great time at the Download festival, do you want to go back next year?
Chris I hope so, right now we're just, when we're done with this tour we're doing a new album so its kinda hard to plan stuff when we don't really know whats going on. Hopefull once were done with this album we can start planning stuff, and the summer festivals will be right on our list.
Upload Everyone seems to catagorise bands these days, how would you describe yourselves?
Chris I think we're just a rock and roll band, we just play rock and entertain people.
Upload If you could spend a day living someone elses life who would it be and why?
Chris Hmmm, Thatsa tough one, actually, i'd like to be president for a day, that would be cool, just so i can find out about the ufo's and stuff, then i'd like to quit. I dont want people making fun of me all the time. I'd either be president or ruler of the world.
Upload What do you think about young kids being in bands? do you think they should have to finish school first before they begin touring?
Chris I think there are ways to balance it, I mean kids are actors and all kinds of stuff so the main thing is to balance it out, I mean if you're a kid and your doing something and you're good at it you still have to go to school cos you dont want to grow up to be a stupid musician. Parents have to be the ones to keep all that in check and keep them focused, because there's alot of child stars that grow up to be wacky.
  At this point Chris picked up the dictaphone and said "testies one two three testies"
   
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