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Interviewee:     Andrew Hignett, Richard Dodd, Gary Ellis  - Sheldon

Interviewer/s:   Kate James & Matt James

Date:              11 November 2005

Upload	How long have you been together and how did you start the band
Sheldon	Sheldon was started by myself (Andy) and Rich. We'd been in attempted bands together before but Sheldon has proved a more longevitous project. We've been together for over five years, but we've played in bands together for a long time. Different bass players have come and gone over time, a lot of them, but touch wood our new bass player, Gary is here for the long haul.
Upload	What are the band members names and what are their roles
Sheldon	Well there's me! Andy. I sing, songwrite, play guitar, I play harmonica on one song we have. Rich is our drummer and also a diligent roadie and our latest addition to the band is Gary on bass who has also does a fair bit of the driving.
Upload	Which other bands do you admire and why.
Sheldon	If we're talking unsigned, I admire Shuriken, who have sadly split up. They were one seriously hard touring band who really put in the extra effort to promote themselves. I also admire a lot of the great bands on UKbands.net. Too many to mention here. While there are some bands who's whole idea of promotion is the same old do nothing, there are some great bands out there who really care about what they do and they're bloody determined you're gonna hear it. If we're talking signed, Green Day are one of my favourite bands for the past eleven years. I'm also a big fan of 3 Colours Red, The Wildhearts, Therapy?, Feeder. Basically 'cos they make great music. Me and Rich are both big fans of REM and U2 as well and all three of us seem to like the Manic Street Preachers. My admiration is mainly musical, 'cos I don't hero-worship bands. I admire Goldfinger for veganism, as well as good songs.
Upload	What do you want for Christmas.
Sheldon	World peace, an end to world hunger... the usual.
Upload	What is your favourite gig that you have played.
Sheldon	We played a gig in Leeds on our second tour that was really good. We were the last band on so I thought no one would stick around, but people stuck around and we went down really well. There were people singing along to our songs and they hadn't even heard our songs before. Much, much, much better response than we get in Liverpool. We've played a few gigs in Southport as well that go pretty well where we're definitely communicating our music to new people, not just mates who we've dragged along.
Upload	If you could swap places with someone for a day, who would it be and why
Sheldon	With a woman, so I could experience what it's like to be a woman.
Upload	What is the maddest thing you have ever done
Sheldon	Answered the previous question as I did.
Upload	What other countries would you like to tour in
Sheldon	I guess everyone wants to break America... although I hate their political system obviously. Canada seems like a nice place and Europe apparently has a much better music scene than the UK. I like to think there's potential Sheldon fans every where.
Upload	What is your favourite movie
Sheldon	Any one of the Star Wars movies.
Upload	Where do you see yourselves, career wise, this time next year.
Sheldon	Will hopefully have released record and sold some copies of it. Still be gigging around and maybe have a few more fans
Upload	If you were a superhero what would your name be and what special powers would you have.
Sheldon	Stick Man, with the power to stick it to the man.