Jovial chit chat with Joe Innes

Joe Innes will be playing at ditch the drums this Thursday. An extremely talented man who not only agreed to come down and play for us, but has also kindly answered a few of our questions so we can all get to know him a little better....

So Joe Innes, if you could describe yourself as a title to a Hollywood
Blockbuster, what would it be?
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People.

What are you planning to eat for your next meal?
Some pizza, it's a plain cheese from tescos but we put some of our own
sun dried tomato and chorizo sausage on it, so we feel like we're
actually involved in the cooking process.

Are you interested in the election? do you think that Mr Cameron wears
speedos when he visits the local baths to do a few lengths?
Well, I'm definitely not voting tory but now I have an image of David
Cameron, in speedos, with a camel tail... I think that should be the
Labour campaign, it'd put anyone off, but ANY politician with that in
mind is not pretty. In fact speedos are what's wrong here, let's get
rid of them.

What was the last album that you listened to?
Probably a Bruce Springsteen Live collection, not too cool huh? Neither am I.

Have you ever had an encounter with a wild animal? (I once came face to
flipper with a seal whilst surfing in Cornwall)
A cat once scratched me on the walk home from school... I'm not really
an animal person, I wouldn't want to impose myself on anything that
couldn't tell me to bugger off.

Are there any artists you think we should check out?
Guided By Voices are well good, they're my favourite band not many
people have heard of. Tristram is a current London folk guy, he's
great, like Nick Drake but less miserable (I hope). I also like the
new album from Noah and the Whale, but so does the rest of the world.

if you were told that you no longer could make music and you had to reinvent
yourself as a high street chain, what would you be called and what would you
sell?
Jomics, It'd be a comic shop... but because my name is Joe it'd be
called Jomics, gettit? I like comics.

Who do you think is going to win the World Cup?
Some guys in shorts with haircuts.

Where can we find you and your music?
I move about a lot of the time, but my music can be found at
www.myspace.com/joeinnes

If you like the sound of Joe Innes then you can come and see him play along with Dominic Weeks and Tom Mansi and the Icebreakers at The Hideaway for the astounding fee of £3.00.