On the eve of their "Turn off the TV!" QLD tour, Jade Kennedy caught up with Flicks drummer Hugh Wheeler to talk all things... ahhh... Flicks!
The basics...
Name: Hughie!!
Age: 21.
Instrument: Drums.
Who's single? We're all single this year - last year we were in love, but this year we're out of it... seems the band thing was getting in the way too much for our formers...
The quickies...
Fave movie? Actually I'm really diggin' Wolf Creek atm... FREAKY... Avatar is also amazing. Didn't see it in the movies but the DVD was was sickkkk!
Fave lyric? I'm not much of a lyrics man but I do like 'My Favourite Mistake' lyrics by Sheryl Crow.
Fave drink? Powerade after gym... so thirst quenching! :)
iPhone or Blackberry? Three of us have iPhones... Adam... yeh... Blackberry.
Fave childhood TV show? Hilary Duff was hotttt, but Simpsons...
Fave holiday destination? I wish I knew what holidays were... but locally the sunny coast is nice.
Morning or night? Night.
Three things you can't live without? Music, socks with thongs, foooooooood.
Celebrity Crush? Halle Berry (BOMBSHELL - ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!)
The other stuff...
Give us the low-down on Flicks so far...
Been together more than three years, new member this year, toured with Short Stack earlier this year, our single Hayley is coming out late June... no plans for big things hahaha. We love music/organise lots of things but don't really know what's going on!!!
Why the name change from 52 Flicks?
When we added Andy to the band this year, we thought it was appropriate to drop the 52... they were not our added up ages anymore anyway (that was the original reason behind the 52). Everyone seems to like Flicks anyway. Only annoying thing is changing all of our websites... ughhhh...
You just supported Short Stack on their regional tour - any hot goss?
Really nice guys, we partied hard with them - free drinks went down well... maybe not for (our) Andy, who drank too much haha. They pick up girls so easy. We still have to try. :(
You've penned an ode to Hayley Williams (Paramore) - any feedback from her camp yet?
Hahaha yeah we met Chad from New Found Glory after their Brisbane concert... he is dating Hayley. When we told him we'd written a song about her, he punched Adam smack in the face and said never write about her again... I wish... We did meet him and we gave him the single. He was cool, and said it's okay, "everyone your age has a crush on my gf."
Where do your influences come from?
It ranges massively over four different people... but in the beginning it was Blink 182 + Green Day, more lately it's American pop punk... we have influences coming from synth bands and metal bands as well. We draw synth influences from dance type music.
Describe the typical Flicks songwriting process...
We all write separately and bring songs to the band room... then we work out the songs... most of them come as full finished products... only a few come as starters. Andy is into writing music on his gameboy, and he comes up with cool "Chiptune" lines... we're keen to get this happenin'!
Your fan base seems to be predominantly young females - is that by accident or design?
Accident really... we don't write for them, we write for whoever likes what we write... I guess that's just the way it is. Our singles are more kind of poppy music which appeal to them more, I guess, but our album tracks are a little darker and heavier, which guys would prefer.
Any exciting Flicks news (besides the tour, obviously)?
Lots actually!!! Undisclosed atm! I can tell you, we are releasing our first single ever, Hayley, to radio in June and we're gonna need our fans to vote to help get us on the radio! This will be the start of some good to come hopefully! Please vote! :)
Check out Flicks on their "Turn Off the TV" QLD Tour:
2 June Charters Towers PCYC
3 June CWA Hall Cairns
4 June Townsville PCYC
5 June Andergrove Community Hall Mackay
6 June Emerald PCYC
11 June Walter Reid Centre Rockhampton
27 June The Fort Brisbane
For further dates check the web, tickets from OzTix.
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