The Lamy Brothers
Whisky Blood Music
Ritchie
Musical influences?Narrative music, early Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, The Faces, Blind Willie Johnson, The Cramps, early Rod Stewart, White Stripes, Johnny Cash
Favourite song?
Are You the One that I've Been Waiting For? by Nick Cave
Favourite album?
Mule Variations by Tom Waits
Favourite film?
Dazed and Confused
Favourite poet?
Reading a lot of Rimbaud at the moment but enjoy a good bit of Baudelaire, Byron, Rilke, and Paddy Kavanagh. Possibly a bit of Haussman
Favourite food?
Pizza
Favourite place?
Bed and the stage (not necessarily different places depending on what I'm performing)
Favourite TV show?
Big Cook Little Cook is meant to be very good
Philosophy of life?
Look but don't touch. It keeps you out of trouble whether at the zoo or at a strip club
Matt
Musical influences?Kiss, Nick Cave, Big and Rich, Montgomery Gentry, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Brooks and Dunn, AC/DC
Favourite song?
Delirious Love by Neil Diamond
Favourite album?
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Favourite film?
The Wild Geese
Favourite poet?
Jeremy Reed, probably Britain's most prolific poet. I'm also interested in Byron, the first rock star. Well I suppose Jesus was the first rock star: lived fast, died young, had a lot of groupies, big farewell gig
Favourite food?
Thornton's chocolate or takeaway pizza. Or takeaway pizza followed by Thornton's chocolate. Or Thornton's chocolate on takeaway pizza. They can do anything nowadays
Favourite place?
Budapest or Sheffield
Favourite TV show?
Bottom
Philosophy of life?
'I saw nobody coming, so I went instead' - John Berryman. Don't hang about, get up and do it. Unless you're knackered, in which case, have a rest
Simon
Musical influences?
It starts with the Boogie Woogie Trio and progresses via Atlantic and Chess to Sun rockabilly, the Stones, Steppenwolf, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath AC/DC, Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer... then it goes a bit psychobilly with the Guana Batz, the Meteors, Frenzy, the Long Tall Texans, Skitzo... then it goes a bit off its face on '90s dance music... then it rocks out again with the Strokes, Kings of Leon, White Stripes, Raconteurs, Black Keys
Favourite song?
Decoration Day Blues by Howlin' Wolf (at the moment). Or - it's a bit obvious, but a good 'un - When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin
Favourite album?
Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones
Favourite film?
Dig! - the best rockumentary in the world ever
Favourite poet?
Er... let me just look back at my English lecture notes
Favourite food?
Tagliatelle al salmone then Nutella straight from the jar
Favourite place?
London, England, home of the Queen... Mother
Favourite TV show?
Wogan
Philosophy of life?
Eat ice cream or you'll lick the floor
All promotional photos by Claire Collins
