Previously published on mINtSOUTH.com in September 2009
Words - Suzy Sims
Editor - Rob Ball
(c) mINtSOUTH.com
THE RAMBLINGS @ SOUTHSEA FEST 2009
mINtSOUTH: Tell me a bit about yourselves.
Robin: “We’ve been going about two-and-a-half years now. We all went to uni together in Southampton and me and Kooksy just used to get drunk and mess around, he had a little electronic drum-kit, I had my guitar and we were just jamming. Then Johnny got involved, started doing a bit of singing, and then slowly but surely building up to getting everybody in the band. We were together for about a month and we played our first gig, and we’ve just been going ever since really.”
mINtSOUTH: Can you describe your music?
Robin: “I’d say it was like progressive indie. It’s got lots of hidden melodies and lots of structure to it, very floaty vocals over some really harsh vocals, nice piano. Bits and pieces all jammed together.”
mINtSOUTH: Southsea Fest – looking forward to your gig this evening?
Robin: “Yeah, big time. It’s going to be really good.
mINtSOUTH: Have you got any onstage antics to get everyone going?
Robin: “Johnny, our singer, is pretty animated, he always gets the crowd going. Lots of feet stomping, lots of hand clapping, lots of audience participation. We’ve played [in Albert Road] quite a lot. As a street, with all the pubs and everything like that, to put something on like this is great. Proper carnival atmosphere. You couldn’t pull it off in Southampton basically.”
mINtSOUTH: How did you choose the name of your band?
Robin: “That was down to Kooksy. He had to come up with a name and he just said The Ramblings because it gives us the license to say pretty much what we like, to ramble on!”
mINtSOUTH: Gorilla versus bear – who would win in a fight?
Robin: “I reckon a bear’s going to do it. Bears have got big paws and they’re very tall. It would be very close.”
Shoutbox – “We’re launching our single at the Dublin Castle on the 17th October. Everybody’s invited!”
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