I have started my article. I am fairly confident with how I have began, but may well change a few questions around if I decide against aspects I have included. It is as follows:
When the new hit Britpop band Loving Hate walked into the café
where I was sat drinking my extra strong chocolate expresso, they all giggled simultaneously.
Feeling as though I was the reason for their amusement, I didn’t get up to
greet them. When they came and sat down opposite me, they revealed that they
were in fact laughing at the drummer, Sebastian’s, new haircut. “He just looks ridiculous”
laughed Joe Todd, the lead guitarist. After several minutes of unneeded courtesies,
the band began ordering drinks. Joe questioned why I choose to meet in a café,
a place where alcohol was not sold. Typical Britpop musician I thought. Joe
seemed to be the bands unconventional leader, which typically would be the
singer, but John Tibbits sat awkwardly and surveyed the scene while the other
members of the band laughed and joked about this and that. His younger brother, Ben, is the complete
opposite to John. Cool and arrogant, he slouched in his chair, with his hands
deep in his coat pockets. Seb, a few years younger than the other members but
certainly with more intellect than Joe and Ben, seemed to have a constant grin
on his face. After an extensive period of nothing but banter, I finally had the
chance to ask Loving Hate some questions.
Q: So, Loving Hate, how did you come together to form a
band?
Joe: Me, John and Ben went to school together, we played
some shit for school and it formed from there. We found Seb when we got serious
about it. We played some gigs for a year or two then we hit the big time.
Ben: It was all my idea really.
Joe: Fuck off.
Q: Who's the most ambitious member of the band?
John: I would say me.
Joe: I would say me.
Ben: I wouldn't say me.
Seb: It is probably John. He writes most of the songs and makes most of the music while Ben and Joe tend to muck about and not do very much.
John: I would agree with that.
Ben: I wouldn't.
Q: Who's the smartest member of the band?
John: Well it isn't Ben I know that.
Ben: Piss off, I'm clever when I want to be.
Joe: Haha good one.
Ben: Honestly, although it pains me to say it, it is probably John.
Joe: Seb isn't far off though.
Seb: Finally a compliment, thank you.
Q: Who's the best looking band member?
Ben: Look no further.
Q: There is obviously banter flowing through the band, but are there any band rivalries?
Joe: John and Ben are brothers and they hate each other half the time.
John: I wouldn't go as far as hate.
Ben: I would.
Seb: Hate is too strong a word, but they do have the occasional argument.
Ben: More than occasional.
John: We all argument at some point, that is just what happens when you spend so much time together.
Seb: It is human nature to disagree on certain matters. Forgiveness, however, is essential.
Ben: Shut up Seb.
Q: Lets move on before someone kills Seb. The band is said to be the future of Britpop by critics. How does this make you feel? Do you agree with this?
John: I think it is spectacular that people think that about us! It is what we have always imagined, so it is a dream come true.
Joe: Yeah, it is great to be classed as the future. We agree with what they are saying to be honest.
Ben: We are the future of Britpop, simple as.
Q: How big do you think you could become?
Joe: I think we can be the biggest band in the world.
Ben: I wouldn't go that far.
John: I would.
Ben: Maybe if we had a better looking drummer.
Seb: Hey!
Q: Do you all hit the typical expectation of Britpop artists?
Joe: I think myself and Ben are more likely to be classed as typically Britpop than Seb and John.
Ben: What you on about, I am an angel.
John: I do not think I do. I have never taken drugs, been drunk, smoked, and I don't have sex with a different girl every night.
Seb: I am too young to do most of those things.
Q: As a band, who is your biggest inspiration?
John: For me it has got to be The Stone Roses and The Beatles.
Ben: For once I agree.
Seb: What a miracle, they finally agree.
Q: Feel like we have finally achieved some unity.
Ben: Fuck off, just because I like the same bands as him doesn't mean I like him.
Q: Moving swiftly on, lets talk about your new album. Is it purely Britpop, or is there any other genres included?
Joe: I would say there is some songs that are more soft rock, more lovey dovey.
John: Yeah that shit was written by Ben.
Ben: Just giving the people what they want.
Q: Whats your opinion on the album?
Ben: It is shit.
John: Shut up Ben,. I think it is decent, but we could do better.
Joe: I like it.
Seb: Me too.
Ben: The only good part is the bass.
Q: Where do you want to be in 5 years?
Joe: We want to be you biggest band in the world.
Ben: I wouldn't mind being a professional footballer.
When I finished chatting to the band, we shook hands and I wished them the best of luck for all their future endeavors. I think these are 4 young men who can do anything they want to. They are fun, talented and appeal to people of all ages. Watch this band, they could go along way.
