The Mixed Grill: Bell X1
On the eve of the release of Tour De Flock, BellX1’s live album and DVD from Dublin’s Point Theatre, Paul Noonan, Brian Crosby and Dominic Phillips answer the weird and wonderful questions of hotpress readers, from the swimming habits of monkeys to ripping the gusset of your pants on stage.
John Walshe, 26 Jun 2007
Chris O’Donoghue, Dublin
What was your favourite gig to date?
Paul: “There have been a few momentous ones, like the first time we played to a full Vicar Street. We did some crazy gigs in Eastern Europe a couple of years ago when we were sent there as ambassadors of Ireland, welcoming the people of the new accession states – ourselves and Turn went. The last gig was in Warsaw in a pub called ‘Saint Patrick’s Very Irish Pub’ where people strictly observed the fast dance/slow dance divide and they danced in couples. So that’s my favourite gig.”
Dominic: “Some of the smaller gigs like De Barra’s in Clonakilty and the Spirit Store are great, because it’s like going to someone’s house to play. It’s very hard to pick a top gig though. It should be Top 10 gigs: that would be easier.”
Chris Daniels, Cork
How desperate are the band to break into the UK? How about releasing a compilation album there on your own label?
Paul: “The notion of putting out a compilation album in America has been mooted because we’ve never released records there. I don’t like the idea because, for me, the making of an album is a process that has a kind of arc, for want of a less wanky term, and has its own particular bang off it. To mix them would seem incoherent: not that our records are particularly coherent anyway, but just in terms of the time and place and the headspace of the band at the time, they are three very different phases for us. So while commercially it might be the way to go, I think it would ring hollow for us.”
Donna Cooper, Newcastle
When Santa came around to deliver, was there a time that that ‘one’ thing on your list was not there? What was it and why was it top of your list?
Brian: “I asked for the Ireland strip when I was about nine or 10 and I got this green polo shirt from Penneys. I was never so upset.”
Dominic: “I generally got what I asked for but I wasn’t a very demanding child so I was easily pleased. I was happy with just a box and an orange.”
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