1. could you tell us your band's history?
Vicious Rumours formed in 1979, we've had a few changes in musical direction aswell as members over the years,
as do most bands Over such a long a long period of time,
during the early eighties we were involved in the oi! scene that swept through Britain and europe
either supporting the major bands of the time... BUSINESS, 4SKINS, PATTTB, ANGELIC UPSTARTS etc
or headlining gigs with the 'second wave' of oi bands that emerged.
We stopped playing in 1988 after 'the main event' gig at the astoria due to
being disillusioned with what was happening at the gigs, (fighting, politics, etc) It stopped being fun.
We got together again in 2000 briefly, with shows around europe and the USA. However due to us all being in different countries by then it was
almost impossible to continue as we wanted. John M did some shows and recording in the USA in the early 2000's
We have recently decided to Get together again, well, as much as we can. And look foward to concerts and recordings starting in December this year
2. who plays in the band now?
John Mundy...guitar vocals, John Coupé...bass Vocs, Danny Shoobert....Drums.
We will be using another guitarist for shows.
3. do you have a new album?
Farticus will be released in the summer, It's a collection of demos,
and recorded songs that were previously only available in the USA
4. besides the band, what do you guys do?
John M is a personal trainer, and runs his own business in TEXAS, Dan runs a scaffolding firm,
And I am a builder/decorator
5. Do you have any plans to play in Asia, or Indonesia especially?
We've never been approached to play there, but if someone was to offer us a tour or something then
absolutely! I love to travel, and if we can do it with the band then even better!
6. we heard your song called “one thing's on our minds”, what is it about?
It's a song about only ever thinking about women and sex!
No matter what time of day, or situation.
a lighthearted look at the male's constant thoughts towards fornication!
Apparently men think of it every 3 minutes or something?
.....we think of it about every 3 seconds!
7. if you were to cover a song, which song would you want to cover?
We have done a few covers in our live shows over the years,
Bad Man by the cockney rejects,
If the kids are united by sham 69
Chip on my shoulder by cock sparrer
I'd like to record versions of some of my favourite songs, as a tribute
for the love of OI! by section 5
True punk and oi! will never die by resistance 77
outlaw by chron gen to name a few, there's a lot more!
8. what do you think about racism?
I don't agree with it, but we don't dicuss politics. There's too many idiots out there who
want to label us one thing or another
9. and how is your punk and skins scene right now?
Where I live it's a very small scene, but I live in a small town.
London, however is becoming good again, with lots of concerts happening
10. Have you had any trouble with the police?
As a band? not really, we never had reason to get involved with the police
we were escorted from gigs before after crowd trouble at a few gigs
It's not something we either sung about or were involved in
Violence is pretty pointless.
11. Do you have a comment for webculturezine and for webculturezine readers?
Thanks for the interest in the band,
It's nice to hear from people in countries that we know very little about their 'scene'
Especially nowdays, the internet has opened up a whole new world
Thanks a lot
people can contact us at
www.myspace.com/oiviciousrumours
JC
Edited By Sally (Nyc, Brooklyn)
WEBCULTUREZINE
