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Worth Having

how you dress it up. It’s the same mentality ten to people on the CD or you watch them ‘cause I thought, “If I don’t play today…””
behind it; you’ve got a personality that is ad- playing on the TV… well, back in the day “The world’s going to implode!” laughs
dictive. You can be addicted to anything. You when it was Top Of The Pops. You think, Rich.
can be addicted to sweets. You can be ad- “How do they do that?” I was like ‘dink dink’ “Exactly!” says Chris. “I’m going to go
dicted to cocaine. There are different levels [makes bad guitar noises], so then I was like, back to square one, I’m not going to be able
of it; some are gonna hurt you and some “I want to get myself to the level they’re at.” to play again!”
aren’t going to be as bad.” So I was, “OK, I’ll sit down and try and work
One good addiction to have is an addic- this out,” so it kind of took over my life in the ou can definitely tell that the band
tion to music – whether it’s playing an instru- early days. So I guess I was kind of addicted Yhave practiced long and hard at their
ment, or going out to shows. Some of us to a certain extent.” craft. The many hours of sitting in their
love to travel all over the world to see our “Yeah, I get that,” agrees Rich. “I used to rooms perfecting their instruments are pay-
favourite band – and in doing so we get to get in from school and play all night – so it ing off. Their songs are at a standard on par
visit countries we may not otherwise have was an addiction. It was something I’d look with arena-selling acts, as are their live per-
visited, discovering different cultures and forward to – those are the two traits of addic- formances of the songs. The band are proof
experiencing new adventures. tion.” that if you knuckle down to learning how to
From a musical instrument standpoint, Chris remembers, “There was a friend write, perform and play, then the world is
guitarist Chris Davis says that learning his having a house party. He was like, “Come your oyster. But deciding you want to be in
instrument was relatively similar to an addic- round my house, stay and we’ll have the a touring band does not come easy – as they
tion. “Like many other people, when you first party on the night”. I actually left to go home say themselves, it ‘Ain’t Always Easy’. It can
pick up the guitar you suck. And then you lis- and play guitar and came back on the night, be hard work and very grueling.
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