1.Your Profile
If Synyster Gates and Matthew Tuck had a threesome with Chrissy Amphlett.We like to get all hot and sweaty for our fans; the passion, the need to please them, to give them something compelling to watch – we get off on getting them off first. We look for the mad moshers, the party animals that will drink with us after getting off to our music and also all the babes that throw their bras.
2.Keeping Busy
We’ve been doing everything at once. Being busy is good, and as a band, we work really well together at covering what needs to be done. We’ve recently released our 2014 single ‘Endlessly’ that we’ve recorded, shot a video for and toured. We are now writing for releases planned for next year, planning our tour of Asia in February 2015, and on the side, rehearsing for our shows that have been booked. November 8 especially!
3.Best Gig Ever
The best show we’ve ever played was being main support for the Filipino superstars Parokya Ni Edgar at Mounties in Sydney. Playing to a sold-out crowd of 1,000 people was a euphoric experience that we’ll all never forget. We were originally scheduled for a 20-minute set and got the call five minutes before showtime that it was extended to 40 minutes, allowing us to unleash the full Vanity Riots experienceon a full-size stage, onto those unsuspecting 1,000 heads.
4.Current Playlist
Whatever mainstream radio tells us to listen to. Just kidding – we listen to whatever tickles our hard-ons and lady boners at that specific point in time. So many of our favourite bands are putting out really good releases right now.We’re loving our mates in Thrashed, Smokin’ Mirrors and The Art, also pretty much any rock band these days running their own tours and the bands that write their own music and are able to sell their shows out. That right there deserves our love and respect.
5.Your Ultimate Rider
BJ loves his noodles and fresh AP (don’t ask)… Monica’s the worst, she makes the promoters ship out Pokka iced coffee direct from Japan as she can’t find it anywhere in Australia; apparently it’s addictive as shit. The worst rider we ever got was when we were directed to a fridge in our dressing room at the start of the night. There were no noodles, no AP and no Pokka iced coffee, just head to toe with bottles of water.Worst. Rider. Ever.
Supporting The Art at Oxford Art Factory alongside Marlow, Fait Accompli, Bonez, Glass Ocean, Hailmary and more atOxford Art FactoryonSaturday November 8, ticketsonline.
