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Interview with Happenstance, 30.04.09
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How did your band meet?
Ben & Nick met at uni & started writing songs out of necessity for a uni assignment. Dave was car-pooling with Nick at the time & when he joined the band he introduced the Ali, who he knew through jazz & church gigs, to the team.
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Where did the idea for your band's name come from?
From the first paragraph of a book called 'A Crack in Forever' that Ben read years ago
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What music has inspired your band?
Queen, Crowded House, Cake, Ben Folds ... anything that has some vocal harmony, has humour in their lyrics & is fun to listen to
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Use three words to sum up your band?
Heaps o' fun
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What venue would you most like to play at?
Enmore Theatre, love this classic venue & have lots of nostalgic memories of gigs there.
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If you had a choice, who would be your support band?
Wow, big thought, if it was sydney indie band I'd say Sparkadia, if it was national artist I'd say silverchair or the whitlams and international I'd have to go Ben Folds
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Three people dead or alive you would invite to your gig, and why?
Andy Wallace - for his habit of taking bands that people don't understand and making them huge Hayley Williams from Paramore - just because Ali & Ben have a crush on her & would like to party with her John Watson - because we'd love him to manage us
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What are you listening to at the moment?
The Fray, Switchfoot, Leeland
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Where will your band be in five years from now?
Who knows the answer to that question ...
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Any tips you would like to share with your fellow muso's?
Write lots of songs, write with as many different people as possible, get out on tour & enjoy the moments while you can, its a fickle world out there in the industry so you gotta enjoy yourself
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Do you live the Rock n Roll lifestyle?
Our drummer does & Nick can certainly drink most people under the table. Dave brews his own beer & Ben likes pulling all-nigthers so I suppose that's probably about as rock n roll as we get