INSIDE THE BAND: Lukes Whisk

Band Members:
David Nickerson – Vocals & Bass Guitar
Robert Goodwin – Lead Guitar
Chris Lott – Drums
Tom Poulson – Trumpet
Chris Nickerson – Trombone
JD Bothma – Trumpet
Dave Boyce – Saxophone

If you had the chance to be the support act for any band, past or present, who would it be and why?
David – NOFX , Rise Against, Strung Out, The Matches, Incubus (they’re so great), any Irish folk band, any band with a guy playing the spoons, its amazing!
Robert – Mad Caddies, Rage Against The Machine, Rufio, Sick Of It All
Chris L – Justin Timberlake
Tom – Stupid, Stupid, Stupid and Steve. (Midlands Ska Punk at its very best)
Chris N – Pass
JD – Tom Waits, he’s got style! (A ska band would probably not work though…)
Dave – Tower of power, because being in the support band would mean I could see the funkiest group around for free.

Describe yourself in five words?
David – Lazy
Robert – A skanky kind of SKANK
Chris L – Confident, sexual, very forgetting, cool and silly
Tom – A typical trumpet player………arrogant
Chris N – Pass
JD – Once, twice, three times a JD
Dave – Not in any way average

What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve experienced?
David – I duno there’s so many....
Robert – I don’t really know, nothing too bad
Chris L – Not getting it up
Tom – Daddy Day Care
Chris N – Pass
JD – I forget embarrassing things tactfully
Dave – There was this banana incident once in my front garden but it would be unwise of me to say any more.

If you could be in someone else’s shoes for the day, who would it be and why?
David – Someone who is my size and wears comfortable shoes, or bill gates, just to be rich!
Robert – Yngwie Malmsteen, so I could alternate pick well ha-ha
Chris L – Jordan’s so I could play with myself all day!
Tom – JD’s so I could flutter tongue for once
Chris N – Pass
JD – Cat Anderson. Masterful with a trumpet and plunger
Dave – Chris Ns because there would be plenty of extra storage space!

What was the last album you bought?
David – Crow left of the murder - Incubus, Everything Sucks - The Decendants, Turn the radio down/off (I cant remember) - Reel Big Fish
Robert – Sick of it all live in a dive, rufio perhaps I suppose
Chris L – The darkness
Tom – Best of the Beach Boys
Chris N – Pass
JD – Springbok Nude Girls
Dave – Supergrass - Life on other planets

If you could time travel, where would you go and why?
David – Dinosaur land!!! A walk through Dinosaur Land, alone, on a cold fall day can tug at you in a way that is hard to describe. There is something in the swirl of dead leaves around the gaily painted tentacles of a 20 foot fibreglass octopus, something in the defiant gaze of the giant sloth, designed to thrill a crowd…wait that’s in America
Robert – Tomorrow, I’m bored of today
Chris L – Future to see if I get laid more than twice
Tom – To the future to see if the ‘Wild Stallions’ really do make it big
Chris N – Pass
JD – Between ‘20s and ‘50s, learn from the best of jazz
Dave – To the early seventies to become part of the prog rock movement

What is your favourite comedy programme?
David – Band Practices, theyre funny, almost like a show?
Robert – 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps
Chris L – They thinks it’s all over
Tom – Got to be ‘Phoenix Nights’
Chris N – Pass
JD – Becker
Dave – Harry hills TV burp

Who is your hero, past or present?
David – Brandon Boyd
Robert – Fat mike
Chris L – Tom Poulson
Tom – Maurice Andre
Chris N – Pass
JD – God
Dave – Enrique Iglesias (Joke)

Do you believe in life after death?
David – Is there food there?
Robert – Maybe
Chris L – No
Tom – Well there’s got to be somewhere for musicians like Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie to go
Chris N – Pass
JD – Yes
Dave – Yes

What is your most prized possession?
David – My girlfriend...she’s holding a knife 2 my back making me say that...nah I duno everyone will say my hat tho? Only to cover my hair.
Robert – I had Kris from theataris plec but I’ve eaten half of it so I guess it’s not that important.
Chris L – My women
Tom – Trumpet
Chris N – Pass
JD – Computer
Dave – My sanity