21 Questions with Dead Cat Bounce

Today we chat to the Dead Cat Bounce guys before their gig this week in Vicar Street

1. Who are you all really?

Who are any of us? Perhaps we all wear masks

2. Twitter or Facebook?
Still Bebo.

3. What was your worst gig you’ve done?

We did a gig in rural Australia where a possum was climbing around on the lights above us, shitting on our heads constantly. They’re a protected species so there was nothing we could do about it.

4. Friends or The Simpson and why?
We don’t watch much TV cos we keep throwing them out hotel windows. It’s annoying really, there’s a lot of stuff we’d like to see, but there are certain expectations when you’re in a comedy rock band.

5. If you were to sing a song about someone famous today, who would it be?

Pope Benedict- cos like us, he knew when to call it quits. And wore silly clothes.

6. is it true you guys once robbed an animal in the zoo only to actually find out you were never in the zoo and in fact it was all a bad dream?

No, that’s not true. What actually happened in the dream was I was fucking Sigmund Freud with my mother’s penis. What do you think it means?

7. Do you like Breaking Bad?

Apparently it’s great, but like we said- we’ve no TV. We try to stay up to date by reading all the spoilers on bebo.

8. Best album you listen to on the road?

Eddie Stobart’s Trucking Anthems. Really. Buy it.

9. Will you all do Movember?

We did it once and our mo’s made us look like sex pests. We wrote them a song called Every Time You Shave a Moustache Dies though so I think we’ve done our bit.

10. Are beards cool now?

No. Damn hipster beardsmen with their restricted breed dogs and Amber Leaf rollies…

11. Mayo or Garlic Sauce?

Both. Plus curry sauce. Plus cheese and taco sauce.

12. What car do you own?

We have a van but it doesn’t have a windscreen. You need goggles to drive it.

13. Linda Martin had the hit of the summer with ‘Get Lucky’ and Daft Punk stole it from her, do you have any advice for her?

Go back through Daft Punk’s back catalogue, find all the other stuff they’ve stolen over the years, get in touch with the people who wrote it and start a class action lawsuit.

14. If you could sing any song and make it a number 1 hit which would it be?

We once wrote a song called Sex Astronauts On The Yacht Stripclub Casino. It’s a terrible song but we desperately want to make the video.

15. Do you like music?

It’s okay I guess.

16. Which is better a cool shirt, or tight jeans?

As long as only one of them is denim, you can’t go wrong.

17. What will you all do after DCB?

Ideally we’d be put out to stud like a pack of aging racehorses.

18. Have you advice for up and coming comedy acts?

Stay away from Andrew Stanley. He gets a bit handsy backstage.

19. Do you remember gigging in the Twisted Pepper as part of the Comedy Ireland night? if so what was a good point? if any!

No protected marsupials shat on us at any point.

20. Do you have a question for us?

Will this do? (ComedyIreland-it looks nice alright)

21. If you could ask anyone in the world a question, who would it be and what would it be?

We’d ask Michael Jackson what “chek-shamoh” means. We need to know.

Check out the DCB Lads this Friday in Vicar Street!! See more details here

Best of luck to the lads, and many thanks to James for helping.

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