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It was probably a Peter, Paul & Mary album.

"Sometimes people say that it reminds them of back in the day, but I think that’s more about them – about people in general – than our music.”

“Yeah we get a little bit of that,” he says, “particularly because there’s only really a handful of death/black/grind acts from NZ that are known internationally.”

"We had all been in the same circle of friends and we would always hang out at afterparties and go to events together – and we would always end up jamming somewhere or playing records at someone’s house.”

“I play with the elements of the song live and fuck it up a little bit, alter it slightly and play drums over the top of parts of the song. I don’t want to make it too easy on myself;

Generally, there’s never a problem of having our music received by different kind of audiences, especially by pop/rock audiences,”

Even the video clip, it was made for the Internet, it wasn’t made for TV,”

It was a really great opportunity we had to be able to ride on the back of a really well-established band. We had a ball getting to play really big venues and getting a little look into the life of a bigger band and having everything organised for us and stuff like that, so it was a really awesome experience.

I think SixFtHick really sum up what Drunken Moon is all about

I think that [Dance Dance Dance] is like a crossover,

Oh Mercy rehearsing their brand new album Deep Heat ahead of an extensive national tour which began this week.

Richard Clapton has never been your regular guitar gymnast but his tasteful tones and subtle use of effects has contributed to the quality of his legendary songs. Greg Phillips spoke to Clapton about his use of effects and the ideas behind his wonderful new album Harlequin Nights