Featured band: Little Night Terrors
This page is part of the bands
section
Interviews with artists, singers, band members and stars on the Leicester arts scene
The new line for LNT now includes bassist Dan Holyoak (right)
Little Night Terrors were: Nick Eversfield,
Andrw Stone, Calum Price and James Stone, when we interviewed them in 2010.
© Photo Harjinder Ohbi 2010
Artsin: So, what happened to the Displacements?
Andy: Around December 2008 we came off tour and started to write a lot of new material. Because it was so different, and also because Joe left we felt that it wasn't really The Displacements anymore, it was something new and different. So then the Terrors came about.
Artsin: Who thought up the new name and why?
Andy: The Bone! We were in our practice room late at night and we were playing through the new songs. We'd turn all the lights off and left just a few neon ropes around and just went mad. He just said it out of the blue, almost in a trance like state. We were loving it.
Artsin: What you got planned for the year ahead?
Andy: We've just finished a music video for our track Vultures. It's like a grindhouse slasher, and a bit like Dead Mans Shoes on acid. We're playing Summer Sundae, doing a London Showcase on June 8th, and getting down to some touring!
Artsin: Will you be playing at the new O2 Academy?
Andy: If they'll have us!
Artsin: Does it look like things are getting better for live music in Leicester?
Andy: The Academy could be great for Leicester. I was there on the closing night of the Charlotte, where everyone was stealing things and tagging the walls, that place meant a lot to people. There are some promoters that have continually worked hard in Leicester though and I would love to see the gig scene thriving.
Arts in: What was the best gig ever for the Displacements?
Andy: Playing at Barcelona Razzmatazz club to 5000 people at 3 in the morning was pretty damn great.
Artsin: I see you have some new members in the band? Tell us about them.
Andy: Mystery men, mad men, the sort of guitar players that don't really make the guitar sound like a guitar.
Artsin: So the band will be at Summer Sundae. You looking forward to that? Will you be on the main stage? Or in the DMH?
Andy: It will be incredible. The fact that we've ended up on the bill after such a short time as a band, makes me feel that the new music is connecting. I think we're playing the Indoor Stage. I've got a few surprises ready. It doesn't involve me being naked. Or maybe it does.
Artsin: People see you as a d-i-y band. Is that fair? Do you miss having a label?
Andy: We have a publishing deal with Universal. I've spent a lot of the year recording my own music, and I feel like for the most part, who better to work, know, and understand your own music than yourself? Also I'm great with shelves so yeah, I'll take that.
Artsin: What is your wildest dream, as a band?
Andy: To meet Ke$ha. Or maybe play Japan, that would be rad.
Artsin: Does the band still live in Leicestershire?
Andy: We've been knocking around in an old tile factory. I can't really tell you more than that.
Artsin: Have you got any overseas gigs coming up? Tours perhaps?
Andy: We've got lots of gigs coming up and getting more and more offers, it's really building. As soon as we go overseas we'll let you know, why not come with us Trevor?
Arts in: Wow! Little old me on tour with a top band! :)
Artsin: The question we always ask ... What do you think of Kasabian?
Andy: Fucking wicked. I dig the K. Andy's favourite Youtube of the K.
© Photo Harjinder Ohbi
Back
to the Bands home page
