We caught up with The Fake Plastic Trees prior to their debut at Mad Hatters on the 23rd of December, 2013. It was also our first time that we have used twitter to interview a band, so bare with us….
@invernessGiG hi could you help promote our gig on Dec 23 in Mad Hatters – it’s our debut – poster attached..thanks pic.twitter.com/hhFUya0LpD
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 9, 2013
@thefakeplastic fancy trying an interview by twitter?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG @thefakeplastic yeah sure – not done one before – so hey, another debut ;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic nor have I :)
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic so who are @thefakeplastic ?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG @thefakeplastic we are four musicians who are all Radiohead fans of course ;0) Kenny, Gordon, Tom and Paul
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG Gordon plays guitar, Tom plays drums, Paul plays bass, and I sing, play guitar and piano as well as mess around with loops ;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic how easy was it to bring the band together?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG @thefakeplastic the hard part was finding a bass player who liked Radiohead ha ha ha….
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG seriously though, we have all known each other for years and all thought the tribute to Radiohead would work…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic what is it about Radiohead that makes them so iconic?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG I’d have to say the quality of the songs they create – lyrically beautiful and accessible to a wide audience…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG also for us as a band, it was a challenging catalogue of material to try and reproduce..we were like kids with a sweet jar..
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG I suppose they are like Marmite aren’t they, you either love them or hate them, thankfully I love Marmite ;0P
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic so are you going for a reproduction or trying something different?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG that’s an excellent question – well, there four of us, and five in Radiohead, so we have had to re-arrange things a bit…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG what needs to be clear, is that we are not a tribute band as such, we are paying tribute to the songs…so defo not exact copy
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG but I believe we have stayed true to the core elements of each song – I even purchased an Electrovoice RE20 from New York!!
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG exact microphone used by Thom Yorke on In Rainbows and King Of Limbs albums…so yeah, we r taking this seriously!!
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic touching on obsession?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG ha ha ha – touched maybe, obsession, hell yes!!
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG I mean it’s not like we are changing our names or anything, wait though???
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic sorry you were saying Thom?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG ha ha…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic and an eighteen song set, bloody hell
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG yeah, it’s a belter of a set – we were spoilt for choice with the quality of tracks…getting butterflies about the gig ;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic which of the songs would you most want to get right?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG another great question – probably have to say “Reckoner” as it’s the most challenging to sing…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic last time I saw Radiohead was Glastonbury and they refused to play Creep, any chance you’ll get bethany to play it instead?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG ha ha – we stuck that in for some audience participation – so may let the punters and Bethany sing it..;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG but maybe we’ll refuse to play at our first festival in their honour ;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic ears still hurt from the Moby cover
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG ha ha ha…
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG shame you don’t have a radio show – good questions…;0)
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@thefakeplastic lol, I’ll leave you to it just now, but before i do have you got any other gigs booked?
— invernessGiGs (@invernessGiG) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG it's tricky as it's not something you want to hear every week - we have to be careful in how we pick where to play
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG we are trying to workout how to launch the band really - we may be doing a gig with Nirvana tribute in Iron Works next year..
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
@invernessGiG I think festivals is where we'd fit best...but we'll be in touch once more dates are arranged - thanks again!
— thefakeplastictrees (@thefakeplastic) December 11, 2013
And with that they were gone of course you can catch Fake Plastic Trees on Twitter and on their debut at Mad Hatters with support from Bethany Wappler on the 23rd of December from 930pm.
