Marathon Men

What’s The Best Night Out You’ve ever Had?
The 10 years of Ninja Tune party in east london few years ago…

What’s Your Favourite Club?
Plastic People for the sound system and the intimacy .

What’s Your Favourite Record Of All-time?
FRED: “Sign of the time” by Prince
SIMBAD: “Giant steps” by John Coltrane

What Record Can’t You Stand?
Nearly everything in the charts nowadays (Steps,S Club 7,Boys Band
Bollocks & everything comin’ out of Fame Academy)

What Record Did You Lose Your Virginity Too?
SIMBAD: “Zeppelin 2” Led Zeppelin
FRED: “Steel Pulse Greatest Hits” Steel Pulse

What Was The Last Record You Bought?
FRED “Alligator Boogaloo” LP by Lou Donaldson
SIMBAD “Late Registration” LP by Kanye West

Name Three Of Your Biggest Influences…..
Miles Davis, Prince & Sly Stone.

Who Would Play You In ‘Marathon Men’ The Movie’
FRED: Ben Stiller.
SIMBAD: Vincent Cassel

What’s Your Dream?
To make music until we die & live from it, For the humans to understand the stupidity of their actions.

How Do You Escape?
FRED: By gettin’ the hell out of London when possible &
get some sun & good food & wine.
SIMBAD: By makin’ sick tunes & havin’ good sex…

What Is Your Favourite Possession?
FRED: My Fender Strat 1976
SIMBAD: My Martin alto sax from 1926

What Is Your Life Philosophy?
GO FOR IT, EVOLVE & RESPECT WHAT SURROUNDS YOU.

What’s In Your Pockets?
FAGS, KEYS, CONDOMS, MOBILES, OLD RECEIPTS, COINS,
MATCHES, CANDIES…

If You Were An Animal, What Animal and Why?
FRED: an Angus beef (from Scotland),because i would lead a very
peaceful & healthy life in the Highlands & give enormous pleasure to
the ones who will eat me.
SIMBAD: a Cheetah because i’d be free to do whatever i want.

You Are Having A Party, Whom Dead Or Alive Is On The Guest List?
Miles Davis, Prince, Sly Stone, James Brown, Louis XIV, some Aliens from other galaxies, the whole French Football National
Team from 98, Grace Jones, Joe Pesci, Stephen Hawkins, Missy Elliott, Leonard de Vinci, Ben Stiller & Jim Carey, Billie Holliday, Sean
Penn, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorcese, Robert de Niro, Audrey Hepburn, Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, Jeanne Moreau, Larry Levan, Betty Davis…

When Was The Last Time You Embarrassed Yourself?
SIMBAD: Running after a friend across a field in this festival this summer & suddenly stepped on a ledge & flew in the air & crashed myself in the mud & people around me going hysterical…
FRED : Last time i played my bass in a jam totally drunk…

Tell Us Something That We Don’t Know About ‘Marathon Men’
We survived for many years thanks to the bagel shop on top of Bricklane…