What’s The Best Night Out You’ve ever Had?
Maff/Ned: Barcelona after a gig in the town squares, it was a massive fiesta, then it all went crazy.
Ben: Dance village in Glastonbury 2005 – Emerson, Stanton Warriors, Mad Professor etc
Matt W: First time I did Monday night at Glastonbury, all the punters disappeared and you were left with the workers and the nutters, and the whole site to yourself. Brilliant.
What’s Your Favourite Club?
Ben: The End
Matt W: Mint ones…
Maff: Fabric, Any foam party club in Spain, usually prefer a club vibe at a festival. Nearly all Sancho Panza parties, usually their stage at Notting Hill.
What’s Your Favorite Record Of All-time?
Maff: Jedi’s remix of Underworld’s ‘Jumbo’.
Ben: Uncle Albert – Paul McCartney.
What Record Can’t You Stand?
Any boy band cover of a seventies hit, passing it off as their own. Or Agadoo.
What Record Did You Lose Your Virginity Too?
‘Eye of the Tiger’ by Survivor.
What Was The Last Record You Bought?
Maff: Colours – Hot Chip, ‘Citron’, a bootleg of our tune (breakbeat version).
Matt W: Merz -Loveheart.
Ben : Massive Attack – False Flags.
Name Three Of Your Biggest Influences…..
Geoff Love and his orchestra, Festivals from age 8 (although we had to suffer the occasional naked ‘parent’).
The Bays (Matt).
Who Would Play You In ‘The Egg The Movie’
I’d play Ned and he’d play me (Maff) (were identical twins). Ben can play Ben (who else is there?) Sid Vicious can play Matt.
What’s Your Dream?
To have enough sleep to actually dream.
How Do You Escape?
Dig a Hole.
What Is Your Favourite Possession?
(Maff) Cymbals
(Matt) Burning Man Pendant
What Is Your Life Philosophy?
Maff: Someone said ‘you treat your life like you’re on holiday’ and I decided that must be a compliment.
What’s In Your Pockets?
Maff: Fluff, broken wristbands, cymbal wing-nut, phono jack plugs, lots of coppers.
If You Were An Animal, What Animal and Why?
Ned: An Elephant because it’s so strong it doesn’t have to try.
Maff: A rabbit, because, because, so that’s a rabbiphant then.
Matt W: A Sloth, I’ve had enough of rushing round.
You Are Having A Party, Whom Dead Or Alive Is On The Guest List?
Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, the Marx Brothers, Dastardly and Mutley, all our friends. My Mum and my cat, but not ‘Dead or Alive’ please. Also Bill Bailey, Bill Hicks, Jimi Hendrix, Angelina Jolie, Hunter S. Thompson, Sly Stone, Richard D. James.
When Was The Last Time You Embarrassed Yourself?
Probably packing a white suit in the same bag as a peach after Bestival last year and forgetting about it for a week. Ned took his clothes off at a gig. OK, he was helped and ‘it wasn’t his fault.’
Tell Us Something That We Don’t Know About ‘The Egg’
We’re crap DJs, but we’ll give anything a go.
The Eggs Album ‘Forwards’, Special edition is out now. New single ‘Nothing’ – October 16th.
