The Bishops

Mike (Singer & Guitar), Pete (Bass Guitar) and Chris (Drums)

Interview with The Bishops

- How did you guys meet?

 

Mike : Wefve been playing together since around the end of 2002, so itfs been about 4 years since we formed this band. Pete and I used to live in Barbican and we met Chris in a local pub.

 

Chris : I was working there and I got close to the local people there. Then I got introduced to them. We did some jam session at some point, and we made our first song at the end of 2002.

 

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- Did you have any names that you would have liked to have been called apart from the Bishops?

 

Mike : Yeah actually, there was this band that Chris and I were doing, and we were going to call ourselves the same name but we didnft.

 

Chris : We didnft because in the end, the Bishop Brothers are the face of this band.

 

- What sort of sound are you influenced by the most past and present?

 

Pete : We are obviously influenced by the Beatles, the Kinks and those kind of bands from the 60s, and we are also into the 50s Rock fnf Roll sound. I really like Billy Childish as well. Mike especially like Blues singers, so the way he sings are quite Bluesy.

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Mike : Presently, we are influenced by the White Stripes, danceable kinds of rock.

 

Pete : I went to collage with Charlie from the Rumble Strips, the vocal guy, and Vincent Vincent and the Villains. We are quite close each other fro that reason and I have some influences by them as well.

 

Chris : And maybe a bit of Heavy Metal influence? Ha ha.

 

- Really?! I didnft recognize those heavy metal influences in your music!

 

Pete : No you wonft recognize it, but we do have some influences from them.

 

Mike : About 2% of our music has got those. Ha ha.

 

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- What were you doing before forming the band?

 

Mike : I was studying business at uni and Pete was doing art, so he was a painter.

Chris : I was in a band in Scotland but I moved down to London on my own wanting to form a band as I felt London would be the best place to get involved in UK music scene.

 

- What do you like to do when you are not doing music?

 

Pete : I like to go to the gallery as there are so many good galleries in London. Also I like to go to record shops, to play records at home and to catch up with my friends.

Mike : I usually do some catching-up with my friends as well as wefve been busy touring around Europe recently, and there few friends that I havenft seen for a while.

Chris : Ahc I like sleeping and drinking. Ha ha. I slept until 5pm last Sunday.

 

- Could you introduce the other members of the band? Could you describe what kind of people they are?

 

Pete : Chris is a great drummer and hard worker as well. Hefs laid-back and good fun. Hefs obviously not in the majority of being an actual Bishop! I guess it must be difficult sometimes, but wefve developed some kind of telepathy between us and he now really understands.

other. Hefs a hard-worker as well and helps me a lot.

Chris : They (Mike and Pete) are really gentlemen and good fun. They are really sensitive as well.

Mike : About Pete, we are twins but wefve got quite different personalities to each other. Hefs a hard-worker as well and helps me a lot.

- Where do you see yourselves as a band in one years time? What sort of things would you like to have achieved within the music industry?

 

Pete : Wefd like to be working on our second album, and, hopefully, we would have been to Japan as a band.

 

Mike : We really want to go to Japan because we hear so many stuff about Japan being interesting. Also wefd like to play in America. Two places in particular. Japan and America.

 

Pete : I wouldnft like to make any predictions yet in case they donft happen!

 

Written by Mai Matsuoka
     

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