Culture Most Wanted.
One’s company, two’s a crowd, and three’s a PARTY!!!”
Myth or not, musicians have gained the reputation of being extremely gifted when it comes to partying. Christmas, a time of year which delivers us with opportunities a-plenty to gather with work mates and loved ones (or not so loved ones) for revelry and debauched antics, has arrived. So shrug off your stresses and swap your metaphorical work hat for your naughty party headgear and take advantage of your well earned time off ! While I’ve been urging you to get on it , it takes a bit of goading to get me into the Xmas spirit of things. To gear up for the festive fun I thought I’d pick the brains of some of the aforementioned party experts and gain inspiration and tips on how to put on a stonking good night.
Despite fully encouraging these wild group celebrations, I also wanted to check that these hardworking Sound-smiths have a sufficient amount of time set aside to recoup over the Xmas period – after-all, we need ensure they have the energy to continue treating our ears in 2012….
Sean Smith, The Blackout
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
No party is complete without hearing “Jump Around” by House of Pain. That’s not my opinion, it’s stone cold fact!
Party essentials?
Friends, music & fun. Everything else is an optional extra!
What is on your Christmas Wish-list?
Money. I’m in dire need of money. Send money! Please for the love of god send me money!
Plans for Christmas?
Hopefully spend it with my girlfriend. Or as I’ve done for the last 6 Xmas’ spend the morning playing bingo with my dad and my brother in Merthyr Labor Club.
New Years Resolution?
Get mo’ money! Be nicer! Don’t die!
Matt Barnes, You Me At Six
Your Party track?
‘Turn off the Lights’ by Steel Panther is a must have party classic for us, every time we listen to it people lose their minds after a few beverages.
Party essentials?
A good party is plenty of booze, boobs, strobe lights, fire breathers, and loud choons.
What is on your Christmas Wish-list?
On my Xmas list I actually have a Lego VW Campervan, its over 1500 pieces and I hope I get it because if I do my Christmas day is sorted!
Plans for Christmas?
Plans for Xmas this year is to chill, we haven’t had Christmas off for the past 3 years so I plan on doing a lot of nothing… Apart from drinking of course
New Years Resolution?
No one sticks to new years resolutions… POINTLESS.
Rob Damiani, Don Broco
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Rihanna – What’s My Name? Because it always gets me hyped and has the perfect tempo to get my grind on. Also always funny hearing everyone try doing the Drake verse and not knowing the words so just making weird noises.
What makes a good party for you?
Good friends, good music, good drink, someone getting it on in a bedroom/ bathroom / secret spot and me and my mates running in on them.
What is on your Xmas list?
Some new big chunky headphones as I’ve lost all my pairs of normal sized in ear ones. ‘Beats by Dr.Dre’ I hear are meant to be alright. Am currently on a pair I got free with my phone where the jack doesn’t fit in the input so it sounds like the track is skipping every 5 seconds when it slips out. Not ideal.
Plans for Xmas?
Just got back from a trip to Hamburg with the lads. Would recommend the ‘Miniature Wonderland’ (Hamburg’s No.1 Tourist Attraction) to anyone going (seriously!) Actual Xmas day with the family.
New Years Resolution?
Finish Don Broco’s debut album and be very successful.
Joe, Swound
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
WWE Wrestling theme tunes have become a bit of a pre-gig ritual for us on our current tour with Electric Six so I’d have to say D-Generation X’s entrance music just because it’s the best one. If you have no idea what I’m talking about you can SUCK IT! Not really, I just wanted to get in their signature phrase in this paragraph. We might look really cool, but we aren’t. I’m wearing a Stone Cold Steve T-Shirt right now.
Party Essentials?
A 52 turn game of Mario Party 7 for the Game-cube would probably be the ultimate party for us. It takes about 6 hours to play and by the end of it you have usually lost all your friends and the will to live. We enhance the experience by eating lots of crisps. It’s all stereotypical stuff that a rock band get up too I guess.
What is on your Christmas Wish-list?
I would like a Vac Man action figure. He’s the nemesis of Stretch Armstrong and came to earth from a galaxy far away. Not only can you stretch him but you can also suck all the air out him (with the included pump) so that he goes all stiff. We had one when we were younger but he eventually popped because we played with him and sucked him too much and this rank glue-like liquid came out of his hole.
Plans for Christmas?
Playing with Vac Man.
New Years Resolution?
Not to break Vac Man.
Lady Chann
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
I always get hyped when Major Lazers ‘Pon Di Floor’ comes on.
Party Essentials?
Varied selection of music, good mates, good vibes, a great cheap bar (preferably a free bar haha!) And a decent venue.
What is on your Christmas Wish-list?
A Mac Book pro 15″.
Plans for Christmas?
I’m looking forward to just chilling out with my mum, brother and daughter and mates.. And getting a lot of rest and eating till I moan about how many lbs I’ve put on! Lol!
New Years Resolution?
To be on time!
What is your party track?
Party Hard by Andrew WK, or any Limp Bizkit.
Party Essentials?
lots of JD and everyone i love under one roof
What is on your Xmas list
A new P.A for our band practice room and a dinosaur, but one of these is unlikely !
Plans for Christmas?
Im going to see my old’s and drink with my mates after, well fingers crossed.
New Years Resolution?
Live each day like its my last 
The Tricks
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
If I was going to give a cool answer it would be Julian Casablancas ‘I Wish it was Christmas Today’… but if I was being honest, it would actually be Wham! ‘Last Christmas’.
What makes a good party for you?
Well, an excellent buffet is very, very important… don’t be stingy and go to Iceland though, your guests will ALWAYS be able to tell. A good selection of beverages; not just lager… I want to mix my drinks horrendously. Scotch, Port, Mulled Wine and eggnog.
What is on your xmas list?
Socks. The average person may feel aggrieved to receive socks for Christmas but I, on the other hand, LOVE socks. The more lurid the better.
Plans for Xmas?
My plan is to put on at least a couple of stone in weight and grow an incredibly large beard.
New Years Resolution?
To lose the weight I’ve put on over Christmas and have a shave.
New Years Resolution?
To lose the weight I’ve put on over Christmas and have a shave.
Dead Wolf Club
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Daft Punk Harder,Faster,stronger, better and Kim Wilde Kids in America
What makes a good party for you?
Fireworks
What is on your xmas list?
-Black Dobro, Super Mario Land, Chestnuts, Tangerines, Wool, Party Poppers, Champagne, Crackers
Plans for Xmas?
Hibernating, tickling and knitting
New Years Resolution?
Be Excellent to everyone and try to be a better person
www.svcrecords.co.uk/artist_dead_wolf_club.html (their debut self-titled album is out on Feb 1st on Scene Not Herd Records)
Trev, Dog Is Dead (photo credit Aideen Shannon)
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Party hard – Andrew wk because it makes everyone party hard.
What makes a good party for you?
Friendly people cheap or free booze. Distinctive location eg: pine forest, cave, hidden beach
What is on your xmas list?
Personally I’ve asked for a new coat. This christmas will be the 4th year running that I will wear my current one.
Plans for Xmas?
24th – pub with DiD lads hopefully maybe some other friends aswell
25th- spend with extended family in a very cramped house.
New Years Resolution?
New years res. Prepare myself more for when I go on tour. Eg: foriegn plug adapters, Berocca etc….
Lee Cooper, The Hush
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Jimmy Eat World – The Middle.This is a perfect party song, it isn’t a real party if this song isn’t played at least 3 times in the night..
What makes a good party for you?
Having all your good friends in one room bouncing conversations off each other, plenty of drink and good music. pretty standard.
What is on your xmas list?
On my Xmas list this year I have a lot of boring studio Equipment that I need for the new year & bits and bobs for my car! Exciting eh?
Plans for Xmas?
Mainly Seeing my Family as a lot of them don’t live near me, so its a big thing in our house when it comes to Christmas, also lots of traveling and spending time with the guys planning 2012!
New Years Resolution?
I Actually don’t really have one this year, but if I had to choose it would be eating more healthily, my diet is horrendous I’m surprised I’m not 30 stone
Lackie, We Were Promised Jetpacks
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Ike and Tina Turner – Nut Bush City Limits… listen to it and you tell me why it shouldn’t be on your party playlist – I bet you can’t think of a reason because it’s a party classic!
What makes a good party for you?
A good party for me is when my really annoying, super sensitive neighbours don’t make a noise complaint… and Nut Bush City Limits is blaring out of the speakers… simple.
What is on your xmas list?
I’m trying to keep fit and healthy so I’m getting a bike for Christmas… I feel like I’m 12 again, waiting on Santa to bring me my new bike! It’s exciting.
Plans for Xmas?
The Christmas plans are simple in the Lackie household, It’ll just be my parents and little brother at the house this year. My mum makes a mean asparagus soup every year!
Boxing day is when it all kicks off though. This year everyone will be coming round to my flat with their leftover Christmas dinners, Christmas jumpers and as much drink as they can ‘borrow’ from their parents and we will be betting on the football all day, before having our big Christmas night out!
New Years Resolution?
Get out my bed at a reasonable time, if only once.
www.wewerepromisedjetpacks.com
Mark Austin, The Minutes
What song is a must for your party play-list and why?
Burn the witch QOTSA — proper devil time partttty tune .
What makes a good party for you?
Good party is with yer mates .. Wherever it is so long as you got your mates its gonna be bangin.
What is on your xmas list?
A nice three piece sui . A big Gibson acoustic geetarrr and an acre of weed.
Plans for Xmas?
Xmas will involve food food food . Beer family .. Tv . And Bob Dylans xmas record on the player.
New Years Resolution?
I’m resolute as it is. No new resolution .. I am what I am!
Have a wonderful Xmas
From your Music and Fashion Editor xxx Sophie
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Sophie Eggleton
After finishing her Fine Art degree Sophie went on to gain experience within the fashion teams of UK magazines Eve, Glamour, Elle, First and Vogue . She then spent time as a stylist assistant for publications including NME and Easy Living, then combined her art background with fashion at Alexander McQueen, as an artwork assistant. She currently freelances as a Music/fashion journalist writing for online and print publications including The Guardian, Disappear Here, Bring The Noise, FASHIONMUSICSTYLE, Stylebible, Guestlist as well as LDNfashion twitter. North, South, East or West? South High Class or Common or Garden? In the middle of Common and High Class Clothes or Culture? Both of course! Visiting a gallery in your finest outfit for instance! My best night out ever made me feel... Like I was lucky to be alive...but that cocktails aren't always my friend
After finishing her Fine Art degree Sophie went on to gain experience within the fashion teams of UK magazines Eve, Glamour, Elle, First and Vogue . She then spent time as a stylist assistant for publications including NME and Easy Living, then combined her art background with fashion at Alexander McQueen, as an artwork assistant. She currently freelances as a Music/fashion journalist writing for online and print publications including The Guardian, Disappear Here, Bring The Noise, FASHIONMUSICSTYLE, Stylebible, Guestlist as well as LDNfashion twitter. North, South, East or West? South High Class or Common or Garden? In the middle of Common and High Class Clothes or Culture? Both of course! Visiting a gallery in your finest outfit for instance! My best night out ever made me feel... Like I was lucky to be alive...but that cocktails aren't always my friend
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