1. How did Drag Your Heels come into existence?
Lucy: Well Tommy was in a couple of bands already, and he used to send me stuff that he'd recorded to see what I thought. I'd known him a couple of years but hadn't actually mentioned the fact that I wrote songs or wanted to sing (I was ridiculously shy about it for a long time - I never told anyone!) But then one time I just got pretty drunk and admitted that I'd written lyrics to an instrumental that he'd recorded for his (then) band Cold Shoulder. Seriously, it was like I 'came out' as a singer! All very dramatic haha. After that we started writing together, played an open mic night, and then decided to make it a proper band.
Tommy: We initially recorded two covers - Great Big Kiss by the Shangri-Las and Gyspy Death And You by the Kills. When my previous band came to an end, we decided to make it a proper project and started writing and gigging pretty much straight away.
2. What are your influences?
L: We both have a mutual ground in music that came out of the 60s and 70s. My favourite band of all time are Blondie who we finally saw live this month, at the Indigo2. I go through phases of listening to one particular album on loop on my ipod, and at the moment it's their Eat To The Beat album. Blondie aside, I love the Shangri-Las, New York Dolls, Patti Smith... In terms of modern bands, it has to be the Kills, hands down. All of their albums have been great.
T: Musically, I'm mainly influenced by 70's rock n roll - T. Rex, Iggy and the Stooges, New York Dolls, Blondie, Johhny Thunders and the Heartbreakers etc. And non musically by alcohol and leather jackets - I play better in leather!
3. Describe your sound in 5 words.
L: Raw. Meaty. Sophisticated. Trashy. Passionate.
T: Vintage rock and roll with a cherry on top... Yeah that's more than five words isn't it!
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4. How do your live shows go?
T: People dance and jump up and down. And I say stupid things on stage.
L: We get drunk and play! Ha no, we're professionals really... a little dutch courage, some sparkle, a pair of kick ass platform heels (me only, I have to say) and we just try to have fun, get the crowd dancing and not take ourselves too seriously. We're lucky that the crowd always seem to be really nice - they'll actively find you after the gig and tell you that they were into it which is obviously really encouraging.
5. Do Drag Your Heels have any plans for releases and/or tours in the near future?
T: Yeah, at the moment we're writing new material and looking to record an ep in the near future.
L: And we'll be releasing Creatures around Halloween time - we've always said it's destined to be on the soundtrack of a budget horror movie so Halloween is pretty appropriate. We're currently in rehearsals with a new line up (we sacked the drum machine - it's all about humans now) and will be gigging in and around London very soon so keep an eye on our myspace and/or twitter!
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