The Gandhis
What's on your rider?Toffee pops.
What would be on your fantasy rider?Foreign meat.
What's your pre-gig ritual/ routine?Walking around whatever town we're in while Aidan looks for a gourmet sandwich.
How do you get to the gig – limo, taxi, walking?We drive ourselves, which usually involves getting lost and asking for directions.
What's the best gig you've been to?Radiohead, Malahide Castle. Only decided to go the night before and they were incredible.
And the worst?Arcade Fire, Electric Picnic. So disappointing after the amazing O2 show.
Who is the most famous person to have shown up at one of your gigs?Minty from EastEnderswas at our soundcheck.
Most embarrassing on-stage moment?Drunkenly chasing a plectrum off the stage mid-song.
What's your crowd-pleasing number? Primrose Lane.
Chatting between songs – good or bad?Off the cuff and natural is good.
Groupies. Would you?Mmm, next question.
How many roadies does it take to change your lightbulbs (ie, how big is your entourage)?It's usually just the four of us.
Have you a special stage wardrobe?For a brief period we had four matching multi- coloured cricket cardigans. Thankfully that's in the past.
Any useful stage tips?Never wear matching multicoloured cricket jumpers.
What's the worst thing ever thrown at you?A drunk 16- year-old girl flashing the audience while her dad was in the crowd. Should never have kissed her.
What's your best tour story?There are a few contenders, but the one that takes the biscuit has to be from a recent tour with a fairly high-profile Irish act. We finished our last night of the tour and there was an aftershow get-together at the hotel. There was one single girl and a herd of lads sniffing around, so you can imagine the testosterone in the room.
This girl hadn’t been at our show, and was getting more than close to the main act’s drummer so it wasn’t looking good. Anyway, the singsong rolls out and after a couple of rounds our boy pulls out the big guns, and after the song she drags him back to the room leaving the other lad stranded. Rescued from the furnace! Attaboy.
In conversation with TONY CLAYTON-LEA.The Gandhis support Bipolar Empire in Dublin on Sunday night
