Yonatan Gat of Monotonix
What’s on your rider?
Fruit, vegetables, Red Bull.
What’s your pre-gig ritual/ routine?
Stretching, not talking to each other.
How do you get to the gig – limo, taxi, walking?
To Dublin? We’re flying in and taking the bus!
What’s the best gig you’ve been to?
A lot of them. I liked Calvin Johnson in a small place called Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey; Torche in a warehouse in Austin; The Sonics in SXSW, 2009.
And the worst?
So many compete for that title.
Ecologically speaking, are you closer to Radiohead or Motörhead?
Motörhead, but we try not to use a lot of plastic.
Who is the most famous person to have shown up at one of your gigs?
One of the guys in Wu Tang Clan, maybe? Black Sabbath’s drummer’s son? Others were probably just famous guys we did support to.
Most embarrassing on-stage moment?
All of them.
What’s your crowd-pleasing number?
Ami shoving a microphone into his asshole. Always a winner.
How many roadies does it take to change your lightbulbs?
None, just us and a driver.
Have you a special stage wardrobe?
Always. We try to stay clean during the day. We all take 30-minute showers every day and use special conditioners. And the show gets dirty so we can’t wear the clothes we wear every day to the show.
Do you like to meet and greet fans after the gig?
I don’t mind it. We don’t hide backstage.
What’s the worst thing ever thrown at you?
Glass bottles – I really hate that. At a show in Milwaukee, Ami tipped a trash can on our drummer Haggai, and he played the rest of the show with a piece of lettuce from the trash on his shoulder. Haggai didn’t even notice.
Who’s invited to your aftershow party?
Groupies, roadies, midgets, lettuce.
In conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea. Monotonix play Crawdaddy, Dublin tonight
