Well I’ve been told by a couple of people that it's OBVIOUSLY a Kurt Cobain/Nirvana reference... that’s not true in the slightest...Taste Of Shotgun is the title of a poem by Bob Dylan from his book 'Tarantula'... I thought it would be an interesting band name.

Yeah we play live...That’s what a band does. I love it...very cathartic, you work all week then on the weekend get drunk and play rock and roll. Playing at Wath Festival was great -- a big gig for us... it was nice to play alongside people who are professionals, hahaha, I learned a lot of useless technical lingo -- I was like JUST PLUG IT IN AND I'LL PLAY!!!!

I think it’s good for getting new bands music out there... its not something I'm heavily into or involved with myself... you don't have to go out to gigs now to hear new bands I suppose but I LIKE doing that. So, next question...

Sure... I'm not one of these people that demonises the record industry...sure its full of phoneys who're just looking for 'the next big thing' …the next buncha good looking kids we can exploit but, c'mon... most of my heroes: Dylan, Springsteen, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, The Manics.. they all signed to Columbia... I guess as a band you want your music to be heard by as many people as possible and if that means signing to a major then so be it!

I describe our sound as Alt.Rock Folk Country Blues Punk... everything from The Clash, to Dylan, Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, The Sex Pistols, Velvet Underground... the list is almost endless....

The Charter Arms in Rotherham

Um, I use three electric guitars: Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster and then my Tanglewood acoustic... but I’m not really into the whole guitar fetishism... I subscribe to the opinion that it’s just a tool... If someone starts talking to me about what gauge strings I use, I tend to turn off.