Magazine Article 2nd Draft

My first album

Blink-182 – ‘Enema of the state’

“I think the first album I brought was blink-182’s ‘enema of the state’. I was 11 and my friends had it and I just liked every single song. I’d listen to that album 100 times before I brought it and I had to have it myself. If it came on and I was totally wasted now, I’d totally love every minute of it. I haven’t listened to it for a long time though. Maybe I’ll listen to it when I get home…”

My first gig

Stingray, Glastonbury, 2011

‘The lead singer was my IT teacher from school, and then he dropped out of school to be in Stingray full time. I thought he was a genius and a god. He was the first person I met who gave up everything to do music. He owns the place where we practices now and we’re good mates, but back then he was our teacher so when we saw him onstage it was like, ‘you are so cool, Mr. Hampton.”

The first song I fell in love with

‘Akuna Mutate’ from the lion king

“It’d be ‘Hakuna Matata’. I had an argument with someone recently and realized my entire worldview come from ‘Hakuna Matata’ “no worries for the rest of your days/it’s a problem free philosophy”. That’s it. That attitude to life is really refreshing and it’s something I try to sustain even 17 years after watching the film.”

My favorite lyric

The Beatles – ‘she loves you’

“It’d probably be something like ‘she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah’. Four of the simplest song words, but just done really well.”

My favorite film

Step Brothers

“Has to be stepbrothers, I personally think it is 1 of the funniest films around I have it on DVD and I have seen it roughly around 15 times in the last year or 2.”

My favorite sport

“I have many favorite sports including football, rugby, golf, cricket, I enjoy watching and playing all these sports, I was born into a sporty family with my dad and my brother both playing cricket and football at a high level, I have played for England under 19s for cricket which was a good experience, I am also a massive Manchester United fan with a season ticket, but currently my music is taking over my life!”