E: The name Rumble Strips, that's the little noise strips at the side of the motorway, but who thought it would be a good name for a band?
T: Charlie thought that one up.
E: So you say Rumble Strips and want me to think... what?
T: Rumbly drums sound kinda thing... rumbly and seedy...
E: Sleazy?! I don't hear so well in that ear T: No no, seedy, like a strip joint.
E: There's quite a hoo-ha about Charlie leaving Vincent Vincent and the Villains for the Rumble Strips... how do you sleep at night?
T: Ah, this is where you need to understand Charlie was in both bands at the same time, and it just gets to a point where you get stretched so much that you have to choose one or the other. So we sleep fine.
E: What made Charlie choose Rumble Strips?
T: You'd probably have to ask him that, but Charlie sings and writes all the songs in this band, so it's more like his band.
E: The smallest tent gig at Glastonbury, did that actually happen?
T: It did yeah! It was in a four man or two man tent, Orange came up with the idea and said did we want to do the gig in a tent for two competition winners - these two girls had never heard of us before, but they'd won tickets to Glastonbury so were really chuffed, they enjoyed it.
E: Are the girls fans now?
T: They came to see us after when we were on stage so yeah, I think we won them over.
E: So you head to Glastonbury next year, what stage would you choose to play?
T: Ah, well, you know, it'd have to be the Pyramid Stage. That, or the John Peel Stage again, because that was great. Or Lost Vagueness.
E: Can you describe your music in three words?
T: Brassy. Rumbly. Pop.
E: Who would you most like to support or be supported by?
T: Nirvana would be on first and then us, then Queen. I think that'd be a cracking night out.
E: I'd come for sure.
T: We could maybe charge around £15 on the door.
E: All instruments in the world are about to be obliterated. You can save one via the hide-up-jumper method. You choose to save what?
T: The clarinet.
E: Why?
T: It's a life-long love affair for me and that instrument.
E: You say what to those who draw comparisons between you and the Dexys?
T: They haven't listened to some of our other songs.
E: So you're not just about the Dexys?
T: We aren't. No.
E: When you're 50 you'll be?
T: Hopefully putting down my fifth clarinet blues album, sitting back with my wife and kids counting the money.
E: A bunch of groupies are giving you the eye, who's going to buy them a drink?
T: Matt the drummer. He's a sleaze. Warn the girls of Bournemouth in your article.
E: I think they'll love it, to be honest.
T: (Laughs) Okay, so put the word out that he's pretty easy.
E: You'd be sold out in a second! Describe your upcoming gig at Kyps.
T: Hopefully it's going to be a glorious West Country homecoming event.
E: So you conquer the south, what next?
T: We'll play each corner of the UK, North East especially. And the Lake District.
E: Do you think there's a particularly wide audience in the Lake District?
T: Yeah, they're quite wide. Not all of them.
E: I say disco you say...
T: Where?!
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