Out of all the new bands coming on to the scene, which ones do you like most?
Mark
I really don’t like music that’s coming from all these new Coldplay's like Keane, I’m not saying they are bad song writers – just from a personal point of view – it bores me after a while.
I’m a bit out of touch at the moment. I like Lostprophets – they’re good, and I like Snow Patrol. I can’t really answer the question as I don’t really know what’s out
Marc
What do you think of the Darkness?
Mark
I’m over the Darkness. They have been and gone, I don’t think they can survive doing the same thing – they need to evolve in some way. They don’t have the time to move on like Queen – personally I’m just bored of it already. It’s entertaining and its obviously good to think that the reason why they might survive or not is on how good their album is going to be – if it’s a sh*t album they won’t survive, if it’s a good album they will get away with it.
Marc
What did you think of their album "Permission to Land"?
Mark
I like the singles that came out so I went and bought the record, but those are the ones I tend to listen to – I kind of skip over the rest.
Marc
What are the aims of success for the new album?
Mark
It doesn’t matter how much of a leap up the ladder it is, as long as it is a move up and not a step back. I don’t think this record is a step back, I think it is a natural progression in terms of where Feeder are heading. I think it will do well, I think it will do better than ‘Comfort In Sound’.
Marc
When you won the Best British Act at the Kerrang Awards – how did that feel?
Mark
I was in the toilet!!!!I waited all night! I waited as long as I could, as long as I could, as long as I could and I thought ‘Oh f**k I’m gonna have to go to the toilet!!’. I went to the toilet, came back and Grant was on stage! I walked back and Matt, my manger, was like ‘Get on stage!!’. I was like ‘No, just let me sit down’ and he was like ‘NO! Get on stage!’. So I kind of like walked up on stage the wrong way and like tripped over Jodie Marsh’s boob!. It was horrible! But obviously fantastic for the band!
Marc
What’s the first single and album you bought?
Mark
The first single I bought was ‘Run to the Hills’ by Iron Maiden and the first album I bought was by Genesis which had Phil Collins on lead vocals.