TIGERTAILZ Guitarist Jay Pepper - "It's Understandable That People Will Always Identify With Your Image And Pigeonhole You Before They've Even Heard A Note Of Your Music"
June 2, 2011, 13 years ago
Sleaze Roxx has issued an interview with guitarist Jay Pepper and singer Kim Hooker of Welsh rockers TIGERTAILZ. The following is an excerpt:
Q: Tigertailz have been credited as being one of the definitive British glam metal acts. Is this something you still identify with?
Kim Hooker: "I never did identify with it, to be honest. I always thought we were just a heavy metal band. Our influences growing up were the likes of JUDAS PRIEST, ACCEPT and BLACK SABBATH. That's what I listened to, and that's what I still listen to."
Jay Pepper: "It's understandable that people will always identify with your image and pigeonhole you before they've even heard a note of your music. Luckily, this time round, I think we're changing people's perceptions of us. For example, we played Hard Rock Hell (in Prestatyn, Wales) three years in a row because people wanted to see us."
Kim Hooker: "When it comes to image, I just couldn't imagine being in a band and going on-stage at night looking exactly the same as I did when I arrived in the afternoon. There's nothing in that for me at all. Even bands like METALLICA have an image - they just have a different image from us. We've never considered not getting dressed up before a gig, and we never will."
Jay Pepper: "Yeah, it's entertainment! It's a theatric. When you go to see a show you don't expect to see people in jeans and t-shirts. A lot of fantastic bands do dress like that, but our deal is that you get a show - like it or not."
Read the complete interview at this location.
