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SAM (Sheffield's Alternative Magazine) May 1997 My oh MYRO Liquid's hot signing, Myro talk to SAM about beer, britpop and Uncle Kenny's harmonica playing. Words: Rugrat It's Saturday afternoon and the sunniest day of the year so far. It seems a shame to have to be indoors, especially doing a band rehearsal, but Myro have the added bonus that they are rehearsing in a pub! "Uncle Kenny is a top guy, he's let us rehearse in the Boardwalk for the day, mind you we let him play harmonica on the album." Joe C. explains. Myro are an odd combination. If you've ever witnessed the intensity of one of their gigs or tried to categorise what their music is about you will already know this. They have spent the last two months attempting to capture this magic on their debut album on Liquid Records, 'Let's Go Distortion Kids' due out on June 30th. They recently returned to gigging to warm up for the album's launch. "The Britpop thing is just boy bands incessantly wearing their influences on their sleeve." Frontman Jon says, "But we hide our influences well". "We're musical tank-top wearers!" pipes in bassist Jake. So again, what is the Myro sound? "We're not rock, more pop than rock." Joe the drummer answers. "We do try to attack at right angles" adds Jake. "We all dictate the sound", Joe continues. "A lot of bands have one person who's dominant, who imposes their influences. But with us everyone likes different stuff. We've got a Goth, an eighties guitar bloke (laughter), Jon's left field weird stuff like the Residents, Jake's into Led Zepplin, D.J. incubus does techno and I'm into dance and breakbeat stuff, and everyone's got a big a mouth as anybody else, there's no one domineering mouth who shouts eveyone else down."Yes there is!" shouts Mike. Then they begin to argue whos does and doesn't and prove their point entirely before breaking into fits of laughter. I think the beer is kicking in slightly so I wrap up the interview with a teaser. If you were the interviewer what would you ask yourselves? "Do you want a pint?" says Joe C It's a nice day outside, so I leave them to it..
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