Twitter Interview: J. Willgoose, Esq

@hotpress: Greetings J. If you had to do an impromptu global public service broadcast right now, what would it be?
@Jwillgoose_Esq: That’s a tough one. I guess it would be a fairly wishy-washy liberal appeal for peace and tolerance etc...
@hotpress: Good answer. We’d probably just broadcast an episode of Rainbow or something, because we’re cool that way.
@Jwillgoose_Esq: That would be a good bet.
@hotpress: Your band reworks public service films – and more besides – to music. Could those films make a comeback in modern times?
@Jwillgoose_Esq: They’ve lost the captive audience that they once had. I remember being shepherded into school assemblies to watch some fairly horrific films.
@hotpress: Inspiring.
@Jwillgoose_Esq: Psychologically scarring, really.
@hotpress: Your drumming companion, Wrigglesworth, has no first name. Explain.
@Jwillgoose_Esq: He’s basically like Pelé, just one of those maverick people. He’s got a bit of Brazilian in him, I think. He has a litany of names!
@hotpress: Do you often argue about subject matter?
@Jwillgoose_Esq: Luckily, he tends to just hit things! You should see his face when he gets asked a question about archive footage or anything like that.
@hotpress: What footballer can we compare you to, then?
@Jwillgoose_Esq: Thomas Brolin, in his later years when he played for Crystal Palace. He still kind of had it upstairs but it wasn’t really happening.
@hotpress: Your press release lists Ed Byrne as a fan. Are you friends?
@Jwillgoose_Esq: I’ve exchanged tweets with him. He was spotted having a dance at our Cambridge gig and he’s mentioned us a few times. Good on him!
@hotpress: We can probably upgrade him to ‘super fan’.
@Jwillgoose_Esq: He did say we were his favourite band of the moment. I’m not sure how long the moment lasted, though...
@hotpress: You recently toured with the Manic Street Preachers.
@Jwillgoose_Esq: They really made us feel at home. Nicky Wire came into our dressing-room after the first support slot and handed us a bottle of champagne.
@hotpress: When you saw him poke his head through the door, did you think, “Oh Christ, what did we do wrong?”
@Jwillgoose_Esq: Ha! No, I just thought, “Oh bloody hell, it’s Nicky Wire! Play it cool, play it cool...”

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