As you may or may not know, the ridiculously talented Stereo Kicks lads headlined their very own show at the O2 Academy Islington on Saturday, with Showcase Live. We kid you not when we say the gig was one of the best things weād ever seen and heard. Like seriously, we just wish there was a way to relive it. If onlyā¦
We had the pleasure of chatting to the lads backstage before the show kicked off. We kinda heard them before we saw themā¦ by that we donāt mean a load of rowdy lad banter as youād expect (although there was a big ass dollop of that too.) There was actually a rather tuneful hum of vocal warm-ups coming from their dressing room, we thought about bursting into the room and slotting right in there with their beautiful harmony. Then we remembered weāre tone deaf and it probs wouldnāt go down too wellā¦
Ā Hi guys are we excited for tonightās show? HOW excited are we?!
Jake:Ā Buzzinā!
Casey: Itās our first headline gig so weāre really happy and excited about it ā we canāt wait!
Jake: Weāve been working so hard this week doing everything from choreography to learning brand new original songs and re-mastering covers, we canāt wait to show everyone what weāve been working on.
Casey: Some of the songs are quite different to what weāve done before.
Sounds like youāve been busy! What sort of songs are we going to hear?
Jake: A range, obviously we had the songs on the show which were set with certain themes, so weāve gone away and worked on our sound a little bit
Tom: Itās very dynamic our set, weāve got a lot in it!
Have you got a pre-show ritual at all?
James: We just sort of mess aboutā¦
Barclay: We just sit here and take the mick out of each other.
(The lads then all broke into another rather tuneful vocal warm-up!)
Sounds beautiful!
Tom: Thatās what we do ā we screwed that up on Big Brother last night!
Charlie: How was that so good this time?!
What else have you been up to since leaving X Factor?
Chris: We had a bit of time to just go home and rest, chill with family and stuff, and then start to prep ourselves for the tour as itās only around the corner. So weāve basically been getting ready for that and the show this week.
Have you got any surprises in store for tour? Can you let us in on any secrets?
James: We might bring in some dancing maybeā¦
We like the sound of dancing! There are a lot of you in the band already, if you could add one more member, anyone in the world, who would it be?
Tom: Will Ferrell
James: Eddie Murphy
Casey: Harry Styles
Chris: Louis Walsh
Charlie: Richard Branson
Okay, bit of a range thereā¦ we all know Stevi Ritchie loves a good Harvester, what would you pick from the menu yourselves?
Jake: The biggest cheeseburger you can get
Casey: Rocky road
James: Just a pudding Casey?! Interestingā¦
Chris: Iāve never even been to the Harvester
Have you not?!
Tom: Chris has never even been to Thorpe Park!
Thatās disappointing Chris!
Chris: Itās the ladsā fault for not showing me aroundā¦
If you guys were in a girl band what would you call yourselves?
All: POWERPUFF GIRLS!
Reece: Stereo Chicks
Yes Stereo Chicks ā love that! Whatās on your iPod at the moment, what are you listening to?
Jake: Justin Bieber
Tom: Oh godā¦
James: R. Kelly
Charlie: A Great Big World
Barclay: Iāve been listening to the South Park soundtrackā¦
Tom: Give us a rendition
Barclay: All the songs have very violent swear words in
Tom: Okay ā donāt give us a songā¦
What is one thing each of you couldnāt live without?
Jake: Mines got to be my phone
Tom: Dominoes
Barclay: Mine is probably my phone as well
James: Ketchup
Casey: My toy helicopter
Barclay: Ahh yeah, heās an absolute nightmare with that!
Reece: Mine would be Nutella
Chris: Headphones
Charlie: Technically it would be airā¦
Barclay: What?! Technically it would be air?!
Tom: Thereās always one isnāt thereā¦
Youāve got some pretty impressive hair going on, everyone probably asks this, but itās got to be doneā¦who takes the longest to style it?
Chris: Itās not me anymore ā it used to be!
Charlie: Iāve got to say Jamesā¦actually I would say Casey, but he doesnāt bother anymore
Barclay: No, Casey doesnāt really take long
How long do you take to style it?
James: Ten minutes?
Chris: Five minutes
Really?!
Casey: Yeah! Chris gets out of bed and his hair is doneā¦
What can we expect to see from you after X Factor tour?
Casey: You just never know, this is a Tom questionā¦ *laughs*
Tom: Well like Casey said you just donāt know, but our goal would be a deal, and obviously doing stuff like the show tonight. We just want to show we work hard and itās another chance to showcase what we can do. Hopefully someone will give us a bit of direction after the tour if we work hard!
Weāll be looking out for stuff from you guys! Weāve got a few questions in from Twitter for youā¦@caitlynbaily10 asked whatās your most embarrassing memory as a kid?
Barclay: Charlie, do you want to take this one, as you are still a kid?
Charlie: Ooohh shut-up Barclayā¦
Barclay: His voice just cracked!
All: * laugh *
Jake: Iāve actually got an embarrassing childhood memory, itās horribleā¦
Casey: When you dressed up as a girl?
Jake: No, I embraced that. Basically, when I was younger, for some weird reason I was naked having a wee on the floor
Casey: How old were you?
Jake: About six months?
Tom: What?! You were standing up?!
Jake: No, just on the floorā¦ and for some weird reason, weāre not an incest family or anything, but they took a picture, and this picture right, you see it as soon as you walk into the house, right there!
No way?!
Jake: Yeah, so every time somebody walked into my nans house they would see a picture of me having a piss on the floorā¦
Love it ā pretty embarrassingā¦ Next a question from @ell1299, she asks can you choose one word to describe each of you.
Barclay: Ā Legend
Chris: Banter King
Casey: Whaaatttt thatās two words! So one for everyone ā Chris would beā¦cringe. Jake ā naughty. Tom ā sensible. Barclay ā dopey. Jamesā¦itās a weird oneā¦so Iād say weird, but heās a good weird, heās just very in his own world ā crazy!
Chris: Casey ā trier.
All: * laugh *
Casey: Okay, okayā¦ Charlie ā baby kick and Reeceā¦
Charlie: Baby kick is two words mate
All: * laugh *
Casey: Reece, umm lairy
Tom: Chris is the assassin, the assassin of banter, he kills every type of banter
Got to love a bit of banter! Well thanks very much for speaking to us guys, and good luck with tonightās show!
All: Thanks!
There you have it; youāve now learnt just that little bit more about the Stereo Kicks boys. Weāre pretty darn excited to see some more stuff from them in the near future, but in the meantimeā¦whoās heading to X Factor tour to see their beautiful faces?!