Interview for Double Page Spread

As ‘The Goodtimes’ entered our studio, like their onstage personna, they seemed intimidating but we saw through their stern looks immeadiately. Full of laughter and smiles and ready to share their thoughts with us we proceeded with the interview. The Goodtimes consist of 4 boys; James, 23, Luke 25, Dan, 21 & Kieran, 22. All hailing from Essex, the boys appear to be both happy and proud of this, “Essex is our home county. We’re proud of where we come from and always will be,” says James. It is clear to see the boys have a fun-loving and happy attitude, but can also talk business and they take their music very seriously. Luke tells us, “We knew from when we were very young we wanted to be musicians and our family has always encouraged us to. We don’t let anything hold us back and we have a lot of determination and drive to succeed! We’re so lucky that Ben Boot found us and realised we had potential. I can speak on behalf of the whole band when I say that we are eternally greatful!” At this moment the boys all nod in unison and continue to tell us about being discovered. Kieran says, “We were playing a gig at the Enterprise in Camden and a couple of hours before we were scheduled to play we heard that someone big was coming. We could NOT believe it when we found out that Ben Boot was going to be watching us. As a band we respect him so much and have always said if we had half the amount of success that he has then we’d be more than happy! Completely shitting ourselves we walked onto stage, both terrified and excited. It wasn’t for weeks until we found out if he’d liked us or saw some potential in the band. When we got the phone call from Ben Boot himself we couldn’t believe it. He told us that he saw something special in the band and he invited us down to his personal studio to lay down some tracks and see whether, according to him, we ‘had it’ or not.” At this point , Halfway through the interview we stopped the boys and asked them, “The three of you look very similar, how weird is that?!” They all looked at one another and roared with laughter as we looked dazed and confused. Dan says, “We’re brothers. Well, not all of us! Luke, James & I. Kieran is of absolutely no relation to us but he’s bloody good at playing the drums to we decided to let him in the band, we don’t really like him that much in all honesty,” he adds sarcastically. We ask the boys how they would describe their genre of music and they all reply with different answers, James says, “It’s exciting and fresh. We’re not saying we’re the best band in the world but we feel we should get some recognition for what we’re doing. I’m definitely not the best singer in the world but what I lack in lyrical tone I make up for in spirit and drive!” Luke tell us,“I would say we’re a mix of completely different things, a bit of indie, alternative, rock and sometimes acoustic. I don’t think as an artist you should label yourself. Make your music the best you can and just hope that people like it!”The lads all seemed to agree with this and smiled at one another. Overall, the boys seemed willing to learn and extremely grateful for what has been given to them. It is definitely fair to say they have worked extremely hard to get where they are today and will continue to do so in the future. The Goodtimes tell us that if they become very successful in what they do they will remain down to earth and humble (Yes, James too..) The boys are continuing to gig around LDN and Essex and are soon realeasing their EP called ‘Hits to make,Hearts to break’. Their debut single is called ‘1984’ and will appear on shop floors in early December. Get your copy, they’re guna be big!