The Who Boys

July 26, 2006





*Name: The Who Boys

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: No. We used to do original tracks under the name Normal, which we then changed to McGovern, then briefly the Whoevermen, until we thought 'Oh what's the point? We da Whoboys!!!'

*Do you use a pseudonym? No.

*Members: Mark Rathmell, Giles Hearn and Brian Coleman.

*Founding Member: We started/joined/remained in existing bands in the order of Mark Rathmell, Brian Coleman, and then Giles Hearn

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: Digital crimes. With love.

*Another genre descriptor: 'Ardcoredigitalnoisewithabirrovatunetoityouluckybastards - somesampledsomeoriginalyouevenluckierbastards'

*Why you use this descriptor: 6 cans of Stella while we listened to our tunes. Well, would you blame us? It was TUESDAY!

*Location: We're based in London...the shitty areas.

*Original Location: Mark and Giles are from up north (England), Brian is from the US.

*What is your creative/artistic background: We were rock musicians, inspired by 60s psychedelia and mod, who fell in love with drum n bass and dub.

*History: About 4 years.

*Born: Ah well, that's for us to know and you to wonder! Estimated ages: Giles: 55, Rathmell: 8, and Coleman: 34.

*Motivations: Love of music, hatred of big record labels and pop charts that operate like rigged card games. Excitement. Fun. Beats watching telly, forever. Creativity. You'll never know, baby, you'll never know. The sky's the limit. You'll never know if you don't try. Do it NOW.

*Philosophy: Do what is least expected and make it sound wonderful, or, failing that, outrageous. Which is maybe sometimes the same thing. We're all very exciting people, really. Our lives are maybe more interesting than our music. One of us is a convicted fraudster and failed playwright, another a gambling addict with SEVEN sons, the other a homeless alcoholic - he comes up with all the concepts.

*How would you like to be remembered: As the nutters who made the track that we conceived our first (and hopefully only) child to.

*Web address: www.whoboys.com