What’s the best thing about Oppikoppi?
Andre: The vibe, the loyalty and the f*****g professionalism.
Chris: From a backstage point of view, the professionalism.
Andre: Just the way they run f*****g things.
Chris: But then front of house, the best thing is drinking in the heat and drinking in the cold [laughs].
What’s the strangest beast you’ve seen so far?
Jason: It’s our Sondag competition winner.
Chris: I think his name is Gareth Wilson.
Jason: Ja, Mr Gareth Wilson be the beast.
Which act are you most looking forward to seeing at Oppi?
Chris: Mango Groove. And like Deftones and stuff as well, but I think if Mango Groove starts playing, everyone is going to dance.
Andre: Mango Groove is going to kill it. They are going to take this Koppi, without a doubt.
Black Cat Bones won this year’s MK Award for Best Live Act. What do you think goes into a good live performance?
Chris: Everything you’ve got, man.
Andre: Everything.
Jason: It’s doing what we enjoy man, and we’ve been asked that question lots today. The reason we’re so good live is because we f*****g love what we do.
Chris: These are the songs we enjoy playing and we enjoy playing together. We have fun and there is a lot of energy. When we play there is no tomorrow, there is no hour from now, it’s all about then, there and now.
How does your live performance change in a festival setting as opposed to a more intimate gig?
Chris: We actually do cater very widely. We’ve got a great variety of songs at The Black Cat Bones. We can play songs where we literally don’t rock out at all. We’ve got acoustic evenings. Tomorrow at the top stage we are doing The Black Cat Bones: Deboned and it’s all soft and acoustic kind of songs.
Andre: It depends on the gig hey.
Chris: It’s completely different to a festival where it’s more like an explosion.
Andre: You have to be visual.
Chris: At a festival you also have to have a set that’s powerful and entertaining and grabs the audience straight away because if you lose them it only takes a split second for them to turn around and walk away, there is so much going on.
