What day is your birthday?
Chris: 3rd July 1986
Nico: 27th September 1988
Ben: 30th August 1987
Where were you born?
Chris: Manchester (UK )
Nico: Glasgow (Scotland)
Ben: Manchester (UK)
What is your astrological sign?
Chris: Cancer
Nico: Libra
Ben: Virgo
Who are your musical influences?
Chris, Nico and Ben: we're all huge fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2. We're also influenced by Green Day, Gorillaz and Linkin Park.
What is your all time favorite CD?
Chris: "Stadium Arcadium" - Red Hot Chili Peppers of course!
Nico: "Gorillaz" which is the first album of Gorillaz
Ben: "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" - U2
What is your all time favorite song?
Chris: "Dani California" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nico: "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
Ben: "American Idiot" - Green Day
What are your top songs currently on your Ipod?
Chris, Nico and Ben: "Glamorous" (Fergie featuring Ludacris), "The Sweet Escape" (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon), "What I've done" (Linkin Park), "It's not over" (Daughtry), "Read my mind" (The Killers), "Grace Kelly" (Mika), all the "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" by the RHCP, "Hysteria" (Muse), "Another one bites the dust" (Queen), "Gipsy eyes" (Jimy Hendrix), "Highway to Hell" (ACDC), "Cosmic Girl" (Jamiroquai), "Tonight, Tonight" (The Smashing pumpkins), "I Don't Know What's Going On" (The Cure), "Light My Fire" (The Doors), "Roxanne" (The Police), "Miss you" (The Rolling Stones), "Exit Music" (Radiohead), "The Bitter End" (Placebo), "Don't speak" (No Doubt), "Songs about Jane" (Maroon 5), "Help" (The Beatles), "Around the World" (Daft Punk),
What instruments do you play?
Chris: drums
Nico: guitar
Ben: bass
What artist would you most like to collaborate with and why?
Chris: My dream is to collaborate with John Frusciante, the guitarist of The Red Hot. I Find him too brilliant!
Nico: It's so difficult to choose one artist... In fact there would be too much ! Of course, I'd like to work with artists that I admire and of whom I enjoy the music, such as Gorillaz or Green Day.
Ben: Uh? The Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Green Day, Gorillaz, Coldplay, No doubt... Maybe all of them?
What is your favorite movie?
Chris: Don't know... It must be The GodFather
Nico: Once Upon A Time In America!
Ben: Scarface...
Who is your favorite movie star?
Chris: Tobey Maguire
Nico: Sean Penn
Ben: Ben Stiller
What is your favorite TV show?
Chris: The Simpsons
Nico: Entourage
Ben: The Sopranos
What is your favorite video game?
Chris: Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Nico: Pro Evolution Soccer 6
Ben: I'm waiting for the outing of the new Code Lyoko game on Nintendo DS.
What's your favorite sports team?
Chris: Liverpool
Nico: Glasgow Rangers
Ben: Manchester United
What is your favorite color?
Chris: orange
Nico: deep blue
Ben: black
What's your favorite kind of restaurant?
Chris: Japanese and Italian food
Nico & Ben: Japanese food (Sushi are the best!)
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Chris: Tiramisu, stracciatella and chocolate flavours
Nico: Vanilla (I know it's a classic one...)
Ben: Raspberry and lemon!
What is/was your favorite subject in school?
Chris: It was music and drawing
Nico: I hated all school's subjects!!!
Ben: When I was a primary school child, I was fond of mathematics (but only because I fell in love with my teacher...)
Do you have any hobbies?
Chris: I like most extreme sports, snowboarding in winter and surfing in the summer (but I prefer surfing!) In fact, I love all the sports which create a fair amount of adrenaline...
Nico: I'm crazy about soccer! So I'm a huge supporter. I'm also a gamer, spending many hours in front of my console playing soccer video games and practicing how to better dribble, tackle and hit the soccer ball...
Ben: I'm a motocross pilot on MX2 so I'm often training to become a professional pilot.
Where is your favorite place to hang out?
Chris: the beach
Nico: simply my sofa...
Ben: I feel so good at the terrace of the bar (which is just down my flat)
What's the best part about being a music artist?
Chris: The thing that I love best is the opportunity to travel all over the world for roadshows and tours and so to discover a lot of different country.
Nico: With music, I can tell what I think, what I want, what I feel... It's for me a way to express myself.
Ben: When you are a well known music artist, it's really exciting to imagine that many people (maybe millions) listen to your music (in their cars, on their sofa, during a big party, in the street...) and enjoy it!
Share a goal or a dream you have... "One day I'm gonna..."
Chris & Nico: One day we're gonna be everybody's idol all around the world and our songs are going to be on everyone's lips and on each Ipod!!!
Ben: One day I'm gonna be the only one men on earth whose has managed to be both a rock star, a famous actor, the best motocross pilot, and... what else?!
