What’s your most blissful experience?Getting on an airplane which was heading to overseas shores to spread our tunes worldwide with my best mates sitting right beside me, drunk as a squirrel in a tree house.
Do you have any pre gig rituals?Our DJ calls upon spiritual leaders to be present before going on stage for a small ceremony of respecting each other, the sun, Mother Nature and music.
What’s the most pissed/stoned you’ve ever been on stage?If the common man was to be on stage as pissed and stoned as I am normally, they would fall, fumble and forget their lyrics. Check my track record - I haven't failed yet. :)
What’s the best gig you’ve ever played?That’s a tough one as there have been so many great gigs. I'd have to say the Metro Theatre Sydney show where we filmed our latest DVD was one of the best. To be at an intimate venue with it bursting at the seems with BnE Fans showing us crazy love was amazing!
Ever had a rock related injury?I tore the tricep off my elbow after courageously jumping off a two story balcony when DJ Izm pulled out the hotel's fire hose out on me. Less than 24 hours later I was on stage at the St Kilda Festival in front of 40,000 people wearing a homemade sling, pumped full of Panadeine Forte trying not to collapse. Macca did the Mad MacGyver.
Funniest groupie proposition/moment?A girl asking for the instrumental to our song "lyrical wilderness" so she could walk down the isle with her fiancé.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen at a gig/festival?There is a few. We where playing a festival in Melbourne where a group of cops walked past at the rear of the crowd. This happened during us playing our track Choof Choof Train. As the cops walked past one of them rolled down his sleave, and pump his fist up to us to reveal a massive Marijuana tattoo down his entire arm. Stopping the show mid song and getting the crowd to turn around and cheer for the cop was great.
Another delightful incident is when a young lady spewed all over the stage after sculling a warm (it was supposed to be cold) Bliss N Eso beer for a competition we ran just before playing our song "Beer O'clock". Then Bliss grabbed my sweat rag to mop up the mess with his foot while rapping his verse.
What’s the worst state you’ve ever left a hotel room in?If it’s not all over the place, it’s not Bliss n Eso.
If you could support any act in the world who would it be and why?To support all the acts at the Original Woodstock would be awesome, because there's only one way to trip with the best of them.
What can punters expect from one of your gigs?A wild ride through the mind of mayhem and magical musical moments. And of coarse good beats, good rhymes and good times.
ZOO Man reckons that Bliss N Eso are quite possibly the best hip-hop act in Australia right now, what do you think? Let the debate begin!
Bliss N Eso’s fourth LP is slated for a mid 2010 release.
Flying Colours Live DVD out now on Illusive
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