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Beardyman chats to I Like Music

Beardyman: I could couldn't I? Ha! We played the same gig and we met. I think "worked with" is a term that is banded about very loosely in the industry! I think you will find that a lot of people who have "worked" with other people have actually just been in the same country as them at the same time. Ha! People like Groove Armada I have actually worked with - gone into their studio, recorded sounds and supported them on their tour, that's actually properly "worked with"!

ILM: Any amusing anecdotes that you can share about the tour with Groove Armada?

Beardyman: Plenty of amusing stories, not sure if there are many that I would like to share. I did wake up one day on their tour bus with a T-shirt on saying 'Nobody know's I'm a lesbian' and there was no-one else on the bus and it was 3 in the afternoon. It turns out that the MC had carried me into my bunk because I had fallen asleep. It was a long night before that which I don't remember much of! There are probably amusing anecdotes that other people have got about me from that tour! Haha!

ILM: Your kitchen diaries thing has been viewed on YouTube about a gazillion times! What is your favourite recipe to cook or to have cooked for you?

Beardyman: I don't know?!.....er.....curry. I like curry.

ILM: I saw you on Lily Allen and friends the other day. How was that for you?

Beardyman: I don't know. Erm...it was quite an experience. It was a bit weird for me because it was my first big TV interview...actually the interview was better than the performance but they cut most of it out because she was grabbing Paddy McGuinnes drink and downing his red wine half way through questions.

It was a really weird experience. They pigeon holed me as this internet sensation when actually I've been playing live gigs for ages. Plus they didn't mention the fact I was beatbox champion. I think it was because that was the slot for the show and they wanted to make out that I was on the same level as the guy who did 'Chocolate Rain' when in actual fact I have quite a successful career that has taken off quite well, but they didn't want to mention it. So, all in all it wasn't a great experience. Also they didn't let me do what I wanted to do. I had this whole thing with guitars and beatboxing and they were like "We want a standard beatbox, we don't want to inspire people too much" and in the interview they said "Careful what you say to Lily, because she isn't a TV presenter.' And I'm like...why did you give her her own show then? So I ended up being really polite to her and then they made what I did less good than it was meant to be.

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Related links:

1. Beardyman - Battlejam
2. International Beatbox Convention 2008 Review