RADIO ONE INTERVIEW 9/03/15

Here is an excerpt from an interview we recently had with Mark Evens from Heart Reading Radio about our band and supporting local music, the full interview is available to listen to from www.radio1/markevensinterviews/cody.co.uk but here is a transcript a kind fan typed up for us to publish as a first blog post!

Mark Evens, Radio 1:
We currently have Cody and the Marmozets in the studio everybody. These guys have been around since 2012 and have been making music locally in Reading and playing a few select gigs. they have recently been announced at Reading Festival and are ' one to watch,' So tell me. How has this journey been for you?

Cody, Lead Vocalist:
Its been brilliant. I never thought we would come further than practicing in our back garage to having the chance to performing at the introducing Stage at Reading Festival. Some people often don't give local music a chance because its not really music that is heard repetitively everyday that gets in your head. You kind of have to seek it out.

Mark Evens:

I see what you mean. Now I have been asked to ask you, what is up with the bands name - why Cody and The Marmozets?

 

Jenny, Drummer:

 Well we have all been good friend since we went to school together, we only just left a couple of years ago. We wanted to start a band and then we went on a school trip together and were trying to figure out what we could call it - and then we saw these Marmozets and thought it sounded cool, so we just went with it and never looked back.

Mark Evens:

Apart from the name I wanted to ask about your latest Music Video coming out - Love Is Blindness. Could someone explain to me and give a full run down of what that is about?

 

Alex, Bassist:

As a band we are really passionate about issues that affect young people. Being young our selves, we see the kind of things teenagers are exposure to and have to go through. We aren't trying to preach or patronize anyone by covering issues like this, its more about spreading awareness. A lot of our fans locally are people we know and their friends who we know have gone through these issues personally. Anyway, I feel it is more fun to cover a serious topic than having a random video. Like, videos like Super Bass by Nicki Minaj are interesting, but their just a bit random and don't really have much of a story in them?

 

Mark Evens:

Yes I see where your coming from there. I guess being a local band you wouldn't have much funding from companies like really well known acts like Nicki Minaj herself.

Cody, lead vocalist:

Yeah, we basically create all our own promo material and website. If anyone wants to follow our instagram its @codyandthemarmozets - all our latest news goes on there so if there are fans listening you could give us a follow - and we promise to follow back!

For more interviews like this, check our website every Monday for more!