Do some of the younger bands you’ve worked with know of Knievel?
Let’s talk about the early days of Knievel. You were all in different bands when you started? I was in a band with two other songwriters called the Welcome Mat, so I always felt like I wanted to write more songs and do more. Tracy played in a fantastic band called Oliver, who became Golden Rough. I’m not sure how much people know about Oliver, but they were just a brilliant band, fairly strongly influenced by Teenage Fanclub, but brilliantly original as well. Nick was in Big Heavy Stuff. I’ve got a feeling, and I only just remembered this, but I think I was auditioning for Big Heavy Stuff as one of their guitarists. I saw Nick play and thought he was absolutely amazing. I know I was in a rehearsal room with him and I’m pretty sure it was an audition. I didn’t end up joining, but I came to know Nick through that. We decided we were going to be a recording project, we weren’t interested in playing. After that we got a deal with Sony [imprint Murmur], so that propelled things along a bit.
