Q&A Always the sixth When did ye first start playing together as a band? We first started practicing in March 2010. We all knew each other from school, and had an interest in pop punk so it just kind of took off from there. At our first practice we played so loud that the rowing pipes fell off the garage. What did your parents have to say about that? They weren’t too happy, the following Saturday we had to repair them, leading to Gregor falling off the ladder, not being able to play the drums for 3 months. So we didn’t have the best of starts.
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How long was it until ye started to establish yourselves in the local music scene? We played our first gig 2 weeks after Gregor got better, and from then on we just continued to play gigs in Wick, Orkney, Inverness and Thurso. When did ye do your first recording? We did our first recording with FML productions in Thurso, we recorded a 3 song ep with which we went to have some success with. One of the songs was a cover of Ricky Martins Livin la vida loca. It was a bit gay, but it got us played on the radio which was cool. So after getting your music played on the radion, What was the next step for Always the Sixth?
After the success of “Livin la vida loca” we got offered a slot to play at Belledrum. That was probably my favourite gig we have ever played. It was a much bigger crowd than we were used to, and just the atmosphere of playing at a festival was amazing. Getting free access to the festival after the gig was pretty awesome too, we got absolutely steaming after the gig. And Rockness? Ya, we played Rockness last summer. It was amazing. Getting to chill out in the performer’s area with Example and Skrillex was pretty cool. We all felt like proper celebrities for the weekend. It was one of those weekends that we didn’t want to end. Oh well, there is always next year.