Krashcity Magazine Issue 9

KCM: How did you hook up playing with the” BULLET BOYS”? That something I have not known about you.

ROB LANE: The last two times they’ve been to Europe I’ve played bass for them and I’ve done a U.S. tour as well back in 2009. That was simply me getting in touch with a booking agency. I got an e-mail from them after a few months asking me if I wanted to play with the “BULLET BOYS” who were on tour at that time with” ENUFF’Z NUFF” and” FASTER PUSSYCAT”. I had two weeks to learn the set and it was kind of cool that they put their trust in me.

KCM: So you were kind of are like the” Gun for hire”?

ROB LANE: Yeah kind of…I was never into the big guys in the biz like Nikki Sixx I always admired people like Ryan Roxy and Kerri Kelly. These are the guys that played in all kinds of bands but they’re awesome performers and they are the guys I always looked up to. So for me to get on tour with The” BULLET BOYS” in kind of a similar role was awesome. I was a fan back in the day so for me to get a chance to do that was pretty sweet.

KCM: So you we’ve seen a lot of the U.S. then?

ROB LANE: Yeah my Dad lives over there. I used to spend my summers there when I was growing up.

KCM: So in a way you’re half American?

ROB LANE: In a way it’s like my second home.

KCM: So what’s one of your favorite places in the U.S? I know you’re going to say L.A. ROB LANE: I do like the Hollywood area, my wife and I have been there I think like three times. I just like the vibe.

You find new places every time you go over there. I like Texas we spend two weeks there. It’s a huge place you could probably do a six week tour just in Texas. (Laughing) I’d like to spend some more time in New York. “TEENAGE CASKET COMPANY” played there twice. We didn’t get to see much of the tourist stuff.

KCM: How long ago have you started “TEENAGE CASKET COMPANY” and how did it come about?

ROB LANE: Me and Rob Wylde both played in bands around the Nottingham area but we never crossed paths. Then around 03/04 we finally got talking about putting a band together and doing something in the “GOO GOO DOLLS” vein, and there was a band around called” 40 FT. RINGO” They were power-pop with elements of 80’s hard rock which we both loved and grew up on. He brought in a guitar player and I knew a drummer so it all started from there. We all got together in 2004 and the band started rolling and from there we did two or three years of solid touring, released an album and EP. Did two east coast tours and we just kind of got bent out toward the end. I think it was around 06/07 we’ve been working so hard and needed a break from each other. That’s when Rob moved to the U.S. for two years and started “SINS OF AMERICA” but he is back now and we’re kind of putting the band back together and we’re just down to a three piece, so it’s fun in a whole new direction for the band. We’ve got a new CD out on a U.S. label called “JAMSYNC” they are based out in Maryland. They’ve put out a compilation CD which is like the best of the first two releases with new tracks. We’re saying that it’s the end of chapter one. We’ve recorded three new songs and a new video and just bringing things back again. We’ve got the fire back.

KCM: When is the video going to be finished?

ROB LANE: We shot the video a few weeks ago so it’s in editing stages now, but we’re excited about it! It’s a guy from L.A. who lives in Nottingham now that shot the video. It’s got really cool ideas and really cool setting.

KCM: How did you put TrashPit together?