I arrange to meet Robert Gilmour (who, just for the record, claims to look like Brad Pitt), the bass-player from 3 Days Old in his local pub in Windsor, it's located in a corner away from the rest of Windsor, down a dimly-lit street where I'm expecting to be mowed down by someone with a tommy-gun any minute. Inside there's a distinct oudor of old men and illicet gambling. Everyone stares at me as I walk in, so I sheepishly order my drink and curl up into a ball in the corner of the room. 20 minutes later Rob arrives, out of breath and sweating heavily. "Sorry I'm late, but I couldn't really arrive on time could I - not very rock 'n' roll is it?" Quite. As I order Rob's pint of Lager, one of the locals calls Rob over and asks him how 3 Days Old are doing, it seems everyone in this tiny pub is taking an interest in the (until now limited) success of this band. After enquiring who I am, the gentleman gives Rob a stern warning: "Don't say anything you'll regret and make sure you read the article before it's printed - you know what these journalists are like." The cheek of man, questioning my integrity. Anyway, I set about finding out about the music, which is what is important after all.

My first question concerns the influences of 3 Days Old, I ask what they are trying to do and what their ambitions are for the band. "We're trying to take some of the heavier aspects of Rock music and mix it up with a more harmoniously advanced sound. We draw our influences from a lot of different bands like, I Mother Earth, Incubus, Silverchair and the Deftones." Indeed, when I ask Rob why there is a credit to Incubus on their web-site he replies half-jokingly, "Cos we nick all of their riffs!"

The band are joining Napalm Death on their next UK tour this year. I ask Rob what he thinks of them. "I wouldn't say that i am a big fan of Napalm Death but they are one of those bands, a really influential one without whom most of todays Rock/Metal scene wouldn't exist. Obviously it's a great honour for us to be asked to tour with them, and hopefully it will lead on to bigger things. Our only worry is that their fans might not get our style of Rock.", adding seconds later "Well that and the fact that they are all Aston Villa fans!"

Rob seems to be person who enjoys his music, and who finds being in a band "a great laugh". I enquire into what the reasons behind the band are, whether they are political or whether they just want to be successful. "We're not a political band so success is probably more important than politics, but that isn't why we play. We play because of the fun and the buzz, it's the same for everyone, you start off just wanting to be in a band with your mates but then as you start to gig your ambitions grow, and so does your attitude. I think that it's a shame when this happens and you should always try to remember why you play - for FUN - whether it's to ten people at the local pub or to a 1,000 people at some club it's always fun." Rob also teaches at the local music school, and although as you can by now tell the band's motives are not driven by greed it's obvious that Rob does want to get a message out to all budding musicians out there, the message being that you should always play for fun.

Yesterday's gig at the Windsor Leisure Centre went well, although the turnout was a little disappointing. Hardly any major suprise given the time of year (just prior to Christmas for future's sake). "They only really bad thing was TJ's Kazoo solo... and it seemed like such a good idea at the time!"

The other members of the band- Ross (Drums, Maidenhead Rude Boy, has a time capsule which he thinks is full of Pringles), Paul (Singer/Guitarist, has a car with a time capsule in it, which is no longer full of Pringles) and TJ (Guitars, born in Canada, was the insperation behind the band's name- he claims to have been abducted by aliens and anally probed when he was only 3 Days Old!) are all currently still recovering at home and couldn't make it to the interview, so my final question to Rob is: When you've had the hit album, shagged hundreds of groupies and spliffed yourselves up to the point of death, what will you do with the money? To which he replies, "Go to the priory to sort out my sex and drug problems, and then get married on a pirate ship."

Yeah! Rock 'n' Roll!...

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