AMPLIFY! CAUGHT UP WITH ANAR-CHY LEAD SINGER JONNY HAM-MOND TO ASK HIM ABOUT THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR!Q. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TOUR THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE UK, ARE YOU EXCITED?

A. VERY, IT IS GREAT PLAYING IN FRONT OF OUR HOME CROWD IN THE UK BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHO WOULD LOVE TO SEE US PLAY, WE WANT TO PLEASE ALL OF OUR FANS. WE START THE TOUR IN THE UK SO THAT IS GOING TO GET US PUMPED UP AND EXCITED TO TAKE OUR MUSIC ACROSS EUROPE.

Q. IT WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU PERFORMED YOUR FIRST UK TOUR, DID YOU EXPECT THINGS TO MOVE THIS FAST?

A. IT’S NOT THAT I DIDN’T EXPECT IT, WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY SHOWS THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF, NOBODY HAD HEARD OF US A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW WE ARE GOING ON TOUR IN EUROPE, ITS OVERWHELMING.

Q. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE SURPRISED US ALL, IT’S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE A BAND BREAK THROUGH INTO THE LIMELIGHT.

A. I THINK IT’S THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENS, YOU SPEND ALL OF YOUR TEENAGE YEARS MAKING MUSIC, PLAYING IN PUBS HOPING THAT SOMEONE IS GONNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE.

Q. WHEN WOULD YOU SAY YOU GOT THAT CHANCE AND KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BECOME BIG?

A. WE MADE AN EP IN 2010, THE WORD GOT OUT AND IT ENDED UP GETTING INTO THE TOP TEN ON THE ALTERNATIVE iTUNES CHART, THAT GOT US SOME ATTENTION AND KICKSTARTED US INTO MAKING AN ALBUM, WE HAD HELP FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY SUPPORTED US, THE ALBUM WAS A SUCCESS AND THAT TURNED INTO OUR FIRST UK TOUR. I THINK OUR EP GETTING INTO THE TOP 10 WAS THE MOMENT WE REALISED PEOPLE LIKE OUR MUSIC ENOUGH TO BUY IT AND SUPPORT US, THAT IS WHEN I HAD A FEELING WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.

Q. GOING ON TOUR CAN TAKE A LOT OUT OF SOME-ONE, IT MUST HELP THAT YOU ARE DOING IT WITH

YOUR BANDMATES.

A. BEING AWAY FROM HOME FOR SO LONG CAN GET TO YOU SOMETIMES, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN TRAVELLING SO I GUESS GOING ON A EUROPEAN TOUR TO PERFORM KILLS TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE. I FORMED THE BAND WITH FRIENDS I KNEW SINCE SCHOOL SO WE HAVE AL-WAYS BEEN CLOSE, ALTHOUGH BEING WITH THEM EVERY DAY CAN GET QUITE ANNOYING, WE ARE LIKE BROTHERS. WE JUST NEED TO FOR-GET ABOUT HOME FOR A WHILE AND FOCUS ON OUR MUSIC AND HELP EA-CHOTHER THROUGH EVERY-THING, BEING AWAY FOR SO LONG JUST MAKES IT THAT BIT BETTER WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE OUR FAMILIES.

Q. WHO IN-SPIRED YOU TO MAKE MUSIC?

A. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUM-BER OF DIF-FERENT BANDS

AND ARTISTS THAT INSPIRED ME TO DO WHAT I DO TODAY. I AM A BIG FAN OF 30 SECONDS TO MARS AND FALL OUT BOY. IT IS AN HONOUR TO NOW BE IN THE MUSIC SCENE THAT THEY HAVE DOMINATED SO WELL OVER THE PAST YEARS.

Q. SO IS THIS LIKE A PASSING OF THE TORCH?

A. I WOULDN’T SAY THAT, I DOUBT THEY HAVE EVER HEARD OF ANARCHY AND THEY ARE STILL MAKING GREAT MUSIC. I WOULD SAY THAT I TRY TO TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SO WELL IN THIS INDUSTRY AND

IMPLEMENT IT INTO MY MUSIC ALONG WITH

MY OTHER BANDMATES.

Q. IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR PLACE

YOU ARE LOOK-ING FORWARD TO

PERFORMING AT DURING THE TOUR?

A. ON OUR FIRST UK TOUR WE NEVER PERFORMED IN NEW-CASTLE, WE ARE OPEN-ING THERE THIS TIME ROUND SO THAT IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT IS MY HOME-TOWN, THE O2 HAS A GREAT ATMOSPHERE AND I KNOW IT IS GOING TO ROCK. AS FAR AS EU-ROPE GOES I DON’T KNOW, I’M JUST EX-CITED TO SEE EVERY ONE

OF OUR FANS FROM EUROPE AND I CAN’T WAIT TO PERFORM FOR THEM. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KEEN ON TRAVELLING AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT I WILL LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS

EUROPEAN TOUR. IT IS A GREAT CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT PLACES AND CULTURES AND I’M VERY EXCITED.

Q. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR AFTER THIS TOUR?

A. CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE DO BEST, WE JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE TOUR AT THE MINUTE BUT WE CAN NOT WAIT TO GET BACK INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO AND MAKE MORE MUSIC. I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHORT PERIOD

WHERE WE CHILL AND SPEND TIME WITH OUR FAMI-LIES BECAUSE WE WILL NOT HAVE SEEN THEM FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT AFTER THAT WE ARE GONNA GET STRAIGHT INTO OUR SECOND ALBUM!

Q. FINALLY, CAN WE EXPECT YOU TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MUSIC LIKE WE HAVE SEEN FROM MANY OTHER BANDS, SUCH AS THE ARCTIC MONKEYS?

A. NOT RIGHT AWAY. WE ARE JUST STARTING OUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE ONLY RELEASED ONE ALBUM AND THAT HAS GONE DOWN REALLY WELL. LET’S KEEP DOING WHAT WE DO BEST AND THEN THINK ABOUT GOING DOWN A DIFFERENT AVENUE. I HAVE AN AMBITION TO INCORPORATE SCREAMO INTO MY MUSIC, WITH MY BEST FRIEND BEING A VERY TALENTED SINGER CURRENTLY SINGING IN A LESSER KNOWN BAND CALLED NO WAY FOR THE YOUNG. HE HAS ALREADY EXPRESSED HIS INTEREST IN BRINGING HIS OWN STYLE OF MUSIC TO THIS BAND AND I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS A BIG CHANCE THAT HE WILL BE JOINING US AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

EUROPEAN INVASION!AMPLIFY EXCLUSIVE! 2015 BREAKTHROUGH ACT

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ANARCHY‘caveman’s bus stop’ NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!

ANARCHY LEAD SINGER JONNY HAMMOND TALKS ABOUT THEIR UPCOMNG EUROPEAN TOUR.

“WE ARE LIKE BROTHERS”

ANARCHY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BRITISH BREAKTHROUGH ACT AT THE BRITS 2O15.