LostProphets' Ian Watkins Interview
Interview by Eleni
Interview date: December 2006

Name: Ian Watkins
Career: Lead Singer - LostProphets
Official Site: LostProphets.Com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lostprophets




Would you care to introduce yourself?
The name is Watkins, Ian Watkins

What do you do in Lost Prophets?
I sing

When and what made you decide to form a band?
There was no one real event or person that made me want to form a band, I've just loved music since I was a kid and had a bunch of friends who felt the same

How did you come up with the name Lost Prophets
It’s taken from a Duran Duran bootleg album

Do you write your own songs or do you have a song-writer do it for you? If yes, what's your inspiration every time?
We write our own songs. Inspiration comes from my life and my thoughts everyday

What's the recording process life? How does a day recording pass?
It varies, sometimes its busy, sometimes its not, depending on who has to do their parts

What was your first gig like?
Good fun, but we sucked bad. It was just full of our friends. We have it on video somewhere

Do you prefer recording or playing live and why?
I prefer writing, cause the only limit is your imagination

If you could work with anyone or any band, who would it be and why?
I’d like to work with Timbaland, or the Neptunes to see what would happen, but there's no way I'm going to pay that much

Can you imagine yourself doing anything else apart from being in a band? If yes, what would it be and why?
I have a degree in graphic design, so maybe that, but I'd feel lost without music

How has your life changed since your band got well known?
I'm never in one place longer than a few weeks

What’s the sweetest thing a fan has said to you?
That we stopped them killing themselves

Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Hard to say, maybe standing outside my castle laughing at how many cars I have

I’m going to ask you random questions now…Have you ever smashed a guitar?
Nope, I don't play it

Tell us a random fact about you
I pretty much only wear black




Would you rather live in a box for a year with just clothes and food but not be allowed to see anyone or be forced to shave your head and tattooed all over your face?
I'll take the box

How many grapes can you stuff in your mouth all at once before choking or exploding?
A lot

Have you ever gone skinny dipping
Nope

What's more important, great personality or amazing looks? (For women)
Yikes…I'd say both go hand in hand, cause u want to find the person your with attractive, but u also have to be with them and get along with them. Looks will attract u but if there's nothing to back it up...

I will now ask you a few this or that questions…
T.v or computer?
Does the computer have internet access?
Yes
High speed?
Yes
Computer then easily
Cherry Coke or Vanilla Coke?
Cherry
McDonalds or Burger King?
Neither if I can help it, but if I'm pushed, McDonalds

Thank you for the interview!

Fans may contact Lost Prophets either through their official myspace http://www.myspace.com/lostprophets or through their official website LostProphets.Com

so heres the scoop... since HIM cancelled their tour, we've been adding our own dates in your fine country, but because theyre all super last minute we dont have much time to advertise them. So..... what we need you guys to do is spread the word if we're playing near you, however you can, just try and let as many people know that we're coming to town and come down and check us out.. like ian said, after this tour we're not sure when we're gonna be back over here, so get your arses to the shows..

lewis

Yep, check the listings cause we have added more US dates and we have now put up the second leg of the UK tour on there.

More US dates will be added in the next few weeks....XXX