TOTP Interrogation With Spike & Jimmy

“ But we’re short!” wailed SPIKE and JIMMY as we bundled them into the TOTP secret interrogation room. “ you can’t be mean to us!” you wanna bet?


SO JIMMY, YOU’RE DOING A FEW SOLO NUMBERS ON THE NEW ALBUM. ARE YOU TRYING TO GET LEE OUTTA THE LIMELIGHT?
Jimmy: No, it’s just a nice thing to do. Everyone knows Lee’s the main singer. It’s like Stephen doing the odd solo track for Boyzone.

HAVE YOU EVER DEFACED ONE OF LEE’S SOLO POSTERS?
Jimmy: Do we ‘eck!? Nah.
Spike: We just take the pee out of him!

COME ON, YOU MUST GET A BIT CHEESED OFF WITH ALL THE EXTRA STUFF LEE GETS TO DO…….
Spike: Nah. I feel sorry for him having to get up earlier in the morning. ‘sides, me and Jimmy get to have a laugh playing on our playstations.
Jimmy: (v.sternly) Anyway, its good promotion for 911!

IN THE OCTOBER’97 ISSUE OF TOTP MAGAZINE LEE MENTIONED HE’D LIKE TO RECORD A SOLO ALBUM. DOES THAT WORRY YOU?
Jimmy: He probably will and good luck to him. We’ve all been approached but I’d find it to lonely.
Spike: Anyway Lee couldn’t do it without us.

OOOOH! DO WE DETECT A BIT OF TENSION THERE?
Spike: Nah. I didn’t mean he’s rubbish or anything but he needs us to moan at.
Jimmy: Yeah, he’d be bored silly and he’d crack up!
Spike: Little wuss!

WERE YOU JEALOUS WHEN LEE SNOGGED BABY?
( deathly pause then…)
Jimmy: No! Not at all!
Spike: I’m not sure if he did!
Jimmy: (turning white) Ooh yeah…I meant I don’t know…*@%! Argh! (in a right tizzy) No, he didn’t snog her. Erm, I didn’t hear the question! (head in hands). I can’t believe I fell into that!

GOTCHA! SO WHY WON’T YOU ADMIT TO WHO’S SNOGGING WHO?
Spike: I’d admit it if it was me!
Jimmy: Erm, I don’t know what your talking about!
Spike: Jimmy, you’ll have to pay them to get of this one!

SOZ, NO BRIBES ACCEPTED. NOW SPIKE, YOU RAP PLENTY BUT YOU’VE NEVER SANG A SOLO PART. HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD NOT TO?
Spike: Nah, They’ve pushed me to do it but I’m not good enough.
Jimmy: It’s a confidence thing. We’ve heard him sing solo tracks and he’s great!

YOU’RE ALWAYS MENTIONING MR SMITHS NIGHT CLUB IN WARRINGTON. HAVE YOU GOT SHARES IN THE COMPANY?
Spike: (chuckling) Nah, I still pay to get in too. It’s asking for trouble if I push to the front.
Jimmy: We used to rehearse there when we did the hit man and her.

AH YEAS, THE HITMAN AND HER. DO YOU WORRY ABO9UT THE INFAMOUS SHOW MAKING A COMEBACK ON TV?
Both: (bursting into fits of laughter) Yeah!
Spike: I don’t care, it was a good laugh!
Jimmy: I care, I had a dress on!

DID YOU SECRETLY ENJOY WEARING THAT DRESS?
Jimmy: (going all bashful) No!
Spike: Yeah you did. You asked me if you could wear it home!

YOU’VE BOTH HAD A FEW HAIR DISATERS IN YOUR TIME. WHY DON’T YOU JUST SHAVE IT OFF?
Jimmy: I’m seriously thinking about it!
Spike: I don’t know what I’m gonna do next. The blond ‘do’ I had was a disaster. Maybe we should dig out the bubble wigs we wore on tour!.

IS IT TRUE YOUR FILMING A DOCUMENTARY?
Jimmy: No. People approached us about a sitcom but we’re to busy.

FAIR ENOUGH. NOW, APPRENTLY YOU KEEP YOURSELVES TO YOURSELVES ON TOUR. IS THAT TRUE?
Jimmy: (stunned) We were in the bar every night! It was the other bands that weren’t allowed to come partying with us.
Spike: We did persuade them once and ended up playing truth or dare. I was dared to ‘get romantic’ with a pot plant! I took it home afterwards!

JIMMY, YOU’RE ALWAYS IN BED EARLY ON TOUR. AR YOU TO OLD TO PARTY NOW OR WERE YOU ENTERTAINING THE LAYDEEZ?
Jimmy: Too old? Cheeky. And as for the laydeez…I wish! I prefer to take it easy when we’re on tour. It’s hard work on stage!.
 

 YOU’RE HARDLY A PARTY POOPER, ARE YOU? WHAT ABOUT THE TIME YOU DANCED NAKED TO YMCA?
Jimmy: (going bright tomato red in the face.) That was Spike’s fault! It was my birthday and he and his mates force fed me loads of booze.
Spike: The DJ got him up on stage and me mates decided to strip his clothes off!

SPIKE, YOU CHECK YOUR ZIP BEFORE GOING ON STAGE. CAN’T YOU DRESS YOURSELF PROPERLY?
Spike: Hey! I get other people to dress me ‘cos I once went on stage with me zip undone and me tackle out!

DON’T YOU WEAR UNDIES?
Spike: No.

EEOO! HOW MANY SONGS ON THE NEW ALBUM HAVE YOU WRITTEN?
Spike: About 7 or 8
Jimmy: And we did write them. Sometimes you see band’s names next to every track on the CD sleeve and you’re not convinced.

ARE 911 GOING ALL SERIOUS ON US THEN?
Jimmy: We are maturing but the new single is a bodyshakin’- type song, so were not going for a whole new image. We won’t be wearing long leather coats all the time.

AH YES. WHEN ARE YOU AND PETER ANDRE GONNA KISS AND MAKE UP?
Spike: Right now if we can use tongues!
Jimmy: We didn’t fall out but we’ve got our opinion about his attitude. When you’re all on tour and one pop star stays in a separate hotel, well….that’s wrong.

LEE WEARS THEM BUFFALO BOOTS TO ELEVATE HIMSELF. IS HE REALLY THAT SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT BEING SHORT?
Spike: It’s just ‘cos he likes girls boots!
Jimmy: None of us mind being short. We get extra sympathy from the girls and we play up to it big time!

BY THE WAY SPIKE, HAVE YOU BEEN ON A SUN BED?
Spike: (With a look of utter shock) No! I got this tan in Warrington! It’s all the bright lights in Mr Smith’s!

BET YOU CAN AFFORD A FEW FOREIGN HOLS. WHY DO YOU PROFESS TO KNOWING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU EARN?
Spike: I’d prefer not to know cos I’ve still got to face me mates. It’s not nice for them if I’m shouting about my bank balance.
Jimmy: We’re not in it for the money. We’re out to prove people wrong. Now we’re on Top Of The Pops and it’s like, ‘hah! Look at us now!’

YEP. THE 911 BOYS DONE GOOD! NOW FINALLY, HAVE YOU LIED DUING THIS INTERVIEW?
Jimmy: (quick as a shot) Yeah!
Spike: Only one per cent of the time.

SO WHICH QUESTION WOULD THAT BE?
Jimmy: oh ‘eck. C’mon Spike let’s make a break while we still can. RUN!