TV HITS Issue 123 November 1998
-Gimme 5ive!!-
*Hey J, we’ve heard you’re the tough guy in the group!
J: No! I think the reason people see it as that is
because I’m the oldest member of the band, and because I
speak my mind. If I don’t like something, then I’ll say
it! People see me losing my temper quite a bit when I
get annoyed with things.
(Erm, so that would make you the tough guy of the band
then, wouldn’t it??)
ABS: You’re steel!
J: Titanium!
ABS: Aw, sorry man! (laughs)
* Are you sick of people calling you a “boy-band”?
SCOTT: We’re self employed, we wear what we want, and we
say what we want. It’s not like they say, “You’re
talking to TV Hits next, you should say this.” There’s
none of that.
RICH: We’re the same as every other band- everything’s
natural. That’s how we go about it.
* We’ve heard rumours, Scott, that you used to get in
trouble with the police!
SCOTT: All the police in our area used to know me by
name, and if there was any trouble, they’s always come
to see me! Dad said it was my own fault coz I was always
so loud.
* Is there a leader in the group?
SEAN: (shaking his head) Uh-uh.
* It looks like the TV Hits tattoos are running the show
today!
J: (yelling at Sean, as he tries to stick a tattoo onto
his hand with J’s orange juice!) Would you stop putting
your finger in my orange juice, please!?
SEAN: (yelling) I’m clean!
J: (trying to stick the TV Hits sword tattoo onto Sean’s
hand) Your tattoo’s not sticking! Hey, that’s Sporty
Spice’s tattoo!
SEAN: Scary!
J: Oh, Scary Spice’s tattoo!
SEAN: Oh, he told you, J!
J: (to Sean) Um, you should try the ladybird, Sean. I
think it becomes ya!
* If one of you ever left the group, would you change
your name to Four?
J: No, the group would just disband. Definitely.
SEAN: We got...we want...we got put...
J: (yelling even louder at Sean) SOAK IT!!!(the tattoo
that is!)
SEAN: Ahhh, you made me forget what I was going to
say
RICH: We were not put together when we came into 5ive,
but we are now. So, if like, say,Sean left- well, if
Sean left it’d be good, we’d carry on (laughs) -but no,
if Sean left, if one of us left, it wouldn’t be the same.
So we’d just pack it in, call it a day.
J: Nah, you’ve got to soak it good....SOAK IT! Otherwise
it’ll come off,you tosser! No, soak it as in saliva,
not orange juice!
SEAN: (laughing hysterically) Sorry, go on!
* People call you the Spice Boys....what do you think of
the Spice Girls?
J: (coughing) Personally, I’ve never listened to their
music. I’ve only ever spoken to them on two occasions,
and that was for two minutes each time. I’m not gonna
say I don’t like them, but I’m not gonna say I do like
them.
SEAN: I reckon they’d be alright. I reckon I could have
a good party with them!
ABS: Um, I’ve never been a fan or anything.
* Meanwhile, it looks like it’s back to the tattoos!
J: (to Sean) Soak it!
ABS: It’s soaked man!
J: Soak it! Press it on!
SEAN: (rolling eyes, holding arm out to J) You do it!
J: You’re crap, man!
* Since J’s the only one with a real tatt, are there any
plans for the rest of you to get them?
ABS: I’d like to get a tattoo, difinitely, but I’ll have
to keep it a secret from my mum!
* Who are the five sexiest women in pop?
SEAN: The girl from Destiny’s Child, the lead singer.
SCOTT: That’s all I know.
SEAN: I’m trying to think....
* Oh, come on! Abs is the only one of you guys with a
girlfriend......
ABS: Yeah, the other guys are all desperate!
* Your fans ae mad for you guys, what do you want to say
to them?
ABS: (in aussie accent) G’day!
SEAN: Please support us!
RICH: We’re definitely gonna do a tour, and you say see
what we’re all about!
J: The way we like to do things is different to other
bands. A lot of bands don’t have contact with the fans.
We want our fans to see us in the flesh rather than just
read about us in magazines. That’s what we’re all about,
isn’t it?
SCOTT: That’s it!
