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Shadders 20 Questions & 20 Questions 2010

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This is born out of the Shadders Myspace Challenge in which we sent 15 generic questions to all our 'friends' on myspace. That ran from the fall 2007 right through 2008 and included variations Doncaster myspace Challenge for bands from our home town and the all new myspace challenge when we changed the questions to spice it up a little.

From July 2009 we'll asking any band or artist to answer 20 questions, some sensible and some pretty damn stupid. Once this come back we'll post them lock, stock and two swearing barrels in all their glory.

Here's the questions....

Q1, Who are you & where are you from?

Q2, Where can we find your website / facebook / myspace page and what's on there?

Q3, Some people say the internet is a good thing. Some people say the internet is a bad thing….. What do you say?

Q4, If you had to pick a musical genre in which to pigeon hole yourself which one would you go for?

Q5, What is you favourite song you've written & why? What song would you have loved to have written?

Q6, What song gets you dancing every time & why?

Q7, What is the most embarrassing song in your collection and why did you buy / download it … please be very honest!

Q8, Vinyl, Cd or Download??

Q9, What was the last song you listened to and why?

Q10, Can you list your five favourite songs of all time and if so what are they?

Q11, If you had to form a tribute band, which band would you chose and why? Who would you be & does that say anything about you?

Q12, Do you do gigs? If so how would you describe your live experience?

Q13, What would make the perfect gig for you?

Q14, If you had to fight a pop / rock / indie / dance star in a boxing ring who would it be, why and would you win?

Q15, Where's you favourite place in the world and what does it say about you?

Q16, What's your favourite colour?

Q17, What's the best and worst thing you've ever seen written about you?

Q18, John, Paul, George or Ringo? Who would you be & why?

Q19, If you had to go to confession tomorrow what would you have to confess to and do you regret doing it!

Q20, In ten words write your own press release (swearing is definitely allowed!)…

Check out the 20 questions page for all the answers we receive, they'll come online uncut and are always worth a read. We've started the ball rolling with answers from Twin Falls, Remodel, The Amplifires, Wes Finch, The Blue Eyed Shark,  I, Ludicrous , The 48ks, Hail to the Eskimo's, Turning Plates, The Elrics, The Katonas,  Adjective and THE HOLLOWAYS which are well worth a read.

For 2010 we've added a new page, snappy title... 20 questions 2010! We have The October Game and Point of Origin to start things off.

Plus there's still the original Shadders myspace interview challenge which is always worth a look.

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The Myspace Interview Challenge

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We had this great idea in about October 2007 while browsing myspace one day, hey why not try send all these people some questions and see who replies.

So we had a think and came up with 15 generic questions which we sent out to all the bands and musical artists on our myspace 'friends' list. Everyone gets the same questions no matter whether it's a unsigned solo artist writing their first few songs to somebody of the ilk of Coldplay. 

What we want to know is: 

a, Who actually looks at their myspace page! 

b, Who will actually be bothered to spend their time responding to messages posted on their myspace page. 

c, Who will answer the questions honestly 

d, How will the responses differ 

The response has been bigger than we could have imagined, so good we got well over 50 replies. Always the same questions but always very different answers. All are still online take a look below...

After the orginal rush of the myspace interview challenge calmed we then came up with a bit of a spin on the concept... The Doncaster Interview Challenge,  a few more questions just for Donny bands. So good it was we even joined in, check it out below...

Then in August 2008 we decided to give the questions a revamp...

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All New Myspace Interview Challenge

Here now as the myspace interview challenge rides again, with some new questions.

First up to take the challenge are Morning Lights, then Factory Kids, As tall as Trees, John Lee, The Unfortunate Incident, Postcode, Grovemere, Copycat Vigilante and now So Shush to be followed (hopefully) by many more!

Here are the new questions in full...

Q1, Who are you & where are you from?

Q2, What's your myspace page called? What do you think myspace has to offer bands & artists? How many friends have you got (it is a competition you know!) and how many are actual friends?

Q3, Why should somebody add you as their 'friend' and what does it take for you to 'deny' somebody as a friend?       

Q4, If you had to pick a musical genre in which to pigeon hole yourself which one would you go for?

Q5, What is you favourite song you've written & why? What song would you have loved to have written?       

Q6, What song gets you dancing every time & why?

Q7, What is the most embarrassing song in your collection and why did you buy / download it … please be very honest!    

Q8, What was the last song you listened to and why?

Q9, Can you list your five favourite songs of all time and if so what are they?

Q10, If you had to form a tribute band, which band would you chose and why? Who would you be & does that say anything about you?

Q11, Do you do gigs? If so how would you describe your live experience?

Q12, What would make the perfect gig for you?

Q13, Where's you favourite place in the world and what does it say about you?

Q14, What's the best and worst thing you've ever seen written about you?

Q15, In ten words write your own press release (swearing is definitely allowed!)…

As soon as the new responses come in we'll post them online, no probs.

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After the orginal challenge came The Doncaster Interview Challenge which is just for local bands who come from Doncaster the same as us in a bid to make the fine and diverse bands of this fine South Yorkshire town bigger and better.

Click on the Doncaster interview challenge for interviews with:

Area 15 , M101 , Darren Bell, Jery at controls, The Alyscamps, Armour For Hearts, Shaddersonline.com (yep it's our turn!), Guy Honeymoon, Little Thoughts

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The Original Myspace Interview Challenge

The original replies are on  Myspace Interview Challenge 1 these include:

Circuits, Boz Boorer (Morrissey backing band), Peter Hook, Otherside, Circle 3, Aurora Low, hooverdams, Vicky Stuart, ODI, The Flithy Youth ,Rachel Kitchenside, Admiral Culture, Nephu Huzzband

With more replies on Myspace Interview Challenge 2 which includes interviews with:

The Shoplifters, The Lazy Darlings, Andy Griffin, Sidewaytown, Beats for beginners, miss flag, Richard Staines , Mavis, Jam Richie, Jack Millican, This City Romance, The Rigg, The Youths, Roses, kings, castles (Adam from Babyshambles), The 66, My Captive Audience

And the last replies from the orginal myspace interview challenge are featured on Myspace Interview Challenge 3 which includes:

Kick Box Riot, The Moskovits, Counterpoint, The Parish Music Box, Deltasound, My First Tooth, Daniel Land & the modern painters, Openfire, Censored, The James Cleaver Quintet, Unknown Component, Pop Smear, The Listeners, The Sketch

And just for the record here are those original 'myspace interview challenge' questions in full!

Q1, Who are you & where are you from?

Q2, What's your myspace page called? What do you think myspace has to offer bands & artists? How many friends have you got (it is a competition you know!) and how many are actual friends?                

Q3, Have you got a website too (you can blatantly plug it), what's it got on it and is it worth a visit?

Q4, If you had to pick a musical genre in which to pigeon hole yourself which one would you go for?

Q5, What is you favourite song you've written & why? What song would you have love to have written?       

Q6, Do you do gigs? If so how would you describe your live experince? What's your favourite gig and which one would you like to forget?      

Q7, What song gets you dancing every time & why?       

Q8, What was the last CD / download you bought and was it any good?

Q9, What's your view on Radiohead allowing fans to pay what they want for their new album? Do you think it's just a marketing ploy? What would you pay for it? Is it anything you've considered doing?              

Q10, Why should somebody buy a copy of your single / album / download and not say a couple of pints of lager?

Q11, If you had to go to confession tomorrow what would you have to confess to and do you regret doing it?

Q12, What' s your views on the reality music shows (like X Factor and Pop / American Idol) and would you ever be tempted to give them a spin to ensure more people heard your music?

Q13, What's your favourite place in the world and what does it say about you?

Q14, What's the best and worst thing you've ever seen written about you?

Q15, In ten words write your own press release (swearing is definitely allowed!)