Are you Nice Sean or Nasty Sean

[is there a difference?]



1. You are playing a gig and Nicky starts taking his dress off. What do you do.

Nothing. It'll serve him right when the photographs appear on the internet.
Start smashing my drumkit to distract attention hoping he'll join in and keep his dress on.

2. An interviewer is asking you stupid questions. What do you do.

Walk out of the interview and leave him sitting there with his mouth open.
Start talking in depth about your new car so he can't get a word in edgeways.

3. You went to Manics.co.uk and read peoples stupid comments about you. What do you do.

Sign up their email address for as much spam as you can find.
Get out your favourite game and proceed to kill the monsters with a big gun, which gives you much satisfaction pretending it's them and all the other people who laughed at you.

4. It's time to start doing lots of horrible promotion for the bands new record. How do you get out of an interview you don't want to do.

Get very drunk the night before with James meaning both of you are too hungover the next day and Nicky has to do the interview alone.
Tell the band your new state of the art electronic gadget [where you keep all your appointments] malfunctioned and got the date wrong.

5. James has written another lyric and shows it to you, meanwhile Nicky has got a tune down and sends you a tape. There is room for one more b side on your next single. James wants his lyrics to go with a really loud rock song but Nicky wants to keep his tune acoustic. You know they can't both have the song they want on there. What do you do.

Tell each one that you think they're going in different musical directions and now is the time to end before things get any worse.
Quickly put together your own song on a home studio with weird and wonderful sounds and tell them you've worked all year on it, hoping it could be the next b side. Both are so impressed they say yes.

6. You have wanted to follow the entire Formula 1 Grand Prix for years and finally decide to go. What's the excuse you give to Nicky and James for your frequent disappearances.

Tell them it's none of their business and make a particularly cutting remark about the way they spend their time i.e. "at least I'm not..."
Say you wish you could tell them but they "wouldn't understand". And at least you have a life outside the band.

7. In an interview the journalist asks about your fans. Nicky laughs before you even get chance to speak. What do you say.

No comment [leaving your fans to wonder what you really think of them]
You fix Nicky with your trademark stare and reply "YOU can talk"

8. A music paper is having a debate, mostly with itself, entitled "Surely the Manics are Past It Now?" You know you just spent ages in the studio perfecting new songs and could personally strangle the journalist [if James doesn't get there first] What do you do to release your frustration.

Next time you see Mr Journalist fix him with your intense stare, especially when he is asking James or Nicky a question, to really freak him out. He becomes increasingly nervous and f**** up the interview.
Write to the paper, enclosing your new songs and a note that simply says "What's Past It About That?"

9. Another journalist is writing a biography on the Manics and this time "really wants to include the other three". You are asked if you want to participate. What do you do.

Put out a press statement on behalf of the band saying "If he doesn't even know our names he can f*** off"
Take his call on your mobile but when he starts asking the usual questions about Richey, suddenly announce you can't hear him and can he call back later. When he does, it happens again...

10. Visiting one of your Fan Sites you find this really strange questionnaire asking the fans to answer questions as if they were you. Apparently the result means you're going to be either Nice or Nasty depending on your replies. But what do you feel you are, in your heart?

Nasty! No-one messes with me! And I don't care if no-one likes me, who are they anyway.
Nice. I try my hardest to keep the peace, be diplomatic and stay cool when surrounded by madness and Nicky wearing that short skirt again...