Interview With The Moffatts
     This interview is taken from MAX magazine




Q: For a new band starting out, are you amazed with your popularity?

                     A:- Scott: We never really thought about that. I mean, we really like the fact that the fans                      appreaciate what we are doing. But we never think about how much stardom we have or are                      going to have. The thing is to have as much fun as we can have by doing what we are doing.

                       - Bob: We just want to do music and make people happy.

Q: Do you guys spend a lot of time on band practise?

                    A:- Clint: We don't practise everyday. On tour, we practise about two to three hours. If we                          have more free time, than it could go on for five to six hours.

Q: What's the best part of touring?

                    A:- Bob: When you walk on the stage and you hear all the fans screaming, it's a great feeling.                          Playing live, we play out intrusments live, And that people actually enjoy our music.

                      - Scott: Just the vibe. Just to get on the stage and do the show.

Q: You are a family who travel together all the time. Do you get sick of each other?

                    A:- Scott: We are all brothers, so we have arguments and stuff like that. But it doesn't happen                          often. I mean you may quarrel but you forget about it tomorrow.

Q: Clint, Bob and Dave are triplets. Do you guys have the habit of doing the same thing?

                    A:- Clint: Actually yes. Bob and I are identical and they thought we were cheating because we                          always chose the same questions. So they put us apart in different rooms and still we would                          have the same questions and same right or wrong answers as we write our answers in the                          same way.

                      - Bob: We also like same movies. We like comedy and horror movies.

Q: What do you guys do when you are not working?

                    A:- Scott: I will usually be relaxing. Or playing sports like soccer. American football and                          hockey. Or just watching TV, playing my guitar.

                      - Clint: Music is a big part od our life so everyday we are either singing or writing songs. But I                          like to play sports. I'm ar present following the World Cup. Bob, Dave and I support                          Germany, except Scott who supports Brazil.

                      - Bob: I like to write songs most of the time and play sports. I like soccer. I also play American                          football and I also swim.
                      - Dave: Drawing. I like drawing portraits with pencil. I like to write songs and play soccer and                          American football. We do school work too.

Q: Besides your obvious musical talents, do you guys have any other special talent?

                    A:- Bob: We good at American football. We are good at sports generally. Hockey, basketball                          and football.

Q: Do you read your fan mails?

                    A:- Clint: Yes. We have a fan club where most of the mail get sent to. We can get about 10,000                          letters sometimes. We get letters all the time, and most of them are in the States, so we read                          those letters. Do we reply them? No, I mean we are so busy not that we don't have time to                          reply them. But we try to read as much as we can.

Q: Do you guys have girlfriends?

                    A:- All: No!

                      - Clint: But it's not like we haven't dated before, you know. (laughs)

Q: What kind of girls do you like and what's your idea of a perfect date?

                    A:- Bob: Singapore girls! Probably dinner first at a nice restaurant, then probably bowling or the                          movies.

                      - Clint: Singapore girls. Dinner, talk, horror movie.

                      - Scott: I like all kinds of girls. Prefably a dinner and a movie.

                      - Dave: All kind of girls. Dinner and a movie.

Q: What's the most essential thing you have to bring when travelling?
                    A:- Scott: My CD's. And I would bring a book. The one I'm reading now is Absolute Power.

                      - Clint: Cd Player. My guitar … (breaks off as Scott suddenly decides to videotape the right                          side of his younger brother's face …) Do you mind? I'm being interviewed!

                      (Scott grins and proceeds to film the already - in - hysterics fans fenced at the deli's entrance.                          Cue screams and wild waving. Inteview continues …)

                      - Bob: My CD player. A suitcase full of clothes. And my drums.

                      - Dave: My CDs. My sketching pencils.

Q: If you get stranded on a desert island, what three things will you bring?

                    A:- Scott: My guitar. My CD collection, a CD player, and … (thinks for a while) a girl.

                      - Clint: A girl. And I will bring a bed. Like a foldup bed. No no, I will take a hammock.'coz I                          got a girl you know (grins). And a bass guitar.

                      - Dave: I say, a girl, a book and a radio.

                      - Bob: A pair of drumsticks, a CD player, then a girl.

                      - Scott (asking Clint): What did he say?

                      - Clint: A pair of drumsticks, a CD player and a girl.

                      - Scott (to Bob): Why not a drum set?

                      - Bob: The question is things you can bring or carry with you …

                      - Scott: What if you can have it?

                      - Bob (ponders for a second): Oh. Ok then. (Back to MAX) A drum set. With drumsticks. A                          pair of very good drumsticks.

Q: Do The Moffatts have any message for your fans in Asia?

                    A:- Scott: Thanks for all of your support and for listening to our music. We hope to come back                          here again and do some more shows. Thank you!



Last Updated: 2/1/99


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