A few weeks ago a friend of mine suggested that I give a band a listen, to see if I might be interested in interviewing them for the Band of the Week feature. Of course, music junkie that I am, my answer was yes. The band? Their name is Inverse Order, and they're a group hailing from Auckland, New Zealand.

The first thing I did was check out the link that she sent me, which was their MySpace space. As a first step in getting to know a band, myspace has proven to be remarkable. Within a few minutes I knew without a doubt that this was definitely a band that I’d love to get to know better. Also, I was hoping to be able to weasel a few more songs out of the band than the four they had posted on their site. As remarkable as they were, surely there were more... and I wanted them!

In the hopes of keeping honest, by the way, the link was really the second thing I did. The first was to say “Oh Cool! New Zealand!” to myself once I found out where they were from.

The next thing I did, after the link (I promise) was to email the band and see if it would be possible to talk to them about themselves and their music. No effort was made to beg new music off of them I’ll have you know... that was in the second email.

Ever gracious, James (Bass player and email contact extraordinaire) told me that, while the band was busy, I could send them my questions and that he would see to it that the guys in the band would take time to answer them.

Told you he was gracious.

Here then, is the cobbled together transcript of those questions and their answers. If it helps, please feel free to read my questions in a slightly muffled voice, as I have a cold...

Who are the members of Inverse Order and what part of the overall sound do they contribute to?

Neill: Myself (Neill Fraser) - vox, rhythm guitars; James (James Dylan) - bass rumbles; Tristan (Tristan Lewis) - hitting stuff; Tom (Thomas Watts) – tears/lead guitar.

I’d like to ask about the name of the band, next. Where did "Inverse Order" come from? Does it come from anything in particular or is it just something that sounded cool so everyone ran with it?