Interview: Band of the Week — Inverse Order - Page 3

Tom: I was 12 and it was called "Just Me". It was a mixture of "Sad but True" by Metallica and "It's On" by Korn. I imagine we'll play it in Inverse Order one day.

What was the first song written by Inverse Order? Is it one that's currently up on your myspace page (or perhaps waiting to be featured on an upcoming album/ep) or is it something that's been left back in the band's past?

Neill: All the very first songs we played were bought into the fold by me as four track bedroom demos. I think the first one we got together properly was a piece called “Fun Free”, which we haven't played live since about 2004.

Speaking of firsts, I'm curious as to the first song that everyone played? Was it an original? Was it a cover?

Neill: Originally (2003) I think it may have been My Own Summer (Deftones)? With James I have no idea. With Tristan I also have no idea but possibly some Incubus song because he seemed to know a few.

James: For me it was probably “Mary had a little lamb” on the trumpet. I bought a trumpet to join the school orchestra, and by the time we got home I’d figured it out.
On the bass it was the song by the Propellorheads in The Matrix - you know the scene where Neo and Trinity walk into the lobby of the building with about a million guns and blow the place to bits. That song.

Tristan: at the very first practice I ever went to, I believe I learnt three inverse order songs for the occasion, but I have vague memories of us thrashing out Incubus, Foo Fighters and probably Deftones. But personally, the first song I EVER learnt to play on drums was Coolio's “Gangstas Paradise”. Drum teacher's pick. Pretty much rock beat 101.

How long was it until the idea came around to take one of your songs and see if you could get some studio time and actually record it? What song did everyone chose to be the first?

Neill: We got some free studio with an amateur in late '03 and laid down three tracks, all which have long since been forgotten. The first proper single, "Good Mourning Lullaby", was recorded in early '05 over a couple of days in a tiny studio hidden in an Auckland office building. It seemed to be our most commercial song at the time so it was a fairly easy choice.

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