Lets start with the obvious,
1. Full name: Richard James Watkin
2. Date of Birth: 11/08/80
3. Siblings: 1 Brother, 2 Sisters
4. Pets: A dog called Freddy (probably after the late queen singer Mr. Mercury)
5. What was the first CD you bought?: Machine Head 'Burn My Eyes'
6. What was the last CD you bought?: A split cd between Recover, Midtown, Blue Line Medic and Silent* Corporation, it's got loads of old rare and new stuff on, hence the title 'old.rare.new'
7. What is the next CD you intend to buy?: There would be loads of cds I would buy if I could afford it, I kinda wanna listen to the Justin Timberlake album, you know 'cry me a river' and all that, although I wanna get the new Movielife cd plus there are loads of things I wanna get from a back log of cds like Taking Back Sunday and the Used.
8. Who are your main influences? As far as bands that have influenced me to be in a band I'd have to say Offspring (smash was the album when I thought I could be in a band) Korn and probably Bon Jovi, classic!
9. Why are you called Not Katies? It comes from the Japanese No Kati which literally translates as 'the bringers of the new rock' we thought that there would be loads of problems with people writing it down on posters so we altered it to Not Katies.
10. Favourite movie?: Tough one, I'd have to say Seven for proper choice and The Rock just cos I love it.
11. What cartoon character are you?: I'd like to be a tranformer, that would be sweet, get to change from a car to a robot and all sorts of cool shit, I guess I'd like to be Hot Rod specifically, just for the end of the movie where he gets the matrix and turns into Rodimus Prime, I always well up at that bit.
12. Whats your poison?: Arsenic, in small doses it is a recreational drug, when administered in larger quantities it is lethal... 8 of my 10 victims have been dealt with in this way, mu ha ha.
13. Favourite ice-cream?: ben and jerry's phish stick that is proper bo and the perfect accompaniment to a film. mmm.
14. What is the best sandwich filling?: Subway Pizza, with green peppers, a little lettuce, gherkins and mayo and bbq sauce.
15. What did you do for your last birthday?: Went to alton towers, i always do that place rules, I went on Nemesis twice and Oblivion three times and I went on air (the new one) and it broke down at the highest point and we we're dangling over a massive ravine for about 5 minutes.
16. Can you juggle?: A little I have some bean bag style sacks in the shape of books but I can only do it for a couple of circuits.
17. Favourite song at the moment:? 'The Devil In New Jersey' by Coheed and Cambria or 'All The Things She Said' by Tatu
18. Whos your role model?: no one in particular, i just look up to people who have done what we are doing and have become succesful of it.
19. Describe each of the other band members in just 1 word or phrase:
Luke: Hobo
Neil: Porn
Dave: Andre The Giant Hands
Ewan: Tick-tock
20. And finally Do you own a lava lamp (important question I think)?: Uh, no but I have purchased one, so guess yeah, in a way.
