A Conversation With Sheepskin: Westwood's New Band

... I'd like to start off by saying that getting an interview with Sheepskin has been an arduous task: getting these guys in one room is hard enough. When they're not struggling to get out of bed (with which we can all sympathise), one member or another is generally MIA. With drummer Liam living in Newcastle and having to commute on an 8-hour round bus trip to college and back, the dedication these guys have to their craft is commendable. When they are all in the same building at one time, you'll generally find them in the rehearsal rooms or recording studios, jamming and messing round with equipment and writing songs faster then they can get them written down. 

 Band members Sebastian Moederle-Lumb, Sam Mason, Liam Cain and Luke Mackie are all talented musicians on the Level 4 Artist Development Course here at Westwood, like myself. Seb is the lead vocalist and guitarist, Sam plays bass guitar, Liam plays drums as well as vocals and guitar for acoustic renditions of their songs, and Luke... does "stuff and things" (in his own words) mostly playing the wrong chords (in his band mate's words) on guitar and helping with recording. Each has their own background, influences and aspirations. Coming together by pure accident (or as they so eloquently put it, sent on a mission from God) they formed around a month ago, and are currently working on their eponymous EP. 

- What genre would you consider yourself as?

Seb - Alternative hard rock
Sam - Not hard rock! More... grunge
Seb - I hate the idea of being a grunge band
Luke - We're confused. Confused alt rock. 

 - What are you guys' main influences?

Seb - System of a Down, Black Sabbath, Crazy Frog and GG Allin

Luke - Rory Gallagher, Wham!, Simon & Garfunkel, Rush, Queens of the Stone Age, and Backstreet Boys

Sam - Wolfmother, ABBA and N-Sync

Liam - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Pendulum and The Prodigy

 - Outside of the band, what else do you plan to do music-wise?

Seb - I plan to go to university next year, and continue to song-write

Luke - I'd like to get laid (a lot).

Sam - I'd like to do sound design for TV and movies, possibly in the horror genre

Liam - I plan to continue composing tracks, perform live more, and record an album of original material.

 - Are you guys friends outside of the band?

Seb - We normally get along better if we're drunk

Sam - ... or hating on Liam. 

... onto fun questions:

- Would you rather be completely bald, or covered in green hair?

Seb - Green hair, definitely.

Luke - We could braid it, or shave it off and make carpets to sell as fan merchandise.

- Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs, or legs the size of your fingers?

Seb - Fingers as long as legs. Although if I had fingers the size of my legs, I could play guitar with them, and do random back-flips on the guitar at gigs.

- Would you rather have a cheese grater inside you or be inside a cheese grater?

Sam - Well, having a cheese grater inside of you would be painful.

Seb - I'd live inside the cheese grater, and have a... completely legal cigarette.

Luke - Or eat cheese.

 The guys have already performed at Quids Inn and college gigs, with plans for more in the future, including the Christmas gig here at Westwood on Wednesday the 14th of December. They hope to release their EP some point next year, so stay tuned on social media, and check out their videos on YouTube and Facebook:


Facebook: @sheepskinofficial
YouTube: SheepskinUKOfficial Band
Instagram: @sheepskin_ofcl
Snapchat: @sheepskinUK
Business Inquiries: sheepskinukofficial@gmail.com