Scroobius Pip

Name: Scroobius Pip
Title: Poet
Company: I spend most of my time in the company of Dan le Sac
Hometown: Stanford le Hope, Essex, Uk
Current Location: Stanford le Hope, Essex, Uk
Previous Jobs: Music shop worker

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>>How did you get into the music biz?
“I quit my job in HMV to put out my solo album in 2006 and havent looked back to be honest. Started working with Dan le Sac in October 2006 and it all just started moving really quickly.”

>>What did you want to be when you were 10?
“I think i wanted to be an actor or comedian.”

>>..and what did your parents want you to be?
“Happy. Ive been real lucky to have an upbringing with very little pressure. My parents werent the type to push for grades or a certain career. As long as they knew i was doing my best and working hard then it was all good by them.”

>>If you had a musical genie that could grant you 3 wishes for the industry, what would they be?
i) Easier access to getting played on the radio and on music television.
ii) Careers to be decided upon talent and merit NOT how much money a label can throw around.
iii) And for people to stop celebrating blandness! The two biggest selling albums in the UK in the last decade were James Blunt and Dido. Shocking

>>Mentors/influences you’ve had in the music industry
“We have had some real good DJ's over here in the UK help us out and guide us along the way. Namely John Kennedy (XFM) and Rob Da Bank (Radio One).”

>>Top 5 fav bands/artists of 'right now'
“In no particular order..... Gideon Conn, Bat For Lashes, Adele, Sage Francis, Jack Penate”

>>Worst album of all time:
“We start recording this month!”

>>Why does your job rock?
“Because we get to tour around doing what we love and playing to people who appreciate it. it genuinely is a real honor.”

>>Famous person(s) you resemble?

THREE IN A ROW FOR BAND OF HORSES: Another week of domination for Sub Pop’s Band of Horses, who top the Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Song chart for the third week in a row with “Is There a Ghost,” helping full-length Cease to Begin enjoy its second week atop the Album index. Considering the group was recently deemed “Hot Band” in Rolling Stone’s annual “Hot Issue,” expect the accolades to keep coming fast and furious for the South Carolina-based collective, who will be appearing on “The Late Show with David Letterman” on October 18 and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” on November 5. Ascending both charts are Rogue Wave (Brushfire), whose “Lake Michigan” attains the #2 position on the Song side, while full-length Asleep at Heaven’s Gate nestles into the #3 slot on the Album chart. Directly trailing them on both charts is Electric Six (Metropolis) with “Asleep at McDonnelzzz” at #3 on the Song side and full-length I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me that Restricts Me from Being the Master filling the #4 spot (while the album title takes up about 5% of my word count). Top debuts on the Song side this week belong to Puscifer with “Queen B” (SonyBMG) at #4; Astralwerks’ Athlete, with “Hurricane,” at #10; and Kate Nash, an artist we mentioned in this newsletter about a month ago, enters the chart at #13 with “Foundations” (Fiction/Geffen). Meanwhile, the top debut on the Album end emanates from a rather surprising source: rock & roll road warriors Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who enter the charts at #2 with new effort Magic. Dunno how “alternative” Bruce and the boys are, but what the heck--as American icons, they get a free pass. Also debuting in the Top 10 is a more traditional Alt-idol, PJ Harvey, whose White Chalk (Island) enters the index at #7.