The following '60 Second Interview' was originally intended to be published in the Manchester Metro News prior to the Soul Co gig at the Manchester Roadhouse in January 2004. It was never used as they instead featured a full page interview with Dave (see here).

What would be your perfect day?
A day without Pop Idol

What is your greatest extravagance?
Right now a day trip to Blackpool

What is the most exciting thing you ever received through the post?
Tickets to see Deep Purple at Belle-View Kings Hall In 1974

What's your idea of a perfect meal?
A plate of chips from Nick's Umbrella Barbeque

Do you have a favourite hangover cure?
A raw egg and a copy of the Metro!

What vehicle, if any, do you own?
A Raleigh Chopper

What is the first job you ever had?
Running the roller-coaster on Prestatyn Beach

Do you have any irrational fears?
Robbie Williams

What is the oldest item of clothing you still wear?
A Harrington from my days with The Alarm

Who do you love?
Manchester United

Who, or what, do you hate?
No negative vibes

What newspapers or magazines do you read?
The Metro naturally

What is your favourite book?
The Bible

What is your favourite TV programme?
The Old Grey Whistle Test

What was the first record you ever bought?
Willie And The Poor Boys - Credence Clearwater Revival

Where do you go to relax?
For a good walk round Heaton Park

What is your most annoying habit?
I smoke

What is your favourite journey?
Across Snake Pass to Sheffield

What is your favourite part of Manchester?
Salford

What is your ultimate ambition?
To keep it real

What is your greatest achievement?
Making it back to Manchester after 20 years on the road

Choose three people, dead or alive, to invite to dinner. And explain why?
Winston Churchill - We all owe him a bang up supper.
George Best to ask him 'How did you do that??!'
John Cooper Clark because you need a good after dinner speaker!

Which person has most influenced you?
The Good Lord

If you could be anyone else, who would you be?
Would'nt swap for anything

Do you . . .

. . . believe in God?
Yes

. . . believe in love at first sight?
Yes

. . . know who's number one in the charts?
No

. . . support the death penalty?
No

. . . sing in the bath?
You Bet

What would you like to be your epitaph?
Come-on in, the water's fine!!!