So first of all, how did the band get together? Amy and I met on the local circuit late '97. We admired each others material but it wasn't until a year later we got to work on songs and harmonies together.
We played acoustic gigs here and there, some in London, whilst simultaneously auditioning band members. After an array of 'characters', including a drummer who threatened to kill us and our families when we sacked him, our search ended, when in 2002 we discovered Paul Glover, a solid rock drummer and Sam Stone, a classically trained pianist and occasional raver! Tiki, from local band Kaldera fills in on bass and we're lucky enough to have Mr.Perkins on cello for all of our live gigs as well.

What are your main influences?
A lot of our material is influenced by film scores, for example Ennio Morricone (Spaghetti Westerns), The Wicker Man - all that trad. British folk stuff.
Most of the guitar bands we like and admire sound nothing like what we are doing right now. The only real influence for our melodies are our emotions.

And you've just brought out some new material I hear...an album called Kingdom Come, Kingdom Go.
Not an album, just four tracks. A local musician and producer Keith James, offered us some cheap recording time. From Feb 2003 we spent weekends here and there but it proved a pretty trying time for us all. There was illness, one track was scrapped half way through and started afresh, our then bass player disappeared and that's just the half of it! On the plus side though, we found a violinist and cellist who offered their services for free and the strings are the icing on the cake!

You've also appeared live on BBC Radio Berkshire. Was that nerve-racking?!
Yes it was a little. We've never done radio before so it was all new to us, but I think we came across O.K. We were dreading the questions mostly, usually with a name like ours people assume religious connotations, but the DJ gave us an easy ride for our first time!

What have been your most memorable gigs? For surreal entertainment value it would have to be when we played the Mayfair Club in London, promoted as an 'A-List Film Premier Party'. We had to walk down red carpet past a huge cue of people probably thinking who the hell we were! Everywhere was decorated like something out of Elton John's house - leopard skin Chaise longue's, velvet and gold everywhere. There was complimentary Reiki and Spiritual Massages, oxygen bars and bikini-clad champagne waitresses. We had a great time being decadent!

And finally, you all dress quite strikingly...is this a conscious band image?
Definitely! It was looking in those antique clothes shops in Portobello that gave me the idea. I just love all that 18th Century English garb for the Aristocracy! Of course we punk it all up, rip up old waist coats and dress shirts. Amy studied fashion and is handy on a sewing mahine. Mr.Glove has a genuine antique Top Hat, Amy and Sam have Victorian bloomers. It's really an extension of our music - you know what we're gonna sound like before we play. It's theatrical, bohemian, contemporary and fun - we call it Saville Rogue!