Temple are made up of a group of lads hailing from two very different parts of the world.
 | | Tom Huelin (Temple) |
Southall, West London; home of Bhangra and Indian restaurants, the extravagant sounds of Bollywood and a few hundred drug dealers and prostitutes to provide the entertainment. Then there’s Jersey, home to Bergerac and cows, millionaires on almost every street and where the people live for the weekend and the beach. All things considered, the fact that Temple even exists is nothing short of a miracle in itself. When Temple got together in the autumn of 2003, the job spec was simple – write amazing songs that they’d love to listen to. On the back of a CD release in early 2005 and over 40 gigs nationwide, audiences have likened the Temple sound to Nirvana, Sex Pistols and Led Zeppelin. With gigs now coming thick and fast, Temple are set to play their music across the country to audiences everywhere.
 | | Tom Huelin & Ranj Dhani (Temple) |
Having been asked to play on some prestigious stages including the Shepherds Bush Empire in London and then Glastonbury, the band are starting to put on the kind of gigs that first inspired them to get on stage in the first place. Interview Q: Describe your style of music, who do you sound like? Well I’ll let others do the talking for that: we’ve had loads of stuff thrown at us; Nirvana, Razorlight meets Sex Pistols, Led Zep, early Oasis , even Supergrass…. We’ve always said from the start.. We just wanna make great tunes you know and I think we’re doing it. Theres a lot of quirky bands out there just now, its all good, but you need some substance, its not all bout wearing eyeliner and carrying a whip.
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Q: What are your main musical influences? All of the above, as well as the Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Dylan, Wu-Tang – we’re all into different stuff really, Ranj loves Kid A and A Ha Shake Heartbreak, I hate Kid A. Ranj loves Nirvana, I think they’re alright. Sarb loves Wu-tang – enough said. Q: What/Who have been your biggest influences in life and on your lyrics? Hard to answer a question like that without sounding like a dick to be fair. Well personally, I picked up a guitar cos of Definitely Maybe. Ranj would say that or Nirvana. Sarb would tell you he started drumming cos he saw queen playing “We will Rock You” when he was 12 and thought he could do the drums to that song easily, and zak would tell you that he wanted to play bass cos he loves it… bollox, the fewer the strings the better for him., and that’s all im saying. Q: Who is your favourite band of the moment, what's in your CD player?
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Favourite band at the mo? As in, bands playing today? Kings of Leon are a bit of a band favourite at the moment …22-20’s are cool. Nine Black Alps are alright. Razorlight are good live. Q: What are your feelings on peer 2 peer downloading of songs; do you see
it as a good way of getting exposure or pure theft? Well at this point I think its great, cos it means people anywhere can hear our songs, which is great. The way I see it. If you love something that much, you'll buy a proper copy anyway. Theres no harm in it. Obviously, soon as it starts to cause a dent in my pay packet, im pressing charges! Q: How did you meet? I met Ranj at uni in 1999. We were both shit back then and never got anything going on. Then we left uni and I came home for a bit then went back to London. We met up again and it was like, what are we doing – lets get a band started. We did, and our mate Vik introduced us to Sarby. We got a bunch of songs together and that and started gigging and that, without a bassist, and then finally got our hands on Zaki via an ad in the NME. Q: Is there an interesting story behind the name or did you choose it because you thought it would sound good? Sarb and Ranj will prob tell you the ‘interesting story’, but the way I see it, Ranj has a picture of the Golden Temple, at home. But its got religious connotations, so we decided to scrap the Golden part seeing as though the subject matter in some songs could offend. I dunno, there’s no hidden meaning man, it just fits you know? We’ve had some shocking names before. Q: Big or small? Would you prefer to play a packed festival or a small pub? Well you need to go to some of the “small pub” venues we’ve played. If they’re empty, then they’re horrid mate! Then we’ve played Shepherds Bush Empire to 1000 people and the crowd loved us, so as long as the crowds good, I don’t care where we play. Q: You are the first Earth band to play on an alien world that doesn’t know our music, you can play any song ever written, what would you play? Come in Me. Have u you heard it? It’s a tune mate! | 
