EXCLUSIVE interview with Pull Tiger Tail

At this year's Ibiza Rocks, Dr Martens / FreeDM have been providing the opportunity for new bands to support some of their bigger indie rivals at the intimate Bar M in San Antonio, Ibiza.

One of the acts I caught there earlier this year were London based Pull Tiger Tail. The band released their debut single, “Animator" in September 2006 and played their first gig at London's Tatty Bogle Club in February of the same year.

Fresh from their appearance at Ibiza Rocks supporting the mighty Kasabian I grabbed a few minutes to catch up with the boys - Marcus, Davo and Jack...

So you've been friends since you were 10 - why only now have you set up a band?

We've tried every other way of working... porters, sherpas, mechanics, and financial brokers... being in a band was the only one that let us drink while we were working. And let us buy musical toys and claim them as business expense.

You're playing lots of festivals over the summer which is good stuff for such a new band - which festival would you most like to have played at and in which decade/year?

Monsters of Rock, Donington, 1984. After Van Halen, Motley Crue and AC/DC, the crowd would have been surprised to see us. But we'd have had our best perms on, and all the makeup we could eat. Alternatively, any mid-nineties Lollapalooza. That would have suited us better, I think.

As a band you seem pretty clued up on the impact of online media to help push yourselves. How much of an impact do you think your MySpace site has had on your success?

It's made self-promotion both cheaper and easier. We didn't ever make a demo tape, or demo CD, or demo Minidisc, or whatever the kids are making these days. Record labels really don't like being sent stuff, and we didn't have to. I think if your music is good enough, there's no need.

Do you think that you are privileged to be chosen as a FREEDM band and what are your thoughts on rock music in Ibiza?

Rock music in Ibiza serves as a beautiful distraction from everything else going on; and we were honoured to be asked to go out there. Incredibly, we got to spend four days out there, and only played one gig. This allowed us to rent a jeep and escape the townships. Our best reception was an acoustic gig, as the sun set. Magnifique.

Check out their latest single, "Hurricanes" here