Katie P Interview!
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Today I suspect some of you will be going ‘who’ whilst the more veterans amongst us will be going ‘ooooh’. Either way you’re going to need the current issue of Kerrang! and in particular page 14… *pause for you to skip off and purchase it*
Ok as well as gaining Kerrang! another sale (what a sneaky devil I am) you should all now be going ‘oooh’ – hopefully in public so you’re getting bizarre stares.
That’s right, Katie P is the talented journalist behind the Kerrang! ‘Introducing’ articles and also currently part of the Kerrang! Tour ‘crew’. We caught up with Katie to talk Kerrang!, radio, and desert islands?….
Q1: Of course working for Kerrang! you must get the good, the bad, and the ugly (the demos not the job applicants) what’s the best demo you’ve ever received?
“The best demo that I think I ever heard was Bullet For My Valentine. That’s not to say that their demo then was an amazing quality – they were temporarily called Opportunity In Chicago at the time – but I had just watched them play a support slot at the London Barfly and had a feeling that I had witnessed something potentially really special. I asked the band for a demo after the set and they handed me a battered CDR. I did their first ever magazine article a month later.”
Q2: How’s the Kerrang! tour been so far? Do the tour bus parties live up to their expectations?
“The tour is brilliant – every year I have a great time and wish it would never end. There isn’t really much partying – or as much as people might expect – as playing a show is pretty exhausting, and the bands want to be on the best when 
playing every day. We had a really good dance party in Birmingham though this year – it was amazing!”
Q3: I was quite surprised to see you’re actually a DJ, as well as a journalist (talented or what?) How did getting a slot on the radio come about?
“I have been doing radio for about five years now. I started on Total Rock – an online radio station – working on a Metal Hammer show where I was writing at the time. I then got a slot on the Radio One Rock Show with Mike Davies – and later Daniel P Carter. A year or so later, I started presenting the XFM Rock Show while regular presenter Ian Camfield was in the States. That lasted 9 months and was the most fun ever!”
Q4: You’re about to be sent off to an island for a month yet you can only take 1 cd with you. What is it?
“Just one CD? That’s unfair! I might have to go for Queen’s Greatest Hits? Or Pantera? Or Paul Simon’s Graceland.”
Q5: Finally, as a journalist do you have any pet hates? Such as constantly editing your articles before publish?
“My pet hate is when people think that bands buy their way into magazines. It’s bullshit. There is no way that can – and could happen – and I feel proud to run a new band section in an important mag that is totally and utterly based on finding new talent and supporting groups we believe in.”
To follow the adventures of Katie P then check out her website over at: http://www.katiep.co.uk
