Smash Hits September 1997

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Do you fancy yourself a bit tasty in a street fight?
"With thse boxing gloves on I do, but I don't actually fight. I remember the first time I punched someone, it was
when I was about eleven. This guy was calling me names and I just ran up to him and smacked him. His nose started
bleeding and I was like, 'oh my god!'. Last time was on a night out in Manchester about two years ago. My mate was
being stupid, so I shouted at him. Then he flipped and flew at me!"

Are you always losing your rag?
"I'm always shouting at my mam when I'm at home. My parents tell me to turn my music down and I'm like, 'No-one
understands me! How could you!?'. I'm quite bad tempered, I'm a typical Scorpio. I'm not the kind of person who
likes to say sorry either, I find it to embarrasing. I'm like, 'oh, never mind, don't be so stupid'. I do snap sometimes
and then regret it to myself. But I never show it."

Can you burp at will?
"Yeah I can (he burps to prove it). I used to do it loads, just sit there burping. I always used to say I could do twelve
burps in a minute, it was a bit of a party trick. I've grown up now, though, so I don't."

How good are you at football?
"Well, growing up I was always into United, it's like an in-bred thing in Manchester. I used to play at school. I was
always good until I got to about 13, when I got really into music and just lost interest in football. I was too lazy to run
around a pitch in the freezing cold. But I love all that 'wa-hey! everyone together' thing." (Waves arms aloft to
demonstrate).

Have you perfected the art of snogging?
"Well, I havn't really had much practice! My last snog was about two months ago and it was nice. I think I have, but
it's something you get better at with time and I'm not getting much chance!"

What was the last lads'night out you went on?
"Me and my mates went to Sticky Fingers in Manchester last Saturday night. You need your mates to take the
mickey out of you, it keeps you grounded. Anyway, I was laughing all night. I had my boob t-shirt on (Kav's shirt
covered in pictures of lady-bumps), and I kept going to the loo with my coat off so everybody could see it. The Crazy
Chance video shoot was good as well, it had been a really long day, so at eight o'clock we thought 'sack this' and got
the beers in. I was like, (boozily) 'Craaaaaaazy Chaaaance!!!"

How long have you gone without changing your pants?
"Probably about two days. Mind you, when I was at school I went through a stage of wearing no underpants, I just
couldn't be bothered. I used to like hanging free and swinging low (ahem!). I buy loads all the time now, though. I
change them every day as well."

Do real men cry?
"Real men do cry, but I find it really hard. I try to think of sad things, but I just can't cry. Sometimes I'd like to cry
when it all gets a bit too much, too many late nights and early mornings and all that. Being away from home a lot is a
bit traumatic as well, but you've got to get on with it. I'm always on the phone with me mates, no matter where I am.
Even if I've got nothing to say to them. I need them so much at the moment. The last time I cried was on the plane,
when I'd finished reading a book about James Dean. He was such a sad guy, his relationship with his father was bad,
and he died really young. I was feeling a bit jet-lagged and I just started crying. I went into the toilets, I was like, 'my
god'."

Do real man cook? Can you?
"Yeah, on holiday all my mates called me Keith Floyd (ecentric tv cook). We went to this villa in Lanzarotte and I just
got into it. My speciality was egg fried rice. We were in Spain so why I wanted to cook that I don't know. I'd get some
soy sauce, a bit off scrambled egg, a few chopped onions...gorgeous. Mind you, some nights I was just completely
sloshed and ended up putting all sorts of stuff in. the next morning we'd wake up and we'd just be, 'bleurgh!'"

How would you prove your manliness to a girl?
"It's so hard to know what a girl actually wants. With the Spice Girls you've got Geri saying it's OK for boys to cry
and girls want a boy who's got a feminine side, but you know they'll probably end up with big macho hunks. I think
the easiest way to get to somebboy's heart is to make them laugh."

Who's your idea of a real man?
"Robert De Niro. Somebody cool like that, understated, not over the top. Some people would say someone macho
like Mike Tyson, but I reckon a real man is just someone very sure of themselves and what they can do. I just look
at Robert De Niro and think I'd love to be like that when I'm his age. I can see him with a glass of red wine, talking
about life."

Do you reckon you become a man when you have sex for the first time?
"Well it's definately another transition, one of the most important things in your life. you do change, you just think,
'I'm a man now', but ofcourse that's rubbish!"

So are you looking forward to having sex for the first time?
"(Laughing) I am, yeah. I'm waiting for the day!(Pretends to pray) Please let it come soon!"

What sort of woman would you find intimidating?
"I'm not into girls who are really cocky."

Do you swear much?
"I went to a really bad stage, not that I think it's wrong to swear, it's just the way I speak, but it offends people so I
had to stop. I've done it on the radio as well. (Apologetically) There's no need to be swearing all the time.

Do you ever wish you had a hairy chest?
"(Examines his chest) Well, I've got one hair, no, three! They must be growing. But I don't want a hairy chest like
my dad. A hairy back's even worse, it's awful!"

Do you sit in front of the telly with your hands stuck down your pants?
"Oh yeah. You don't realise you're doing it, do you? But all men do. Maybe we do it because we have this kind of
bond with our willies. You don't talk to it or anything (well I don't), but it's there and it's a personal thing. Maybe we
hold it because it's our little area, we're protecting it. Also, it does rule a lot of things, doesn't it? It sparks off a lot of
different feelings. (Collapses in hysterics) I'm gonna sound like a really dodgy bloke in this interview, aren't I?"

Do you scrath your bits in public?
"Yeah, all the time. I even do it in swanky restaurants, then come out of the loo
still fastening up my flies and stuff. I wouldn't do it to be vulgar. I just do it because I need to."