Tony Cummings reports on the Coventry band [DWEEB] and their ever increasing popularity

Matt: We do, we still see Nexus people around. Obviously, we've got a great relationship with all the people at Nexus. We still see them around and they come to the gigs that we do in Coventry. . . they've been really, really supportive.

Tony: Talking of gigs, are any of the songs from 'This Is Not Our Shed' or 'Moose Moose Chicken Moose' still in your set?

Matt: No! Although we did play recently in Wimborne at the Pulse, which has been a regular tour date for us probably for the last five or so years, and they were calling for, as an encore, "Pirate + Copse = Quandary" from 'Moose Moose.' so we had to pull that one out of the bag which turned out alright, but for the few minutes before it was a little bit hairy because we hadn't played it for about three years.

Tony: I'm surprised you dropped that one because until you've been in a throng of people chanting 'I'm a pirate' you've not really experienced the full sweep of life, have you? (All the band laugh.) Now, it's taken years of slogging away to get to your present position, many years of touring and working. Have any of you guys ever felt like jacking the whole thing in?

Tim: Yeah, I think so. Sometimes it's really hard work. But we've got a keen sense that we're doing the right thing. We've taken new steps, we've gone full time, we've got this new album out. All that stuff. We just feel that this is the right thing for us to be doing right now. One day it will come to an end. We don't know how soon or how far but we just want to know that we have been obedient to God from start to finish and we'll do this for as long as our anointing is still on us.

Tony: I'm going to read you a comment that I picked up on the website when I was researching this stuff. '[dweeb] are now on the cusp of becoming the new Delirious?'. What do you think about a comment like that?

Tim: I think that it's very kind for people to say that and I definitely appreciate the sentiment, but I don't think we're trying to be the next Delirious?. We don't sound like them. Don't get me wrong, Delirious? are awesome, and they did AMAZING things and their music continues to do amazing things even though they're no longer with us - they're not dead but you know what I mean (laughter), the BAND is no longer with us. We're not trying to so that same thing. We're not trying to lead people in worship I guess in the same way that Delirious? did. Our aims and goals aren't the same as theirs. Though it is a compliment we're not aiming to be the next Delirious?.

Tony: Still talking about Delirious? but in a different way. They had a question mark at the end of their name, you've got your moniker cased in square brackets. Are those square brackets important to you?

Badgerman: Oh yeah, they're massively important to us.

Tony: You must get irritated when promoters miss them out on publicity material?

Badgerman: Tim particularly has kittens over that one. We often have to hold him back, he's a violent man. no, he's not really. Those square brackets were just to aid with branding, I guess.

Tony: Your stage act is renowned for being completely bonkers. Is that a fair comment?

Badgerman: I'd say that's a fair comment.

Tony: How do you reconcile all the zaniness with the spiritual message you're trying to convey?

Badgerman: Well, I guess the first thing that we'd say is that the way we act on stage is very much in keeping with our own personalities. We are all kind of quite loopy. That's the first thing to point out. There's not much of an act going on. The other thing is we just strongly believe that a life following Jesus and being a disciple of his is just everything and you don't click in and click out of it. When we're onstage having a good time encouraging a party and a fun atmosphere there's no reason why that can't be a significant spiritual moment for someone. And sure, we do work hard at giving the set different dynamics. There are times when there are opportunities to act seriously and God can work as much in those times as when we're just encouraging people to have fun and see hope.