Mal Tuohy of Riptide Movement
What's on your rider?Slab of beer and whatever else we can get.
What would be on your fantasy rider?Two slabs of beer and Georgia Salpa.
What's your pre-gig ritual/ routine?A shot of whiskey through our eyeball, or a green tea.
What are your favourite and least favourite venues?Best venue would be Whelan's, worst probably the Post House in Tipperary.
Most embarrassing on-stage moment?Ger, our bassist, shot a girl in the face with a confetti canon.
What's your crowd-pleasing number?Hot Tramp.
Groupies.Would you? Yes, please.
Have you a special stage wardrobe?No, I can't afford one.
Any useful stage tips?Don't jump on top of your drummer and his drum kit. It hurts.
What's the worst thing ever thrown at you?A wellie with two angry wasps in it. It's very hard to sing when you get stung on the lip.
What's your best tour story?On tour in France last year, we stopped off at Sword beach in Normandy and decided to camp out there for the night. A few gallons of the local brew and a few Bob Marley albums later, we woke up in two feet of water and the tent had been dragged out to sea. Actually, that wasn't good at all – we could have died!
In conversation with
TONY CLAYTON-LEA
. Riptide Movement play Swan Lane, Navan, Co Meath on Sunday
