Cross Skull Media

I got the chance to interview Everything Aside. An amazing band from a small town doing big things! 1. How long have you all been interested in music and playing your instruments for? We've all been playing instruments/in bands since we were 15. For Nathan, thats about 37 years.  2. Who are your inspirations? Toto mainly, but we have many modern influences, as of lately mainly being the likes of pvris and paramore with their latest albums being absolute fire! 3. What's been the highlight of your band career so far? The highlight of our band career would probably be playing to hundreds of people at Godiva Festival, opening for Neck Deep. A close second is whenever we find a grab machine/arcade in a service station. 4. What made you choose to change the band name? We changed the band name for many different reasons, but overall we really just wanted a fresh start after changing our line up so much. We decided to be a three-piece and to stick to it no matter wha

We recently caught up with soloist, Sally Pepper and here's the interview! 1. Who inspired you to play music? I don't think I can really pin it down to one person. I've played music of some kind since the age of around 5 or 6, and then started being interested in writing songs and performing them in my teenage years. 2. How do you think Spotify helps musicians? I've only really started using Spotify recently, but it's a great tool for listening to your favourite artists, and finding new ones. I like how it suggests bands that are similar to the ones you've been listening to. It's handy for when you've forgotten to check something out too, cos if it knows who you do like, it'll know who will like! 3. What made you decide to become a solo artist? I decided to become a solo artist when I was at university. Basically, my band from back home fell apart, and I still wanted to make music. I started off playing at some open mic nights at the un