Meet At The Hotel Bar

In today’s episode, we met up with the multi-instrumentalist talent that is Zac from the American pop rock band HANSON, in a hotel bar in The Westminster Hotel in London. Hanson, probably best known for their smash hit song MMMbop, have been nominated for 3 Grammys, and sold over 16 million records worldwide…May 6th has even been declared ‘Hanson Day’ in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Listening back to this episode had us in stitches laughing and we hope it does the same for you too, Zac had so much energy, and with 3 decades worth of tour stories we somehow managed to cram them into this episode, we couldn’t think of a better way to finish Series 2!

Stay tuned to hear stories of surviving stage invasions, what happens when 6000 people turn up to a small performance in a mall, how to act when the legs of your drum kit break mid-song forcing your kick drum to literally roll off stage, and what to do when presented with a decaying rotten apple in a glass cage which you apparently took a bite out of several years earlier!

This is Zac from HANSON coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’

In today’s episode, we met up with lead singer Sameer and guitarist Eric from US Alt Rockers YOUNG THE GIANT, in their hotel bar in Brixton the morning of their first London headline show in over 4 years.

Young The Giant have been literal giants of the alt-rock scene since forming back in Irvine in 2004. They’ve received nominations from the likes of MTV and Billboard magazine, have had multiple singles reach platinum status, and continue to headline venues like The Forum and Red Rocks.

Stay tuned to hear stories of jamming with the likes of Adele, James Blake, and Metronomy, sharing a tour bus with 50 crickets, and how to play guitar after you’ve been stung on the hand by a bee!

This is YOUNG THE GIANT coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode, we met up with Aston Merrigold from JLS, in a hotel bar in central London. As ¼ of one of the UK’s biggest ever boy bands, JLS chalked up an impressive five No. 1 singles, sold over 6 million records, and won 2 Brit awards. They’ve headlined London’s 02 Arena a whopping 16 times and shifted more than 1.4 million live tickets during their four album career… all four of which went multi-platinum.

Today’s podcast was a real rollercoaster of emotions: there were moments when we were howling with laughter and moments when we got deep into analysing what happiness and success even is.

Expect stories of Vegas memory loss, why JLS have a no white towel policy in their dressing room, impromptu arena power cut acapellas, and getting a life-changing phone call from the Jackson family. 

This is Aston from JLS coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode, we met up with Alice Merton in our favorite hotel bar, you guessed it, Islington’s Hilton Hotel Bar. 

The British-based German-Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter’s debut single ‘No Roots’ has racked up over 340 million streams. She’s performed at major festivals across the world including Coachella and recently supported Pink on her stadium tour. 

Stay tuned to hear stories of nightmare flights to Prague, what it’s like to start your own record label, how to remove a tick from your behind, and why margarine is a non-negotiable on her rider!

This is Alice Merton coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode, we met up with the multitalented, fountain of musical knowledge and living legend Andy Burrows from Razorlight. Due to a last-minute change of scheduling, we ended up recording the episode in his dressing room instead of the usual hotel bar.

Andy is best known as being the drummer for indie sensations Razorlight. A band who have sold upwards of 4 million albums, sold out arena tours, and headlined festivals across the world. The band’s single ‘America’ went to number one here in the UK and was actually written by Andy himself. Outside of Razorlight, Andy has also achieved success as a solo artist, soundtrack composer, actor and was even a founding member of Ricky Gervais’ infamous Foregone conclusion.  

Stay tuned to hear stories of reusable wet wipes, what it’s like to be in a band with David Brent, being victims of an accidental assassination attempt while returning home from a show in Russia & how to deal with a drunk bassist who refuses to play anything other than ‘come as you are’ by Nirvana whilst playing mainstage at the Isle of Wight festival...

This is Andy from Razorlight coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode, we met up with Irish pop sensations, Picture This, in a hotel bar in Camden the morning after their sold-out headline show at Koko. And in a ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’ first, we had not one, but two members of the band, Jimmy and Ryan. The band's debut album went triple-platinum and went to  #1 on Ireland's Overall Chart for four weeks. Since then all of their 3 albums have reached #1 on the Irish charts. The band have over 450 million total streams, have sold out arenas (including a five-night stand at Dublin's 3 Arena), and headlined Electric Picnic's Main Stage!

Stay tuned to hear stories of how they went to Number 1 in 15 minutes after an unplanned radio performance, on-stage injuries & how it feels to have 70,000 people singing an unreleased song back at you.

This is PICTURE THIS coming up on  ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode, we met up with Seye from Gorillaz, in the Hilton Islington Hotel Bar. Gorillaz have toured and headlined festivals all over the world including Coachella and the mighty Glastonbury. Having sold over 33 million records worldwide they have some of the most iconic bass lines out there, of which Seye, as the bassist, has the pleasure of playing every night.

Stay tuned to hear stories of what it feels like to accidentally leave your bass on mute whilst playing Coachella’s main stage, what it’s like having Damon Albarn as a best mate and taking on sobriety and winning.

This is Seye from GORILLAZ  coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today’s episode we met up with Sam from MAROON 5, in the 7th floor hotel bar of the Four Seasons in Madrid! Maroon 5 need no introduction whatsoever, as one of pop/rocks heavyweights they are one of the worlds best selling music artists, having sold more than 135 million records! 

It was great to hang out with Sam, and get an insight  into the crazy world of Maroon 5. He was super generous with his time and even invited us to the show that night in Madrid. 

Stay tuned to hear stories of adolescent theft, helicopter golf trips, how the three of us ended up all getting robbed in Madrid and not one but 2 Prince stories

This is Sam from MAROON 5  coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar'!

We made it to Series 2!!! Welcome to ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’, the podcast lifting the lid on life on the road. Heres a little taster of what’s in store, launching 23rd October! 

We’ve got some of the biggest name is music joining us, including Sam from Maroon 5, Seye from Gorillaz, Andy from Razorlight, Aston from JLS, Zach from Hanson, Young The Giant, Alice Merton & Picture This.

All filmed on location in hotel bars across the globe we continue to have the best time recording these episodes, we hope you have as much fun listening to them!

Thanks

JC, Freddie & Huss

(Flawes)

In today’s conversation, we sit down with the truly unique, John Rhino Edwards, AKA Freddie's Dad. He’s best known for being the bassist in the rock group Status Quo but has also toured with the likes of Dexys Midnight Runners, Kim Wilde, and Judie Tzuke to name a few. We met up on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in a hotel in London, the day after he’d got back from a show in Bilbao. We’d also like to add that, while this episode might suggest otherwise, Rhino really isn’t a violent person and we don’t condone fighting in any way.

Today you’ll hear stories about how he got his place in Status Quo, what got them into the Guinness world records, the origin story of his nickname Rhino and why Freddie ended up in a helicopter. 

This is RHINO from STATUS QUO coming up on 'Meet At The Hotel Bar'!

Prepare for a stampede...

In today’s episode, we met up with the infectiously fun and self-proclaimed Jack of all trades, Natti from Fickle Friends. Fickle Friends continue to release banger after banger and have toured all over since forming in 2013. Fun Fact… Natti is actually the first guest that Flawes have officially collaborated with in the past (if you don’t count the various Ella songs JC played on and the song we wrote with Thom). Fickle Friends did a remix of 'Here To Stay' that we released a couple of years ago!

Stay tuned to hear nightmare stories on stage in Bingley, Natti’s guide to securing work with Harry Styles and an array of off-topic tangents seemingly beginning with the letter C - caves, car insurance, curries, cats, and coffee.

This is NATTI from FICKLE FRIENDS coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In today's episode, we met up with the amazingly talented and knowledgeable, Thom Powers. Thom is an incredibly gifted songwriter, producer, and musician, and is best known for playing in his band, The Naked and Famous. We were out in LA writing and recording our second album and met up with Thom at our hotel bar after a session. 

Stay tuned to hear stories of beef with Machine Gun Kelly, a spoiler alert for bake-off 2021, and Freddie’s impression of Huss’ mum. 

This is THOM from THE NAKED AND FAMOUS coming up on 'Meet At The Hotel Bar'!

In today’s episode, we met up with the incredibly interesting and fantastically spoken Hugh from the Kooks. Having begun his touring life at the tender age of 15 Hugh continues to tour the world with one of the biggest bands of the last 20 years! They have scored number 1 albums, have headlined festivals across Europe, and toured the world over! 

TODAY however was a first for ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’... JC sadly tested positive for Covid so it was up to Freddie and Huss to hold the fort whilst JC called in from his quarantined bedroom.

Stay tuned to hear stories of beef with pretty much every UK band in the mid-noughties, how to successfully ask for Kylie Minogue's phone number, actual band fist fights whilst drunk on Kraken rum, and Hughs's favorite fan fantasy erotic fiction. Yes… we went there!

This is HUGH FROM THE KOOKS coming up on 'Meet At The Hotel Bar'!

In today’s episode, we met up with the talented and hilarious man, Dan from The Wombats, in a hotel bar in Clapham. The Wombats have released 5 studio albums, their latest 'Fix Yourself, Not The World' hitting the number one spot! They’ve toured the world, winning over fans with their infectious hooks and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, and also recently headlined at the mighty O2 arena.

This was one of our favorite episodes we’ve done. Dan was probably the most talkative guest yet, we spoke for hours and actually had to cut down so much of our conversation to fit it into a presentable single episode… (maybe one day we’ll release an uncut version!). It was actually the first episode where a fellow hotel bar drinker, actually pulled up a chair to listen to our conversation too. Our very own studio audience! 

Stay tuned to hear stories of how to survive terrible reviews while touring the east coast of Norway, tour managers appearing from nowhere and falling from stage, the adventures of their trusty travel companion Steve the squirrel, and what happens when you bring magical gummy bears on tour.

This is DAN FROM THE WOMBATS  coming up on ‘Meet At The Hotel Bar’!

In this week’s episode, we met up with the amazing, Ella Eyre in a hotel bar in London. Ella has won BritAwards, Mobo Awards, toured the world over, had a number-one single, and has one of the best, and most instantly recognisable vocals out there! Now, as you’ll find out with all the stories of tour shenanigans, JC and Ella go way back so it was a mad trip down memory lane for this one. Expect tales of “cursed” tour nightmares, tour bus crashes in Ireland, why she was expelled from school, and why laser quest is the best day off activity. This is ELLA EYRE coming up on ‘Meet at the hotel bar’!

In this week’s episode, we rendezvoused with the amazing Woody from Bastille in a hotel bar in Bournemouth, on day one of their world tour in promotion of their 4th studio album ‘Give MeThe Future’! Bastille are one of the biggest bands out there, they’ve won brit awards, had number-one albums, headlined festivals, sold out arenas across the world and as you’ll soon find out are famously some of the nicest guys on the touring circuit.

Expect stories of their truly unique rider requests, their genius response to being held ransom and blackmailed for €250K, days off in banana museums, and fake beef with Alt-J.

This is WOODY from BASTILLE coming up on ‘Meet at The Hotel Bar’.

In this week’s episode, our debut episode, we sat down to chat with the legend that is Chris from Muse, in a hotel bar in the outskirts of London. He really needs no introduction whatsoever... it doesn't get any bigger than MUSE, having scored Six No 1 albums, 2 Brit awards and 2 Grammys. They’ve headlined the pyramid stage at Glastonbury a mind-blowing three times, headlined pretty much every other festival and they continue to sell out stadiums across the world from Buenos Aires to Wembley! 

The three of us grew up as massive muse fans so we were super excited to sit down with Chris for this conversation. He was extremely generous with his time and was surprisingly down to earth given what Muse have accomplished!

Expect stories of dangerous nights out with the Strokes, private jetting with Bono, low-blow insults from The Stereophonics, exactly how Matt Bellamy learnt to sing, and enough diarrhea stories to last you a lifetime!

This is CHRIS from MUSE coming up on ‘Meet at the hotel bar’

What is Meet At The Hotel Bar?? 

Welcome to Meet At The Hotel Bar, the podcast lifting the lid on life on the road! Here's a little taster of Series 1 to wet your appetite, launching February 13th.

Coming up on the show we've got some of the biggest names in music including Chris from MUSE, Woody from BASTILLE, ELLA EYRE, Dan from THE WOMBATS, Hugh from THE KOOKS, Rhino from STATUS QUO, Thom from THE NAKED AND FAMOUS and Natti from FICKLE FRIENDS. All filmed on location in hotel bars across the globe we genuinely had the best time ever recording the series and hope you have as much fun listening to it! 

Cheers,

JC, Freddie & Huss
(Flawes)