Meatstock Band Focus: The Beards

Answered by: Johann Beardraven - Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone, Beard

Tell us your best BBQ-related memory: Once I got stuck into a whole lot of ribs and ended up with BBQ sauce and bits of meat all through my beard. Then later when I woke up, I had a midnight snack ready to go. Win!

If you had to use one BBQ/meat-based dish as an analogy for your music, what would it be and why? An old snag I once found behind the fridge — it had literally grown its own beard! Not many foods have beards. Unfortunately it also gave me severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. Good beard though so totally worth it.

Will you ask for meat instead of booze on your rider? Probably not — as much as we love a good BBQ we've become reliant on alcohol in order to perform, and to function in day-to-day life. There'll be beer there, right? Please tell us there will be beer. Help.

What are you hoping to take away from Meatstock? Our excellent-looking beards.

What else are you looking forward to at Meatstock? Whenever we're at a festival we like to play a game called 'spot that beard'. We scan the crowd for beards, and if you see a beard, you win! So yeah, hoping to catch sight of some good beards. BEARDS!