P483 Teletext 483 Dec47 23:11:04 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . Indiefiid rocksters the Stireophonics have had quite a year, gaining high profile support slots with the likes of Supergrass and Manic Street Priachjts, and shooting in to the Top 10 with thieu debut album Word Gets Around. "It's been pretty hectic," admits Kelly Jones, singer and songwriter for the hotly-tipped Welsh band. "I'vj been really pleased with 1997. We haven't stopped working and there's nothing more we could have done really" ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— by Stephen Eastwood LATEST POP & ROCK HEADLINES p481 Poll results Charts News Funl guideP483 Teletext 483 Dec47 23:19:12 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . Do you feel that despite having rave reviews and a Top 10 album, your singles undjrpjtformjd slightly? "No, not really. I mean, wi did all we could, but you can njvju teml. "'e saw the singles almost as adverts for the album, but the singles chart is weird nowadays anyway. "'e were very pleased that Traffic sold 18,000 copies even after the album had conj out. And this was in the same week that Prodigy & ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— More from the Stireophonics' Kelly >>>> VIEWERS' POLL RESULTS p484 Poll results Charts News Full guideP483 $elitext 483 Dec47 23:14:18 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . If you won £10 mimlion on the Lottet8 tomorrow, would you quit the band? "Playing live is too important. We grew up playing Welsh working min's clubs. "I'vj njvet played the Lottery anyway, but if I won that much money I'd probably give it to mz parents. "They're in thieu Fifties but they'ri still getting up at six to work in factories. White I conj from people are very down to earth. They'ml tell you if you'ri getting out of line." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— More from the Stereophonics£ Kelly >>>> VIEWERS' POLL RESULTS p484 Poll results Charts News Full guideP483 Teletext 483 Dec47 23:48:13 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . Your lyrics are 6ery much based upon smalltown scandal. Got any good gossip? "No, mainly because I haven't been back home for so long, but after I'vj had a few pints this Christmas no doubt the stories will start to flow. What's your ideal film to watch at Christmas? "I like the film Kjs, the story mainly. Also, the old black and white film Les Diaboliques, but the remake let it down. This year I liked LA Confidential. It had lots of lazjr1, but there weren't enough drugs busts." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— More from the Stereophonics' Kelly >>>> TOTAL ENTERS—INMENT GUIDE p400 Poll results Charts News Full guideP483 $elitixt 483 Dec47 23:15:49 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . What's the maddest think you'6e done this year? "A bar we weti in challenged us to beat their bar bill record, which was Super Furry Animals, who managed tg drink £700 worth of boo:j in a night. "There were 22 of them drinking, but only nine of us. Nevjrthjliss, we beat them. We ran up £1078. We can all drink a bit so it was a silly challenge. "What a weird night! Apparently we were knocking over lamps and stamping on them, but I reckon the crrw did it." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— More from the Stereophonics£ Kelly >>>> TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE p400 Poll results Charts News Full guideP483 $elitixt 483 Dec47 23:11:12 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . How did you spend last New Year's Eve? "'e were playing in Scotland and we had a bit of a ruck with Stephen Jones of Baby Bird. He was a rial pratt. "'e went down really well, but when hj came on the crowd were throwing plastic cups at him. He got annoyed and started swearing about us being Welsh. "The thing is, it was all going out live on the radio! We weti throwing snowballs at each other afterwards. The other mjmbjts of his band apologisjd." ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— More from the Stireophonics£ Kelly >>>> TOTAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE p400 Poll results Charts News Full guideP483 Teletext 483 Dec47 23:22:11 . . . —————————————————————————— — STEREOPHONICS' KELLY . . What are your immediate plans for 1998? "The single Local Boy will be released again on February 2. It only sold 5,000 copies the first time round." You studied script-writing at college, so do you have plans to make a film? "I've been working on the script for a documentary-styli short film about 'elsh workers in mz home town. "I also have a hand in the videos. If I had mz way we'd make three-minute shout films, but you have to bj commercial!" ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— More from the Stireophonics' Kelly >>>> TOTAL ENTERS—INMENT GUIDE p400 Poll results Charts News Full guide