Who:
IKO
www.ikomusic.com
Darren Harvey Regan: bass guitar and knows his movies
Kieran Scragg: vocals/guitar and knows about love
Neil Reed: Rhodes piano/Hammond organ and knows his Bach
Rob Maxwell: drums/vocals and knows how to make a mean stir-fry
Beth Porter: cello and knows how to travel
What:
Post-apocalyptic campfire indie pop/rock
Where:
The Exeter area of Devon, located above Cornwall in Southwest England
Featured song:
"Lovestruck" from I Am Zero
(2006, My Hart Canyon)
Listen: (preview via MySpace) 
We wanted it to sound like the last song on the Titanic that the band played before the ship sank.
What inspired you to write this song?
It came from a really dark time in my life when I was getting up at 4:00 a.m. to work in a factory, cutting my hands to shreds on big machinery. I wrote song titles on scraps of paper and kept some themes running that I wanted the album to follow. The metaphor of a sinking boat just seemed really appropriate at the time. As soon as I got the opening line, “Tell me again exactly how we get ourselves out of this one,” the whole album flooded in.
Non-music skills you need to survive as a musician:
Balls of steel. It's important to build up a second skin, because criticism is hard to swallow when you've given your all and someone swans up to you and says, “Yeah, its okay.” If you get back up after each knock, then you have what it takes.
Best thing about being in a band:
Touring is amazing. Just being together with a bunch of people who are friends first and musicians second means a lot. We're always able to lift each other and have a laugh when we need to — so when the music gets made, it gets made with real heart.
– Kieran Scragg, vocals/guitar, IKO
IKO, I Am Zero (2006, My Hart Canyon)
Posted December 2006
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