DPS Article

Here is my double page spread article, I have used these questions because i think that they address the main magazine title on the front cover, to answer these questions i have used informal language as i believe that this will engage more with the readers and keep them interested, i have also made it quite casual which is a typical trope of rock.

Toy soldiers, Even the name is powerful. They are the new voice of 2012 and have recently released there new single ''I Will Not Go'' which went straight to No. 1 in the charts. They have come to talk to Six Strings to tell us how there all feel about the recent events and a little in sight to there previous and present lives. So lets here what you new kids on the block are here to say.


What is it like to be known worldwide?
Alice: “Well it is quite surreal, and to be honest for me it hasn't quite sunk in, I am still quite shell-shocked that people are singing our songs and talking about us. In one way it is so exciting but in another it’s really scary.”
Rob: “It's Amazing, I love the fact that people are talking about us, good bad i don't particularly care, but the fact that we are known is enough for me, all the hard work has finally paid off. I mean not only are we known worldwide but we have officially been crowned the voice of 2012, which is crazy, it is such an Honor. And when that news came through i was gob-smacked, it's one thing for people to now you but another for them to actually like you."
Ryan: It is so weird, to me it kinda feels like i am in a dream or that its not really happening to us its just all in my head.
Rob:...We;re not in Cansses anymore Dorothy.(Rob and Ryan start laughing)

Now you have just released your new single "I Will Not Go", and it is at number one, it has been praised for it's deep meaningful lyrics, tell us about that.

Alice: Well we all contributed to making the song, we wanted our first ever single to represent us, so of course we wanted it to be meaningful not only to us but everyone else. We have said right from the beginning we want our music to help people and aspire many. That is our aim with this son as it encourages people to stand up for what they believe in and stay strong and not run away from problems, people or anything hence the name I will not go.

What’s the best aspect of being famous?

Jamie: “For me it’s the freebees” (turns to Ryan and they both giggle)
Ryan: “She loves her free bees, she always says to me if life gives you lemons, take them there free”
Jamie: “And meeting all the celebrities that I had (coughs "have") crushes on. It is just so strange meeting people that you are normally only able to see on your TV screens, and I get very nervous so when they talk to me I make an absolute idiot of myself.  Just last week at the Brit awards I met Noel Gallagher from Oasis and Beady Eye, I stood by him on the red carpet where he turned to me and said "You alright" It was such a simple little question and for some reason I could not answer him instead I just froze on the spot and let out a little squeal, like some obsessed teenage girl, I felt really embarrassed, but inside he did actually come up to me, saying things like it was OK to be nervous and ow you just have to take it on then chin, he kept making me laugh to take my mind of being nervous, he was my night in shining armour. So it was nice to know someone was in the same boat as me.
Ryan: “For me it has to be the performances, It is such an amazing buzz to be up on the stage in front of thousands of people who have paid money and come along to see you perform, I love it, it is so scary yet so exciting at the same time, it is like a very powerful adrenaline rush. Aside form that, yeah I do like the free bees, free bees are good.” (Gives a Cheeky smile)

What was the biggest struggle to getting where you are now?

Rob: "It's probably the music scouts, we did have many scouts come to our performances, and we would always get nervous when we knew they were coming to see us."
Jamie: "Because we are rock artists most people expect us to be confident and not get nervous, but we do and maybe in time the nerves will go but we have only just become famous so we have been telling each other that we are the exception and we are allowed to feel like this."
Ryan: "But saying that we have been told on many occasions that we look really confident and powerful on stage so as long as we carry on like that then i think we will be just fine."

How do you all know each other?
Alice: Well I know Rob from college, we were both studying sociology. When I moved from secondary school to college we were in the same class and we just hit it off, and became our own little social group.
Jamie: Well I moved over to Kettering half way through my college year, I was also studying sociology and so I was in the same class as these two (nods towards Rob and Alice) unfortunately (Jamie and Alice both start laughing) but for the first few months we did not really acknowledge each other until we were asked to do a pair project, and the pairs were picked by the teacher, so I was put with Alice, after that I started to hang around with them more often.
Ryan: …This is where I come in, I began dating Jamie, and when I was first introduced to her friends I did not get the warmest of welcomes from one particular band member (He looks over to Rob, who starts laughing) Rob did not trust me, and was acting like an older brother towards Jamie, I cant say I blamed him those three had been friends for just over 2 years. Alice was the one to sort us out, she literally knocked our heads together. No seriously in the hallway me and Rob were not speaking  at all and Alice got hold of our hair and pushed our heads together and said that if we did not sort this crap out, we would be in serious trouble.
Rob: Coming from Alice that is something to be feared so we had a male bonding session, where we went to this concert which Jamie and Alice had sorted out, so we had no idea who was going to be there. It was in fact my absolute favourite band, and as it turns out it was also Ryan’s, we both call that day the start of a wonderful bromance.

Have there been any major disagreements within the band?

All: YES! (All burst into fits of laughter)
Jamie: The band name was one of the biggest arguments we have ever had. We all had completely different ideas.
Alice: I wanted to be called barbed wire. because i thought it sounded edgy, but when i told them i thought of it when walking past a barbed wire fence they went of the idea. It took us absolutely ages the think of a name that we wanted to represent us, When most people think that us girls would be the picky ones t was actually the boys, there was no pleasing them. Finally we did come up with the name Toy Soldiers, we choose this name because we think it says a lot, the word 'Soldiers' shows the battles we had to overcome to get here and 'Toy' represents the fun we have also had together. Other than that there have not really been any other disagreements, we all get on really well and have the same sort of idea of what we want ad so other than the name, everything else has been a breeze."
Rob: "So Far."

Who has the most rock tantrums?

Alice and Jamie: ROB!
Alice: Yes defiantly rob, he is the biggest diva and drama queen i have ever meet. But it is what makes him absolutely hilarious, most of the time he does have tantrums that he purposely goes over the top with it. Then there are some times where he is deadly serious, and we just can not take him serious and we do tend to take the mick out of him, which winds him up even more. He just gets so annoyed, it is so funny.
Ryan: I am probably the one who provokes him a lot of the times to encourage these tantrums, we do tend to play a lot of pranks on each other, mine are better than his obviously, but my pranks are always taking him by surprise so he tends to become a right diva when he gets pranked.
Rob: Guys! i can't believe you are saying this i am not a drama queen....I am a drama KING!
(all burst into laughter) Ryan does seem to play some pretty hardcore pranks, but it is all just fun and games and i do like to be very dramatic so it is just a great opportunity to do that.

What would each of you want to do before you die?
Alice: i would want to do something that is weird. Probably jump and swim into a pool of cubed jelly or chocolate, just something that i would love to eat my way out of. (all laugh)
Rob: I would love to throw a party with fake alcohol and see how many people actually act drunk. i think it would be hilarious.