The Biters in Newcastle

TUK, the lead singer from The Biters, a new hard rock/punk band from Atlanta, Georgia, talks to Mick Burgess about the band's visit to The Think Tank, Newcastle, tonight (October 5).

What sort of show can we expect from you on this tour?

We don`t have a budget for a big light show and we don`t have a big crew. We`ll just be doing straight up Ramones style Rock `n` Roll with four guys and amps. It`ll be high energy with no gimmicks. It`s going to be Old School.

Your latest album Electric Blood was released a few weeks ago

I`m not sure if we've been getting good reviews or not as we haven`t seen them yet but there`s more people coming to our shows in the US and they`re singing along with all the songs so I`m hoping they`ll be singing along in the UK too.

For such a young band there`s elements of Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy and Kiss in your music.

My parents listened to classic rock when I was growing up and I remember hearing all those bands on the radio especially AC/DC and Tom Petty. They were my mother`s favourite bands. I always loved them.

1975 is one catchy song. What is so special about the year 1975 to you?

We weren't even going to put that song on the record, we thought it was a bit cheesy but everyone seems to love it. It was fun to do. 1975 was such a cool year and that line “I Wanna Rock `n` Roll All Nite” by Kiss from that year just sums it up for me.