1. When did you think about a career in music and what were your first steps into it?
Pat Kane (PK): When I sang with my brother in the front room of our house, all of us playing a cover of The Jam’s hit, Start. I thought, that sounds a bit like the real thing. I wonder if I could do this?
Greg Kane (GK): I've always loved playing music. I possess the 'practice makes perfect' mindset that all dedicated musicians must have to succeed in music. So my first step to a career in music was to dedicate myself to listening, practising and performing to the best of my abilities as consistently as I could.
2. Best gigs you've been to?
PK: American pop group Was (Not Was) at Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow in the early 90s. It was like Steely Dan fused with the Temptations – just genius. Tom Waits at the Edinburgh Playhouse in the late 80s, promoting the Rain Dogs album and Chaka Khan, The Blue Note, New York in the mid-90s.
GK: Lee Fields and the Expressions, in Glasgow this year; Willie Nelson and The Specials, back in 1982.
3. Fantasy wedding/birthday party band?
PK: Earth, Wind & Fire – every god-damned one of them.
GK: The Oscar Peterson Trio.
4. The record you’d take to a desert island?
PK: Frank Sinatra's Only The Lonely.
GK: Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life.
5. And the book you'd take to a desert island?
PK: James Joyce’s Ulysses.
GK: How To Build A Raft, For Dummies.
6. Top three films?
PK: The Master, AI and Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend.
GK: Alien, In The Heat Of The Night and ET.
7. Worst film you've seen and why?
PK: Some Transformers movie. They are not so much acted as inhabited. It's like watching 90 minutes of merchandise promo.
GK: I quite like bad films, they're fun to watch.
8. Favourite authors?
PK: American novelist Don DeLillo, Elizabethan poet John Donne and French philosopher Gilles Deleuze.
GK: I spend most of my reading time studying manuals and instruction books on software and music, so I don't have any attention span left to read novels.
9. Sport you most enjoy and top team?
PK: I like football and Celtic FC came in with my mother's milk.
GK: I enjoy sport at an amateur level. I play football, golf and enjoy running. I’m not very competitive though – I find very competitive sports people to be self-obsessed bores.
10. Ideal holiday destination?
PK: Morocco.
GK: North of Scotland.
11. Pet hate?
PK: Racism, heedless and greedy capitalism, machismo.
GK: Bulls**t.
12. What’s your favourite:
Dinner? PK: Thai green chicken curry; GK: Beef and broccoli.
Dessert? PK: Creme brulee; GK: Key lime pie.
Drink? PK: Belgian lager; GK: Cider
13. Who is your best friend and how do you know each other?
PK: My partner Indra Adnan.
GK: I’m lucky enough to have quite an active and varied social scene. I have about 10 different people I can text for a pint. No besties, but all great friends.
14. Is there a God?
PK: No, not as a transcendent being; but I deeply respect the beliefs of those who think there is.
GK: I think there have been over 2,000 gods. Just pick the one the suits you, I say.
:: Hue & Cry play Belfast's Empire Music Hall on Friday March 2. Tickets from Thebelfastempire.com
