THE JUST JOANS ARE…
DAVID POPE
Guitar and Vocals
Born: Paisley
Influences: The Kinks, Dolly Mixture, The Magnetic Fields, The Smiths, Pulp, 60s’ girl groups, 80s’ teen movies, nostalgia, unrequited love, small town boredom, people I once knew.
Desert Island Discs: The Kinks - Do You Remember Walter?; Sparks - Dance Godammit; The Cookies - Please Don’t Wake Me; The Smiths - Back To The Old House; Kenickie - Come Out 2 Nite; The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning; Michael Marra - Green Grow The Rashes; The Magnetic Fields - When You’re Old And Lonely.
Book: O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker.
Luxury Item: Crisps.
Likes: Horror films, charity shops, crisps.
Dislikes: Driving, wafer biscuits.
KATIE POPE
Vocals
Born: Paisley
Influences: Clare Grogan in Gregory’s Girl, Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, Joan Eardley, Mum and Dad.
Desert Island Discs: Nico - These Days; The Smiths - Cemetry Gates; Badly Drawn Boy - One Last Dance; Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time?; Half Man Half Biscuit - For What Is Chatteris; The Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies; Etta James - I’d Rather Go Blind; The Buzzcocks - I Don’t Mind.
Book: From Saturn To Glasgow: Fifty Favourite Poems by Edwin Morgan.
Luxury Item: A bath.
Likes: Mother India’s Cafe, dogs, Largs, oil paints, audiobooks, naps, Christmas, hot water bottles, the reduced aisle in supermarkets, living through the current golden age of television.
Dislikes: The pink and blue bobbly aniseed ones in a packet of Liquorice Allsorts.
CHRIS ELKIN
Lead Guitar
Born: Glasgow
Influences: David Bowie, 70s’ Iggy Pop, Robert Quine, The Fall, a short working week, Guinness, fear of wasting time.
Desert Island Discs: Guns N’ Roses - Welcome To The Jungle; David Bowie - DJ; The Yummy Fur - Policeman; Hole - Malibu; Momus - Shaftesbury Avenue; Lydia Lunch - Atomic Bongos; Robyn Hitchcock - My Wife And My Dead Wife; Klaus Nomi - Lightning Strikes.
Book: The Museum Of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk.
Luxury Item: Bibimbaps.
Likes: Cadbury’s Marvellous Creations Jelly Popping Candy, Bibimbaps, bicycles.
Dislikes: Spiders, heights, bands that say "This is a new song so sorry if we make some mistakes.”
FRASER FORD
Bass Guitar
Born: Glasgow
Influences: The Beatles (group & solo), Woodfall Films, Francois Truffaut, Sid James.
Desert Island Discs: The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows; John Barry - 007 And Counting; Marianne Faithfull - Love More Or Less; Yoko Ono - Why; Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure; The Trash Can Sinatras - Obscurity Knocks; Paul & Linda McCartney - Heart Of The Country; Saint Etienne - Mario’s Cafe.
Book: Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes.
Luxury Item: Isle of Harris Gin and a log fire.
Likes: Hebridean vistas, pianos, pavlovas.
Dislikes: Poor cutlery etiquette, steep hills, questionnaires.
ARION XENOS
Keyboards
Born: Glasgow
Influences: Yannis Philippakis' shirt collection.
Desert Island Discs: Sufjan Stevens - All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands; Vashti Bunyan - Glow Worms; Aldous Harding - Designer; Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two; Thelonious Monk - Nutty; Laura Marling - Once; XTC - Love On A Farmboy’s Wages; Beach House - Majorette.
Book: How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci.
Luxury Item: Dishwasher.
Likes: Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whisky.
Dislikes: Moths, ice, Greek jokes, smalltalk.
JASON SWEENEY
Drums
Born: Glasgow.
Influences: 80s’ Glasgow, surrealism, crap television, lo-fi pop.
Desert Island Discs: Animal Collective - Chores; Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane; The Owsley Sunshine - What I've Said; The Beta Band - Broke; Super Furry Animals - Slow Life; Daniel Johnston - The Story Of An Artist; The Breeders - Invisible Man; The Beatles - I'm Down.
Book: Anything by Chuck Tingle.
Luxury Item: A solar powered laptop with the latest Football Manager.
Likes: Tess and Nuala, veganism, making stuff.
Dislikes: Systematic corruption and bias in government and media, liquorice.