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Hippy’s member Sean says NO to going solo.

Star in the making Sean Mcminn-Davies is with us for an exclusive interview about his hopes, social life and most of all his band Hippys on The Hill.

He’s been a member of Overload with fellow students Adam Price and Liam Ryan but now he is a member of the well known local band Hippys on the Hill. Sean Mcminn-Davies has been a dedicated member of this band now for over 3 years and whilst playing the main role of the bass guitar player he also plays the role of the backing vocalist. This is the band who everyone is talking about and here at RockOut we managed to bag an exclusive interview with Sean himself.

The next gig Sean is playing with his band is in a place called the Cock and Bottle at the beginning of December but there is a bigger gig at the O2 academy on 15th December where the tickets are around £5-£6. Get your tickets now before it’s too late. You can get in touch via www.myspace.com.

Just like you would expect, Sean has his own personal favourite songs to perform his favourite being called “In the Night” which is one the band have wrote themselves. We can look forward to many new songs off the band as there is more getting written as I am writing this.

The question at the back of everyone’s minds is whether Sean himself is single or not and I can now reveal that Sean is single and ready to mingle. The thing that Sean enjoys most about his performances are when he gets a lively crowd as it makes him enjoy his bands performance more making him feel more confident. Shockingly he does not feel that he gets harassed by girls, maybe he just doesn’t notice it though.

ACDC are Sean’s ultimate favourite Rock band and he even says that they have slightly inspired him in his own music. He has many favourite music genres however thankfully his personal favourite is Rock. In his spare time Sean likes to socialise with his friends just like any other 16 year old. He is a young star and we can already see that he is going to be massive in the future.

When I asked about criticism he receives he said that he takes it well but tends to just go over his head, this shows us that he is a very easy going person and could get along with almost anyone. You wont meet anyone as friendly and welcoming as Sean, he would go that extra mile to help.

As we can tell Hippy’s On the Hill receives a lot of attention from fans as at all of their gigs the crowds go wild and have rememberable nights to look back on. Rather than keep himself to himself, Sean prefers to get the attention of his fans as it shows him that people are enjoying what he is doing and encourages him in the right direction to keep doing what he is doing well.

Luckily Sean gets along with all of his fellow band members with them being good mates. This means he enjoys working with them and him being a member of this band is not seen as a challenge for him because of the great responses he gets from the audience. When Sean performs live he is great at getting the audience involved, this obviously comes naturally to him as it makes him enjoy the performance as a whole much more than if he was to just play his role.

In his own opinion his best gig no far would have to be May 1st in the o2 Academy in Liverpool where there was an outstanding turn out and real buzz to the performance.

The real question we all want to know the answer to and have been waiting for is whether or not Sean Mcminn-Davies would ever consider going solo. To some peoples delight he would prefer to stay with his band showing us that he is a dedicated band member and will go far. We at RockOut will look forward to seeing his progress over the future and hop to see him back with us in a few years time to tell us about what he has been up to and how he is doing.