Dive Into Ruin (touring with Sydonia late May)

Photography courtesy of Adam Smith

"It's high-octane, tongue-in-cheek, riff-laden rock with a sound somewhere between Helmet and Dick Dale..."

Band name: DIVE INTO RUIN
How many members: 3-piece
First gig: 2007, Alaska Ratio's EP launch at Revolver
Best gig: 2008, ToteFest with Dreadnaught and Frankenbok
Genre: our guitarist keeps saying it's just rock
Biggest influence: our drummer keeps saying it's peer pressure
What legendary band would you like to do a world tour with: the richest, and most generous
Touring which country would most suit your music: Brazil, but perhaps we'd be extradited by their clergy
Pet hate: Well my cat hates magpies, and we both share an abhorrence for bands that sing "whoa, whoa, whoa..." Enough already!
What was the best decade for rock: The Seventies, baby, all the way