Have they always stayed close to Bournemouth? No. They have played Poole and Swanage as well. "We have played quite a bit in Europe. We did a gig in Amsterdam a while ago. The rest of the tour had been cancelled, but we were contracted to do this one so we decided to drive all the way out just for this one gig. We got there a little bit late, but in plenty of time to do the gig. At the end of the night though, the promoter decided that because we had arrived late, we weren't going to get paid. We were not happy with this. Young Ned, our Body Guard, decided to load their PA into our van while we discussed the issue, as a sort of bargaining tool. We got paid!" Let this be a lesson to all you dodgy promoters out there!

So what do a bunch deranged ex Psycho-billys, Goths and Punks, armed with banjos, fiddles, mandolins, saxophones, washboards too much Special Brew and a collection of Johnny Cash records sound like? They describe themselves as Hogbitch Dogshit Cowpunk, which is sort of a cross between Irish, Yiddish, Kurdish, Nashville-ish, Cajun-ish, Football Terrace-ish and Kaz-Bar-ish . Still none the wiser? Try to imagine Tragic Roundabout Playing Football against the Tofu Love Frogs in a synagogue with loads of free lager while an Irish DJ is playing Country and Western over the PA and Dom Jolly is refereeing. Is this a whole genre of music we have missed out on? Is there a scene out there somewhere with loads of bands like this? "No. We are unique; we are on the cutting edge, boldly going where no one has wanted to go before. Watch out though cos we are the future of Rock and Roll and there will be imitators popping up all over the place soon”. How right they were, in the years since this interview the festival scene has been swamped with soundalikes, most notably Hayseed Dixie, and The Ace of Spades has become a country classic.

They are strictly a good time band, staying away from politics. "If you become involved in that sort of thing you limit yourself a little and you won't get invited to play certain gigs." This was demonstrated by the band having to pack up in the middle of the festival, drive off to a corporate hospitality, jugs of Pimms, type shindig in Guilford then head back to the festival. It was typical Pronghorn behaviour; they are never happy playing one set and make it their aim to play as many gigs as they can when together. If you see their name on the list for a festival, you can guarantee they will be blagging their way onto as many stages they can.

In 2004 the band ventured into putting on their own festival, in the shape of Endorse It In Dorset, which has been an instant smash with festival goers. It has an old school vibe but no crusties with dogs on a string, perhaps most importantly they always manage to secure a decent line up.

They have a shed full of CDs out with titles like: Fat of the Band; Faster than a Speeding Mullet; Now That's What I Call Dogshite; Inbred With me Doner; Londis Calling, Ten Gallon Nads and they do bizarre fucked up cover versions such as "The Ace Of Spades" and "Smells Like White Spirits." So next time your at a festival and you see their name on the bill at a festival stick some shin pads down yer wellies, get tanked up and head for the moshpit. While your down there, rip ya shirt off and offend them with yer lardy beer belly, then go and buy one of the exclusive Pronghorn Range of T-Shirts to go home with. Alternatively, go and watch a proper band then check out their website when you go home.

NB: when polishing up this interview for the website it was clear to us it is woefully inadequate... thats what you get for doing it from memory, so expect a completely new version as soon as we can catch up with them again... next time we will be using the trusty iguana dictaphone!

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