This is a preview of the Johnny Panic interview (with lead singer Rob Solly) that will be featured in the first ever printed version of Rock Pulse! Check out the Magazine page for more info, and make sure you join the mailing list so you know when it will come out!

First of all, hello and how are you?

Hello. Surviving.

What has the band been up to recently?

We've just finished doing some gigs. We went out to the channel islands cause not many bands go over there and that was cool. Really good to see people trying to make a platform for the music they like with limited resources. Now were on the promotion train for our 1st single 'Burn Your Youth.'

Your new single, 'Burn Your Youth' is out next month, what made you want to write a song about young male suicide?

I followed a band called Q-sling when I was younger. Unfortunately, the bass player, sam, killed himself at 19. At the time I couldn't understand why, I thought the band were great and were going places. As I started to look around I realised a lot of my musical heroes (ian curtis, richey james, kurt cobain) killed themselves. I then heard about the statistic(The biggest killer of UK males aged 16-24 is themselves) which I found unbelievable. When I researched it I realised that people need to know this, particularly those, like myself, that fall into that demographic. I think it's vital that we are aware of this information so that as a society we have no black holes.

Apparently you had a bit of trouble with the police when shooting the BYY video, what happened?!

That was real funny, a great day. As I researched further into the suicide subject further, i found that many males of all age killed themselves in the city. So who better to sing the song to than those who are most at risk. However, the police didn't agree with us and basically we got chased around town , at Liverpool St. station they were grabbing the camera's and really giving us the boot. they had, had enough.

Sorry, but you'll have to wait for the magazine to come out to read the rest of the interview! In the meantime, you can find out more about Johnny Panic at their site: www.johnnypanic.com.