When Captain Dangerous won the public vote to support The Magic Numbers at the opening of the new Market Square they were still an unknown quantity to a lot of Notts heads.

But after spending the last year and a half bouncing up and down the country wowing crowds with their explosively catchy melodies and classic English storytelling, the Dangerous boys have acquired more virtual mates than you can shake a stick at. If you missed their slab square set piece, you can catch them headlining LeftLion Presents at the Orange Tree on Saturday 7 July. We met up with frontman Adam Clarkson for a quick ‘aye aye’.

How did you get so many friends on MySpace (almost 33,000 at last count)?
It just exploded, I guess people like our tunes, plus we actually talk to people rather than sending out big fat advertisements. That’s just crap, if people like what you do it’s only polite to talk to them.

How did you feel about winning the competition to play in the Market Square?
It was a great feeling because it was a public vote, it’s just a shame we got a bit of a backlash from a few other Nottingham bands. We should be all pulling together in this city to create a decent musical environment. We’re all trying to do the same thing after all. But yeah, it was a brilliant day.

Captain Dangerous sounds like some sort of superhero. Who would his nemesis be?
The origin of the name is a secret but it’s definitely not a superhero thing. My own personal nemeses would be The Borrowers. They don’t ‘borrow’ anything: they steal. To show kids The Borrowers encourages stealing. ‘Oh I think I’ll ‘borrow’ this toilet roll and not give it back’ That’s stealing!

Who are the best upcoming artists we should check out?
We Show Up On Radar - I love them.

Describe your average day...
(laughs) Get up, go to the label office, go on MySpace, if I’m short of cash do a bit of temping, play a bit of music, maybe do an interview and then maybe go for a few pints. I really enjoy what I’m doing at he moment.

What are your favourite hangouts in Nottingham?
Junktion 7, the Speakeasy. I’m coming round to liking the Social now, it’s not too bad once you get past the bad haircuts and polyester golf jumpers.

What was the last thing that made you laugh?
A story in the Metro about a woman doing an erotic dance with a loaded shotgun and accidentally shooting her husband. Fucking horrible, although the humour comes from her in court being made to re-enact what happened with a broom. Priceless!

What was the last thing that made you cry?
A couple of Mondays ago I was missing people close to me and had just had a boozy weekend and smoked too much, so the self loathing kicked in.

What can people expect from the show for LeftLion?
You can expect a Cure and Pulp sandwich with Hefner pickles and some Clash sauce. Oh, and a hard drummer who plays double pedal.

What else is coming up for you over the next year?
The first single, You Could Be My, is out on 1 July and you can pre-order it now via text. If you text ‘Captain’ to 82822 you get the single and b-side and if you text ‘Dangerous’ you get the single and video. Each text is £1.50. Also we’ll be touring and we’re booked into Abbey Road to record the album.

Anything else you want to say to LeftLion readers?
Listen to more Black Sabbath, steam your vegetables and listen to Captain Dangerous.

Captain Dangerous and Geezer Safari play LeftLion Presents at the Orange Tree on Saturday 7 July.

www.captaindangerous.com
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