In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.

Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.

And I've played piano since I was little, so I was originally the piano player in the band.

Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.

A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.