Hiwatt - Mark Bowen and Joe Talbot of IDLES

We got cosy with the IDLES boys at Y Not Festival to talk about Bowen's new Hiwatt rig, album number 3 and the guitarists Joe could get on with.
With extra special thanks to Partisan Records for permission to use "Never Fight a Man with a Perm" and "Rottweiler".
www.hiwatt.co.uk
www.idlesband.com
www.partisanrecords.com

[@louisdegrois8740]

"i hate it. but it does sound good" nailed it

[@interwebification4473]

3:52 bowen: it’s gonna make our singer deaf, but like, fuck him
joe: 👁👄👁

[@gareth9012]

Lovely hearing Mark completely nerd out. Fantastic gig last night.

[@BathedInMilk]

Gareth Erskine-Jones Ally Pally? It was a belter

[@vincenzodavian5039]

I know I'm kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good site to watch new series online ?

[@colsonmark1136]

@Vincenzo Davian flixportal xD

[@glitzersuite9556]

you guys are a flower garden of inspiration, thanks for committing to making great music.

[@nataroonytrontime3976]

Now this just makes me want a bloody full stack

[@marks5946]

ALBUM 3 WHEN?!

[@ameliamyy]

Summer/end of summer next year x

[@finnshanks510]

NOW

[@nataroonytrontime3976]

Now

[@rbdriftin]

Mark is my mancrush

[@nataroonytrontime3976]

Ditto mate

[@laylayclippy5227]

Arrrrrgggghh I seriously need to go to a loud gig !!!

[@titoaldunate]

Cheers!

[@sprechstund925]

HE LIKES THAT!

[@williamscaliarini8201]

Is q hiwatt t tone simular to a baxandall?

[@sebastiancrowe2453]

It’s weird seeing joe with a a guitar

[@alchase-iw8nb]

Spanky and Drivey, are those technical terms?

[@mattgrealis5407]

Hiwatts give loads of spank and twang,especially running a strat or tele through them the slappy twang similar to Simon Neil’s clean tone,they open up with distortion,Bowen you should run a fender Seville for strict clean tone and modulation alongside the twin hiwatts and then run a line selector so when you slap the distortion or overdrive on the two hiwatts kick in all the crunch but you still have the fender clean tone running above the distortion adding more slap and clarity to your wall of sound!!! Face melter

[@jack_k_p]

The music parts of this are the best I've heard on any youtube video EVER. I want it to penetrate my drums.

[@yomuthabyotch]

_luh-eed_ -> _loud_
what UK dialect is he speaking?

[@gabrielhiggins9991]

He’s from Belfast

[@alexmcgilvary5693]

cute man.

[@sammie3827]

“Most guitarists are wankers” -Joe Talbot

[@agnesheczkmann6454]

MARC BOWEN ALKOHOLIST!

[@nerom68]

Why not just turn everything up????