Lottery Winners ‘hate’ their name – Fakazakamp

The Lottery Winners “hate” their identify.

The ‘Let Me Down’ hitmakers – which embody Thom Rylance, Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd, and Joe Singleton – want they’d chosen a special moniker as a result of not solely are they arduous to search out in on-line searches, they develop uninterested in tacky puns being made once they’re talked about.

Thom advised the Each day Star Sunday newspaper’s Wired column: “I hate our band identify.

“It is nicely too late to alter it however I actually wished to name the band The Ugly Individuals.

“We have been Lottery Winners for 15 years and I do not assume I’ve ever learn an article that does not say, ‘Oh they hit the jackpot with their new single.’

“So I problem you to not use any lottery puns!”

However the group had thought of selling their new album, ‘Nervousness Alternative Remedy’, with scratch playing cards as a play on their identify.

Nevertheless, Thom stated: “It is one thing we thought of, and I wished to do it for this album truly however I used to be advised that it is a unhealthy concept.”

After years of working collectively, the group are thrilled to have lastly landed a primary album, although are discovering their newfound fame arduous to cope with.

Thom stated: “When you find yourself a artistic, you must cope with years and years of rejection.

“So, when unexpectedly it flips and there’s extra acceptance and individuals are praising you, it is arduous to get used to that and flip the steadiness.

“It has been actually arduous to cope with it, I hold crying on stage and no person needs that.

“No one is paying for tickets to see a fats man cry, and I’m so sorry it retains occurring. I hope I get cool now.”