STEVE HUGHES Has Never Had Group Sex

STEVE HUGHES

Has Never Had Group Sex

Comic wizard and ex-metal drummer Steve Hughes is bringing his fresh show Steve Hughes: Live to Perth for one night as part of the Perth International Comedy Festival. Hughes takes to The Astor on Friday, May 18, at 9.30pm. Bookings through BOCS.

Despite the fact that Steve Hughes’ latest show is touted as touching on hot topics like group sex, this is news to the Australian comedian and musician who tells X-Press that he should really start taking on the role of writing his bios and press releases for his shows. “I haven’t even had group sex in real life yet, I’m hardly going to make jokes about it,” Hughes says down the line from Sydney, clarifying that the topic of group sex won’t be touched on in his upcoming Perth show.

“I find group sex beyond funny. I’d be very serious if I was involved in group sex. I’d put a 110 per cent effort in. You have to pick the right people to have group sex with. I’ve got certain best mates that I really couldn’t have group sex with. You have to pick your men friends wisely.”

Although Hughes has named his latest show Steve Hughes: Live, with the initial thought that he could deliver his other show Big Issues with more flexibility regarding material coverage, he says it’s basically the same show. “Now I’ve decided that I want to do the show Big Issues so even though it’s called Live now, it’s actually going to be the show Big Issues which I will then explain on stage to everybody.”

Indeed, Hughes will give a thorough explanation of some of the political issues he tackles in the show but he’s happy to sum it up for X-Press in a couple of sentences. “The planet’s dying and all the money’s gone and there are terrorists everywhere and we’re going to drop weapons on anyone that’s brown skinned that decides to maybe have one and by the way watch this crap TV show and get a special light bulb and you can save the planet even though we’re dropping nuclear weapons all over and setting them off underneath the sea and we’re trying to bomb every country we possibly can,” he says, before continuing, “But, come on everybody, better like each other but don’t fight back kids, make sure you fill out a form if you get picked on but we’re going to bomb people to death but don’t you fight.”

Hughes, who has based himself in the UK for a number of years, has often thought about returning to live in Australia, but it’s not on the cards for the moment. “The culture itself is really artistic, it’s really amazing really because Australians don’t muck around when they do something, they do it properly,” he says of down under. “They’re better than a lot of overseas bands in a sense of performing live and playing well… it’s a rough around the edges culture with a conservative core.”

Steve Hughes: Live won’t be Hughes’ only gig when he hits town, he’s already got a couple of plans. “I’m going to do some DJing at Extreme Aggression after the show,” he says, talking of his set at the Rocket Room. “I’ve got friends within the Perth metal scene so I’m going to stay in Perth for a week or two and hang out.”

Once all of this is out of the way, he’s planning on putting his feet up after a solid year on the road and turning his attention to a book and animation film he’s working on along with his super fresh album. “I’ve just made an album with me as the only member, I play everything,” he reveals. “It’s called Eternum. I recorded it with Lachlan Mitchell who’s the keyboard player of Nazxul the band I used to be in.”

_ANNABEL MACLEAN