JUSTIN HAWKINSfrom Hot Leg

What's on your rider?Green tea, asparagus tips and pecan nuts.

What would be on your fantasy rider?Sport Billy's magic bag and Harry Potter's cloak of invisibility.

What's your pre-gig ritual/routine?Turn up, plug in and go for it.

How do you get to the gig – limo, taxi, walking?Van.

What's the best gig you've been to and why?Brown Whornet in Austin, Texas, March 2002. Impossible to pigeonhole – the entire performance was mesmerising.

And the worst?I have a singer-songwriter friend who struggles with both singing and songwriting. Too many gigs to mention.

Ecologically speaking, are you closer to Radiohead or Motorhead?We're trying to be green, but we can't afford to offset our emissions 100 per cent. We're much closer to Radiohead, though.

Who is the most famous person to have shown up at one of your gigs?Jimmy Page; twice at Hot Leg shows. Steven Tyler at The Darkness.

Most embarrassing on-stage moment?I am incapable of feeling embarrassment.

What's your crowd-pleasing number?Huey Lewis's The Power of Love.

Chatting between songs – good or bad, and why?It's good if you don't have enough songs to fill the set, but I think if you have plenty of material, like the Leg does, it's better to get the music out there.

Groupies – would you?Groupies do not exist. Although having said that, lots more pretty girls liked me for who I am after my album went platinum.

How many roadies does it take to change your lightbulbs?We only take one roadie out and a front-of-house sound engineer who doubles up as tour manager.

Have you a special stage wardrobe?No.

Do you like to meet and greet fans after the gig?Always.

Any useful stage tips?Keep off - it's mine.

What's the worst thing ever thrown at you?Indifference.

• In conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea. Hot Leg play The Village, Dublin, tonight.