The Rifles

The future is bright. But how will lead singer, Joel Stoker, fare with the Living Questions?

Living... For the City
I live on the edge of East London in Essex and I have done since I was six-months-old. I'm a real Essex boy! I don't think I would really want to live anywhere else… maybe Ireland as I went there a while ago and loved it. If I'm going out and about I'll usually just go to local pubs with my mates. I don't really venture into town much. Camden's okay as it's music based, but I like to just stay local.

Living... On A Prayer
I'm not religious at all. I wasn't Christened or anything like that. Actually my brother was - I'm not sure why he was and I wasn't!

Living... For the Weekend
To be honest, we are usually away on tour so my perfect weekend is just to come back home and relax and see friends and family. We don't really work a nine to five job so it's not as if we want to be out all weekend and venture off to places. It's great doing that on tour though.

The Living... Years
You know what, I think the best time was when Oasis were out and the whole Brit Pop thing was around. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and be into it. I suppose it might have been like that when the Beatles were around. I remember going to the pub with my mates and playing Oasis on the jukebox. When they played at Knebworth that was massive. It was a great time because I was still at school and not quite old enough to have a proper job so we had a lot of fun.

The Living... Daylights
I have never seen a Bond film…well I hadn't until I saw a bit of the Daniel Craig one, Casino Royale, on our tour bus. Our producer is really into poker so wanted to watch it. Before that I'd never seen one! My favourite Bond theme IS The Living Daylights I think.

Living... In a Box
The best present I ever gave (thinks)...oh yeah, my girlfriend is really into music so I got her an iPod and me and my little brother put loads of music onto it. He wasn't very happy that he got roped into that! The best present I ever received was a guitar. I was in the 4th year of school and that kind of started everything really. It wasn't a great one though - just one of those starter ones!

Living... TV
My perfect night in would be with my girlfriend. We'd watch DVDs...The Sopranos is really good. I love Fools and Horses too and know every line. You can watch that over and over again and it's still funny. I also just saw Californication which is brilliant. I'd probably get Indian take away or cook… maybe a bit of both!

The Rifles at V Festival 2008