{"id":8551,"date":"2012-06-08T11:54:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T11:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2012-06-08T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T11:55:36","slug":"man-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/06\/08\/man-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"MAN LIKE ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chants of &#8220;Oh My Gosh&#8221; &#8211; the debut single from Camden&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/manlikeme.net\/\">Man Like Me<\/a> that went viral in 2006 &#8211; can still be heard echoing from venue halls across the globe. This year will see the duo finally release the long-awaited follow up to their eponymously titled debut album.  Jonny Langer and Peter Duffy spoke to <em>Wonderland<\/em> about their newly found fondness of Mike Skinner and just how many Daim bars were consumed whilst filming a recent advert for IKEA.<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8551 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-621.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-621-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-63.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-63-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-64.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-64-345x483.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-65.jpg'><img width=\"345\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-65-345x427.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Man Like Me have been around for some time now. What has been happening since &#8220;Oh My Gosh&#8221; became the soundtrack to MySpace in 2006?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve basically been playing thousands of gigs to try and raise enough money to fund an album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the IKEA project arise?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nWe were larking around in the kitchen showroom area in IKEA in Tottenham. Pete had just moved into a new place and needed a chopping board and out of nowhere these advertising people pounced. The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;ve been doing the live London circuit for a lengthy amount of time now, supporting a plethora of heavyweight acts. How important are your live shows to you as a duo?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shows are our bread and butter. Rather than going out and spending all of our money, we get to go out with our mates and make money.<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"325\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FwAgLvAk7JI?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FwAgLvAk7JI?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of your songs seem to be quite metaphorical and fun, others seem to be quite personal &#8211; for example, &#8220;Single Dad&#8221;. Do you find it easier to write about things that aren&#8217;t so close to home?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easier to write about things that aren&#8217;t close to home but they are the ones that are usually better. They tend to make sense and people relate<br \/>\nto them better. 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