Finally the sun has broken through the winter gloom. The ground is erupting with flora and fauna of myriad colours, shapes and sizes. It’s like stepping into Oz and glorious Technicolor after far too long in sepia and grey which frankly has done nothing for our complexion. So let us honour the turning of a new season as we throw open the grand doors of KOKO on April 24th and invite you to come dancing with us at the Guilty Pleasures Spring Masked Ball. Hoorah!

Some of the best heroes of fiction, comic and screen wore a mask. They know the power it holds, the mystery it brings and the cunning way it hides your eye bags thus making you more appealing to the opposite sex. Win all round we say...

Q&A with Sean Rowley and Anna Greenwood:

What was the first record you ever bought?

AG: It was an album; I clearly didn’t mess about with singles and that. Five Star’s “Between the Lines” was the purchase of choice. Admittedly not their best long player, but then I have always run against the grain. Nothing at all to do with a questionable music taste. Heaven forbid. 

SR: David Cassidy - Could It Be Forever. I was young & sexually confused

What was your first gig? 

AG: Paul Simon at the G-Mex in Manchester. If that wasn’t cool enough for you, how about the fact I went with my mum and dad? Yeah, I’ve always been pretty rock and roll. 

SR: The Darts at Hammersmith Odeon '79. A crap pseudo 50's doo wop revival group. I was going through a phase in my life when I thought I was the Fonz (I still do)

What are your desert island disc Guilty Pleasure top five singles? 

AG: Can’t be without Babs, so I guess “Guilty” should be there. Girls Aloud “Biology” is ridiculously brilliant – three choruses in one pop punch. When I fancy a samba along the shore, I’ll always opt for Debarge’s “Rhythm of the Night”. Anything by the Pointer Sisters in their “Breakout” phase, they look like a load of aunties having a right laugh and there’s not much better than that. Finally, I’d need to make the most of my idyllic surroundings, so let’s sling Wham’s “Club Tropicana” in there and I can pretend my coconut shell of sea water is a piña colada. 

SR: Hall & Oates - maneater, Dolly - 9 to 5, Take That - Never Forget, J Giels - Centre Fold, Mel Brooks - Spring Time For Hitler

What is your favourite building in London ? 

AG: Oh goodness, there’s so many, but I do sigh often at The Houses of Parliament. Not because of the ineffectual persons populating the building, but because it’s so wonderfully detailed and intricate and looks terrifically delicate as if it’s made out of toothpicks. But it isn’t. It’s stone and brick. Otherwise it would have fallen down years ago. 

SR: With out doubt KOKO (so many memories)

Who is your current favourite band? 

AG: Am I allowed Girls Aloud? I know I should be saying The xx but I can’t as that would be a lie. Not because I don’t like them, more the fact I haven’t paid any attention with my ears. Voice of the Seven Thunders new stuff is MEGA though. 

SR: Mostly this week I have been listening to John Grant's new album (it's very soft rock)

What has been you best G.P. moment so far? 

AG: Opening Wembley Stadium with George Michael wasn’t a bad day out. Fantastic catering too – oysters if you please!  

SR: Too many!!!! Last month we were joined on stage by a 'Raped Mermaid" who won the fancy dress competition

What could a first timer expect at a G.P. party ? 

AG: Pretty much the most fun they could ever have and more. We’re a full throttle all singing, all dancing super pop disco and one can’t help but give into it. We can make even the most cynical of people rejoice and have a bloody marvellous time. It’s true. Honest. 

SR: Light entertainment of a fucked up variety,  

Who would you never play at a G.P.? 

AG: Rick Astley, MC Hammer, Chesney Hawkes – they’re just rubbish frankly and who wants to play rubbish records? That’s just silly. 

SR: Anything you'd hear at school disco, or club de fromage (Chesney Hawks etc)