Goldie Lookin' Chain - 'Like a UFO in the water...'

Interviewing Goldie Lookin Chain is a little bit like going on a magical mystery tour – you never know where you will end up, writes Chrissy Symmons.

But that is exactly why I love to talk to them.

The eight-piece comedy rap group from Wales were full of the joys when they arrived at Shropshire's music festival - Osfest - during the May bank holiday weekend.

It was the second year the group had been asked to take part in the event, and judging by the response from the crowd I could see why.

More than 4,500 music fans were at the Oswestry Showground for the festival and many of them were seen dancing and jumping along to the lads' humorous tracks and dance moves.

And I was lucky enough to be able to catch up with them before they went on stage.

I was invited to sit at a table inside the inflatable, armadillo-esque tent which housed the VIP area. Just like the Tardis it looks completely different on the inside.

There is a posh restaurant with comfy chairs, tablecloths and centrepiece flowers on one side; the other side holds the bar with a range of refreshments, cakes and cups of tea accompanied by saucers and a cube of sugar.

A plasma television is showing sports and two fish tanks sit bubbling away in the corner, with the fish ready to nibble the hard skin off the feet of those who felt so inclined.

Suddenly the gang of rappers arrives to pose for photographs and be directed to the correct media-type person waiting for them.

Graham, Maggot and Billy come and sit across the table from me and, after introductions, they politely wait for my questions.

I ask them what the crowd could expect from their performance.

Maggot, probably best known for his appearances on Channel Four's Celebrity Big Brother, looks me straight in the eye.

"It is going to be good," he assures me. "We are adding more to it this year to make it better.

"Last year we were very well received but this year people want all the stops pulled out with pyrotechnics and smoke machines."

Billy interjects: "It was a good party last year." Then he adds, randomly: "It's nice when the sun comes out.

Maggot nods in agreement.

Graham puts his hands to his head: "Last year the festival was so amazing my head split open and a small alien came out of it."

Slightly alarmed I tell myself this probably didn't happen but discover the interview begins to take a detour.

"We support local newspapers every time," says Billy. "You never read about garden shed thefts in the nationals."

Graham leans towards me to tell me about a story he read in a local paper about a seal pig.

"There was something floating down the river and it stopped the traffic. It was like a UFO in the water. Everyone stopped to have a look."

He said the report explained that passersby had described it looking like a seal while others settled on it being a pig – hence the name.

I suggest it could be material for the group's next song.

"It should inspire me to start a new song," he muses.

Then Maggot begins to share a story he's read in his local paper. It was about a bench that had been placed the wrong way round on a viewing point.

"It was facing towards someone's house," he laughs.

"If you buy the nationals they are all London-centric. They don't comment on stories in the countryside."

I try to steer the conversation back to Shropshire.

"I love Oswestry," Graham offers helpfully.

Another band member, Rhys, appears by my side to tell me about his recent meal.

"Backstage they make the best curries I have ever had," he enthuses. "We come backstage to have the curry. This is the second best day of my life."

He then looks around the large room/ tent/ blow-up thing and exclaims: "It's brilliant in the VIP area."

He walks off to explore it in more detail.

Maggot brings me back to the conversation and asks if I was able to mention an ITV show he would be appearing in at 10pm which he calls 'Britain's Got More Talent'.

"I will be teaching someone to rap," he informs.

And with that the lads go off to enjoy the VIP and prepare for their evening's performance which, like them, was a lot of fun.