Many of us are superstitious even if we don’t want to admit it. I’ve noticed our editor often looks towards a picture of Clive Dunn from Dad’s Army, which sits just above my head before he turns back to his screen and starts rapidly typing stuff. For years I used to lick the soles of any new shoes I bought before I wore them out on the street. My ex-g/f would never do ANYTHING in odd numbers, which was great when it came to not having sex just once, but not so good when it came to opening and closing doors over and fucking over again. She learnt the hard way that you can’t date someone an even number of times when you’re a complete mentalist (once is enough, thank you).

 
This one goes out to a Mystic Meg from me.

The Cobra Dukes have a superstition also. You might not believe it to look at them - a three piece electro rock outfit charging through their early twenties conceptualising, realising and performing the soundtrack to their lives. Self-recording their own tunes, promoting gigs and doing their best to become heroes, the Dukes seem way too ‘in control’ of everything to get all Mystic Meg. Managing to make a name for themselves with several well-received releases and an upcoming tour later in the year, the Dukes are in fact doing very well. Who would have thought it all came down to a pair of magical golden guitar picks.

Somewhere Brandon Flowers is jacketless and unable to go on stage (thanks for that guys, we owe you one)

DP: Tell us about the guitar picks then.

CB: Well, way back when we started the band me and Kyle knew that we were eventually going to be huge so we had a pair of solid gold guitar picks made for that day.

DP: So you don’t use them now then?

CB: Right now I pretty much just wear them for luck. At some point we’re going to play with them though.

Lead singer is obvious lead singer.

DP: If 100 percent of your success comes down to the guitar picks, is there any point in doing interviews? Actually why even release any music? The picks will guarantee your success… as musicians anyway.

CD: That would be weird though. People would think how did these guys become rock stars without releasing any music? Scientists and the FBI would get involved and then the pick would get taken away from us. Can you imagine if somebody like George Bush got a hold of it?