20 Questions with Diamond Rings

Who doesn’t love the sticky sweet pop beats and rap hooks of Toronto native, Diamond Rings? No one we’ve met. Well his debut full length album is coming out on October 25th, and in celebration of this joyous occasion we asked him the 20 Qs.

1. What is your dream of happiness?

Touring the world and hanging with my friends.

2. Blonde or Brunette?

Bleach blonde brunettes.

3. What is the quality you like most in a man?

Um? Whether or not they like basketball?

4. What do you fear most?

Fear itself.

5. 808s or 909s?

909s actually. They’ve got a better snare sound.

6. What’s your biggest regret?

No regrets, coyote.

7. What’s your fav bar or club in the world?

Club Med.

8. What’s the one thing you can’t live without?

Peanut Butter.

9. What are the 3 musicians dead or alive you’d like to see perform?

PS I Love You, Grace Jones, Nirvana.

10. What is your favorite decade in music?

The here and now.

11. If you had to choose, would you rather go blind or deaf and why?

Third eye blind. The singer was way cute.

12. How old is too old?

Old enough.

13. Where do you see yourself in 15 years?

Keeping fit and having fun.

14. Who’s your hero?

Anybody who follows their heart.

15. What’s your favourite colour?

Violet.

16. What song could you live without ever hearing again?

I don’t talk trash other bands.

17. Metallica or Madonna?

Madonna covering Metallica.

18. What’s your most hated vice?

The magazine.

19. Who is the most tragic figure in history?

That’s way too heavy for me right now. Let’s come back to that…

20. What are the top three live shows you’ve seen in your life?

Devo at SXSW in 2009, Fever Ray in Montreal last fall, and PS I Love you every time I see them.