Laika Dog: A Wright good comeback! by Pete Mella   L2SB caught up with Tony Wright, ex-Terrorvision, to talk about his new band Laika Dog. It was a sad day when Bradford’s Terrorvision split. The band, who reached the dizzy heights of number two in the charts, were one of the least po-faced, most good natured and damned enjoyable rock acts this country has ever produced.    Now their frontman, Tony Wright, is back with his new band Laika Dog, and we caught up with him backstage at the Boardwalk for a chat about his new venture.    The band are, he says, completely different to the ‘Vision. Tony compares his new band to the canine astronaut the band are named after. “Laika Dog is setting off on a bold new adventure, know what I mean?”    This is Laika Dog’s first gig proper on their current tour, their first appearance being a secret gig at London Metro. The tour will take in several dates around the country, and the band are keen to get on the road again after that.    “We’ve got a plan, depending on how many t-shirts we sell, after this tour if we make enough cash, we’ll make our own EP. So we can do this tour again and have an EP, that people can buy and take home with them.”    Tony’s trademark goofy grin and Bradford drawl are still there, masking, you suspect, a much more intelligent man than he likes to portray. It’s also good to see maturity hasn’t destroyed his surreal wit.    “I met Paddy building dry stone walls,” says Tony, “and I met Sim, he was dismantling a wall. Then we had to rebuild it.    “And Mike… we just heard this scratching at the door. And Paddy said ‘just open it, it could be a drummer’. And it was! And the line up was completed at that point”.    Onstage the band aren’t a million miles away the rock sound we’re used to from Tony, but the lyrics are less flippant, and there are a lot more quiet and reflective moments. Which is not to say the set wasn’t peppered liberally with some cracking rock stompers, Tony grinning as ever and loving every minute of it.    With the future dates and EP to look forward to, and an appearence at this year's Bulldog Bash, the world is theirs for the taking. So will Laika Dog go interstellar?    “It’d be great to,” says Tony. “It’d be great if everyone was into us, but if it’s only people who can be bothered to get off their arse and go and find it then so be it. We’ll try our hardest for them.”  March 23, 2003 2:05pm