Ethical Junction Member and keyboard player with the Autons, Tony Rollinson is set to take his eco message to tens of thousands when a video of one of their songs is played at Glastonbury Festival later this month.
The Autons eco-ballad Maybe has attracted attention since it appeared over the credits on a DVD given away with copies of Permaculture, a green-issue magazine published in the Meon Valley by Permanent Publications.
Several film-makers asked if they could create a video for the song - they put the results on video sharing website YouTube, and from there interest has snowballed. Environmental champion Al Gore has also expressed an interest in using the song, and articles have appeared in The Ecologist and The Times about it.
Tony Rollinson said: 'We had a few people after the DVD came out saying they would like to do something with the song, and to be honest we didn't expect much. 'But then it came back with this amazing, inspiring piece of film. We put it on YouTube so people could pass it around and share it, but we never expected this much of a response.'
Now the film will be shown on the big screens beside the main stage of the Glastonbury Festival, from June 27 to 29.
'The people at Glastonbury just asked us if they could use it, and you don't say no to something like that,' he added. 'We think they're going to play it quite a few times, which will be great for us.'
Channel 4 is looking at using the song as the theme music for a documentary series and the band have been invited to play at the Green Show at Olympia in London in October. 'It's a beautiful song in its own right, but when you get other artists involved it's brilliantly exciting to see what they can come up with,' said Tony.
For the record, The Autons are named after Doctor Who villains - plastic mannequins that came to life.
Source: Ethical Junction
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