Stevie thoughts while driving to work one day...

[Sahara]

I got into the Mac when my mother played me Peacekeeper in around April 2004. I loved the song but it was when I heard Running through the Garden that I stole the CD ...

A week or two later I spied the Dance DVD in a shop and sort of implied to Mum that she might be interested ... she took the bait and never saw the DVD again.

I watched it, got totally hooked and the rest is history...

I'm 16 and even though I've only been into the Mac about 18months I got obsessed REALLY fast. I do have one other friend [Hi Angelick Witch!] my age who's obsessed too but we live opposite ends of the country so it's difficult to obsess together properly. It's really cool to get someone else converted...

That said it's pretty cool to be into something a bit unique when all your peers are into rubbish that'll be out of fashion by next Tuesday. Stevie and the Mac have endured and I hope I'll be into them for a long time.

Their music is a great inspiration and has affected my life hugely.

They came to Dublin a few months before I got really obsessed and it turns out my friend's father had front row seats ... grr. I've never been to their concerts but I reallly hope that the rumoured 07 outing will be my chance.