Azeem Ward came to Selly Oak and it was a big one

Azeem at Indie Lounge

Unfortunately it seems that the rumours aren’t true, and Azeem is not in fact signed up to play Glastonbury next summer: ‘if it was a reality and I had the opportunity then yes, I would play Glastonbury.’

Azeem representing Selly

As well as travelling to Brazil, Azeem dreams of flirting with pyrotechnics in future.

He said: “I wanna do the whole thing with the fire one day but I need someone who’s legitimate and knows how the physics of that works.

“Like the Anchorman thing where he blows his flute and there’s like fire coming out of it, I might do that one day.

“Being in music, involved with music, teaching music, I dunno – it keeps me calm, it keeps me sane, so I like it a lot, I don’t know what I’d do without music.’ (Turns to Underbelly) ‘What would you do without music?’”

Underbelly: Drugs

Azeem: Yeah, drugs.  You know, living on the street trying to be a gangster, I’d probably be a very different person if music was never in my life.

What’s the worst thing about the UK?

Azeem: “Mmmm, so the worst thing is like, when you’re at a party or something or you’re at a club and you’re meeting people and then some person comes up to you and they just grab your glasses and hat and they take a picture with it and then give it back to you and run away.

“That’s like, very annoying, don’t do that. Don’t grab peoples’ shit! But other than that, there’s not very much to dislike.

And the best?

Azeem: Nando’s of course!

Underbelly: We don’t have Nando’s in America.

Azeem: Yeah, it’s quite a national treasure!

Am really does love Nando’s

Despite the British initiation parties he’s been a part of over the last few weeks, some of our slang still baffles the Cali boy.

So we’ve rounded up a few slang words for you and we wanted to know what you thought of them and what they might mean.

Azeem: Is bellend one of them?

What are wavy garms?

Azeem: Wavy garms? I don’t know man we’re American…

It’s like when you see someone wearing a funky shirt, like wavy garments.

Azeem: Oohhh wavy garms – I thought you were saying wavy arms, I was like is that like a dance move?

How about Peak times?

Azeem: I dunno, like prime time, when you’re ready to go? Peak times – it’s like, your highest time of the day? I don’t know, we haven’t heard that one yet.

Skyping the man himself

If you’re gassed, what are you?

Azeem: Tired? Maybe like NOS gassed?

Whats a chav?

Azeem: Oh we’ve gone over this…

Underbelly: Yeah it’s like a lower class social delinquent.

Azeem: Yeah we saw a couple chavs and me and Timmy always point them out. But there’s not many from the people we hang out with.

Underbelly: It seems like chavs peaked a couple of years ago.

And the one debate that divides our nation:

Is it scOne or scONe?

Underbelly: scOne.

Azeem: we heard this yesterday, it’s a scOne.

Underbelly: It’s not a scONe.

Azeem: ScOne for sure.