Cut Snake are longtime friends of Life Without Andy, having dominated waves on the worldwide surf circuit before turning their attention to the decks. Now based in Los Angeles, the troublesome duo of Paul ‘Fish’ Fisher and Leigh ‘Sedz’ Sedley have come back to Australia as part of Stereosonic – so we caught up with the lads at Bondi Tony’s for a burger and a beer.

Read our interview below, while you can see a day in the life of Cut Snake in Los Angeles right here. Make sure you catch them at Stereosonic in Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide this weekend:

You guys just shared a big Major Lazer remix. Have you partied with those guys? Who else at Stereosonic are you looking forward to having a drink with?

Sedz: I’ve never even met any of those guys! Actually, we’ve DJed with one of them – Jillionaire, we hung out with him in Venice. He’s a cool guy.

Fish: Claude VonStroke, Claptone, Patrick Topping – Pretty much that whole stage that we’re playing on. I definitely want to see Major Lazer just for the crowd’s sake – I wanna see how big that crowd is. And they’re pretty much dominating, it’ll be pretty cool to see that.

What’s the best thing about coming home to Australia that you can’t find in America?

Sedz: The waves, the weather, the lifestyle.

Fish: My mates. Pretty much, Australia is a little treat to come home to. I love that. Hanging out with the boys, drinking piss, surfing all day, cruising – It’s the best.

How did your surfing peers react when you guys started taking house and dance music more seriously? How do you think the music taste of the surfing industry generally has changed over the years?

Sedz: I think they love it!

Fish: Some do, some don’t. We wouldn’t be where we are without the surf scene. The grommets nowadays come to our shit, but four or five years ago, you never would’ve had any of those fuckers there. It’s because radio’s playing that shit, everybody’s getting it out there, grommets are hearing it at an early age so they’re loving it. It’s epic for us. I thought you meant more like the actual surfing industry – some of my mates like Fanning and that are like “Fuck, your music sucks.” They grew up with bands, you know – Tool, Metallica.

Sedz: Even the guys that are dominating the surf movie scene, they’re all putting electronic music in their movies. It’s not really punk music anymore, it’s more electronic based, so it’s definitely helping us.

What’s it’s going to be like playing a big stage at Stereosonic as opposed to club shows? How are you guys going to do shoeys with a barrier?

Fish: We’ve had a few of those at some of the festivals we’ve played, so we’re used to it. Normally, if I have to, I get off stage and chug a couple of shoeys down there and somehow try to climb back up… As long as people are moving and grooving, we’re frothing.

Tell us the surefire way into convincing someone that doing a shoey is a good idea. What are the Top 3 excuses that people give when they don’t want to do one?

Fish: Mate, to be honest they have to convince me to do a shoey these days. I’ve done that many of them, they may as well call my throat tinia, it’s that bad. I don’t really heckle people to do shoeys anymore, I’m more the guy that’s like “Yeah, I’ll film you doing it” – Use some reverse psychology on them bad boys. If I can avoid a shoey, I’ll try.

In your experience what is the best shoe to use?

Sedz: Definitely a chick’s shoe, mate.

Fish: Out of any shoe I’ve ever done, girl’s shoes are the worst – they don’t wear socks so they reek. You know what though? I don’t mind a shoey, they’re pretty fucking fun.

Sedz: When you’re in the moment and a shoe gets thrown at you.

Fish: A brand new Nike is pretty good. I think the most shoeys I’ve ever done is a Vans, though.

Sedz: They’re built for that shit.

You guys are now based in Los Angeles. It seems that a lot of Australians like Anna Lunoe, Wax Motif and Alison Wonderland have either moved there or spend a lot of time there pursuing music. What is it about LA that’s so attractive for aspiring producers?

Sedz: It’s the entertainment capital of the world. So many international artists are now moving there – tastemakers like Pete Tong.

Fish: All the guys from London move to LA because of the weather. Pete Tong, guys like that – they’ve got the radio station and everyone wants to be around those kinds of people. The industry, all the biggest artists, everyone wants to be there and get a piece of the action. Hollywood – that one strip – there’s so many studios there, you don’t even know who’s working in there.

You guys seemed to be having a good time at the LWA Christmas party. What’s your relationship with Joey Johns and what can you tell us about his love of sing-a-longs?

Fish: Mate, I’ve known Joey for about 10 years. He’s pretty much like a 40 year old grommet really. He just loves to have fun, he’s an Immortal, he’s amazing. After that Christmas party, I nearly ended up in a cab to Newcastle, that’s how loose I was.