Interview with BLACKCHORDS, 26.02.09
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How did your band meet?
All over the place, pubs, friends of friends, gigs, maybe even in another life.....(we're still trying to figure that one out!)
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Where did the idea for your band's name come from?
The band has been through many incarnations but has always kept the same name. It came about cause there were the least amount of arguments with this particular name!
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What music has inspired your band?
Lots of music. Skid Row, Motley Crue, Ryan Adams, Coldplay, Joni Mitchel, The Stones, Cat Power, The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, Neil Young, New Order, Interpol, Yann Tiersen, Michael Nyman, Muse, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Bob Dylan..... I'm sure there are many many more!
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Use three words to sum up your band?
Moody, Rock, Honest
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What venue would you most like to play at?
The Forum Melbourne
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If you had a choice, who would be your support band?
I could say something witty or choose a band that we love, but in reality I have no idea?
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Three people dead or alive you would invite to your gig, and why?
It would have to be 3 dead people. For me I can't really picture how music will be in a few hundred years. So my first guest would be Beethoven just to see his reaction of how music has completely changed..... Although he was deaf wasn't he? So I guess thats a stupid choice.... number 2 -Elvis Presley. Just to get him on stage to do some Karate moves in his cape! and number 3 - Keith Richards. Most people think that he is still alive but its not true. Watching him on stage now is like watching weekend at bernies..... (Don't know what that has to do with anything??)
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What are you listening to at the moment?
Bon Iver. Bloody beautiful music!
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Where will your band be in five years from now?
hauled up in a bunker somewhere on a mountain in far north Queensland praying that bombs will stop falling and the sea will stop rising!
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Any tips you would like to share with your fellow muso's?
Find somewhere high above sea level and far away from the city!
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Do you live the Rock n Roll lifestyle?
None of us can afford to pay rent but somehow manage to have a constant supply of alcohol at every rehearsal.... I keep trying to piss in the sink..... But thats about it!