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How long has the band been together? How did it get started?
I started writing and recording as Guineafowl in August last year. The first few demos I recorded were a bit odd but soon the songs came together. I began performing solo quite quickly, using loop pedals and triggering beats in order to try and replicate the layers of sounds recording in my demos. After playing a few shows, and one in someone’s kitchen, I realised I needed a band to actually perform these songs properly. I began working with an old muso friend Lachlan who had been in a few Sydney bands and he put me in touch with a fleet of musicians to create a live act. Soon there were six of us, sometimes even seven, all great musicians from diverse backgrounds. So really we are a pretty young band.
What inspires Your music
A lot of things inspire my music. I try to generally write about some kind of basic shared experience I think people my age are having or have had or will have in the future. Other than that, musically I am inspired by any music that not only gets you dancing and moving, but also gives you something to think about after you are puffed, like INXS, The Cure, Talking Heads or Beck.
If you could go on tour with any band dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Depeche Mode. Because, no one gets loose with the Germans like Depech Mode.
Do you feel supported by your local music scene, what is your general perception of the current Australian Music Industry?
We are very new to the Local music scene, so I am yet to feel supported. I feel like the “scene” is quite flirty, and does not want to jump into bed with you until you have proven to be a worthy lover/band.
I believe the Australian Music Industry needs to take lessons from the artists who are recording, producing and distributing their music without the help of Giant Conglomerate Labels. The Australian industry needs to be more guerrilla, more adventurous, more renegade and funky.
What are your plans for World Domination? Do You think a band has to leave Australia to really achieve great success.
First step in world domination is clearly to get two pet mice, one super intelligent, the other not so much and let them plot it for me. Other than that, write the best music I can possibly write and wear nice shoes. I do think a band needs to leave Australia to achieve success, because the rest of the world has a bit of an attitude about flying all the way over here to see local talent. Which is fair. It’s a really long flight to the U.K or U.S.
Have you done much touring outside your hometown?
Just stayed in Sydney so far but it is definitely something Guineafowl will be doing a lot of in the future.
Describe your best and Worst ever Gig?
We have played six gigs. Our best and worst gig is one and the same. We played the launch of a new night at a Bar in Sydney’s Kings Cross. The room we played had a capacity of 100 people, but we played to almost 200. The gig was bad because we could not hear ourselves at all due to the room and people; my lead guitarist was playing so deep into the actual crowd that we could not see him. But the gig was so jumping, and people were having so much fun that apparently the staff thought the floor would give way, and people were listening to us down two flights of stairs.
Who do you think is the next big thing?
There are lots of bands doing some fantastic things around Australia, its anyone’s guess who writes a song or album that catapults them into the sky.
What musical Instruments are you hankering after?
I am in dire need of a lot of new equipment. My dream set up would be somewhere between The Knife and the touring band for Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band.
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