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| Alle & Emi (Photo: Nicola Bechi) |
Italians
are fabled for their grand passion more than their history of Rock N’ Roll.
Which is interesting since the country is truly full of both.
From
the accidental inception, we've been following the journey and growing legend
of one of Italy’s bright examples of Rock, Greasy Spoon. A band that is eagerly
and honestly going to get you to love their sounds with very little social
media; formats used so often in falsely propping up popularity. Instead they
will get you to their shows and melt your heart and soul with authentic power
blues that find them someplace between Manfred Mann and The Fuzztones with enough familiar pungent hints that will please the old school rockers
while enticing the younger ones into thinking they just discovered the new rock
gods.
The
band isn't worried about much of anything but only to make music that will cause
you to yearn for more without any of the hipster trappings that many of today’s
artists strive so hard for while letting their sounds wonder soulless across
music history.
Greasy
Spoon will not make it easy for you to love them but don’t blame them when you
can’t help yourself falling hopelessly head over heels.
What happened, you guys were in one
place about to make chart history and then BOOM, Greasy Spoon appears.
Well. Greasy
Spoon was born when me and Emi were kicked out from one band cause they wanted
to go funky-disco and we found ourselves in the middle of the road...we kicked
our own butts and decided to give it a go as a duo, since we didn't want to
share it with anyone and we had to prove something. That we were better than
anyone else...two men against the world
Does Greasy Spoon have a problem with
social media?
You mean
magazines and newspapers?
Newspapers? No cave dweller, Facebook,
Bandcamp etc.
I would like
Greasy Spoon to get known the old way, playing gig after gig in the smallest
and stinkiest assholes around...just spreading the word and passing the CDs.
Iwant to
make my little part in promoting the reborn of interest as a way of
living...you like music? Well, go searching for infos, go out and listen to
some concert, put some commitment in looking for that elusive album or whatever...be
interested! It's not like pushing a like button without even listening to the
stuff.
Obviously I
like to share some stuff on the net to have an immediate feedback, to check
what people think about it...but I don't think you could win any real fan
without playing live, at least with our kind of music.
There a ton of great duos out in the
rock market, in your opinion what makes GS stand out?
We are not
influenced by any other duo, and we have a much wider scope in song writing
than you would think a duo could...I’m not saying we are the best, we are
probably shit, but we are different for sure...and I don't collect 50's
memorabilia or 60's 7 inches.
That last bit seems very pointed; do
you think there is too much 'hipster' and not enough substance in rock n' roll
these days?
90% is all
about hype, and you can partially blame internet for that, and that's another
reason I’m not dying about riding the social media phenomenon. I struggle
really hard to figure out a contemporary band that could stand the test of
time, emerging head and shoulders above the others...it's more about how cool
is your sound this week? Did you put enough 80's reverb on those drums this
morning? No substance, no songwriting...to me they look like computer nerds
that discovered music through some videogame more than a record
collection...you have to bring on the tradition, starting from what you love,
say something personal without fear of being obvious.
Bring on and
forward the tradition, actually.
How come we never here from Emi? Is he
actual flesh and blood?
Emi is the
powerhouse drummer that doesn't need to talk, he only loves banging his drums
and his woman, that's what he's actually does all the time...he doesn't give a
fuck about you, me or Greasy Spoon...just give him a groove and something to
hit hard.
Has he ever looked at you with eyes of
admiration? You don’t have to answer if you think your wife will hide your Plácido
Domingo albums.
Huh?
Scratch that one. How much touring do
you guys plan for the next few months?
Wherever they
call us we go...we are planning a couple of dates in cool, intimate places at
the moment, but we are always looking to share the stage with some other band
we like, cause I think that short is sweet and two sets are better than one,
and I don't like to bother people for more than 30/40 minutes...we are not Deep
Purple and people are not waiting for the endless sequence of hits...
Whose blood has more Rock N’ Roll powers,
Björn Ulvaeus or Stevie Nicks?
Stevie was
made by Rock N' Roll Satana himself, she's too hot to be true and could melt you
with the blink of an eye...Björn has that "i don't give a flying
fuck" attitude that only men of real Rock N Roll power have...I would
screw Stevie anyway.
What glorious sound from the grand
days of Rock N’ Roll would you like to see bastardized by the corporate music
machine?
AOR at the
moment is the most refreshing thing I can think of...from Fiona to Survivor,
bring back some melody as bring back some melody, bastards!
Will you guys ever have anything for
sale?
At the moment
I'm thinkin’ about a handmade numbered release...old school to the very bone.
Will GS license music for cereal
adverts?
For sure they
would be the greasiest cereals ever...so yes!
What is Greasy Spoons special message
for the people?
Play it like
you eat it.
Thanks for the chat today.
Thank you, it
was fun. I’m going to see Ghost tonight.
Will they get a CD?
Ours?
Yes.
Not ready
yet...I have to print the cover. and I don't have any CD- Rom at home.
GREASY SPOON: SoundCloud.
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