So guys what the Hell is up? All is well man, just practicing our asses off for a fair few gigs in August, and then for the release of our split 7" in September. Toying with the idea of recording again straight away as we just love to have new shit out… Maybe a split tape.. who knows.
teens, myself and Vance played with, and then in his later band (Hand of Death) often toured with early Gacy's. Blane was a bit of an outsider, having grown up on the other side of the country, but in 2007 he moved to Belfast and he briefly joined my previous band, and the both of us knew we wanted to form a new band, a more aggressive band with more passion and something we would actually give a fuck For anyone that hasn't heard you dudes yet, how about. Blane had met Vance at a Converge gig in would you explicate the bands sound? Dublin prior to this, so when I dropped his name for The idea of Gacy's is to create a visceral aggressive vocals he was the perfect guy in our eyes. Fast sound yet carry through some melody in the music. forward approx 5 years later, and all roads lead to It's a crossover of our interests in Hardcore/Crust Rome. with our roots in Metal. It all comes from our belief in Personally I couldn't be any more happy with the band, we push ourselves as hard as we can when the lads I get to work with, tour with, share my playing and writing the material. "That sounds passion with… and of course blow all our hard alright"… isn't something we feel comfortable earned cash with… just to put a smile on our faces… settling on… we have to really believe in what we and hopefully a few others in the crowd. play otherwise what's the point. You guys are about to play at both the Sunflower The name 'Gacys Threads' where does that come Festival in Belfast and The Unleashed Festival in from? Fibbers in Dublin, how's the preparations coming Awh Jesus… myself and Blane (guitarist) came up along for those shows? with it in 2007. The general idea was based on John Really it's no different then preparing for any other Wayne Gacy, (known as the Killer Clown, who was gig, just locking down a solid set, and making sure convicted of the sexual assault and murder of the gear is up to speed. Playing Festivals is always teenage boys and young men in Chicago in the 70s) great as the majority of the time you get the chance and the threads part was derived from the rope he to play to fresh ears… people who may not have ever used to strangle some of his victims (he referred to heard of the band… and that's a challenge we love. this as his 'Rope Trick'), we thought each 'thread' in It's all fine and dandy playing shows for your mates, that rope could tell a story or represent each and getting crocodile smiles in the infancy of being person's life, their existence and of course their in a band, but we left that behind years ago, people awful demise at his hands. Fucked I know… so the grow tired of the same bands over and over again… easier answer… 'threads' meaning clothing… Gacy's we don't expect a line of our mates front row Clothing… the clown suit he wore as a children's wearing Gacys shirts, as down the line you realise its entertainer (Pogo the Clown)… yup… that'll do, and the new faces you have to crack and it's about we don't sound too morbid, well in comparison! increasing the fan base and delivering a performance to catch people's attention and keeping them The bands current line up, what's the background interested in the band years from now. with the group? The current lineup is the strongest it's ever been, and You did a recent tour with the Cancer Bats, how we have worked towards this formula for years, 3 did this come about and how was it? original members and Jonny our bassist having Well way back in 2008 (our 5th ever gig) we had the joined early 2013. We all come from various walks of pleasure of supporting them in Belfast, and we just life and locations in the North of Ireland, but are hit it off, they seemed genuinely interested in music, based in Belfast. Basically, we'd all been in bands for and as mentioned not just the usual 'Great gig man' years before Gacy's was even thought about. We courtesy comment. They were the nicest dudes, and pretty much all crossed paths and were friends fast forward years later, a couple of thank you's in before the forming of the band. Vance (vocals) was their album sleeves to Gacy's and I get an email in 'Choke' from a young age, and my previous band asking would we care to do all the Irish dates… "hell (November Dead List) played a lot with those guys, fucking yeah we do!" And that was it, we hit the road and then Jonny was in a few bands which in our with our good friend Paul (By Any Means) and
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