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Gingers on JJJ for the first time‌[so now] I’ll go to bed. What have the Gingers been up to in the last month? We’ve been writing new songs in preparation for our next recording and we’ve been jet-setting around the country to get ready to launch our debut EP “Love You Long Timeâ€?... A lot of time spent in small cars and on dank mattresses. In the time that you’ve been together you’ve played over a hundred shows. Where did you guys play your first gigs? We star ted where everyone star ts; at Melbourne’s best venues, like the Tote and The Ar thouse... but our favourite is the Espy. We feel more comfor table playing more intimate shows. You’ve sent us your EP both on CD and on vinyl; in this digital age, why have you decided to release on a medium that is so rarely used? I think that vinyl is making a come back into the music scene‌slowly but surely. We wanted
Definitely‌I used to think that it was a man’s world, but now I’ve star ted to realise that boys are so intimidated at the thought of girls “crossing their turf â€?. In the music world, there’s a not-sothin line between rock chicks and pop chicks. As a band that’s done it through hard work, how do you feel towards the Australian Idol plague? Each to their own really...I mean, those people still have to work hard, but in a different way I guess. I don’t endorse shows like “Australian Idolâ€?, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t deserve what they get. As one of you is still underage, how hard do you think it is for underage punters to see bands? What changes do you think should be made? It’s hard because people don’t put on enough underage shows due to the fact that they don’t pull in enough income. I think they should do
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They sent us a press release printed on recycled paper and a copy of their debut EP on vinyl‌ So if there’s one thing that can definitely be said about Melbourne punk chicks The Gingers, it’s that they intend on making an impression. Since Chelsea Wheatley, Etta Curry and Nellie Jackson first started wagging class to play music a yearand-a-half ago, they’ve played over a hundred shows‌and with the release of their EP
“Love You Long Timeâ€?, they’re gearing up to play a whole lot more, including Tassie next month‌which is precisely the reason why we had a word with lead guitarist Nellie. What have you been up to today? Well i got up and had some Weetbix‌then I caught the tram to work, then I worked for about two hours and spent the next four avoiding doing anything...then I went home and went out for Chinese food...then I heard The
to do vinyl to do something a bit different and interesting.
more all ages shows in Melbourne to let the kids see more of their favourite bands.
When and how did you get involved with Illicit Records? They heard our stuff on our Myspace website and were interested in the band and contacted us...from there we seemed to share similar ideas on where and what we wanted the band to be doing so decided to work together on it.
How do you think the band will be affected once you guys hit legal drinking age? Two of us already have...but I’ve noticed that since we’ve turned legal we’re drinking less... I guess the thrill of getting caught is gone and now it’s all safe and legal‌
The EP was produced by Lindsay Gravina; how much of an influence did she have on the final product? She definitely had a say in how he thought the tracks should go; he spent the most time and gave the most input on “Evening Roseâ€?. The rest of the songs we wanted to keep as raw and live as possible‌he was really helpful to us as it was our first recording experience. A lot of people say that guys are intimidated by chicks in bands – do you think this is true?
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When a musician puts himself on a stage, there is – more often than not – some awareness that things can go wrong. People can boo. People can throw things. Hell, Dimebag Darrell found out that you can be shot. But one thing Aussie poprockers Starky weren’t counting on when they played Texas’ esteemed South-By-Southwest festival was to be almost electrocuted by a dodgy stage setup. Ouch. About to release their second full-length album, and on the eve of their Tasmanian show, Starky’s front-man Beau Cassidy dropped me a line. What would you say your style is as a singer for someone who hasn’t heard you guys before? What would you compare your sound to? I don’t know, really. I guess we’re into a whole bunch of different music really; we’re all pretty different guys. It’s a hard one really; hard to put my finger on. I guess you could say something as generic as a “rock bandâ€? or “pop bandâ€? or something. I don’t know; I hope that we’re a bit more than that. I mean, Johnny’s into a lot of noise; art-rock and stuff. I’m more the melodic side of things. [Someone in the background starts doing a Pavarotti impression] And I guess when you put them together, there’s a bit of a clash of styles. Your EP, which I’m holding in my hands right now – it only has three tracks on it! Why does it only have three? They’re three songs – apart from “This Is How It Endsâ€? – that we recorded when we did the album, that didn’t make the final album. We just kind of thought‌they were a bit better than B-side quality, so we thought we’d do an
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What’s next for you guys? Our EP comes out June 19th, then we have our Melbourne launches, and then we hit interstate and regional Victoria. Check out our website for all our gigs, free stuff and anything else you want www.thegingers.com.au. Apar t from that, we’re gonna just keep writing songs and playing shows! As she said, The Ginger’s EP “Love You Long Time� comes out on the 19th of June.
By Tom Wilson EP. Originally, we were going to go with a couple of other songs on the record, but then we thought that we should hold off on that. So it’s more of a teaser or something. Are there different things that you explore on the full-length, as far as songs go? Are there different styles that you go through? I guess. Especially with our first record; it’s quite sonic‌it’s quite big. It’s probably a lot darker as well; a lot more layered. I kind of hope that it’s not as two-dimensional as our first record might have been. I guess there is a lot of different stuff going on; we explored a lot of stuff with keyboards this time. Now we’re just trying to work out how to do that live. (Laughs) What did you take away from the whole South-BySouthwest experience? It was kind of good. I actually got electrocuted on stage! Nice! How the hell did that happen? I think it was just really bad earthing with the electrical stuff. So I was getting shocks off the microphone. We were doing a five-minute set at the Australian barbeque, and about halfway one song, we got this huge surge of electricity. That kind of ended the show. I mean, it looked cool! When blue sparks and smoke start flying out of the singer’s mouth, I guess it would! Yeah. Not pleasant! Starky support Gerling at Hobart’s Republic Bar on the 30th of June and the Lewisham Tavern on the 1st of July.
By Tom Wilson
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