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So did you do any auditions to find Vaughn and Beaver?
No not really it all turned out to be totally organic, me
and Vaughn got it all together along with our original drummer
who left to pursue a career in taxidermy and our other bass
play disappeared - but around that time Vaughn arrived just
looking for somewhere to live and he could play the bass -
so he kinda just joined and we picked beaver up hitchhiking!
So from there it all just fell together, we were pretty lucky
really but I guess it was meant to be.
So tell me about your process of making
music do you record everything on a computer?
We aren't really into computers and stuff;
we use four tracks and Walkman cassette recorders and things
like that. So yeah we just go and work things out in the practice
room and our bedrooms and finally get it all together.
What type of music do you like when you
are not working on The D4?
I like lots of different stuff really a
lot on Garage rock 'n' roll funk soul R n B stuff, I'm quite
eclectic when it comes to music I try and listen to as much
as possible I'm totally open to anything.
If you could collaborate with anyone who would it be?
I don't know really! Im pretty happy just
collaborating with Dion at the moment, well it seems to be
working!
What bands are you listening to at the
moment?
Well in my CD player at the moment I have The Saints, they
are an Australian Rock and roll band from the 70's
Who are your main influences in music?
What are your early memories of music?
I remember the live inspiration, I heard
the Buzzcocks playing in New Zealand once and they totally
blew me away! It just totally made me wanna play in a band,
I was wanting to make a band before watching them but just
seeing those guys was fantastic they excited me and inspired
me to play.
6TWENTY has been really well received
in the UK by the musical press, what are your favourite highlights
on the album?
Oohh well I really enjoy the guitar solo
on Invader Ace, its just so wild and it kinda sounds like
its gonna collapse and fall apart, but really I like all of
the songs we had such a good time making it.
There is a couple of cover songs on the
album, did you pick those just because all the band enjoy
those songs?
Well each of those songs has a special meaning
to the band and they are on there for a special reason but
mainly because we thought we could do them justice.
Contactmusic.com has an area dedicated
to unsigned artists, what advice would you give them?
Umm well just do what you do, believe in
what you do, the main thing is just to work hard, you can't
really expect to get a free ride, so if you work hard and
do what you want you've got to succeed…..surely?
Do D4 prefer to work in the studio doing
the recording and writing or performing live?
Well both of them have their own appeal,
but we really just enjoying playing live, you can kind of
use it as an outlet you know - when you have any frustrations
or energy so yeah playing live.
The D4 played over in Japan did you enjoy
it?
Yeah we did a few days in the middle of
summer and we were playing these underground clubs, both the
temperature and crowds were though the roof! It was just fantastic.
The rock and Roll scene over there is one thing but it's like
a scene out of blade runner just so many people and it's intense,
the people are so respectful and I just love the culture.
They took to D4 really well we played one of our best shows
for enjoyment factor it was just packed out and the crowd
were so receptive, they just gave it up for us, their wasn't
a feeling of self conscious or cool or whatever, they were
just their to enjoy. If you don't get a good feedback off
the crowd in Japan you have to be bad!
Have you got any support band organised
already for your tour around The UK?
We are just picking up support bands in
each town as we go along, everything is kinda coming together
as we go along, I'm just looking forward to seeing some new
bands but I still don't know too much about the bands we are
going to be playing with.
Is there anything else in the pipeline
for D4 at the moment or is it all about promoting 6TWENTY?
Well we have this tour over the UK,
on to Ireland on Saturday followed by Scotland then we go
back to New Zealand for a few weeks for a tour - then back
over to the UK for Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festival.
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