FOR THE UNINFORMED, COULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE RIVERCLUB? Hey, we are The Riverclub. My name is Alex and I play Guitar and Keys, Christian plays the Bass, Dan Q sings and plays Keys, Glen shreds the Guitar and Dan O keeps the beat with his hands and his feet.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE RIVERCLUB SOUND TO SOMEONE WHO HADNT HEARD YOU BEFORE? We sound like all your favourite CDs playing at the same time.
YOU HAVE QUITE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND COMING UP, WITH ALLISTER, THE AQUABATS AND FAILSAFE. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS TOUR? YOU'RE COVERING QUITE A BROAD AREA, HAVE YOU PLAYED ANY OF THESE CITIES/TOWNS BEFORE? I'm super excited about the tour, the venues are the best we've played and its a cool line up, hopefully it should be ace. We are close to the Failsafe boys so it should be cool to hang out. To be honest i don't really know what towns we are playing, i don't drive so i just get in the van and go to sleep.
WHAT CAN THE AUDIENCES LOOK FORWARD TO ON THE TOUR FROM YOU GUYS? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE A TRC SHOW BOTH MUSICALLY AND VISUALLY? They should expect a fun show, we get told we are energetic but we just throw our shit around a lot. Its just an alcohol fueled fun packed set, we just try to give off a fun vibe so hopefully people get in to it. I think musically we might sound a bit harder live than on record. A lot of people say we sound bigger live than a lot of other bands.
HOW AND WHEN DID YOU SIGN TO BRAVESTAR? We signed about two years ago, Nav heard us on the net and snapped us up. Nav is the owner and a super nice guy - He's single too boys so dont be shy! Then we recorded a few demos and it went from there.
WHAT INFLUENCES YOU AS A BAND BOTH MUSICALLY AND NON-MUSICALLY? I can only really speak for myself on this one but for me the live show energy comes from my home town. I grew up in Canterbury which is full of hardcore bands so i would go see them kicking off and i guess that influenced me. Musically I grew up listening to the beatles from my mum and classical from my dad so I like a whole bunch of stuff, from hardcore to indie - just anything thats catchy.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH JASON PERRY ON YOUR DEBUT EP? HOW DID HE END UP WORKING AS PRODUCER ON THE RECORD? I am a huge fan of A so it was ace, they were one of my favourite bands when i was younger. He really brought out the best in us too, he did a lot of pre-production with us and we are still bearing all that in mind whilst writing the album. It came about from just asking him and he was free and liked the stuff. The whole experience was amazing.
WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THE CURRENT MUSIC SCENE? WHICH BANDS/ARTISTS ARE YOUR CURRENT FAVOURITES? For me I'm a bit dubious about the scene, It seems quite competitive with people almost trying to play bands off against each other. But It means a lot of kids come out to shows and thats the best thing ever. I really like a lot of bands so I couldnt pick favourites but a good way to gauge the whole bands views from month to month is to look at our top 8 on myspace.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR AS A BAND? AND WHAT DO YOU STILL HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN THE FUTURE? I think we achieved a lot, we recorded a CD with one of my heroes and it's out nationwide in every good shop. It's out in Japan too which is brilliant, and we play a lot of shows which is the best bit. I just hope everyone comes out to see us on tour and can give us their opinion on our new stuff. Then I hope we just get to play more and more shows to more and more people.
The Riverclub are currently booking dates for summer tour!
Keep an eye out for gigs in your area and listen to tracks at www.myspace.com/theriverclub
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