1.Growing Up
My dad was in a band called Vertical Hold in the ’80s, so there were always guitars lying around in our house, which obviously had a huge impact on my brother [Yianni] and I. I thought I was going to be a doctor, but the game Operation made light of my unsteady hands and crushed my childhood dreams.
2.Inspirations
The Beatles were like gods in our household. At the moment I’m not really that moved by much in the rock world. Hip hop is becoming the last bastion for real dangerous, cutting-edge stuff, but I grew up on Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, 2 Unlimited, all that ’90s shit, and that’s bled its way into our music.
3.Your Band
We recently finished recording an EP with Lindsay Gravina (Violent Soho, Rowland S Howard), and it’s a big step up music, production and composing wise. We really tried to establish a unique sound, something familiar but dangerous, like a La-Z-Boy wrapped in barbed wire.
4.The Music You Make
I guess the best way to describe us is if Nirvana got in a fist fight with the Bee Gees while a bunch of old Greek men played bouzoukis and did shots of ouzo in the background. If you like high-energy rock’n’roll and the possibility of being sweated on, then we’re your band.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
Easily the best thing about the current music scene is the ability to put something out there and get an immediate reaction. You’ve also got a lot of bands like us who have a different and eclectic mix of musical influences and styles and it’s always cool to see a band not hung up on one set of genre rules.
Society Of Beggars play on Thursday November 10 atOxford Circus, withTaylor King and Starla.
