1.Growing Up
MF: Growing up we listened to a lot of similar music – punk/grunge/alternative sorta stuff.
2.Inspirations
MF: I was blown away by Nirvana as a young gun. The next couple bands I got into varied from Butthole Surfers to Skinny Puppy. During my later high school years I listened to a lot of Three One G bands like The Locust and Some Girls. I have always loved music that is noisy and most likely to annoy the average punter.
3.Your Band
MF: W.I.P. is made up by three guys: Brock on guitar and vocals (ex-Regular John, Tiger Widow), Mitch on bass guitar (ex-Chicks Who Love Guns) and Xavier on drums (ex-Chicks Who Love Guns, Deep Sea Arcade, Black Zeros).
4.The Music You Make
BT: I think we all got our brains sparked by heavy and angry music in our teens listening to all the ’90s and early 2000s grunge and punk bands, but I think also a lot of bands like the Gallows and Rowland S. Howard play into it too. We’re big fans of bands like Metz and the Deftones and local bands like Zeahorse, These New South Whales and too many to name really. We recorded our first EP at Linear/Rolodex with Nick Franklin who is a total ledge, who Mitch and I knew from working with him in Chicks Who Love Guns. We wanted to record it all live and he made it work super well. Our live show is basically the same as the EP but just heaps louder and probably a bit quicker too.
5.Music, Right Here,Right Now
BT: I think any scene of music is great. So many different musical niches exist in Sydney side by side. There are some practical obstacles to overcome in terms of diversity of venues that have a really solid and consistent turnout of punters for live shows, but music will thrive regardless and in some ways I think it has started to force people together in new ways too. Local bands like Zeahorse, White Dog and The Laurels have been killing it with amazing releases lately. We’ve seen some good gigs at the Botany View and Newtown Social Club recently and also OAF and Oxford Circus too. We’re playing a Cave Records night in Marrickville on the 16th, which should be sweet.
Dead Farmers, Twelve Point Buck, Orphans, Eggplant Jackson andW.I.P. play at Pleb City Studios, Marrickville, on Friday December 16.
