1. Growing Up
I remember my mum ironing and dancing to Elvis while smoking a fag, all at the same time. Also, my parents doing a mean twist to the latest rock’n’roll music, then discovering the alternative music scene when I was 15 years old.
2. Inspirations
I like almost all music and musicians.. Music is pure and helps you live longer.
3. Your Band
Glenn and I met at high school. We started the band in the early ’90s. Glenn came up with the name. There is an Italian futurist play about lovers that meet in the underground in Rome called L’amati Sotto Terra, which roughly translates to ‘underground lovers’. We met Richard, Pip, Maurice and now Emma, and that’s our band.
4. The Music You Make
We started recording Staring At You Staring At Me at Richard’s studio in Clifton Hill. Richard’s studio lends itself to a raw rock’n’roll vibe which we captured for the rhythm section and some of the guitar sounds. We then did further recordings in Sydney with Wayne Connolly. Wayne is smart, funny and has some of the best ears in the business. And we mixed in Sydney with the very sexy Tim Whitten.
5. Music, Right Here, Right Now
Music is always surprising and exciting, although we tend to avoid corporate music and music that sounds like advertising.
Staring At You Staring At Me is out now through Rubber Records. undergroundLOVERS play Leadbelly on Thursday May 18 and Friday May 19.
