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The Late Greats
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written by Mary B
Nov 6, 2006.
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The Late Greats are Max, Ben, Jon and Ryan. In between making rather sparkling tunes such as their latest offering 'Destroy my brain' The Late Greats are working on a plan to make the world smell better by inventing their very own 'Orange peel air freshener' I can feel the sweet/citrus smell of success coming on...
SoundsXP: You're great but you're not dead yet. Why 'The late greats'? Or has it got something to do with lack of punctuality?
TLG: We actually pride ourselves on punctuality, seriously. Ben freaks out if we're late. Maybe we're great. Maybe we're not great. Maybe we're late in being great. They don't name them like they used to.
SoundsXP: Tell me about your latest single 'Destroy my brain' What is it all about? And who in your humble opinion is the most intelligent person alive on planet earth right now? You can't include yourselves in that.
TLG: The single can be about anything you like. Take a look around. It's about everything. Does it hurt? We think Bobby Conn is pretty darn clever!!
SoundsXP: On average 9000 of our brain cells die a day (I think my count is higher than that) Have you got any interesting but pointless facts which you would like to share with me right now?
TLG: If you bathe in pineapple juice you will dissolve. Bones and all! Sausage dogs have no depth perception. This is why they always get their arses trapped in doors.
SoundsXP: I can hear traces of several different bands within your music. Who do you listen to and does it influence the music that you make?
TLG: We all seem to listen to different stuff whilst at the same time having a common ground that ends up as our music. Put it this way. We all love Pavement. We all hate Boy kill Boy. Our guilty pleasure is Elton John (should that be a guilty pleasure? Goodbye yellow brick road is after all a bloody classic!)
SoundsXP: There are four of you so naturally I am going to try and make you each choose a character that you can play from the Fantastic Four. So who wants to be Mr Fantastic, The invisible man (replaced woman unless somebody wants to be a woman but that is a whole new ball game) The Human Torch and the Thing?
TLG: Mr Fantastic is Max because he drives us everywhere. The Thing is Jon because he's a sleaze bag. The Human Torch is Ben because his temperature is always so high from stress in traffic. The Invisible man is Ryan because you won't see him until he's on stage. He's probably in the pub next door. Bastard.
SoundsXP: Do you really want to run a taxi service or are you jesting? If you do want to don't call it the 'Late greats' as you'll get little business. Call yourself 'On time greats' or something. Apart from the taxi service what other business ideas would you
like to indulge in at some stage, if any?
TLG: We need to market the Late Greats orange peel air freshener. Have you ever tried squeezing orange peel to see the pores explode with the freshest, juiciest fragrance you'll ever smell this side of the sun. We have patented this idea so don't think about stealing it you greasy monkeys.
SoundsXP: You've got a few gigs coming up. Do you prefer the gigging or recording experience and why? Or is it not a matter of preference? Will there be balloons at the gigs? What's with the balloons?
TLG: Balloons are fun and you know it. Imagine life without balloons. It'd be pretty shit don't you think? Birthdays wouldn't exist without balloons, hence no getting older and therefore the world would be over populated with little sprogs running around thieving ice-creams making the ice-cream man go out of business. We don't like that. Gigs are fun.
SoundsXP: What would be your dream venue to play at? My research shows that NYC's Bowery Ballroom gets a round of applause. Would you like to play there?
TLG: Bowery is a great venue indeed. We've been lucky enough to see a couple of bands there. It'd be a great place to pull some shapes ourselves. Playing on the tv show 'The Word' would be nice. When they bring it back of course.
SoundsXP: Have you always wanted to be in a band or do you find yourselves where you are now by accident? How did you all get together?
TLG: We've known each other for as long as we can remember and have all been writing music in some shape or form of a collective for ages. Ryan, Ben and Max went to school together, playing in crap (but great, if you know what I mean!) college bands. Drummer Jon is the latest edition which meant we were able to gig and become the band we are now.
SoundsXP: Please answer the following irrelevant questions (i'm just being nosy) -
Winter or Summer? Slush Puppies or Ice Pops? Shades or no shades? Weather Girls or News Readers? Cinema or dvds? Books or magazines? Boxers or y-fronts?
TLG: Summer, slush puppies, no shades, weather girls, dvds, books, boxers. There
you go.
SoundsXP: So what's happening next for The Late greats? Anything that the music public should know?
TLG: We've got quite a few gigs coming up, come along if you like. Someone once said 'I actually did like them'. We like dancing! Keep your eyes peeled kids. Touch.
My eyes are peeled for everything, including the air freshener. As long as The Late Greats do not indulge in pineapple juice baths I predict that they shall not be disappearing any time soon...
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