Vinny and the Curse: What's the curse and how did you get it? Will you be able to lift the curse or do you see it as a blessing?
A name is a name; I’d rather not go into it. But battling against a curse is a good motivation, triumph against adversity.
You classify yourself as garage-psych, yet the cover art of the new EP will not easily bring this association to the casual customer stumbling upon your EP. Why you picked something like this?
The EP is classed simply as ‘Rock’ on iTunes. Genre titles don’t really do anyone any favours. We mention garage psych only as a point of reference so people don’t expect math-rock or folk. What do people expect a garage record to look like? A chick in striped top, dancing the Watusi in monochrome? The ‘Psychic Foot’ sleeve ties in with some themes on the album, curses, fate, death and it suited the dark overtones.
You obviously like to express yourselves in 2-minutes songs. Live fast die young??
Our songs are getting longer, but yeah we like to get to the point quickly. Hard and loud. Live fast die young is naive beyond stupidity, but if that’s your bag then go for it.
How you would define the sound of garage in 2011? What is your major influence?
We’re influenced by tons of stuff from the garage all the way up to the stadium. We like 60s garage records, mainly because many of them have incredible song writing that slipped beneath the radar. There are a whole generation of bands who released one or two singles then had to call it quits for various reasons, Vietnam, lack of funds, day jobs. I guess ‘Garage’ means a subversive, brutal, energetic approach to rock and roll.
In times that vinyl sales go up, why did you opt for a digitally downloadable album coupled with a limited edition CD-release and not a vinyl release? Can rock 'n' roll be digitalized?
It’s purely a cost issue, as we’re putting it out ourselves. We would love to see it on vinyl, if there are any vinyl labels out there who we could work with and license it to, please get in touch! As for digitalisation, I think it’s a question of convenience. Being able to send a file across the world in seconds and have somebody hear it and dig it is incredible. Vinyl is beautiful but there’s a lot of snobbery around. The CD release is a tool to entice people to our shows!
Three out of six songs have a B-movie Zombie theme. If you could play a part, who you would like to be and in which film (separate answer for each band member)?
We’ll write the film ourselves, based on our song and call it ‘Zombie Love In’.
Scott Vincent Abbott. The scientist who inflicted the plague. This happens purely in error whilst trying for a scientific breakthrough to help people. It saddens him to see the devastation he has unfurled.
John Presley. The hero of the hour; whose prolific slaying skills were prompted when the honour of his woman was in question.
Richard Franklin. The calm collected, elegantly wasted. Wakes up after the whole event and asks ‘hey man, what happened here?’
Website: http://www.vinnyandthecurse.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/vinnyandthecurse
The 6-track “Psychic Foot” EP is now featured on Yeah Right Radio, so tune in and enjoy!!
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