interviewed by Leon Zzight
Hey how are you?
Gassy
Could you tell us a wee bit about your band?
Fairly standard industrial band with all the power fantasy replaced by esoteric bullshit.
I saw a YouTube description about me once that was like “It can be surprising how good the music is”. That pretty much sums up the project as well as anything.
We can hear everything from the Beastie Boys to an Atari 2600 in your music. Could you tell us a bit about your influences.
In the beginning, it was a lot of Devo, Atom and His Package and And One.
In about the middle, it was mostly Hocico, Rappy McRapperson and being drunk all the time.
Currently, it’s Angelspit, Scooter and 666.
Also Beastie Boys and Atari 2600.
What albums would you say have the most meaning to you?
Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Flaunt It
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Confessions of a Knife
Hocico – Signos De Aberracion
Kraftwerk – Die Mensch Maschine
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – Confessions of a Knife
Hocico – Signos De Aberracion
Kraftwerk – Die Mensch Maschine
Would you say any films have artistically influenced you?
6. Leprechaun 2
5. Leprechaun
4. Leprechaun 4
3. Leprechaun 6
2. Leprechaun 5
1. Leprechaun 3
5. Leprechaun
4. Leprechaun 4
3. Leprechaun 6
2. Leprechaun 5
1. Leprechaun 3
So what has The Gothsicles got for all of us this year?
Urg. I’ve had a new album completed since earlier this year that’s the best thing I’ve ever done, but there’s still some administrative work to finalize. Hopefully, that will be out by the year’s end.
We also have a few live shows here in Chicago (homebase) in mid August 2014, and then a Canadian mini-tour with for all the emptiness and Hätz in the very last days of August, and then Albany, NY on September 5th and Ann Arbor, MI on September 22nd. Look those up!
You played in Sheffield in 2012 How did the fans treat you in the UK?
They were all horrible people and should be killed.
When are you coming back.
As soon as possible, plausibly in the next year. Ostensibly, on a brief tour after that album from question 6 comes out, but soon, in any case. I really, really miss it.
Could you tell us what you are up to with your side projects this year.
Christ on a cracker, side-projects for daaaaaays. We’re about 8 tracks in on HARDCORE PONG, which is Angelspit & The Gothsicles. That’s gonna be awesome.
KHIONIK is an unabashedly housey thing I’m working on with Syrinx that should be cool. He’s probably angry with me ‘cause I’m way behind on that one, but also probably not that angry at all because he’s a really nice guy.
THE CAUSTICLES (Caustic & The Gothsicles) has an album and a remix EP out and just released a cover of Suicide Commando’s “Raise Your God”.
Check all that shit out at thecausticles.bandcamp.com ‘cause it’s free.
Check all that shit out at thecausticles.bandcamp.com ‘cause it’s free.
DINOSAUR TANK started out as an EBM thing and has since become almost exclusively a chip tune project. New tracks come out when I’m having a slow day at work.
I’m also doing the soundtrack for a new fancy video game I can’t talk about yet. They initially wanted a bunch of loops and blorps and shit, but now they want 5 full tracks.
Where do you see the future of industrial music going?
All the coolest shit seems to be coming out on Negative Gain.
And finally do you have any exclusive news for Zzight
I’m fairly far into the album after the album that hasn’t been released yet. So far, the best track on it is about Bloodsport.
Thanks again for this.
Thank you!
BTW, do you ship your merch to the UK?
HEEEELLLLS YES I do!