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10.04.06 /
Feature #1
Interview: Gaz Allbones (The
Landaus)
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We catch up with bassist Gaz from The
Landaus. The Landaus are a four piece rock band from Hull.
Through releasing two singles,
'Sweet But True' and 'Ladykiller', as well as consistently
touring an ever increasingly refined set, The Landaus have
built a modest national following.
They have supported acts such as Kasabian,
The Paddingtons, Black Wire, The Glitterati, The Ludes and
The Bluetones. |
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AS: Evening Gaz, how're
you?
Gaz: Good ta
AS:
You've supported some high profile bands such as
Kasabian, Goldie
Lookin'
Chain, The Paddingtons
and Black Wire,
but do you prefare playing the big crowds or the more intimate venues
where you can get pissed with your mates afterwards?
Gaz: Probably
high profile gigs as you get to play to a
lot more new people, plus the
sound should be better and you also
get a rider. Our mates don't really come to many gigs as they
have seen us loads, but we still always
go out and get pissed with them.
AS:
The Landaus have been doing a lot of touring recently,
both locally and down in London, what is the most rock n
roll thing somebody in the band has got up to?
Gaz:
Aww man,
erm, my memory is rubbish!
Probably when we played in
Lincoln with
Park 'N' Ride, we proper trashed the
back room, it was all smoking so the
security came and had
to walk over Steff as he was passed
out in the corridor.
The promoter paid for a bed
'n'
breakfast, and we got bout 4 people in
each room. We ended up having to legg
it in the morning so we dint have to
pay.
AS: Your
singer and guitarist
Loz broke his thumb recently, did that
affect the way you performed at your
gigs at all? Did you have to change
around your set?
Gaz: We changed our set a little but
it was still ok, he can play now so
its all gravy.
AS: When
The
Landaus hit
the big
time, what are you going to ask for in your tour bus?
Gaz:
Haha, well,
a massive TV with
family guy playing, a microwave for
Danny, a play pen for
Steff and
probably a mini bar, haha,
dream.
AS: You all seem like crazy party
animals at your live gigs, is the title of the most rock n roll
band member fought over, or is there a clear winner?
Gaz:
There isn't really a clear winner because
Danny and Loz
don't have
any money, but they try their
best to get wrecked. I'd say
Steff but he's just daft.
AS:
The band seem to enter themselves into quite a few battle of the
bands competitions, from your experience, do you think that
battle of the band competitions are entirely genuine, or does
there seem to be some in-house rigging going on?
Gaz: Battle
of the bands are shit.
AS: Fair Point.
You've been kicking around for a few years now building a
steady fan base, when can we see you play at some festivals?
Gaz: Well
,we've just
got a manager and we're playing a
lot of small festivals and hopefully the unsigned stage
at Leeds fest, that would be awesome.
AS:
Finally, your drummer,
Steff, acts
suspiciously too much like animal from the muppets, are they
related?
Gaz: Well
he does come from Sweden and he does
av a ginger beard...and he can't
talk English.
He just crys a
lot. I guess they're
related, in
fact I saw his number on
Steffs phone once, but didn't
ring it. I'd say YES!!
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