Your band seems to have started out early - with most of your coming
together when you were in High School - has the band changed, sound
wise, since then?
Yeah, it has and it will continue to, as long as we keep playing. Whether that is
drastically or not, and in what time frame, I don’t know….it seems quite natural to
me for such things to occur.
Your sound draws influence from Kyuss to Black Sabbath - how
instrumental were these bands on how Redcoats sound?
When it comes to influences it can be as narrow or broad as you want it to
be. We only really got properly familiarised with Kyuss when we were told we
sounded like them and thought we should investigate. I wouldn’t pinpoint a
couple of bands as being our main influences, that’s not true.
You worked with Rob Long on your EP, what was that experience like and
what did you learn from working with him?
Great, we learnt shitloads from Rob. It was good to have someone who got into
it with us and had some wisdom to impart on the whole experience. He was an
important part of the whole process. We are a young band with limited studio
experience and he definitely taught us a lot of stuff we will carry with us for our
career.
You've been fortunate enough to play at One Movement in Perth, Pyramid
Rock festival and have toured with Stone Temple Pilots - has there been a
moment when you have been taken aback by how far you have come?
Not while these things are occurring. It’s only in the last month or so I realised
how big the STP tour was. It was our first national tour, so we really had no idea
about the significance of it and at the time it was heaps of fun but I never thought
of it in that sense. Looking back it was amazing and I will remember it fondly for
a long, long time. When you are in the middle of these things they are happening
and you are doing them and that is that.
What advice would you give to young musicians, such as yourselves, who
are just starting out?
Play as often as you can with as many people as you can and never stop. And
believe that what you are doing has value, otherwise don’t do it because it’s a
waste of time.
What is the best bit of advice you have received since starting the band?
The only currency in this industry is songs and you need heaps of them and they
need to be great.
You'll be playing at BigSound 2011 - what do you hope people take away
from seeing your live set?
I want people to say WOW.
Did the sound of the band happen naturally? Did you start out with a clear
idea of what the band would sound like?
The sound of the band was the most natural thing I have ever been apart of.
When the four of us first played we all just looked at each other and went yep,
this is going to work. So far it has. We never set out to sound like anything, the
four of us bring something and together it sounds a certain way.
It’s very much a democracy and because of this you just sort of follow what
comes and let it lead you to a song.
If you weren't in a band, what would you be doing?
Looking for the right people to play in a band with.
What's next for the band? Is there a full-length album in the works? Are
you working on something at the moment? What can we expect?
There is an album in the works. It is being written and will continue to be written
for a while longer. We hope to release something next year. I don’t know what
you can expect. I don’t know what to expect yet!
