The Good The Bad on their love of Spaghetti Westerns and the sixties

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on 01 November 2011 in Features

Danish three piece The Good The Bad have just released their second album, From 018 To 033.  We nabbed them for a quick Q&A when they were in London to launch the new record.

For anyone who's not familiar with The Good The Bad, how would you describe your sound?

We don't describe our sound because words cant describe it without losing something. That's why we are making sound without lyrics. Listen to our music and find out what sound it is. It's just one click on the internet these days to check out stuff you don't know about.

You just launched your new album with a London show - how did that go?

We did the launch party at Madame JoJo's in Soho. A club we really like to play at. And the club was filled with happy people, so it couldn't have been a better evening for us.

How do you find playing in the UK compared with gigs at home?

UK is a tough place to be a band. Behind the scenes, nobody really cares about you and you have to pay for the water you need on the stage. But the crowd is good and it's growing.

When can we expect to see you back in the UK again?

Don't know yet, but right now we are working on to find some new dates. Possibly December.

All of your song titles are numbers – how come you started using this system?  Doesn't it make it hard to follow setlists when you play live?

All the tracks have numbers because we don't want to tell people what they should get out of our music. As soon you put a word together with a piece of music you are telling people what you want them to get out of it. But that's not what we want. We want people to put their own words to it.

There's a very cinematic, Spaghetti Western feel to your music.  If you were providing the soundtrack to a movie, what would it be about, and which actors would you cast in it?

That would be a Spaghetti Western with Clint Eastwood. The story would be told with the music.

Have you always played in your current style, or is your sound something that's developed gradually?

We have always developed the sound exactly as we wanted it, but it still developed gradually together between us.

Who are your major influences – both musical and non-musical?

The 1960's is a big influence in all kinds of ways. Music, film, style, vibe, hope, dreams etc…

Which bands and artists have you been listening to most lately?

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Ennio Morricone, The Kinks, The Who, The Doors etc…

Are there any other Danish bands that we should be checking out?

Lots, but you can start with The Setting Son, Spektr, Emma Acs, Baby Woodrose, The Blue Van.

Do you fall into any particular music scene in Copenhagen, or are you unique?

People really want to put a surf label on us, but our fans are really mixed. It's not just the music, it's also the energy, look and power people get from us, because there are not many bands who are able to deliver what we do. No matter what kind of music it is.

Is there any kind of music you can't stand?

The list will be too long so we wont even start.

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