The
Got To Get Got by Matt
Dixon, December '07 Photo
by Tony Dawe
Blood
Test from Canadian Arts Collective Blues
/ Huge Zig Zag
1.Please
introduce TGTGG and give a brief history of the band.
If I did this interview three months ago like i was supposed to, my
answers would have been quite different. I would have repeated what
is written in our bio, but now I think TGTGG has turned a page. It's
still chi chi, vanderlaan, dann, myself, the TGTGG strictly east coast
players, leon, and le tgtgg de montreal.
2. How would you describe your music to someone that has yet
to hear it?
Incisor rock.
3. What does The Got To Get Got mean to you?
Everything. It's free and liberating in many ways. If I want to write
a song that sounds like Unrest that's cool.
4. The band has been described as a franchise rather than a traditional
band, was the decision to be a coast to coast band a conscious one?
We'd all rather be making music for a living but at some point you
just need that Sony 37" Bravia LCD TV. The word career is a necessary
evil, but I'm happy to call tours "vacations" now.
5. Being spread out throughout the country, what is it that drives
you to play music together as TGTGG?
We're friends and there's no pressure to make it big. Everyone involved
in TGTGG is absolutely amazing and I've benefitted greatly from this
experience so there's no reason to stop.
6. What's your ideal show situation?
Sappyfest 2007
Photos by Steve Dinn
7. What is your musical background?
I listened to Kiss until I was 6 and then Duran Duran got me. After
that there was a lot of Reign In Blood/South of Heaven tapes and through
skateboarding I discovered SST Records. It all seems very natural
to me; Black Flag to mInutemen to sonic youth to dinosaur to sebadoh
to pavement to my bloody valentine to swirlies to silver jews to smog
to the black crowes.
8. When do you think the best time and
situation to listen to a TGTGG record is?
I think the EP we put out is a bit disjointed in the best way possible.
it's not our record "record" and it's over pretty quick,
but i bet you could shower and brush your teeth in the time it takes
to listen to it.
9. What is your favourite dance party song?
Ramones - Rockaway Beach, Billy Idol- Dancing With Myself, 3 6 Mafia
- Poppin My Collar 10. The end of civilization will be caused by:
Silence. 11. What's up next for the band?
I'm going to start making the TGTGG record in January with my friend
Leon and just build the damn thing piece by piece like a house. I
wouldn't be surprised if over 40 people play on this record and I
won't be surprised if 4 people play on it. We'll see.
12. How can people contact you?
gottogetgot@gmail.com
