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Electric Six: Q&A |
 During their recent Switzerland tour, Electric Six's frontman Dick Valentine sat down with QRO for a brief conversation for a look into life on the road, the impact of Myspace, and playing human Frogger in Moscow.
Valentine also discussed their recent video projects and how it's been great for the band and their fans alike. Halfway through the tour, Valentine proclaimed their Boston gig as the best one to that point, which QRO just so happened to review (here). The band wrapped up their tour successfully, and are currently on a break before some gigs in late December, including Dick's first American Troubador show in NYC. Click "Read More" for the interview...By Christine Hannon QRO: So where are you guys now? That's how Moscow does its urban planning. You have to watch out. If you cross the road it's like you're playing a game of Frogger. QRO: Okay, so that takes care of my next question which would have been what was the most fragrant thing on the tour so far.DV: Well, we drove through Georgia today and it's a very fragrant state. There are many many flowers starting up especially this time in the fall. QRO: Nice, what about outside of the States? Any plans this tour? DV: Well, we're looking to go back to Australia early next year, and hopefully we'll get to go to Europe and eventually Switzerland, which is the whole idea of naming a record Switzerland. We've never been there. QRO: What's Electric Six's favorite place to tour outside of the US? Whereas the Myspace would be more like the Fox News and the web page would be more like the McNeil/Lehrer Report. QRO: Speaking of Canada, didn't you film some of your videos there?DV: Three of them. QRO: What was your favorite video so far? DV: Oh, I don't know if I could rate them as favorites, I really enjoyed making the "Radio Gaga" one in terms of how it was to make that was probably the most fun but in terms of finished product it's hard to say one's better then the other. QRO: Well I guess we could go with the most fun to make considering all of the videos are masterworks of art in themselves. DV: Oh yeah, well, I mean "Gay Bar" was awful to make, it was like 24 hours of straight shooting and especially with holding in between scenes I had to change my outfit 9 times. It was a long day, and with "Radio Gaga" we worked like dogs and it was just a fun video to make in terms of shots we were doing. QRO: You guys recent had a fan video contest with your latest video, what was the idea behind that? DV: We wanted to include everybody. We want to look at our loyal fan base and get them involved. People are making internet videos or home videos for our songs or any other bands songs anyways. That's what it took. In the advent of Youtube and everything so we wanted to officially sanction it and make that everybody wins. That we benefit from it that they benefit from it. The more videos you have of yourself on the internet the more people on the internet are going to know about you. QRO: Well, we noticed you put this out on your Myspace profile as opposed to the official site. What was the reason behind this? DV: Oh, I kinda look at it as Myspace is the outlet that's more dialed into youth culture. It's speaking to maybe the ten- to twenty-year-olds, and we you can the tell the way we write it, we use words like rap. The website is more for the adults. I'm trying to make an analogy: Whereas the Myspace would be more like the Fox News and the web page would be more like the McNeil/Lehrer Report. QRO: Since using Myspace how do you feel your fan range has grown? Do you see a lot of a younger audience or do you feel that it's helped you to feel that people feel closer to you through the connecting you do with people on these sites? DV: That is a good question, you know there are times when we feel we are seeing younger and younger, like we'll go to shows and see more and more teenagers there. Shows like last night at The Earl, I don't if it's because it's twenty-one and over but it seems we were playing more to people in their thirties and stuff and so we actually have a broad appeal where we have a sense of humor and we aren't afraid to poke fun at ourselves. Everybody likes to see a band throwing a pie in their own face and so whether you are twelve years old or fifty-two we have a lot to offer. |
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