{"id":13394,"date":"2012-11-09T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T23:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=13394"},"modified":"2012-11-09T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T23:41:46","slug":"gay-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/11\/gay-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If there\u2019s one thing you can expect from Gay Paris \u2013 the \u201cdirty f*cking rock band from Sydney – it\u2019s expect the unexpected.\u00a0 So it came as no real surprise when front man WH aka Wailin\u2019 H Monks called in whilst sitting in a park, bathed in sunshine, covered in ants\u2026\u00a0 The reason for the call, well there\u2019s lots happening in the Gay Paris camp right now \u2013 they are in the midst of their Death To Spring<\/em> national Tour, there\u2019s a new single to check out\u00a0The Demarcation Of Joseph Hollybone<\/em> and in early 2013, you can expect your loins to be aurally aroused with a brand new album,\u00a0The Last Good Party.<\/em><\/p>\n

If all tickles your fancy, then read on and let WH tell you more\u2026<\/p>\n

So first things first, you\u2019ve got some new music out and about and a tour about to kick off, so the name Gay Paris will be floating around the traps.\u00a0 For those that may not have caught you guys the first time around \u2013 what are the important things we need to know?
\n<\/strong>It’s probably going to be the biggest thing in Australian music since, ummm AC\/DC formed?\u00a0 Or since the last time we toured, which was huge, but criminally underrated.\u00a0 People who were there know exactly what I’m talking about, people who weren’t there, should be god damn ashamed.\u00a0 Look, I appreciate shame, I make time every day to sit in the shame corner and think what I’ve done.\u00a0 So well done you shameful sons of bitches, well done!<\/p>\n

Ostensibly what the tour is saying is awakening the heat of desire and passion, of satisfaction, creating the good life through friction and fire, in the belly of the loins.<\/p>\n

And someone who hasn’t seen Gay Paris before, that’s what they can expect, loins?
\n<\/strong>Oh yes, they can certainly expect loins, it’s all thrust and some busting, but mainly thrusting. I like to get dank, I like to get dirty and I like to keep it dark and that’s going to be how things are.\u00a0 But things will remain hot and I will remain scantily clad\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got The Beards and The Snowdroppers along with a few others joining in for the ride on this Death To Spring tour the way, that\u2019s going to be a lot of facial hair in some cases, but no doubt a lot of fun given you\u2019ve played with those bands on numerous occasions!
\n<\/strong>We’ve built these friendships over the last few years and its just cool to be able to play shows with them. We could play with a fucking bezerk metal band like Total Unicorn but then we could turn around and play in Melbourne at a folk festival with Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders and then go with a comedy band such as The Beards.\u00a0 It’s always weird because we rarely play with other rock bands, but I love those kind of mixed up bills and going to see then when I’m in civilian mode and not in my cape, they’re just awesome. We’ve made so many excellent, irresponsibly decadent pals over the last few years and we get to play with most of then on this tour, which is fucking cool!<\/p>\n

Your new single The Demarcation of Joseph Hollybone is a big slab of rifftastic rock, how indicative is this of what we can expect on the new album?
\n<\/strong>I think we’ve consciously delivered something with obvious sex appeal this time around. I won’t say that the album is less heavy, there’s a lot of banging moments, but there’s also a lot of moments to bang too.\u00a0 There’s maybe some streamlining happening as well.\u00a0 On the last album there was an inclination to include every great riff we had, this time we started with around 400 riffs and we culled that down to what we’ve used on the album.\u00a0 So the single is indicative in the sense we now have more understandable structures and a lot more breathing room.\u00a0 Then there’s like 3 or 4 songs where it’s a case of I can’t believe how many riffs we packed in, why did that part happen now, songs.\u00a0 We are very complicated people…<\/p>\n

So you could say then it’s a case of going more for the loins with this album rather than beating people around the head with riff after riff, which you aimed for with the first album?
\n<\/strong>Well yes, this is not necessarily music for the ladies.\u00a0 It’s for the ladies and gentlemen.\u00a0 I’m using these terms loosely, because this stuff isn’t for high society.\u00a0 It’s rock n roll, I want you to sneak a six pack into your bag and drink warm beer at our gig.\u00a0 I don’t want you to pay those drink prices, but hey if you’ve got the money, hell come up and shower me with rewards.\u00a0 We haven’t toured in ages, I really need to be told how good I am, I’m craving praise.\u00a0 We wanted to make the sex more obvious, I don’t want people to have to think about sex, well I want you to think about sex, but I don’t want you to think about, thinking about having sex, and it should be easy…<\/p>\n