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\"\"<\/a>\u201cI think our lives shows are really based on that we just play really hard, it\u2019s a lot of energy. Every show is 100% of us and I don\u2019t know how it comes off actually.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: When they started in 2009, seeing FIDLAR meant showing up to a house party and eventually having this exchange with one of them. Zac Carper, The bands guitarist and singer (well, one of ’em) would hand you a red cup, throw an arm around your neck and probably end up blurting out how fucked up he was. Their set list would read more like a grocery list of party supplies than a list of songs: “Cocaine. Cheap Beer. Chinese weed. Four Loko.”<\/p>\n

FIDLAR are your dumbass friends that find a beer, scrape the shit off their shoes, and tell you how the hardest thing about waking up late and trying not to fuck up your life is having to do it with no job, no money and everyone bumming your cigarettes.<\/p>\n

Speaking to FIDLAR singer Zac Carper while in Leeds in UK on tour, we talked about their debut album, touring and what he loves about Australians. These guys are a fun band and the album is great, so check out FIDLAR as one of our Best Things You\u2019ve Never Heard\u2026<\/p>\n

Tell us about the name of the band and the meaning behind it, if there is one…<\/strong>
\nYeah it means \u2018Fuck It Dog, Life\u2019s a Risk\u2019, it was like a skate thing in LA for a while and like when me and Elvis met and we decided to start a band we decided to go with the name FIDLAR because we were always saying fidlar all the time.<\/p>\n

Your debut album has been out for a month now, how is it going for you since release?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s great, I mean, I think it\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

With two EP’s out prior, how if in anyway did the writing and recording process differ when you were making the album?<\/strong>
\nOh no, not at all, the reason why we signed our deal to put records out is that we have full creative control over it, so like we got to record our own shit and do everything for it, so there was nothing different, we just do everything the way we do it. I never really believed in the whole\u2026 I mean I love records, I love records from bands, I mean \u2018Sticky Fingers\u2019 from The Rolling Stones, amazing record, and you have it and you have all the songs off of it, but I think with our generation it\u2019s a little weird, it\u2019s like the Napster generation, we download music for free and we make our own playlist you know?<\/p>\n

In terms of your song writing, what do you consider to be the most important ingredients that make up a Fidlar song?<\/strong>
\nReal life. All the songs we write are stories that happened to us, it\u2019s kind of like an autobiography of our lives now. What else are you going to write about if you can\u2019t write about your own shit?<\/p>\n

Who would you site as the bands main influences?<\/strong>
\nWe really like the Black Lips and we really like the OC\u2019s, like garage rock and a lot of punk rock and things like that and so we also listen to a lot of country music and we listen to everything, a lot. That\u2019s the kind of thing about our band is that we can write any sort of song we want.<\/p>\n

So when you were putting Fidlar together, is that eclectic mix of influences how you came up with what would eventually be the band\u2019s sound?<\/strong>
\nYeah, totally.<\/p>\n

So explain to us how you translate your music to a live show and what your show entails…<\/strong>
\nI think our lives shows are really based on that we just play really hard, it\u2019s a lot of energy. Every show is 100% of us and I don\u2019t know how it comes off actually.<\/p>\n

You’ve toured with and played with a few bands, have you in essence, studied them and taken any techniques for your own live show?<\/strong>
\nOh yeah, the first tour we ever did was with The Hives and when I played I never realty engaged the audience that much, and when we toured with The Hives, he is so good, Pele is so fucking good at talking to the audience, the whole band is really good at that and it kind of made me engage the audience a little bit. I fuckin\u2019 love that band, what\u2019s crazy about them is that they actually know their shit, they know punk rock and they know every fucking little band in the world, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve read that you enjoy a good cover tune at your shows, so what’s your favourite song to cover?<\/strong>
\nRight now we\u2019ve been covering \u2018Suburban Home\u2019 by The Descendants and that\u2019s really fun.<\/p>\n

In only a few years together has there been a highlight you can share with us?<\/strong>
\nI think Japan, right now for us we went to Japan, and that was a really fun trip.<\/p>\n

So when do you think you\u2019ll be heading down here to see us?<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t know, it\u2019s still in the works, we were supposed to come down there in May but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s happening anymore, but we\u2019re going to come down there in I think Summer. That\u2019s the plan. One thing, I grew up in Hawaii and we have a lot of Australians and the one thing I always remembered is that they always point to the ground when they want to hitchhike, in America and Hawaii we always put our thumb out but you guys always point to the ground, it\u2019s amazing, I love that *laughs*<\/p>\n

What does the remainder of the year hold for you?<\/strong>
\nTour, tour, tour, a lot of touring\u2026 we\u2019re like practically homeless now, so touring. We\u2019re in the UK now then Amsterdam tomorrow, holy shit *laughs*\u2026 no we\u2019re on tour for like ten weeks, this is the beginning of our ten week tour.<\/p>\n

Best of luck with everything, Zac\u2026<\/strong>
\nThanks, man. I\u2019ll see you soon.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Sounds like:<\/strong> Pop Punk Rock<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Zac Carper, Elvis Kuehn, Brandon Schwartzel, and Max Kuehn<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.fidlarmusic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:\u00a0<\/strong>Fidlar (Warner Music Australia)
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