MP3: Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-garde - Democracy
Instead of our typical Göteborg-related post this week, we're taking an entirely different approach by asking an outsider to look in. Our guest: Sir Eric Beyond of Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-garde.
For the record, what city do you call home?
We call Stockholm our home.
So, when was the last time you were in Gbg?
We were in Gbg in December and played at Preview festival. It was arranged by the great label Kning Disk.
What's your impression of the city, its people and its music?
It's a great city for underground music, and the audience seems much more interested in alternative pop music than the Stockholm music scene. That is probably not true, but they seem happier.
Do you think that there's a particular Gbg sound? If so, how would you describe it?
Yeah there is something in the way of singing that lots of Gbg bands have. Some perfect mixture of stupidity, "I dont give a fuck-attitude" and pure joy. Gbg bands are more "real". We, Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-garde, the creme de la creme in Stockholm, take pride in being fake. Which is very real to us.
BUT, I think there are many more girls making interesting (and crap) music in Stockholm, I am more interested in listening to that. Damn, I wish that I was a girl...
When you think of bands/artists from Gbg, who is the first to come to mind?
The first Gbg artist that comes to my mind is Dishdishdance, she, Malin Dahlström had a brilliant performance with dancers at the festival where we played. She rocks. Don't know if she recorded anything. The two little songs on myspace wasn't even close to what I heard live. Totally different story.
Lastly, what exactly are you working on right now?
NOW I am building a four meter high catapult that I'm going to use for shooting crap on the parliament building in Stockholm in April, to protest against Swedish weapons export.
We are also makin new music that will be released maybe this year, maybe next.
Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-garde - Democracy