Interview, The Dead Flags
Posted on 31st Mar 09 by Contributor | 
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Artist: The Dead FlagsAuthor: Paddy Murphy Drop"d: Dead Flags" how the hell are ya" Dead Flags: Tired and Horny. But not necessarily in that order. Thanks. You" Drop"d: Top of the world…. tell us who you are and what are you getting up to" DF:We are three" Billy and Kevin "Lowery"who are here right now [...]
Artist: The Dead Flags
Author: Paddy Murphy
Drop"d: Dead Flags" how the hell are ya"
Dead Flags: Tired and Horny. But not necessarily in that order. Thanks. You"
Drop"d: Top of the world…. tell us who you are and what are you getting up to"
DF:We are three" Billy and Kevin "Lowery"who are here right now and another" Dave "Power" who is elsewhere "not here". We're sitting in our drummer's kitchen drinking fine Columbian coffee on top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies. Don't know what Dave is up to but it most likely involves piles of money and many beautiful ladies. We're lucky like that.
Drop"d: Explain your band in three words" or 10" actually make it a couple of sentences…..
DF: Rock. And. Roll. Again" not necessarily in that order but you get the idea. We're just a bunch of music"liking people who get together and make music. On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies of course.
Drop"d: Give us a few influences of yours.
DF: Aside from the afore"mentioned piles of money and many beautiful ladies" Eels" Nick Cave and Violent Femmes have been quite influential. Currently" the Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has been floating our boat.
Drop"d: How do ye write your songs" What kind of gear do you use…ie instruments" not drugs" well….
DF: Billy writes them using strings" wood and plastic and then the rest of us fix them for public consumption.
Drop"d: Sligo groupies are better in bed than Dublin groupies" true or false"
DF: It's hard to compare without having them in the same bed at the same time so we'll say Longford.
Drop"d: Oh My Love" Oh My God" made you into media darlings for a wee while" the single did well in the charts and the usual suspects gave their nods of approval" does that add any pressure for the upcoming release of the EP"
DF: It was hard going for a while but things have been better since they turned off the media spotlight.
Drop"d: Is the Irish music scene as good as some say at the moment or is it just hyped"up bolloxology"
DF: It's so good right now" we've switched to the hyped"up bolloxology genre. Once you make the switch" a whole load of opportunities present themselves.
Drop"d: Any predictions for the upcoming budget"
DF: I could go on for hours but I think it's been covered far better in Dave's dad's new book. "Metamorphosis: Lessons from the Formative Years of the Celtic Tiger by Dr. Cornelius Power is out now from Oak Tree Press"
Drop"d: Hotpress likes you" that's kinda like when the fat ugly chick in the class sends you a valentine's card……
DF:Harsh. She may be the fat ugly chick but no"one's forcing you to leave the light on. Also" great kisser.
Drop"d: You're playing a good few gigs in the near future" wanna plug them" Will you be playing at any of the festivals in the summer"
DF: Yup" we're playing Whelans on Thursday. Baker Place in Limerick on Friday" Piper Inn in Clonmel on Saturday and Pier 1 in Donegal Town on Sunday. Billy'll be doing a solo support in The Lantern in Navan in May and then off to Europe" some shows in Holland in June and headlining the Eier Mit Speck festival near Dusseldorf in July. After that" we're playing every single festival in Ireland during the Summer. Yay"