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Hello, it's Greg Weatherill here backstage at All Points East Festival in Victoria Park,
a very sunny Victoria Park, and we're joined here by the Viagra Boys.
Hello guys.
Just say, last [Gb] year you released your debut record, Street Worms.
How does it feel?
Feels good.
Feels [N] good.
Yeah.
We're really happy with the album and the way things turned [Gb] out after it was released [B] is
mind-blowing for us, so [Gb] we're really happy about it.
It was received very well, wasn't it?
I mean, I suppose you never quite know the climate of which
[F] you're going to be entered [Cm] into and how it's going to be received, and there's [N] that period
of being the unknown [Gb] element, but it must have filled you with a lot of happiness,
the fact that it was received so well.
Yeah, very much so, especially [Cm] recently.
[B] Good stuff going on.
[Gb] Guitar music generally, you see, has been suffering, I suppose, in recent times.
And what's it seem like in Sweden, and how receptive [E] is it to live music and live guitar
music?
They're very receptive, actually.
[Bm] All sorts of [Fm] people like our type of music,
and [B] even people who don't normally [A] listen to [N] guitar music as well.
So, [Gb] yeah, I think it
couldn't have gone better, to be honest.
It's going [Eb] well.
[D] The lyrics, there's this degree [N] of absurdity there and social commentary mixed in,
[G] a little bit of sense of humour, which [N] I suppose your compatriots, the Hives, have always shared.
What do you feel, because there's a rise of the far right, [B] I suppose you could say,
[Gb] across the world, and also in Sweden, is there a duty of artists, in a way, to perhaps document
and comment upon those times, to give [N] a voice to the people who perhaps want to rail against it?
Sure, absolutely.
There's a [Ab] duty, but at the same time, I don't think there's a duty to make your
music [B] specifically
[F] The lyrics don't specifically [Gb] need to address that, in a way.
You could talk about politics and interviews [B] and stuff like that,
but you don't have to address it in your music, per se.
But, you know, if it gets worse,
[E] we'll have to do [Bm] it.
Is that a strong [Gb] feeling within the band, though, perhaps?
You [E] feel like you need to
commit and engage [A] a little bit with the [D] culture and society around you?
[Gb] Sure, I guess so, yeah.
I mean, [Ab] I don't know.
I don't really know.
I think our songs are written
mostly from just what's going on in our lives, and I guess if that ever becomes more of a part
of our lives, which I guess it's a part of everyone's lives.
Not every band needs to take
themselves so seriously.
I'm not [Ebm] good at political commentary, [N] so I'm not going to go write a
political song, you know?
There's enough of that, in a way.
Nazi punks, fuck off, that's enough.
Billy Bragg's still alive.
I don't know too much about that, but [Gb] yeah.
And [C] I think that our music has [D] got a lot of humor in it
as well.
[N] I don't like taking life all that seriously, that I have to write a song to prove
that I hate the right.
I hate the fucking right.
And if you want to ask me about that, go ahead
and ask me about it, but I don't need to write a song about it to prove anything to anybody.
If you know what I mean.
I don't know.
They say that the old adage says you've got your whole life to write your first record,
and then 18 months to write your follow-up.
Have you already got the follow-up underway?
It's underway, yeah.
And how is that going so far?
Is there any stylistic changes?
Yeah, it's hip-hop.
It's really slow, stoner hip-hop.
I'm looking forward to that.
I think it's more like a natural direction, from [Ab] consistency of energy to street worms.
[Fm] We're following a thread, [Ab] experimenting a little bit more.
But we just started.
Yeah, we just started.
You just started.
Yeah, we don't even know what direction we're going.
[Eb] That's part of the interesting [A] aspect to it.
Exactly.
I always thought, what [Ab] were your influences?
Because I always thought,
[Eb] it sounds a little bit as though [F] you're across between the full front of Iggy [Eb] Pop.
There's elements of that in there to me.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of old punk, old Studios, paribus.
[C] Yeah, and then a lot of electronic music as well.
And for those who [Eb] haven't seen the Viagra Boys show, what should they expect?
Just [Ab] [Eb] some fat fuckers on [E] stage.
No, I don't know.
I mean, I don't know what
You [Bb] never know what to expect.
But we don't jump about too much or anything like that.
We don't have an approach either [F] that we should [E] look in a certain way or have an approach.
We just [Db] go out and do what we want to do.
A [Ab] lot of energy.
Yeah, energy.
It's hard to hang over.
[C] We try to make the [Fm] energy come [Eb] from the music [N] a lot and not so much
jumping around doing somersaults and shit on stage.
I'm slightly disappointed now.
I'm not in good enough shape.
He is.
Maybe in the future, for the second album, we'll see some somersaults.
I'd love to see that.
[Ab]
I want to see you do a somersault.
Oh, fuck no.
That's got a big hole in the stage when I land it.
This is to be ironed out, clearly, but I'm hopeful still.
Best of luck with your set and for the summer ahead, I suppose.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
[N]
a very sunny Victoria Park, and we're joined here by the Viagra Boys.
Hello guys.
Just say, last [Gb] year you released your debut record, Street Worms.
How does it feel?
Feels good.
Feels [N] good.
Yeah.
We're really happy with the album and the way things turned [Gb] out after it was released [B] is
mind-blowing for us, so [Gb] we're really happy about it.
It was received very well, wasn't it?
I mean, I suppose you never quite know the climate of which
[F] you're going to be entered [Cm] into and how it's going to be received, and there's [N] that period
of being the unknown [Gb] element, but it must have filled you with a lot of happiness,
the fact that it was received so well.
Yeah, very much so, especially [Cm] recently.
[B] Good stuff going on.
[Gb] Guitar music generally, you see, has been suffering, I suppose, in recent times.
And what's it seem like in Sweden, and how receptive [E] is it to live music and live guitar
music?
They're very receptive, actually.
[Bm] All sorts of [Fm] people like our type of music,
and [B] even people who don't normally [A] listen to [N] guitar music as well.
So, [Gb] yeah, I think it
couldn't have gone better, to be honest.
It's going [Eb] well.
[D] The lyrics, there's this degree [N] of absurdity there and social commentary mixed in,
[G] a little bit of sense of humour, which [N] I suppose your compatriots, the Hives, have always shared.
What do you feel, because there's a rise of the far right, [B] I suppose you could say,
[Gb] across the world, and also in Sweden, is there a duty of artists, in a way, to perhaps document
and comment upon those times, to give [N] a voice to the people who perhaps want to rail against it?
Sure, absolutely.
There's a [Ab] duty, but at the same time, I don't think there's a duty to make your
music [B] specifically
[F] The lyrics don't specifically [Gb] need to address that, in a way.
You could talk about politics and interviews [B] and stuff like that,
but you don't have to address it in your music, per se.
But, you know, if it gets worse,
[E] we'll have to do [Bm] it.
Is that a strong [Gb] feeling within the band, though, perhaps?
You [E] feel like you need to
commit and engage [A] a little bit with the [D] culture and society around you?
[Gb] Sure, I guess so, yeah.
I mean, [Ab] I don't know.
I don't really know.
I think our songs are written
mostly from just what's going on in our lives, and I guess if that ever becomes more of a part
of our lives, which I guess it's a part of everyone's lives.
Not every band needs to take
themselves so seriously.
I'm not [Ebm] good at political commentary, [N] so I'm not going to go write a
political song, you know?
There's enough of that, in a way.
Nazi punks, fuck off, that's enough.
Billy Bragg's still alive.
I don't know too much about that, but [Gb] yeah.
And [C] I think that our music has [D] got a lot of humor in it
as well.
[N] I don't like taking life all that seriously, that I have to write a song to prove
that I hate the right.
I hate the fucking right.
And if you want to ask me about that, go ahead
and ask me about it, but I don't need to write a song about it to prove anything to anybody.
If you know what I mean.
I don't know.
They say that the old adage says you've got your whole life to write your first record,
and then 18 months to write your follow-up.
Have you already got the follow-up underway?
It's underway, yeah.
And how is that going so far?
Is there any stylistic changes?
Yeah, it's hip-hop.
It's really slow, stoner hip-hop.
I'm looking forward to that.
I think it's more like a natural direction, from [Ab] consistency of energy to street worms.
[Fm] We're following a thread, [Ab] experimenting a little bit more.
But we just started.
Yeah, we just started.
You just started.
Yeah, we don't even know what direction we're going.
[Eb] That's part of the interesting [A] aspect to it.
Exactly.
I always thought, what [Ab] were your influences?
Because I always thought,
[Eb] it sounds a little bit as though [F] you're across between the full front of Iggy [Eb] Pop.
There's elements of that in there to me.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of old punk, old Studios, paribus.
[C] Yeah, and then a lot of electronic music as well.
And for those who [Eb] haven't seen the Viagra Boys show, what should they expect?
Just [Ab] [Eb] some fat fuckers on [E] stage.
No, I don't know.
I mean, I don't know what
You [Bb] never know what to expect.
But we don't jump about too much or anything like that.
We don't have an approach either [F] that we should [E] look in a certain way or have an approach.
We just [Db] go out and do what we want to do.
A [Ab] lot of energy.
Yeah, energy.
It's hard to hang over.
[C] We try to make the [Fm] energy come [Eb] from the music [N] a lot and not so much
jumping around doing somersaults and shit on stage.
I'm slightly disappointed now.
I'm not in good enough shape.
He is.
Maybe in the future, for the second album, we'll see some somersaults.
I'd love to see that.
[Ab]
I want to see you do a somersault.
Oh, fuck no.
That's got a big hole in the stage when I land it.
This is to be ironed out, clearly, but I'm hopeful still.
Best of luck with your set and for the summer ahead, I suppose.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
[N]
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Hello, it's Greg Weatherill here backstage at All Points East Festival in Victoria Park,
a very sunny Victoria Park, and we're joined here by the Viagra Boys.
Hello guys.
Just say, last [Gb] year you released your debut record, Street Worms.
How does it feel?
Feels good.
Feels [N] good.
Yeah.
We're really happy with the album and the way things turned [Gb] out after it was released [B] is
mind-blowing for us, so [Gb] we're really happy about it.
It was received very well, wasn't it?
I mean, I suppose you never quite know the climate of which
[F] you're going to be entered [Cm] into and how it's going to be received, and there's [N] that period
of being the unknown [Gb] element, but it must have filled you with a lot of happiness,
the fact that it was received so well.
Yeah, very much so, especially [Cm] recently.
[B] Good stuff going on.
[Gb] Guitar music generally, you see, has been suffering, I suppose, in recent times.
And what's it seem like in Sweden, and how receptive [E] is it to live music and live guitar
music?
They're very receptive, actually.
[Bm] All sorts of [Fm] people like our type of music,
and [B] even people who don't normally [A] listen to [N] guitar music as well.
So, [Gb] yeah, I think it
couldn't have gone better, to be honest.
It's going [Eb] well.
[D] The lyrics, there's this degree [N] of absurdity there and social commentary mixed in,
[G] a little bit of sense of humour, which [N] I suppose your compatriots, the Hives, have always shared.
What do you feel, because there's a rise of the far right, [B] I suppose you could say,
[Gb] across the world, and also in Sweden, is there a duty of artists, in a way, to perhaps document
and comment upon those times, to give [N] a voice to the people who perhaps want to rail against it?
Sure, absolutely.
There's a [Ab] duty, but at the same time, I don't think there's a duty to make your
music _ _ _ _ [B] specifically_
[F] The lyrics don't specifically [Gb] need to address that, in a way.
You could talk about politics and interviews [B] and stuff like that,
but you don't have to address it in your music, per se.
But, you know, if it gets worse,
[E] we'll have to do [Bm] it.
Is that a strong [Gb] feeling within the band, though, perhaps?
You [E] feel like you need to
commit and engage [A] a little bit with the [D] culture and society around you?
[Gb] Sure, I guess so, yeah.
I mean, [Ab] I don't know.
I don't really know.
I think our songs are written
mostly from just what's going on in our lives, and I guess if that ever becomes more of a part
of our lives, which I guess it's a part of everyone's lives.
Not every band needs to take
themselves so seriously.
I'm not [Ebm] good at political commentary, [N] so I'm not going to go write a
political song, you know? _
_ _ _ _ There's enough of that, in a way. _
_ Nazi punks, fuck off, that's enough.
Billy Bragg's still alive. _
I don't know too much about that, but [Gb] yeah.
And [C] I think that our music has [D] got a lot of humor in it
as well.
_ [N] I don't like taking life all that seriously, that I have to write a song to prove
that I hate the right.
I hate the fucking right.
And if you want to ask me about that, go ahead
and ask me about it, but I don't need to write a song about it to prove anything to anybody.
If you know what I mean.
I don't know.
They say that the old adage says you've got your whole life to write your first record,
and then 18 months to write your follow-up.
Have you already got the follow-up underway?
It's underway, yeah.
And how is that going so far?
Is there any stylistic changes?
Yeah, it's hip-hop.
_ _ _ It's really slow, stoner hip-hop.
I'm looking forward to that.
I think it's more like a natural direction, _ from [Ab] consistency of energy to street worms.
[Fm] We're following a thread, [Ab] experimenting a little bit more.
But we just started.
Yeah, we just started.
You just started.
Yeah, we don't even know what direction we're going.
[Eb] That's part of the interesting [A] aspect to it.
Exactly.
I always thought, what [Ab] were your influences?
Because I always thought,
[Eb] it sounds a little bit as though [F] you're across between the full front of Iggy [Eb] Pop.
There's elements of that in there to me.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of old punk, old_ Studios, paribus.
_ _ [C] Yeah, and then a lot of electronic music as well.
And for those who [Eb] haven't seen the Viagra Boys show, what should they expect?
Just [Ab] [Eb] some fat fuckers on [E] stage.
_ _ No, I don't know.
I mean, I don't know what_
You [Bb] never know what to expect.
But we don't jump about too much or anything like that.
We don't have an approach either [F] that we should [E] look in a certain way or have an approach.
We just [Db] go out and do what we want to do.
A [Ab] lot of energy.
Yeah, energy.
It's hard to hang over.
[C] We try to make the [Fm] energy come [Eb] from the music [N] a lot and not so much
_ jumping around doing somersaults and shit on stage.
I'm slightly disappointed now.
I'm not in good enough shape.
He is.
Maybe in the future, for the second album, we'll see some somersaults.
I'd love to see that.
[Ab]
I want to see you do a somersault.
Oh, fuck no.
That's got a big hole in the stage when I land it.
This is to be ironed out, clearly, but I'm hopeful still.
Best of luck with your set and for the summer ahead, I suppose.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
_ _ _ [N] _
a very sunny Victoria Park, and we're joined here by the Viagra Boys.
Hello guys.
Just say, last [Gb] year you released your debut record, Street Worms.
How does it feel?
Feels good.
Feels [N] good.
Yeah.
We're really happy with the album and the way things turned [Gb] out after it was released [B] is
mind-blowing for us, so [Gb] we're really happy about it.
It was received very well, wasn't it?
I mean, I suppose you never quite know the climate of which
[F] you're going to be entered [Cm] into and how it's going to be received, and there's [N] that period
of being the unknown [Gb] element, but it must have filled you with a lot of happiness,
the fact that it was received so well.
Yeah, very much so, especially [Cm] recently.
[B] Good stuff going on.
[Gb] Guitar music generally, you see, has been suffering, I suppose, in recent times.
And what's it seem like in Sweden, and how receptive [E] is it to live music and live guitar
music?
They're very receptive, actually.
[Bm] All sorts of [Fm] people like our type of music,
and [B] even people who don't normally [A] listen to [N] guitar music as well.
So, [Gb] yeah, I think it
couldn't have gone better, to be honest.
It's going [Eb] well.
[D] The lyrics, there's this degree [N] of absurdity there and social commentary mixed in,
[G] a little bit of sense of humour, which [N] I suppose your compatriots, the Hives, have always shared.
What do you feel, because there's a rise of the far right, [B] I suppose you could say,
[Gb] across the world, and also in Sweden, is there a duty of artists, in a way, to perhaps document
and comment upon those times, to give [N] a voice to the people who perhaps want to rail against it?
Sure, absolutely.
There's a [Ab] duty, but at the same time, I don't think there's a duty to make your
music _ _ _ _ [B] specifically_
[F] The lyrics don't specifically [Gb] need to address that, in a way.
You could talk about politics and interviews [B] and stuff like that,
but you don't have to address it in your music, per se.
But, you know, if it gets worse,
[E] we'll have to do [Bm] it.
Is that a strong [Gb] feeling within the band, though, perhaps?
You [E] feel like you need to
commit and engage [A] a little bit with the [D] culture and society around you?
[Gb] Sure, I guess so, yeah.
I mean, [Ab] I don't know.
I don't really know.
I think our songs are written
mostly from just what's going on in our lives, and I guess if that ever becomes more of a part
of our lives, which I guess it's a part of everyone's lives.
Not every band needs to take
themselves so seriously.
I'm not [Ebm] good at political commentary, [N] so I'm not going to go write a
political song, you know? _
_ _ _ _ There's enough of that, in a way. _
_ Nazi punks, fuck off, that's enough.
Billy Bragg's still alive. _
I don't know too much about that, but [Gb] yeah.
And [C] I think that our music has [D] got a lot of humor in it
as well.
_ [N] I don't like taking life all that seriously, that I have to write a song to prove
that I hate the right.
I hate the fucking right.
And if you want to ask me about that, go ahead
and ask me about it, but I don't need to write a song about it to prove anything to anybody.
If you know what I mean.
I don't know.
They say that the old adage says you've got your whole life to write your first record,
and then 18 months to write your follow-up.
Have you already got the follow-up underway?
It's underway, yeah.
And how is that going so far?
Is there any stylistic changes?
Yeah, it's hip-hop.
_ _ _ It's really slow, stoner hip-hop.
I'm looking forward to that.
I think it's more like a natural direction, _ from [Ab] consistency of energy to street worms.
[Fm] We're following a thread, [Ab] experimenting a little bit more.
But we just started.
Yeah, we just started.
You just started.
Yeah, we don't even know what direction we're going.
[Eb] That's part of the interesting [A] aspect to it.
Exactly.
I always thought, what [Ab] were your influences?
Because I always thought,
[Eb] it sounds a little bit as though [F] you're across between the full front of Iggy [Eb] Pop.
There's elements of that in there to me.
Yeah, definitely.
A lot of old punk, old_ Studios, paribus.
_ _ [C] Yeah, and then a lot of electronic music as well.
And for those who [Eb] haven't seen the Viagra Boys show, what should they expect?
Just [Ab] [Eb] some fat fuckers on [E] stage.
_ _ No, I don't know.
I mean, I don't know what_
You [Bb] never know what to expect.
But we don't jump about too much or anything like that.
We don't have an approach either [F] that we should [E] look in a certain way or have an approach.
We just [Db] go out and do what we want to do.
A [Ab] lot of energy.
Yeah, energy.
It's hard to hang over.
[C] We try to make the [Fm] energy come [Eb] from the music [N] a lot and not so much
_ jumping around doing somersaults and shit on stage.
I'm slightly disappointed now.
I'm not in good enough shape.
He is.
Maybe in the future, for the second album, we'll see some somersaults.
I'd love to see that.
[Ab]
I want to see you do a somersault.
Oh, fuck no.
That's got a big hole in the stage when I land it.
This is to be ironed out, clearly, but I'm hopeful still.
Best of luck with your set and for the summer ahead, I suppose.
Thank you very much.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank you.
_ _ _ [N] _