Whilst
at the delightful Glenworth Valley Weekender 99, we caught up with Turnstyle,
unfortunately we were in a little shed about 10 metres from the stage,
therefore, much of what was said will never be heard again…so here is the
decipherable parts of the moment…
Dean
Davies - drums, keyboards, vocals
PJ
-
bass, vocals, keyboards
Adem
K - guitar, vocals, keyboard, drums
Todd
Griffiths (ex-member)
Influences
Paul- I think
we all like Pavement to be realistic and we also like stuff like Kraftwerk
and Stereolab….
Todd- Guided
by Voices…..hip hop bands like De La Soul
Paul- yeah,
Guided by Voices
What
has been you favourite gig?
Todd- yesterday
Paul- yeah
we had an excellent gig yesterday
Todd - my
favourite one was at the Chelsea
Adem - Chelsea
in Brisbane
What
Perth bands are you into?
Adem - there
are loads of bands that never come out of Perth
Todd - there’s
a really cool band that just started playing in Perth called ‘Sleepy Jackson’…The
Tigers
Adem - yeah
there’s tons of them
Have
you guys been here all weekend?
Paul - yeah
Favourite
band playing here…
Paul - I think
I liked the Avalanches
Adem – Sekiden…Sekiden
were really cool
You
guys have an album out, yeah?
Dean - called
Turnstyle Country
Paul - it’s
a bit different from our live show
Todd
- it’s a bit more of a rockin’ set
Dean - there’s
a lot more of recorded stuff
Paul - songs
that you can’t really play live
What
was you inspiration for “Spray Water on the Stereo”?
Adem - lots
of beer
Dean - just
a silly thing that Paul said one night, so we remembered it when we were
writing the song
Paul - seemed
like a good idea at the time
What
about the film clip…
Adem - the
‘super 8’ footage was of dean and I’s families when we were kids, so Dean
was actually playing drums in the video
Paul - our
next clip has a bit too much of us probably
Todd - we
were just worried that we weren’t good looking enough
Adem - we
were thinking of getting Stanley Cubric to direct our next film clip
Favourite
telly shows…
Dean - rugrats
Paul - neon
genesis
How
do you Kill the Cod?
Todd - hit
each other with it
Paul – I’ve
always wanted to hit someone with a fish, it’s a fantasy…such a fantasy