{"id":15328,"date":"2021-05-02T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15328"},"modified":"2021-04-27T10:46:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T10:46:22","slug":"the-boatsmen-interview-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=15328","title":{"rendered":"The Boatsmen Interview Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst the world is still in the grip of this Pandemic it’s always great to have a distraction from the daily grind of life currently under restrictions and social distancing and not being able to get out there and spend time with like-minded music lovers.\u00a0 However, one thing this damn virus hasn’t stopped is the release of great rock and roll records and one of 2021’s most impressive releases so far is without a doubt the awesome new album from Swedens The Boatsmen so with our masks on we made contact with the self-confessed kings of Party Rock and Roll and fist-bumped before we engaged in the chatter that matters.\u00a0 Welcome to your new favourite band kids please be upstanding for The Boatsmen…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Give us a bit of background to the band?\u00a0 You formed in or around 2008 when the first demo came out but didn\u2019t get around to releasing the debut album in 2013 right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s right, we started out wanting to be a contrast to a lot of the other bands around at the time. The Boatsmen is about letting loose and doing exactly what you feel like, just for the fun and the thrills with no boundaries. Stop taking yourself so seriously, stop overthinking and psychedelick my ass. During our first years, the focus was more on partying than recording. After a while, though we had mastered the art of partying to its full extent and got to work with our first album.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Where is the band from in Sweden? W<\/strong>hat’s it like for music there?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, the band is from \u00d6rebro in the middle of Sweden and we grew up with a great music scene with bands like The Accidents, The Peepshows, The Strollers and The Pricks. When we started the band however the scene had been losing some action and we felt the responsibility to show the kids how it’s done.<\/p>\n

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I’m curious as to where the name comes from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The band is named after the dog “B\u00e5tsman” (“Boatsman”) in the Swedish 70s kids show Saltkr\u00e5kan. We thought a logo with a big anchor as the T in the middle would look cool.<\/p>\n

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Who were your influences?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have a big mix of influences but we have a steady ground in the old 60s garage music with band such as The Sonics and Music Machine but with the rock action from MC5 and The Stooges, some boogie from The Hurriganes and Eddie Meduza, and a whole lot of punk approach from bands like GG Allin, The Damned and Ramones. But the main influence is good songs in general. Of course, we listen to and love the Scandinavian rock scene with bands such as Turbonegro, The Hives, and The Hellacopters. Reigning Sound and Henry Fiats Open Sore are two other favorite bands.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Let’s get up to date with the new album just released on Ghost Highway and Spaghetty Town.\u00a0 How did that arrangement come about did you tout the new record around or specifically target these guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have worked with Ghost Highway before and we really like the stuff they put out and the way we work together. They also got American Spaghetty Town on this boat and we like many other bands dream of the US so we are really happy about that.<\/p>\n

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Where was the new record recorded?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We recorded ourselves in our rehearsal room\/studio, Super Studios, that we have together with our friends in V8 Interceptor.<\/p>\n