{"id":3569,"date":"2019-01-29T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2019-01-24T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T09:12:07","slug":"the-spangles-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"The Spangles Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well as far as new bands go the UK has always thrown out fantastic underground bands and many burn out rather than fade away whilst there are a few who manage to stick around not through sheer bloody-mindedness but because they’re good at this Rock n Roll business and actually make great records.\u00a0 So after The Main Grains sort of called it a day when Danny rejoined The Wildhearts a couple of Main Grains went over there and started to write some songs. Low and behold they were paying attention! We now find out they’re bloody good at it (as their debut album will testify) RPM has a duty to bring you the best bands currently making music so it was the right thing to do and speak to The Spangles so here is our interview with not one, not two but three Spangles…<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Firstly tell us a little history of the band? Who contacted who?\u00a0 Whos who? and how did it come about?\u00a0<\/strong>
Polly<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 I\u2019ll let Ben and Ginna tell ya, it was all their idea. I\u2019m just the bass player \u2013 I just stand around looking louche and pretending I\u2019m hard.\u00a0

Ben<\/em><\/strong>– It’s me and Ginna from The Main Grains and Polly from The Idol Dead. After Danny re-joined The Wildhearts and they started filling the calendar, me and Ginna wanted to do something separate to keep ourselves busy. Polly and Ginna used to play together in Phluid and he’d helped out on a couple of Main Grains tours so we all knew we got on well together – it was a no brainer really.<\/span><\/p>\n


Ginna<\/strong><\/em>– yeah basically what Ben said and we all get on so well it gave the band a really happy vibe which I\u2019d been missing for some time.
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You’ve recently done a pledge campaign where you hit your target, what made you choose the pledge platform to release your debut album?<\/strong>
Polly \u2013 Well, I\u2019m the singer in The Idol Dead and we\u2019ve had so much success with PledgeMusic that I\u2019d been bothering these two to get The main Grains to do one for years! PledgeMusic has, historically, been amazing fro underground bands. It\u2019s a great way to get followers involved, increase your fan base and foster a brilliant sense of community.\u00a0

Unfortunately, I think PledgeMusic has made a few questionable business decisions and they have really fucked stuff up for a lot of bands, including us! We are still waiting for money from them and I think they\u2019ve killed the goodwill they have spent 10 years creating.\u00a0

Ben<\/strong><\/em>– Polly made us do it. I was sceptical,\u00a0 Ginna and I have never released anything on Pledge before, but I think we did pretty good.
They’ve made some questionable decisions but they’re working on it. I’ve still got faith. I’ve spoken to a few people about it. We’re still waiting for money too, but they handle their finances differently to how they did a year or two ago. If they iron out all the creases I think they’ll be back to how they used to be. Honesty is the best policy, if they’d have let everyone know beforehand, people would be more understanding, but they didn’t. Time will tell.

Ginna<\/strong><\/em>–\u00a0 Polly had previously smashed pledges with the idol dead and we needed help raising the funds to do it so it was a no brainer…. shame they seem to have dropped the ball with payments etc.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

About the album. Tell us a bit about the songwriting?\u00a0 who wrote what and how did the songs grow – what\u2019s the process?<\/strong>

Polly<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 I wrote one!! Hahahahaha \u2026. BEN!!!\u00a0

Ben<\/em><\/strong>– For like the first week, it was just me and Ginna. Someone had to write some songs!! I’d never written a song before, but I think they came out pretty good! The bulk of the album was written in about 48 hours when me and my ex fell out. I’m really getting into my songwriting now, I’m really looking forward to the next one.

Ginna<\/strong><\/em>– Ben is the main songwriter but everyone chips in, Polly with his own songs and I write some lyrics. The good thing is no one is precious about anything so everyone gets a say and to throw ideas in the mix.

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When it came to recording was pledge\u00a0a driving factor in how much time and energy you could throw at the recording process?<\/strong>

Polly<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Not at all. The time had been booked and we were gonna record anyway \u2013 I think it was more \u2013 the recording dictated the Pledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What about live\u00a0shows – you have a launch show coming up and the support slot in the black heart with an amazing line up of Rags there’s\u00a0also more kicks and the speedways on the same bill.\u00a0 That’s\u00a0four really exciting new bands right there and people say rock n roll is dead?<\/strong>

Ben<\/strong><\/em>– Didn’t Gene Simmons say it once? Who gives a fuck what he thinks.

Polly<\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Bloody love The Speedways! Yeah, rock n roll is a long way from dead, it\u2019s just people are dead inside and can\u2019t find it. Rock n Roll lives and breathes in the people who make and consume it \u2013 it\u2019s everywhere and we\u2019re drowning in it. The minute Ginna smashes that first 1,2,3,4 on the high-hat we are transported to that magic place full of promise, so, good drugs and loud guitars \u2013 fuck what anyone else thinks.\u00a0

Ginna<\/strong><\/em>– yeah it’s a wicked line up! Rock n Roll ain’t dead its just been taking a nap ready to explode again. Haha!<\/span><\/p>\n

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