"Yeah," which
is the first word I've heard from gorgeous bass player Hilary.
"It's so different," she adds.
So where do JJ72 fit in today's music scene?
"Well," begins Hilary, "I don't think we're trying
to fit in. I think we're very indifferent to the whole scene
in a sense and you know, we let them come to us. We're not trying
to fit in anywhere."
"It's like that," agrees Mark. "Like if one of
your questions was going to be 'what are your influences?' It's
like, yeah, our influences come from some guitar bands but our
influences don't stem from indie music in general. Really our
influences come from everyday things in life which probably
makes more sense for an influences answer. I love Joy Division
and Nirvana but they only happened to be bands and happened
to be guitar bands. It wasn't a conscious decision like 'I love
music and let me just pick out this band that I love to be a
fan of.' That's how I want people to perceive us, as this separate
entity to everything else. Like we don't even fit into music."
Fergal agrees full heartedly even down to the band participation
in the song writing. "Well Mark brings the songs in and
we just go with what sounds good, like JJ72, there's no influence
in the writing at all."
At this point, a man walks up to the table and asks if it's
Muse at the table? Hmmm, never mind mate, close! Maybe not Muse,
but the guys have been compared to the Manics and Nirvana quite
a bit. Hilary has a reason for this one though.
"Once you stand up on the stage you're in the public eye
so it's inevitable that they're going to compare you to other
bands like the Manics and Radiohead or whatever. It makes sense
'cos everyone else listens to them." >>
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