Detroit Social Club

After a packed out Headlining show at Cargo last week, we caught up with Detroit Social Club, They spoke about Twitter, Supporting Oasis, Peace and love and Flaming Lips!

Who are Detroit Social Club…in a nut shell?

6 fragile characters making a bit of noise and singing about their lives. David is the one at the front, Greenie is the one at the back, Chris has the bass, Johnny has the guitar, Dale stands behind the keyboard and Welshy does loads of different thing.

Your front man has described him self as a vibe creator, what’s your vibe for 2010?

 Peace and love to all men. We just want to get on the road as much as we can, experience as much as we can this year, see some places we haven’t seen, and carry on writing music. Were all fit and healthy people who want to make the most of this chance that has fortunately been put in our path.

You supported Oasis in 2009, Are you going to miss them? You think they’ll be back?

I’m probably not going to miss them, because I didn’t really listen to any of their later stuff. I miss the old Oasis, that I listened to as a kid, every day. But I think the time was probably right. I really hope they don’t get back together, so they can be remembered how they should be. It wouldn’t be right if they went on for 200 years like the Rolling Stones.

What do you consider to be your greatest pressures, in this increasingly digital age?

 I don’t think any of a persons greatest pressures should be based within music, or related to a digital age, but obviously the media is evolving, music can rely less on TV or radio, or even literature anymore. It has to adapt to become an internet based media, and I think the adaptation hasn’t occurred fully yet. I don’t even think some people in the industry realise that they need to adapt. They are the ones who’ll get, and are getting, stung. As a band nowadays you are expected to do so much yourself, like twitter, facebook, myspace, bebo. All that stuff. Ten years ago you could just concentrate on the music, on writing songs, you wouldn’t have to worry that you haven’t done a new blog for a week and a half. I genuinely think this pressure on bands to do all the networking stuff is diluting the quality of their music. Having said that, It’s an enjoyable part of it, conversing with new people about music, in it’s own right its a beautiful thing.

What’s the best and worst Gig you have been to?

The best gig I’ve ever been to, no word of a lie, was Flaming Lips at Rockness last year. Amazing show. The worst gig I’ve ever been to?! I’d probably upset a few people if I was honest here, so I’ll be diplomatic and say The Hoosiers at Newcastle Uni two years ago. To be fair, I only went because we were supporting them for freshers week.

What new bands have you been listening to?

There aren’t a great deal of new bands around that I have fallen in love with. I think that’s more down to not having as much time available anymore to make the effort. I really like what I’ve heard by The Big Pink, I think they’re great.

What can we expect from the latest album?

 I think the album will surprise a lot of people. Whether that’s in a good way, or a bad way, only time will tell. It’s taken quite a while to do, and we’ve kind of fell out of the loop a little bit until this tour kicked off, but I’m proud of a lot of the album, so hopefully other people will catch on too.

 Any famous last words?

 Anything I said wouldn’t really be that famous, so Id say Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Moses, very wise man.