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STRANGE NOTES WITH GEORGE PETTIT - ATTACK IN BLACK PART 2
George Pettit talks with Attack in Black about their writing process and new Canadian music.
POSTED ON: FEBRUARY 14, 2009
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT
00:00:00:16 [Music]
00:00:01:28 I am George Pettit and this is Strange Notes.
00:00:05:01 Welcome back.
00:00:07:01 Tonight's musical performance is a special one.
00:00:09:28 A group that has led their musical ambition
00:00:11:28 take them where it may and I am very please to say
00:00:14:18 that it has taken them here.
00:00:16:05 [Non-English]
00:00:23:18 Ladies and Gentleman, Attack in Black
00:00:26:20 [Music]
00:00:34:27 Lyric writing as well.
00:00:36:07 It is that like,
00:00:37:11 where is the responsibility of that mostly fall?
00:00:41:04 I think now it is everybody, but definitely on marriage,
00:00:44:07 that was pretty much all you were...
00:00:45:28 I think I wrote mostly, yet.
00:00:47:18 I would help write songs with Dan and stuff,
00:00:50:17 but never would really come with a song of my own,
00:00:54:20 probably because I never really had tried to write songs
00:00:57:18 like that were as - those were.
00:00:59:08 Yeah.
00:01:00:28 So, I would try to contribute in anyway I could by writing,
00:01:02:23 I would guess.
00:01:04:13 And now it has become a bit better where we all do
00:01:07:07 everything which I think makes our band
00:01:10:03 ten times stronger than if only one person does a certain thing
00:01:12:28 and reflected by everyone in the band, I guess.
00:01:15:21 Another thing that I think comes up in articles about you guys
00:01:18:22 is that they want a name literally influence as well
00:01:21:18 Bukowski and Whitman
00:01:23:03 and like all these things they are coming up.
00:01:25:10 For me, definitely.
00:01:26:14 Yeah.
00:01:27:06 And I know Dan...
00:01:28:12 Oh, Henry Miller, of course.
00:01:29:24 Henry Miller, yeah.
00:01:30:20 Have you ever like pursued writing outside of
00:01:33:07 like writing songs?
00:01:34:11 Yeah, some times I do.
00:01:36:00 I definitely try to write music
00:01:38:28 way more than I try to only write words, you know.
00:01:42:13 Sure, yeah.
00:01:43:12 But, I have thought about it.
00:01:44:28 It is something I would like to do at some point.
00:01:46:18 Dan and I have talked about that before
00:01:47:28 and we have talked about making a book together,
00:01:49:28 something where I would write down words
00:01:51:28 and we would make art to it or something like that.
00:01:55:08 But music just always comes first to us
00:01:57:02 and we do it at such a pace
00:02:00:08 that it doesn't really allow for much else.
00:02:03:09 There are bands that you can tell are like,
00:02:05:24 they get along and they are brothers
00:02:08:08 and there are bands that you kind of feel have like,
00:02:10:03 they are just kind of going through the motions
00:02:11:26 kind of thing.
00:02:12:21 Certainly like and it is weird because...
00:02:15:03 When you do go on a tour with a terrible band,
00:02:17:14 that's terrible in every possible way.
00:02:18:28 It just sticks out.
00:02:21:08 And to be optimistic, I have even found that
00:02:25:14 when we are on a tour with a band that we
00:02:27:19 just want to not be on tour with,
00:02:30:27 like it just unites us in our hatred.
00:02:33:20 Yeah. So...
00:02:35:06 I have heard some stories about you guys being
00:02:38:05 thieving some things from time to time?
00:02:40:23 Yeah, sometimes.
00:02:42:15 [laughter]
00:02:44:23 When we don't have any money and we are hungry
00:02:47:28 or we need the gas money or we need oil,
00:02:51:04 we just steal those things.
00:02:52:26 Sometimes he steals.
00:02:55:00 The road is long and the road is hard.
00:02:56:04 Oh yeah, everybody is young once.
00:02:58:03 We stole a few things.
00:02:59:27 We don't regret them but...
00:03:01:26 Hearing about you guys stealing oil on the road
00:03:04:14 because you need to keep your van going
00:03:06:22 and you're are poor, but you are still like
00:03:08:13 yeah, sometimes thieving is what it takes
00:03:11:02 to keep the whole machine going.
00:03:12:21 ♪ [Music]
00:03:40:13 Name some of the good stuff
00:03:41:18 that's going on in Canada right now?
00:03:43:26 Definitely... Alexisonfire.
00:03:46:10 Definitely Alexisonfire.
00:03:47:21 Constantines for sure, of course.
00:03:49:14 Ladyhawk
00:03:51:28 Shotgun Jimmie
00:03:53:21 which is kind of a selfish choice
00:03:55:28 because we play with them.
00:03:57:29 Yeah, let's talk for a while about Shotgun Jimmie.
00:04:01:07 Did he kind of become the sidekick to your band?
00:04:03:10 Yeah.
00:04:04:22 We all just kind of fell in love with the songs.
00:04:06:03 We never met him on a song or anything like that before
00:04:10:21 and we listen to the record non-stop.
00:04:12:28 And then Dan just e-mailed him, mentioned that if ever he needed
00:04:17:03 or wanted to tour together and needed like people to play with,
00:04:21:01 that we would do it.
00:04:22:27 It just kind of developed.
00:04:24:06 Jimmie came down this past year
00:04:25:21 and Dan, Spencer and I had learned
00:04:27:14 a bunch of the songs on our own
00:04:29:25 and had a practice and then went
00:04:31:05 and played a couple of shows at North by North East with him
00:04:33:21 and have done so as much as we possibly could ever since.
00:04:37:08 He seems like a very interesting character, alright?
00:04:40:21 Yeah.
00:04:41:22 You are putting out one of his records, correct?
00:04:43:08 Yes, Still Jimmie.
00:04:45:04 Our label is called You've Changed Records
00:04:47:27 and ironically the first release is called Still Jimmie.
00:04:53:06 He is an amazing person,
00:04:54:28 he is just one of the nicest people
00:04:56:24 I ever met in my life really.
00:05:00:28 His songs are flawless, I think they are amazing.
00:05:05:08 I don't know, it just stays a gem to be around.
00:05:07:18 Real creative, kind of interesting guy.
00:05:09:10 Yeah, to thank us for playing with him at North by North East
00:05:11:28 he made us a music video,
00:05:14:01 some of it was animation, some of that it was just him.
00:05:16:28 When did you decide to start this record label?
00:05:18:13 I think we just thought that it was logical for us
00:05:20:22 to be putting out records and originally,
00:05:22:28 I think we planned for the first release
00:05:24:08 to be a split that we did with
00:05:26:18 Attack in Black and Baby Eagle.
00:05:28:22 But we decided to have our first release to be just proper LP,
00:05:33:28 proper record and so Still Jimmie it is.
00:05:37:15 [Music]
00:05:38:24 From the actions of the old, I am George Pettit
00:05:41:04 and this is Strange Notes.
00:00:01:28 I am George Pettit and this is Strange Notes.
00:00:05:01 Welcome back.
00:00:07:01 Tonight's musical performance is a special one.
00:00:09:28 A group that has led their musical ambition
00:00:11:28 take them where it may and I am very please to say
00:00:14:18 that it has taken them here.
00:00:16:05 [Non-English]
00:00:23:18 Ladies and Gentleman, Attack in Black
00:00:26:20 [Music]
00:00:34:27 Lyric writing as well.
00:00:36:07 It is that like,
00:00:37:11 where is the responsibility of that mostly fall?
00:00:41:04 I think now it is everybody, but definitely on marriage,
00:00:44:07 that was pretty much all you were...
00:00:45:28 I think I wrote mostly, yet.
00:00:47:18 I would help write songs with Dan and stuff,
00:00:50:17 but never would really come with a song of my own,
00:00:54:20 probably because I never really had tried to write songs
00:00:57:18 like that were as - those were.
00:00:59:08 Yeah.
00:01:00:28 So, I would try to contribute in anyway I could by writing,
00:01:02:23 I would guess.
00:01:04:13 And now it has become a bit better where we all do
00:01:07:07 everything which I think makes our band
00:01:10:03 ten times stronger than if only one person does a certain thing
00:01:12:28 and reflected by everyone in the band, I guess.
00:01:15:21 Another thing that I think comes up in articles about you guys
00:01:18:22 is that they want a name literally influence as well
00:01:21:18 Bukowski and Whitman
00:01:23:03 and like all these things they are coming up.
00:01:25:10 For me, definitely.
00:01:26:14 Yeah.
00:01:27:06 And I know Dan...
00:01:28:12 Oh, Henry Miller, of course.
00:01:29:24 Henry Miller, yeah.
00:01:30:20 Have you ever like pursued writing outside of
00:01:33:07 like writing songs?
00:01:34:11 Yeah, some times I do.
00:01:36:00 I definitely try to write music
00:01:38:28 way more than I try to only write words, you know.
00:01:42:13 Sure, yeah.
00:01:43:12 But, I have thought about it.
00:01:44:28 It is something I would like to do at some point.
00:01:46:18 Dan and I have talked about that before
00:01:47:28 and we have talked about making a book together,
00:01:49:28 something where I would write down words
00:01:51:28 and we would make art to it or something like that.
00:01:55:08 But music just always comes first to us
00:01:57:02 and we do it at such a pace
00:02:00:08 that it doesn't really allow for much else.
00:02:03:09 There are bands that you can tell are like,
00:02:05:24 they get along and they are brothers
00:02:08:08 and there are bands that you kind of feel have like,
00:02:10:03 they are just kind of going through the motions
00:02:11:26 kind of thing.
00:02:12:21 Certainly like and it is weird because...
00:02:15:03 When you do go on a tour with a terrible band,
00:02:17:14 that's terrible in every possible way.
00:02:18:28 It just sticks out.
00:02:21:08 And to be optimistic, I have even found that
00:02:25:14 when we are on a tour with a band that we
00:02:27:19 just want to not be on tour with,
00:02:30:27 like it just unites us in our hatred.
00:02:33:20 Yeah. So...
00:02:35:06 I have heard some stories about you guys being
00:02:38:05 thieving some things from time to time?
00:02:40:23 Yeah, sometimes.
00:02:42:15 [laughter]
00:02:44:23 When we don't have any money and we are hungry
00:02:47:28 or we need the gas money or we need oil,
00:02:51:04 we just steal those things.
00:02:52:26 Sometimes he steals.
00:02:55:00 The road is long and the road is hard.
00:02:56:04 Oh yeah, everybody is young once.
00:02:58:03 We stole a few things.
00:02:59:27 We don't regret them but...
00:03:01:26 Hearing about you guys stealing oil on the road
00:03:04:14 because you need to keep your van going
00:03:06:22 and you're are poor, but you are still like
00:03:08:13 yeah, sometimes thieving is what it takes
00:03:11:02 to keep the whole machine going.
00:03:12:21 ♪ [Music]
00:03:40:13 Name some of the good stuff
00:03:41:18 that's going on in Canada right now?
00:03:43:26 Definitely... Alexisonfire.
00:03:46:10 Definitely Alexisonfire.
00:03:47:21 Constantines for sure, of course.
00:03:49:14 Ladyhawk
00:03:51:28 Shotgun Jimmie
00:03:53:21 which is kind of a selfish choice
00:03:55:28 because we play with them.
00:03:57:29 Yeah, let's talk for a while about Shotgun Jimmie.
00:04:01:07 Did he kind of become the sidekick to your band?
00:04:03:10 Yeah.
00:04:04:22 We all just kind of fell in love with the songs.
00:04:06:03 We never met him on a song or anything like that before
00:04:10:21 and we listen to the record non-stop.
00:04:12:28 And then Dan just e-mailed him, mentioned that if ever he needed
00:04:17:03 or wanted to tour together and needed like people to play with,
00:04:21:01 that we would do it.
00:04:22:27 It just kind of developed.
00:04:24:06 Jimmie came down this past year
00:04:25:21 and Dan, Spencer and I had learned
00:04:27:14 a bunch of the songs on our own
00:04:29:25 and had a practice and then went
00:04:31:05 and played a couple of shows at North by North East with him
00:04:33:21 and have done so as much as we possibly could ever since.
00:04:37:08 He seems like a very interesting character, alright?
00:04:40:21 Yeah.
00:04:41:22 You are putting out one of his records, correct?
00:04:43:08 Yes, Still Jimmie.
00:04:45:04 Our label is called You've Changed Records
00:04:47:27 and ironically the first release is called Still Jimmie.
00:04:53:06 He is an amazing person,
00:04:54:28 he is just one of the nicest people
00:04:56:24 I ever met in my life really.
00:05:00:28 His songs are flawless, I think they are amazing.
00:05:05:08 I don't know, it just stays a gem to be around.
00:05:07:18 Real creative, kind of interesting guy.
00:05:09:10 Yeah, to thank us for playing with him at North by North East
00:05:11:28 he made us a music video,
00:05:14:01 some of it was animation, some of that it was just him.
00:05:16:28 When did you decide to start this record label?
00:05:18:13 I think we just thought that it was logical for us
00:05:20:22 to be putting out records and originally,
00:05:22:28 I think we planned for the first release
00:05:24:08 to be a split that we did with
00:05:26:18 Attack in Black and Baby Eagle.
00:05:28:22 But we decided to have our first release to be just proper LP,
00:05:33:28 proper record and so Still Jimmie it is.
00:05:37:15 [Music]
00:05:38:24 From the actions of the old, I am George Pettit
00:05:41:04 and this is Strange Notes.