Ohh yeah, s skete det... Dagen er oprundet. World Inferno Friendship Society, bandet med det uendeligt lange navn, indtager scenekanten og det bagved liggende areal med deres umiskendelige BigBand-Swing-Ska-Klezmar-Punkrock.
Friske toner fra et ni-mand hj orkester med blseinstrumenter fra A-Z, fra st til vest og med alt hvad hjertet kan begre. Ingen grund til at skjule, at der der er lagt op til et ijnefaldende, rehngende og helt ude i skoven show med trut i trumpeten og grundlag for mere end bare en enkelt svingom....
h... bare i dag allerede var nu. Med i bagagen er Gorilla Angreb fra Kbenhavn. Frisk og knald-p energisk knallert-punkrock med Puck-hjelm og kvindelig vokal. Begyndt bare allerede at spare op...
....Og hvad helt fremme i skoene undergrundspressen skrev...
"...The World/Inferno Friendship Society are a gang, not a band. I ain't kidding. Coming from all walks of life, numbering well into the double digits and ranging in age from 17 to 33 this is a bunch of boys and girls you might walk across the street to avoid. Almost as much brass as attitude, a full 3 drummers, that guitar noise the kids enjoy so much all riding atop a whirling piano. Plus a singer in a shiny green suit. SHINY! Circus music, vaudeville punk, the riot act with a nice swingy beat. It's all there in spades...."
...Og vi er da heller ikke bleg for at lgge linjer til et lille interview.
"....World/Infernos master of ceremonies Jack Terricloth answered our middling queries via e-mail.
Where are you from?
The Inferno is from the fine borough of Brooklyn. Individually, members hail from such exotic locals as New Jersey, Tel Aviv, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Georgia, Istanbul and Texas.
What's your best road story?
You wouldn't believe the best one. The statute of limitations isn't up yet on the second best one, and truth be told, it won't be for quite a long time, so that's out. This whole damn band has been one long road story for me a road picture anyway. But let me think. The ghosts in that German squat? The time I was chased over the rooftops by the police in Chicago? Shooting roman candles at the police from the second-story window of a club in Savannah, then when they burst up the stairs, pulling the old "they went thataway" that was rich. Do any of these stories not involve the police? Well, no they showed up that time too. There was the time police showed up at a tiny bar in Arlington, but we wouldn't stop playing so they threw up their hands and left. Of course, cops hate itinerants, musicians, hobos. We're troublemakers won't deny it. The police have their job and I have mine.
What's the worst band name you've ever heard?
I would hate to repeat it. Let's pretend it never happened.
What's the best band name you've ever heard?
Probably something very long with many permutations.
What's the worst show you ever had?
Even the worst of shows is so much more fun and significant than anything else I might be doing, so I wouldn't dare complain.
What's the most irritating "you guys sound like" comparison you've ever heard about your band?
I liked one notice we got online somewhere complaining that we are "a bad influence on The Scene."
What CD / tape is constantly on your stereo these days?
I resolutely refuse to endorse or acknowledge any other band or musician during interviews, as the reader (and author) should be spending this, our brief and precious time together, concentrating only on the subject at hand: The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
What's your most memorable Halloween costume?
"This isn't a costume, this is a way of life."
What's your favorite pinball / video game?
Adults play pool, for Christs sake. What the hell do we look like to you?
What have you done that no one else has done?
Thought about this question for entirely too long.
If you could have anyone (dead or alive) cover one of your songs, who and what song would you choose?
Have you ever had anyone cover a song you've written?
It is an extremely jarring experience, especially if you just stumble onto it. You kind of recognize something about the tune, the lyric seems like a line you heard in a movie once or something, then it hits you what is going on. It's a feeling I can only describe as a diminishment something just ripped itself out of you and took off on its own. You feel like your parents house after youve moved out.
What's the first record you ever bought?
Zohar Argov's Elinor.
What's the most expensive thing you've broken?
Adam, 15th century (ca. 1490-95) by Tullio Lombardo (ca. 1455-1532); Italian (Venice); Made in Venice, Italy. Marble; H. 6 ft. 3 1/2 in. (191.8 cm) Fletcher Fund, 1936 (36.163).
Who would play you in the movie of your band?
Ivor Novello.
Have you ever been "injured in the line of duty?
There is a reason I don't blow fire anymore.
What's one thing you make sure to carry on tour?
All I need is a pair of boots and a dark suit....."
