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Guitar Party at Uncles Bach

troy & the electric haka boogie

I was into music, but I never thought I’d make a career out of it. It wasn’t until I got the buzz, sitting in on mates’ band rehearsals, seeing a song they’d created come to life.

That’s still the biggest buzz for me, even now. If I could get paid to just write songs and rehearse them with my band, I’d be a happy man. That’s where the spark is for me — the songwriting, not the gigs. Not the whatever else that comes with it. I suppose it’s like a painter who enjoys the process of painting but not necessarily the exhibition.

I didn’t have any major influences. Once I moved up here I just started listening to anything and everything. Still do. One of my favourite bands is Queens of the Stone Age. You might hear that influence in Guitar Party At Uncle’s Bach. I really like the way Josh Homme arranges his songs. It’s quirky as shit, not the norm. Just when you think you’re understanding a song, it’ll go off on a tangent.

I’ve tried incorporating that into how I approach songs. If they’re starting to feel too comfortable, I throw a spanner in the works, maybe a clashy chord, then try smooth it over by weaving it to the next section with a sexy melody.

 
Perhaps what is really being celebrated here.. is that ‘something else’, which I’d call the spirit of Maori music…the tradition of passing the guitar around – in the pub, on the marae or at Uncle’s bach – and just playing songs for their own sake
— Nick Bollinger, rnz
 
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