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The Monikers Podcast
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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We talked with The Monikers after their show at Kilby Court in Salt Lake.
1) Phantom Planet - After Hours, 2) Toto - St. George and the Dragon, 3) Arctic Monkeys - I'll Bet That You Look Good on the Dance Floor, 4) Jimi Hendrix - Freedom, 5) The Monikers - Paleontology
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The Monikers Podcast
My names Seth, I play the drums
I’m Tom, I play the Guitar
I’m Tim, I play bass guitar
I’m Dallin and I do the synthesizer. And some of us sing.
We are The Monikers, and we’re from Brigham City Utah.
An auspicious location. A little hole in the wall I like to call Brigham City, Utah. Steeped in rock and roll history.
After Hours by Phantom Planet is off their newest CD that’s self titled. The reason I chose this song is because the song writing on this is phenomenal and the lyrics are not just catchy, but they are the strongest part of the song. It’s a song that every time you listen to it you feel happy. Not in a “jump around” way, but just in a content way. Every time I listen to it, I feel content.
Like, Holy Crap, they just kicked some butt. That’s how I feel about it.
Greg: Here’s Phantom Planet with “After Hours”
-After Hours-
St. George and the Dragon, by Toto. This is a song I grew up with. My dad is a classic-rock guru, he’s into Boston and stuff like that. This is off the CD “Hydra”. I remember listening to it and I was captivated by the drums. This song is epic and I love that about it. It draws you in with the story and with St. George chasing down the dragon; he’s chasing down his woman too at the same time. It’s just epic. It’s a legend that just sucked me in. I try to keep my drumming tight and . . . epic.
Greg: Here’s Toto with “Saint George and the Dragon.”
-Saint George and the Dragon-
Arctic Monkeys, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor.” The reason I chose this song is because it’s a fairly recent influence on how I live my life. I’m a pretty spazzy man myself, and they are really crazy about that. They just change all the time. I like how it’s not as much of a solid distortion, it’s just a solid overdrive. I actually like that which has recently influenced me to play the guitar better, I don’t play it in the band, but I help write songs. So, it has influenced my life.
Greg: Here is the Arctic Monkeys with “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor.”
-I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor-
Alright, “Freedom.” It’s actually a song I first heard a few months ago, but I kinda got addicted to it. It’s one of Jimmy Hendrix’s, I wouldn’t say lesser known, but it’s not one of his most famous ones. It’s really riff oriented like a lot of Hendrix’s stuff. I really like stuff that’s riff oriented, there isn’t anything cooler than a really catchy, awesome riff. Jimmy Hendrix does that and also he throws in spazzy guitar solos all over it. I don’t know, it’s just a really cool song.
Greg: Here’s Jimmy Hendrix with his song “Freedom.”
-Freedom-
This song, “Paleontology”. This song is built around a riff, a lot like Hendrix. This starts out with a pretty simple riff, but we wanted something jerky sounding that would make people start jerking around when we are playing. It’s a head bobbing song, like jerking your limbs around. But not punching each other, because we aren’t into that. This song is kind of a dancey tune. That’s my favorite kind of song, something you can listen to and get moving. Dancey rock. It’s got a drivey sound. It’s a cardiovascular song. It’s a workout. It’s not really about fossils or Paleontology. We just wanted to write it like those old Jazz standards that always have those weird ologies, so we thought we’d write something with an Ology on it. It makes it sound intellectual. We’re not really. We’re kind of not faking though, my dad is a paleontologist.
Greg: Here are the Monikers, performing their song “Paleontology.”
-Paleontology-
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