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In this episode of The European Perspective I interview Darran Charles and Jason Marsh from the new Welsh progressive rock group Godsticks, as well as playing extracts from their debut EP, released last year. The lads and I discussed matters musical from songwriting, Zappa and the difficulty of getting gigs in in the UK to the ideal number of tracks on an album, Rufus Wainwright and a definition of progressive rock, which I feel is worth quoting here:
“Rock-based music featuring harmonic and rhythmic complexity, strong musicianship, unpredictability, and use of stylistic elements from other genres”
- Darran Charles, 2009
Works for me! Anyway – check out the interview, and also Godsticks’ Myspace site - and buy their EP!
The remainder of the show is the usual mix you’ve come to expect from a mind as sick as mine – ‘old’ in the guise of Van Der Graaf Generator, ‘new’ from the quite-possibly-no-longer-in-existence Spektrum, and loads more besides.