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Interview with Gus Kenny from Trojan Horns taken from Issue #4 of the Skammunicator fanzine.
What's a near perfect Saturday night for Gus Kenny? I'd have to say a mixture of last saturday night and the night allniters came to town (if we played either gig)..lots of beer, BAD MANNERS, ALLNITERS, hanging round afterwards drinkin and talkin with bad manners, my girl, playin to a big dancin crowd, dancing..and maybe back home afterwards to eat pizza, drink more and watch liverpool win a cup final How and when did you first get into ska? my
dad was into it back in the early 80s, and so i was born into it, but
he Trojan
Horns were due to play Sydney's Tartan Heart Ska Club. Why'd umm, well the thing is that it was a bit fucked up both ends, we had the tartan heart gig, but people this end didnt want to go up there only for one or two gigs, and up your end, there was problems organising gigs. As for "are there plans to go to sydney?" wed like to, but itd have to be FULLY organised..gigs and all.. Are Trojan Horns popular with Melbourne gig organisers/booking agents? Any problems having underage members? Yeah
we seem to be getting a fair few gigs, whether they are gigs we've You seem to be a big Bluekilla fan. Are you confident of Trojan Horns getting a support slot for the Melbourne gigs of their November tour? Do you know any details of their tour we may not know? Yes i am confident that we will get supports for the melbourne bluekilla shows, because ive already organised for us to play the ska bar (sort of like the tartan heart, at the arthouse first thurs of every month) when they come down, and my girlfriend is organising the underage show on the saturday, so i would assume we'd get supports there aswell. Best gig you've played? details... Best gig we've played, shit, i dunno really, lately we've really improved i think, people have been saying it aswell, just getting alot tighter and stuff, but i'd have to say the bluekilla gig if its out of gigs we WILL play, but if its gigs in the past, i would say probably either the Skafest that Sharon from Commissioner Gordon organised or last time we played at the Ska bar, we headlined and there was a good crowd. Favourite aussie bands? Past
or present? For
bands in the past, id say strange tenants, no nonsense, allniters, You have recorded some songs in the past, any plans for TH to release something new soon? yes,
there is, there is a slight idea of a thought starting to form to do
Not really, me and tom (guitar) would have to be the most into it, then chris (bass) has a very broad range of musical tastes, from ska, to cheesy 80s music and beyond, and the rest of the band dont mind the music but wouldnt listen to it on a regular basis, although, wally (trombone) likes a fair bit of early jamaican stuff but doesnt really seem to get into the 2tone and skinhead reggae all that much. What is the obsession with Alan Partridge? If
youve seen either his mock chat show or the sit-com series, you'd know
I love english football, but can't get pinpoint why I hate other soccer and love the claret and blue of Villa. Why English football for you and why Liverpool? I don't really know, ive always supported liverpool since i was very little (bout 11 or so years) but i dont really know why i prefer english football to the other games, i like german football, but we dont get to see much of that at all in australia, but as far as spanish or italian football goes, i can watch it if its on, but i cant get passionate about it and i dont support a team. I think it is to do with the style of play, more powerful and fast in the english game. What really pisses you off musically? what artist/band should give it up straight away? As
far as ska goes, ive sorta gotten over preaching about the bastardisation
Immediate and long term plans for Trojan Horns? i
dunno, i guess just get more of a name for ourselves, play lotsa gigs
and anything you'd like to add? Nah
not really, just check out our website at cheers! Questions by Glen Smyth |
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Gus
Kenny is the lead singer of the Melbourne ska and skinhead band Trojan
Horns. In my opinion this bunch of 18 year olds is the best young up and
coming ska band in Australia. It's probably because they play ska like
it's meant to be played, as a dance beat yet not too fast. A couple of
skinheads and some lasses in the band, you just can't beat that combination.
Do
other Trojan Horns members have the same interests skinhead