Palahniuk is an indie pop rock band from Aylesbury, UK. Their sound, described as “irresistible brand of new wave rock” is coupled with their natural ability to entertain – musically as well as dramatically – ensuring that each gig is different, memorable and always high-energy. To see Palahniuk live is to experience something completely different to listening to their recordings. I spoke with Andy from the band, about their new single “Runaway”, difference between Aylesbury and London, and also about The Beatles.
Piotr Balkus: How you would describe your new single “Runaway”?
Andy: Amazing, but then we are our harshest critics. I think the best way to judge music is to listen to it yourself rather than listen to someone else describe it. Basically it has awesome lyrics, guitars, bass and drums.
You state that “To see Palahniuk live is to experience something completely different to listening to their recordings”./ What is the main difference between that?
We try and make our live show something that you would remember; we make it a piece of entertainment instead of just a band playing. The show is always evolving, the sound is pure and raw and we want there to be this complete identity that you get with listening and watching music. In other words it’s loud, you can feel the music and you get to rock out with us and all the fans.
You come from Aylesbury. Is it place music friendly?
Aylesbury has a musical history with the famous Friars Club in the 1970’s and the band Marillion hailing from the town. However in recent years it has become less synonymous with music and art, although it still seems to have a desire for live acts. We hope to change that and bring Aylesbury back on the musical map; all it would take is an accessible venue to gain a reputation.
Do you prefer London or Aylesbury?
Both have advantages and disadvantages. Aylesbury is fun to play because of local support but lacks a brilliant venue to actually play. London is fun because it’s London and has some great venues, but with so many bands playing it can sometime be a hard sell to get people to come and see you.
You recorded cover The Beatles “It Wont Be Long”. Was it more a joke or serious thing?
It was serious in that we love The Beatles! The BBC were looking for bands to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ‘Please, Please Me’ so we recorded ‘It Won’t be Long’ as part of this.
Do you play The Beatles or other bands covers on your gigs?
We have been known to do a cover once-in-a-while and have covered other Beatles songs, but it’s not something we do regularly. We have such a strong set of original songs that we feel we don’t need to have a cover in the set.
What’s the craziest thing band ever done?
We once… did something crazy? I think we once did something so crazy that we forgot about it, because of the crazy.
Why people should check Palahniuk’s songs? What they can find there interesting?
We think we have crafted a sound that is unique to us. You hear one of our songs, you can hear it’s a Palahniuk song. There have been many occasions where we’ve finished playing and people come up to us and say ‘I’ve never heard any song like that’. We also find it difficult to place our music in a genre, Pop, Rock, Indie etc.
More about Palahniuk at:
https://www.palahniuk.co.uk
https://www.twitter.com/palahniukmusic
https://www.facebook.com/palahniukmusic
https://www.myspace.com/palahniukmusic
