Mammoth Mammoth Interview

Mammoth Mammoth are a gritty Stoner Rockin outfit from Melbourne,Australia.They have already built up a reputation for delivering killer live performances.Here is a interview i did,long overdue but very much worth it.Check out the grooves they get when you get the chance. 1.Tell us a bit about the history of the band, when you started, band members and stuff ? We met at a family reunion about two years ago – our mums were all Bon Scott groupies. 2.Judging by the tracks on your Myspace page you have a 70's Stoner Rocking sound but with a Modern edge.Fair description or not ? Absolutely. We all came into the band with really diverse influences from drone and doom to glam and even rockabilly, but the two bands we all agreed on were Sabbath and Kyuss. 3.You already have built up a pretty awesome live reputation, what is it about playing live that has given you such good reviews ? All of us were just sick of going to see bands only to end up watching a bunch of dudes fiddling with their tuning keys before shuffling their feet through a 45 minute set while making lame-arse conversation with the audience between songs. Fuck that. You can have the best songs in the world, but at the end of the day, if you’re gonna be in a live band, you’ve got to perform. Otherwise, what’s the point? The audience might as well just stay at home and listen to your record. Man, I love watching footage of dudes like Black Flag, The Birthday Party and The Stooges on stage, or even KISS, Motley Crue or Van Halen. Those fuckers knew how to put on a show. And that’s where we’ve taken our cues from. And because hardly anyone else seems to be doing it, people aren’t used to seeing it. Shit, we had a smoke machine before we even had any real songs. At the end of the day, it’s like our guitarist Stevie Dixx says – If you aint bleedin’, you aint rockin’ 4.Last time i was in Melbourne it was 2006,has the scene changed much since then ? Dunno, we’re not really in it – we’re not cool enough. 5.What is your favorite places to play down there, i always used to love the Espy. Cherry Bar, without a doubt – Bill Walsh from the Cosmic Psychos owns it, and when you play there, his mum Janet, cooks you sausage rolls. That kicks arse. 6.You got the Devil's Kitchen show coming up tomorrow with Winnebago Deal.You may have already played it by the time you finish this interview. If so how did it go ? Despite being held on the hottest day in Melbourne history, it was fuckin’ awesome. They had a really diverse line up, and pulled a great crowd. It’s getting bigger and better every year, it won’t be long before it’s the Southern Hemisphere’s answer to Roadburn or Wacken. 7.How long do you think you can rock out in Melbourne before getting bored with it. A lot of bands down there used to tell me playing the same venues over and over again gets frustrating. Any thoughts on that ? That doesn’t really matter to us, we could be playing to 3 people and a goat in somebody’s lounge room and we’d still be having a fucking blast. As long as we’re playing, we’re happy. 8.Tell us about the making of the CD, where was it recorded and time spent on it ? We recorded in Bakehouse Studios in North Fitzroy, with Paul Fox who did the mixing and the mastering too. Originally we’d intended to just record a demo to help us get gigs and shit like that, so we only budgeted for two days. One day to lay down the instruments and one for the vocals. But when we came out, we liked it so much we thought, what the fuck, let’s put it out as an EP. 9.What is your future plans on recording and touring ? Well, we’d like to record another EP sometime mid this year, we’ve got all the material, it’s just a matter of finding the time and the money. As for touring, we might be heading up the east coast here later in the year, and if possible we’d like to go overseas next year – possibly South America or Europe, we seem to have a pretty big following in Poland and Brazil so it’d be great to get to one of those places. 10.Tell us about the personality's within the band,do you all get along most of the time ? We’re all cunts so we get along just fine. 11.What bands are your greatest inspirations ? Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Electric Wizard, Ted Nugent, Eyehategod, AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Black Flag and Guns N’ Roses. 12.Have you been getting much Radio support ? Yeah, particularly from the local independent stations RRR and PBS. In particular, Nicole Tadpole on RRR’s ‘Respect The Rock’ has been an early champion of ours. 13.Have you got any final words or thoughts for us ? Remain MAMMOTH!