April 4, 2008 -- CityZine
Know Your LA Bands: Interview with thenewno2
CityZine brings you LA band, thenewno2, as a part of our "Get to know your LA Bands" series where we introduce you to a variety of bands and you tell us what you think. Recently, CityZine sat down the two band members that make up thenewno2 (hey maybe that's where their name comes from), Dhani Harrison who plays lead guitar, synths and vocals, and Oli Hecks who plays on drums and synths, to ask them about road trip experiences and guilty pleasures.
Keep an eye out on LA.CityZine for news on their soon to be released CD featuring Bryony Atkinson on Vocals, Nick Fyffe on bass, Marc Mann on Acoustic Guitar and Tom Hammond on cello. We will also have updates on any upcoming shows they will be performing in the LA.
For for more information and music samples check them out on MySpace, or keep reading to see their new music video, "Another John Doe."
Could you give a brief description of your band?
DHANI: Electro-Blues-surf-rock-Drumand Bass ?
OLO: Post World War I, gastro, electro, blues, rock.
What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it?
DHANI: "Hey You" by the Rock Steady Krew I had a fisher-price record player and the needle broke.
OLI: The Ghost Busters theme tune by Ray Parker. Jr on vinyl from WoolWorths in England.
What's the best cure for a hangover?
DHANI: Iceland
OLI: Sleep
What's on your ipod?
DHANI: Massive attack, Tricky, etc Hendrix, Zep, Beatles etc ... Wu Tang, Queens of the Stone Age
OLI: Lots of stuff from Lead Belly to Radiohead.
How do you get ready for a live show?
DHANI: Get really small
OLI: Rehearse
What's your favorite song to play live?
DHANI: I wanna be your Dog by the Stooges Bizarre fights ensue.
OLI: Give you Love by thenewno2 (Coming soon)
What's your guilty pleasure?
DHANI: It wouldn't be pleasant if I felt too much guilt.
OLI: Bacon
Who would win in a fight, a Ninja or a Pirate and why?
DHANI: c'mon .. really think about it a little Jack sparrow vs . Takira Maphoony 'nuff said
OLI: A Ninja, because he's a Ninja and not a sloppy drunkard with one eye.
What was the last album you bought?
DHANI: In Rainbows
OLI: Raising Sands (Rober Plant & Alison Krauss)
If you could rid the world of one song, what would it be?
DHANI: There are too many I couldn't choose fairly
OLI: YMCA (you know we've all had enough of that f*cking dance) or anything by M People.
Who would play you in a film based upon your life?
DHANI: An unknown
OLI: Dhani Harrison
Dead or alive. What 5 acts would you have play with you at a festival?
DHANI: Radiohead, Tricky, Goldfrapp, Devo, Wu Tang
OLI: Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine.
If push comes to shove, what is your all-time favorite album?
DHANI: Magical Mystery tour
OLI: Probably a Dylan album, Blonde On Blonde or Bringing It All Back Home or Led Zeppelin I or IV..or Revolver
What's your most memorable on the road story?
DHANI: When I played with Eric Clapton in Italy He made me take a solo after him It was rather intimidating
OLI: Drinking 3 bottles of absinthe before jumping out of a hotel room window dressed as a Turk, hugging a TV (plugged in) and landing in a swimming pool full of Rolls Royce's and sharks that I put there earlier.
Favorite place in LA?
DHANI: Stoneyfield farms ..
OLI: The DMV. Its really vibey.
What's the best piece of advice someone has ever given you and did you take notice?
DHANI: My dad told me to keep my head down. I did.
OLI: 'Don't put you're finger in there', and no.
What would be your perfect LA day?
DHANI: Brunch at the snug. meditation at SRF music at stoneyfield .. followed by Hamasaku and the Gas light for karaoke.
OLI: Waking up to a smog free sunny day, taking the tram to the beach and passing by all the bicycles and electric carsoh wait.
What's the best book you've read and film you've seen in the last 6 months?
DHANI: Best film Superbad best book Bring out the magic in your mind by Al Koran.
OLI: A book about Film Lighting and No Country For Old Meneven though I haven't seen it yet.
What three things could you not live without?
DHANI: Cheese, red wine and two's
OLI: Air, Water and burritos
Tell us a fact about yourself we probably don't already know.
DHANI: I have the best friends in the world . I love them. I'd die for them.
OLI: I'm really into cheese.
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