How many times are we gonna mention it ITS MATES FEST ’99 BAYBAAAAAAAAAY!!! And it would not be MATES FEST ’99 without Disastronauts, it’d be like MATES FEST ’90 which was still could but not as good. We love them and they’re an ace band, we chatted to them and it was fun
So you guys have been active for just over a year, you've played gigs galore, released your debut single and got booked on a few independent festivals. What are your feelings on your debut year as Disastronauts?
GEORGE: For me, Disastronauts has been a thing for about 2 years now, it's only in the last year we finalised our best line-up and actually wrote some decent tunes. I'm pretty ecstatic about the response we've had from playing shows and releasing our first single. The best thing is getting recognition for what we're doing, which kinda proves that we're going in the right direction...I hope...
TAYLER: It has been a crazy busy year for us really. We have gone from playing to like 10 people in the back room of Maguire's to doing out of town gigs and getting on festival line-ups. We can't believe how far the band has come since we first got together in a cramped rehearsal room. I think the coolest thing about it is seeing what fans we pick up along the way. We love all of our fans and we are glad to be attracting the best type of people. We are so excited to see what comes of Disastronauts this year. The band has a new single coming up so we are excited to see how people react to it.
Your background and make up is very interesting with a couple of Yorkshireman, a kid from Nottingham and a California Girl. How did this all come about?
GEORGE: We all met through the Liverpool University Band Society and were friends long before the band even started. The catalyst was “The Homelife Demos” which was put together over a lazy bored summer with not much else to do. It's a real shaky introduction for the band, but it definitely shows our development over the last year and a bit; particularly when you listen to the 'Homelife' version of ‘I'm Not Stupid’ compared to our debut single version
Listen to the debut single version of ‘I’m Not Stupid’ below
I'M NOT STUPID
How do you find Liverpools music scene compared to the likes of Cali, Nottingham, Leeds and wherever the other one is from?
GEORGE: Liverpool is pretty similar to Leeds in terms of shows, but I feel our independent scene here is bigger. There seems to be a great community too between bands which is great. You can't go to a show or even to the fucking supermarket without seeing someone you know from another local band, and you always stop and chat about what you're both up to. It's pretty nice to know everyone's so supportive of each other here, and I think that’s a very 'Liverpool' attitude to have. It's totally a different mentality of everyone with everyone instead of the us verses them mentality other cities tend to have
TAYLER: In California, my town never really had any gigs on. I'm not 21 so I can't play any bars either. I always had to travel at least 45 minutes for my gigs, and I was always background music. It's so nice to have a music scene that is full of people who actually love music and actually want to go to gigs. The Liverpool music scene is probably the best I've ever seen. Where else could you go out any day of the week and find live music? It's great.
GEORGE: For me, Disastronauts has been a thing for about 2 years now, it's only in the last year we finalised our best line-up and actually wrote some decent tunes. I'm pretty ecstatic about the response we've had from playing shows and releasing our first single. The best thing is getting recognition for what we're doing, which kinda proves that we're going in the right direction...I hope...
TAYLER: It has been a crazy busy year for us really. We have gone from playing to like 10 people in the back room of Maguire's to doing out of town gigs and getting on festival line-ups. We can't believe how far the band has come since we first got together in a cramped rehearsal room. I think the coolest thing about it is seeing what fans we pick up along the way. We love all of our fans and we are glad to be attracting the best type of people. We are so excited to see what comes of Disastronauts this year. The band has a new single coming up so we are excited to see how people react to it.
Your background and make up is very interesting with a couple of Yorkshireman, a kid from Nottingham and a California Girl. How did this all come about?
GEORGE: We all met through the Liverpool University Band Society and were friends long before the band even started. The catalyst was “The Homelife Demos” which was put together over a lazy bored summer with not much else to do. It's a real shaky introduction for the band, but it definitely shows our development over the last year and a bit; particularly when you listen to the 'Homelife' version of ‘I'm Not Stupid’ compared to our debut single version
Listen to the debut single version of ‘I’m Not Stupid’ below
I'M NOT STUPID
How do you find Liverpools music scene compared to the likes of Cali, Nottingham, Leeds and wherever the other one is from?
GEORGE: Liverpool is pretty similar to Leeds in terms of shows, but I feel our independent scene here is bigger. There seems to be a great community too between bands which is great. You can't go to a show or even to the fucking supermarket without seeing someone you know from another local band, and you always stop and chat about what you're both up to. It's pretty nice to know everyone's so supportive of each other here, and I think that’s a very 'Liverpool' attitude to have. It's totally a different mentality of everyone with everyone instead of the us verses them mentality other cities tend to have
TAYLER: In California, my town never really had any gigs on. I'm not 21 so I can't play any bars either. I always had to travel at least 45 minutes for my gigs, and I was always background music. It's so nice to have a music scene that is full of people who actually love music and actually want to go to gigs. The Liverpool music scene is probably the best I've ever seen. Where else could you go out any day of the week and find live music? It's great.