Meet Das Filth
Das Filth played for us at Mutant Music last month and then because we were curious and they are somewhat whorey, they answered some fairly rubbish questions (we’re still aiming somewhere between Smash Hits and The Wire) for us. We also have a bootleg recording of their finale on the night for you to help yourself to:
Pictures In Transit (Live at Mutant Music) (mp3)
Tell us your names and what each of you do in the band:
Brooky – synth
Scott – vocals
Craigy – guitar
Adam – guitar
Gus – drums
Fraser – bass
How do you describe yourself to ignorant strangers?
“Hi we’re Das Filth and we play electro poof-punk grunge. Shag us!”
Pick another name for the German market.
Them Filth.
Who would be your ideal collaborator(s) (living and dead)
Jim Morrison (dead) Nigel Godrich, Radiohead producer (living).
What Glasgow band would Das Filth beat in a straight fight?
Glasvegas. We saw the guy getting chinned outside Sleazys a couple of months back, went down like a back of piss.
Who would you most like to cover/ to cover your songs?
Sister Sledge – Lost in Music. We’d quite like Rammstein to cover us.
Recommend a movie, an album and a book.
Movie – Happiness
Album – Q.O.T.S.A – Songs for the Deaf
Book – George Orwell – Homage to Catalonia
Which one of you would sell the others up the river for a packet of crisps?
Brooky.
Will sweat-headbands eventually replace eyebrows?
We’re working on a solar powered mini-wiper technology but money/time issues have seen the proceedings hit a bit of a rut in recent times. The funding isn’t there for us and personally we feel we’re being pigeonholed by more than one of the parties involved.
Whose mum was documenting the Mutant Music gig for posterity?
Adam’s mum. Although it should be noted here that the footage is merely for continuity reasons. All those long hours spent on choreography are nothing without ongoing review and development, especially where the live product is concerned.
When is Das Filth’s work done?
Das Filth’s work is done when the sun goes to sleep. Only then can we all go back to the villa, jump into the six man tub and just chill out to some serious Coldplay.
There is a zombie apocalypse and you have to choose five items to take into the bunker to rebuild human culture – what do you take?
1. Best Kebab
2. Diablero
3. Magical takeaway
4. Bifteki
5. Condoms. Multipack.
What next for Das Filth?
Just the usual mate, get some more tracks recorded, keep spreading the good word and essentially do everything we can to get our end away.
At the minute, Das Filth are next playing and possibly getting their end away at The Flying Duck, Glasgow on Sunday 28/06/09.
July 2, 2009 at 4:09 pm
DAS FILTH are on at 13th Note this 4th July 09 (Sat). All WELCOME
8pm start