Here’s an interview with Dark The Giant, a band that’s toiled and suffered and worked their asses off in every kind of shitty situation for over two decades. Well… to be honest, I think they were busy or doing other things? (sorry, Keisuke!) But last year they got a human infusion of rock and roll called Masaya and now they’ve put out their first single on Stay Free Label. The interview was done by Tsune from Young Parisian and appeared in a Japanese punk rock magazine.
There’s nothing like punk and power pop based rock and roll that hits you with a blast of power and melody that’s over-the-top catchy and not even trying to hide its love of US and UK rock from the 90s to today. The band I’m talking about is Dark The Giant, a “rookie” band of 22 years that’s now, way too late, putting out its first single. The single features four scorching rock and roll tunes whose production was overseen by Firestarter’s Fifi. It’s a great first release that’s better late than never.
―Thanks a lot for sitting down to… (K-suke is slowly pulling a pile of CDs from his bag)… What are you doing?
K-suke – Just in case you asked me about our roots (laughs).
―I’ve interviewed people for a long time and this is a first (laughs). Let me start by asking you, you’re the guitarist of Firestarter, but you’ve also been doing Dark The Giant all along, right? Continue reading
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