Getting to know...Ghostbaby
Ahead of their Stereo appearance alongside The Tea Street Band and Slouch on 12th December, we put some quickfire questions to Ghostbaby to help you get to know them a bit better...
Describe your sound in five words...
"Bring da mutha fuckin’ ruckus"
Top 3 bands?
Pixies, The Velvet Underground, Nirvana.
First album you bought?
Sam: The soundtrack for the Alvin and the Chipmunks film.
John: Gorrilaz - Gorrilaz
Reece: Nirvana - Demos
GHOSTBABY: (L-R) Reece Craig (drums), John McGovern (lead guitar), Sam Cameron (guitar/vocals), Josh Gilchrist (bass)
Last album you bought?
Sam: Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
John: Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Josh: Black Honey - Black Honey
Reece: Public Image Limited - First Issue
Favourite lyric?
“"Bust off on your couch, now you got Seaman’s furniture" -from A Tribe Called Quest's Electrical Relaxation."
Dream collaboration...?
Reece: Peter Hook.
John: James Murphy.
Josh: Blondie.
Sam: MF Doom.
Favourite venue?
"Broadcast"
Non-musical inspirations?
"Jack Kerouac, Aaron “Jaws” Homoki, Francis Bacon, Graham Linehan, Henrik Larson, Jean Micheal-Basquiat, Sylvia Plath, Charles Bukowski, Armando Iannucci, Fred Dibnah.
First gig you went to?
Sam: Foals and Cage The Elephant at the O2 Academy.
Josh: Fidlar at the Garage.
Reece: The Molecules at Classic Grand.
John: The View at the O2 Academy.
Last gig you went to?
"The Bleeders, The Stoned Immaculate and Quartermass at The Bungalow, Paisley"
And the next one...?
Sam and Reece: The Best Bad Influence at The Bungalow.
Josh: Calva Louise, Gaygirl and The Stoned Immaculate
John: Mac DeMarco at the O2 Academy.
Top three albums...?
"Pixies - Doolittle, King Krule - 6 Feet Beneath the Moon & Fontaines D.C - Dogrel"
Pete or Carl...?
"Gary! [Powell, The Libertines' drummer].
If you could have written any one song, what would it be?
Sam: Merry Xmas Everybody. Slade make approximately £1m off that song every year!
John: The Clash - Train In Vain.
Josh: Calva Louise - Getting Closer.
