London Metal Monthly Issue 003, June 2014 (Nile, Arch Enemy, Sigiriya) | Page 6

Interview

Interview

Throughout your music I’ve sensed a strange
sense of humor, both in your song titles and
some of your artworks. Break one or two
things down that you have done, that crack
you up.

“Lyrically there are countless things that are in there
for a giggle. The new song, ‘Eve’s Droppings’, is
based on overheard conversations that I have written
down over the last year or so - one of which being,
‘For a guy dressed as a girl, they say i look dead
sexy in specs’, which never fails to make me chuckle!
Also, there is a riff somewhere in the new album that
is based on the main theme to the 90s show ‘This is
your Life’ see if you can guess which one.”

Featuring a groove laden, immediate sound,
it’s no wonder that London Sludge-mongers
GURT have forged a strong name for
themselves in the scene.
We speak with vocalist Gareth Kelly...

The influence of bands such as Iron Monkey
can be heard distinctly through your music,
are there any other bands that have fed into
your music? Conversely, what
are your biggest influences
apart from that band?

“Loads. I love Nu metal, The Tiger
Lillies, Cradle of Filth, Earthtone9
and 90s British metal. Basically
anything with interesting vocals.
We have Rich who loves Stoner
rock bands like Kyuss, and rock
bands like Faith No More and
Soundgarden. Simo loves the
sludginess of Weedeater and more
classic rock bands like Led Zeppelin,
and Spicy loves more obscure bands
like Primus and Mars Volta.”

I’ve been dying to ask since I first heard
about you guys! What, or who is a GURT,
how did the name come about , and what
influenced the choice?

“We wanted something short and sharp and
thought of a couple of things, one being GUNT,
but with a certain amount of affiliation with Bristol
and Somerset (with our original guitarist being
from there) we settled on GURT. Why? Because it’s
both a great word, and its Bristolian slang used to
exaggerate what you are saying so it means ‘Great’,
‘Very’ or ‘Massive’. We think our music is quite
massive so it fits pretty well!”
What made you realise it was time
to release your first full-length album
(Horrendosaruus, 2014), and how did
you find the process of writing something
longer than you ha ٔ