Mannequin Sex Drive
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“You know, we don’t like to get bogged down with
complicated nonsense and unnecessary, self-indulgent,
showboating shite.”
Photo by Elaine Doyle
pulled out a list and that name just grabbed everybody by the nuts. Plus…
come on… the bald head is the Mannequin, our Brazilian lead guitarist is
the Sex and Utku’s clockwork hat is the Drive! You know it makes sense.
What bands/artists do you consider to be the band’s biggest influences?
Hmmm…. That’s a toughie. We come from such varied musical
backgrounds; it’s really hard to say. Personally, I’d take a lot of influence
from Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell and Pete Yorn. Then again, being from the
west of Ireland, I think I’ve a bit of folk music in my blood. With Daymz
also being from the west, I imagine he’s bringing that folksy or tribal beat
to the table. Andre is big into his Punk Rock bands, like Green Day and
Charlie Brown Jr but also brings a strange rock-a-billy country sound to
the affair. And Utku is big into his grooves. I don’t know who the hell he
listens to but we love what he does.
Do you have any upcoming gigs? Do you enjoy playing live?
We do. We’re playing a show in Gypsy Rose on the 6th Feb. We also have
a gig on the horizon in Abner Browns Barbershop. We love to play live.
It’s really where we want to be as a band. The recording process is great
but we do all this for the feeling we get on stage. It’s what this band is all
about.
What’s your favourite venue that you have played so far?
We’d probably have to go for upstairs in Sweeney’s. The sound on the night
was great and the crowd were well up for it. We played a kick ass show
and loved every second of it. Sin E is a great spot to play and The
Workman’s Club is cool too, the sound is brilliant there. But Sweeney’s…
just because of the night that was in it.
If you could collaborate with any band/artist in the world – who would
you chose?
I’d love to play a show with Ryan Sheridan. In fact, I’d love to tour with
the guy and show the crowds just what Irish (and Brazilian and Cypriot)
artists are capable of. I realise you asked “collaborate” but I just had to get
that off my chest. If we could collaborate with anyone, I’d love it to be Foo
Fighters. I know, it’s a boring answer.
Where can fans listen to your tracks?
You can download our music from most, if not all the online music
mediums. If in doubt, just pop onto our Facebook page and download from
there for absolutely nothing. Just ‘like’ us! We’re in the privileged position
at this moment in time of recording our music for free. So we don’t want
to charge people to listen. It’s the way the industry is going anyway.
You can keep up with all Mannequin Sex Drives’ latest news and
upcoming events by logging on to their Facebook page
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