Could you please introduce yourself with a few words? Henri Keefman : Vocals & Guitars, loves vinyl records and vintage gear Erik Berends : Drums, loves cool, big cars and mostly always drives us to shows René Katerbarg : Bass, loves to shoot/ edit his own short movies. Your band name is The Heck , why this name, is there a particular meaning behind it ? We were looking for a timeless, nowadays name, that could also give the impression that it came straight out of the sixties. And it had to be like a punch in the face to represent our vicious side and our hectic live shows. And it had to be short, so it would be easy for stamping/ printing DIY releases. The name THE HECK, combined with the !!!! logo, checks all boxes! Can you tell us about your previous bands, your musical background (which bands did you play in, which music styles, have you released some records etc.) ? Before The Heck I played in The Miracle Men (sixtiesbeat), De Ke...

  The Gee Strings have just finished a french tour this month and their new record is out now. Bernadette (guitar) and Ingenius Pop (vocals) have kindly answered some questions. Interview ! Your last record, Speed Soul Racer , has been released last month. Can you explain the title ? Speed Soul Racer sounds great for an album title, we were just thinkin. It´s also a short and very fast album ...so it makes sense to us to use it as our album title…. But it´s up to you to interpret the story and the lyrics. Seven years have passed since your last album, I'm So Gee !! Why have you spent so much time without doing a record ? We were touring a lot after the release of I´m So Gee !! ...and time seems running quickly... not that much time for rehearsals. And by the way we need lot of time to finish and work on a new song / new album. And Bernadette starts also playing in The Morlocks in that timeperiod with a heavy tour schedule for many years and also recording a...

We've already talked about them in the Sound Of Now section. Their new album should be out early next year. We spoke to Evan Shore (Muck in the band) in anticipation of their new LP. As French people, we're fascinated by the music of Boston ( our webzine even has a section devoted to musicians from this city ). Can you tell us about your musical Boston? Is it as wonderful as we think it is? Boston has always had a large and diverse music scene and you can see all types of live music 7 nights a week. But it was a handful of now legendary garage and punk bands from the 60s and 70s that created what many around the world consider the “Boston sound”. Groups like The Remains , The Barbarians , The Real Kids , Jonathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers , DMZ , Lyres , Nervous Eaters to name a few.  Who are the musicians without whom Muck & The Mires wouldn't be what it is today? Which bands have really influenced you? I was introduced to The “ Nuggets ” garage rock compilat...

We promised you this when their album was released on the excellent Toulouse label Rogue Records! Well, at Les Monstres Sacrés, we keep our word. So here's the Mourning After interview ! First of all, could you introduce yourselves? Hi I’m Chris Blackburn & I’m the guitarist/singer/songwriter in The Mourning After. Have you played in other bands before? I was the bass player in The Tenants which were formed at our high school when we were 15 years old. We were all huge fans of The Beatles after the BBC aired their films at Christmas 1978. From then on we all started listening to other 60’s beat band’s such as The Kinks , Pretty Things , Yardbirds to name a few and covered many of their tunes as well as penning our own. first Line Up What brought you to the music you play together? The Tenant’s disbanded when the members went off to University but we all remained good friends and stayed in contact. By this time we’d spread our musical wings into the realms of 60’s garage wh...

  Since when do you exist? Chris: Our first gig as The Jackets was on the 11th of January 2008 so we are approaching 15 years! Were you in other bands before?  Chris: Yes, we all have been in bands before The Jackets . Jackie had an all-girl band called  The Mad Cowgirl Disease  and before that she was the singer in a band called  The Fox when she lived in Zürich. Both bands have made recordings. Sam played guitar in a band called  The Budget Boozers who still do the occasional show. I played and recorded with  Beat-Man ( The Monsters , etc.) as his drummer during his Lightning Beat-Man days (1990’s) and in the beginning of the  Reverend Beat-Man phase (early 2000’s). I also played with the singer and the bass player of the legendary Miracle Workers in a band called  The Get Lost in the early 2000’s.  What made you meet and form The Jackets? Chris: Jackie and I started writing songs and rehearsing together as a two-piec...