Nothing’s off limits when chatting with the Bat Piss boys, and that casual no-fucks-given attitude is shared equally in their live set, which you can catch at the Barwon Club later this month.
Hey Lads, thanks for taking the time to chat with Forte, where are you mofos right now and what are you up too?
Well if we’re a bunch of “mofos” I guess we’re all busy busy fucking our own mothers right? But apart from that we’re touring our new album around Australia at the moment and by crikey I miss my mum.
On tour what is your method of transport?
Depends. I don’t mind driving the long hauls but I also fucking hate that drive to Adelaide, it is easily the worst fucking drive in the history of driving so in saying that I like flying too. I like flying to Adelaide.
You Guys released ‘Nuclear Winter’ in 2013 and it caused a fair little stir, you have just followed that up with ‘Biomass’, tell us about the new album?
Biomass is a bit different to Nuclear Winter, we didn’t want to write the same album twice if ya know what I mean. It’s a lot heavier I reckon, plus we took a different approach to the recording side of things. Nuclear Winter was recorded in just 10 hours and completely live, where with Biomass we spent five days in a studio recording it. It’s definitely not as raw as the first record but still gutsy as fuck.
Given that Biomass was recorded in five days, in terms of the creative side was it a case of piecing it all together over a couple of years, or did you just get together and say, ‘Time to make album number two’?
Yeah pretty much was just like it’s time for number two fellas. We’re already working on album number three so once it’s recorded we move on. Paul and I are always writing songs so it shouldn’t be that difficult to knock out another one.
Second albums are hard, how have you found the reception, are the die hards willing to let go of ‘Nuclear Winter’ yet?
A lot of fans have been really digging it, we’ve bumped into a few people in QLD that told us they really like Biomass but said that they prefer Nuclear Winter and that’s totally fine. If people hate it, then I’m totally cool with that too.
Forte have seen you described as ‘dirge rock’, ‘metal’, ‘punk’, ‘drone’ – basically everything – so here it is, I know people hate the genre question, but, how would you best describe your sound, has it changed in the last 48 hours?
Haha!! Probably!! Yeah we get described in so many different genres that I don’t even know what the fuck we are anymore. We are The Piss Urinal rock lords.
You’re currently on the road, what’s life like out there? plenty of Macca’s and servo pies?
Unfortunately……..Yes.
You’re coming to Geelong and Ballarat, which is Forte land, are you pumped for the regional dates?
Bloody oath!! Keen as fuck!! Lets just hope you bogans out there bloody show up eh? HA!
What can people expect at a Batpiss live show?
Well so far this tour Marty has found himself in some very strange places that he likes to rest his head, so maybe you might find him in the urinal taking a quick dip. Who knows. Come along and find out.
Anything else?
Our LPs have finally arrived in the country so there will be vinyl for all the lords and lordettes.
When & Where: The Barwon Club, Geelong – July 31, The Eastern, Ballarat – August 1 & The Corner, Melbourne (supporting Tumbleweed) – August 21