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Italian Rock Band, The Gosh, Call Pineland Their Home.

The Italian rock band, The Gosh, named their newest release, Pineland, on the place where their music currently calls home. The five-member band also includes a VJ to accompany their moody European Goth sound. Touring, and the visual aspect that comes with it, is as important as the band's recorded music.

The band distinctly describes their sound as "dark-wave reminiscence," at once moody and pulsating, strongly influenced by the ancient European culture around them.

Powerline recently sent them a bunch of questions, which the band answered as a whole.

POWERLINE A.D.: You put a lot of work into your live show. Explain your visual on-stage show. How does it differ from other bands?
The Gosh: Actually, it is different for two reasons: the main reason resides in they way videos are created. Indeed, visuals are mainly originated while the band plays in studio, during free, long lasting and creative sessions. This allows the vj to be part of the creative process. Moreover, it may happen that music is actually inspired by videos, while these are projected on the wall and the light surrounds the band. This is like a mutual inspiration process, which tries to amplify the harmony between music and sounds.
The second reason is mainly technical: during live performances even videos are somehow ‘played’. Each video is actually made of a bunch of small fragments, i.e. small sequences, and these sequences are mixed together live. This allows a tight synchrony between music and visuals, and it makes improvisation possible too.

POWERLINE A.D.: So, your visual stage show is a fundamental part of the band’s personality?
The Gosh: Yes, it is. Live performances are the most powerful way to express our art, ideas and emotions. We like to consider sounds and visions like parts of the same emotion we want to represent.

POWERLINE A.D.: Do you consider the band more of a live band than a studio band? Or is it a good balance?
The Gosh: To represent is our final aim, although studio sessions are necessary to experiment and create. There, the freedom to try, explore, reshape and refine is amazing. We would like to have more time to spend in studio sessions, to give the same mood we feel during live to the recordings.

POWERLINE A.D.: VJ Lollo is listed as a member of the band on your website. Is he considered as equal as any other member of the band?
The Gosh: He is part of the overall creative process, playing instruments impacting on eyes instead of ears, but exactly with the same aim (the heart, you know ;-) In this perspective the inclusion of a vj in the band may be considered a pretty new element for rock.

POWERLINE A.D.: You use the phrase dark-wave when describing the band. Can you explain what that means in your own words?
The Gosh: The term may refer to a sound having its roots in dark and new wave music from 80s. But we love to think that gosh sound is not dark nor Goth, it has many nuances, many colors, but always dark and melancholic shadows come and go in waves.

POWERLINE A.D.: Would you ever define your music as Goth? The image on the new album looks very Goth.
The Gosh: The image may actually look like it is Goth, but our original idea was to represent a powerful spiritual figure staring at you. He may be an ancient shaman, he may be just you, trying to get in touch with your spiritual side. We know it looks a bit scary, but, you know, sometimes this is the way this kind of processes go…

POWERLINE A.D.: Does Luca feel as comfortable singing in English as, say, Italian?
The Gosh: Well, for sure I am not mother tongue, but the sound of English language is the closest sound to the one that I have in my mind when I sing gosh songs. And I think it works. You know, language is meaning, but its essence is just sound(However I’m working on it to improve the final result.)

POWERLINE A.D.: Did you even consider the vocals to be sung in only Italian?
The Gosh: Frankly speaking, we considered this point a lot of times, but we did not found any really convincing reason to abandon our preferred sounds (i.e. English language) for gosh music.

POWERLINE A.D.: Did Luca learn the accordion at a young age?
The Gosh: Yes, I was just a child when I started practicing. It was fun for four years, then I gave up for a long time.

POWERLINE A.D.: The accordion adds a very European feel. Very original for American ears. Did the addition of the instrument in your songwriting come naturally?
The Gosh: One day I got bored to play only electronic keyboards so, five years ago, I realized that I needed again the accordion voice with me on the stage. Well, I think that the accordion contributes a lot in spreading some warm dark waves around…

POWERLINE A.D.: Do you think it will be harder for a band to break the U.S. market with a European sound?
The Gosh: We would be curious to know your opinion on this…
Actually, we do not know almost anything about how the US market works, but what we felt from people is really encouraging.

POWERLINE A.D.: What are your influences?
The Gosh: A lot: The Cure, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Clash and many others

POWERLINE A.D.: What contemporary bands do you admire?
The Gosh: Just for example: Radiohead, Interpol, Massive Attack, Portishead, dEUS…

POWERLINE A.D.: What does GOSH mean?
The Gosh: First of all a sound. Then an expression originating from surprise, revelation, amaze.

POWERLINE A.D.: What kind of music is most popular in Italy?
The Gosh: A huge part of the Italian market is dominated by foreign artists coming from us and uk. This may be ok, until unquestionable artists like dépêche mode, radiohead, u2, massive attack, and many other excellent bands rule us, but this is not exactly the case. A lot of crappy music is extensively imported. In Italy We have outstanding lyricists (the Italian ‘cantautori’) like De Gregori, Battiato, Fossati, Conte, Vasco Rossi, a lot of (cheap) pop singers and very few important bands. There is no much space for rock music and new projects in Italy.

POWERLINE A.D.: Is Heavy Metal as popular in Europe as it appears?
The Gosh: In Italy? No it is not that popular.

POWERLINE A.D.: You just finished a U.S. tour. What impressed you the most about touring the U.S.?
The Gosh: Actually the friendly smiles that we noticed on people approaching us during our live dates. Even in NYC, which is supposed to be a tough environment.

POWERLINE A.D.: How is the U.S. different than Europe, or even Britain?
The Gosh: Our feeling is that US people are more ‘open minded’. We saw a more easy, curious and respectful approach to new ideas and to the things that are not part of your culture. And this is probably a peculiarity of your culture.

POWERLINE A.D.: Are you constantly writing songs? Who are the main songwriters?
The Gosh: Yes, for sure. It is our passion. All the songs are created during practice room sessions: the drum, the bass, the guitar, the accordion and the voice develop their lines looking for the best balance.

To hear and learn more, go to www.thegosh.com, or
www.myspace.com/thefirstgosh

Interview by Pat Prince

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