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| Peg Leg Love at Old Towne Pub |
Interview with the band. Enjoy:
What's the story behind how your band started? Ilir Zeneli started Peg Leg Love back in 2005 as a solo project. In 2009, he moved to L.A. and reformed the rhythm section and started playing more and putting out recordings on his own. In the last 5 years, Peg Leg Love has toured N.Y., Japan, Northern Scandinavia, Denmark, and Berlin with Rocio Galindo on drums and Christina Ownby on bass.
You had your record release party at Old Towne Pub. Do you have any thoughts to share about the challenges of making a record? The current record took a year to make and is on 12'' vinyl, which is always a big expense. This time we recorded at our friend's studio A64A Recordings. We mixed and mastered it at the Laundry Room recording studio. Zeneli spent more time on these songs and they are also more political due to our current president & corruption. These songs are more poetic and existential and he ties in a lot of abstract ideas on life and art.
Own final thoughts. Zeneli's influences have always been Death in June, Boyd Rice, Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld, Lee Hazelwood, Foetus, The Birthday Party, The Cramps and Leonard Cohen. His Guitar influences are Daniel Ash, Rowland S. Howard, Buddy Guy, Thurston Moore.
What is unique about Peg Leg Love is the music has elements of surf rock, death rock, garage and post punk. It has unique guitar riffs and also vocals that recall Scott Walker.
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