Friday, August 7, 2020

Quick Hit Band Interview: The Letter Openers

The Letter Openers at The House of Machines
Interview with the Mac of the band. Enjoy:

How would you describe your music? Rocknroll, garage rock.

The Letter Openers have been together for years. What keeps the band together? We actually broke up for about a decade. A couple years ago, Martin & I reconnected and started jamming on some of my new songs. We weren't planning to reform the LO's, but that's what the new music sounded like. So, we decided to revive the name, brought Matt back into the fold, and drafted Jon in, to play drums. We started playing out a year ago, and have been gigging & recording ever since. As far as what keeps us coming back for more . . . I think we really enjoying playing together, have a decent amount of overlap taste-wise, and we still get along pretty well.

Own final thoughts: we're fond of paying respects to some of our influences . . . Cheap Trick, MC5, The Replacements, Big Star, Pretty Things, Thin Lizzy, Redd Kross The Who, Johnny Thunders . . . loud guitars, melodies, hooks . . . can't get enough of 'em.


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