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Monday, September 21, 2009 
Electric Pussycat interview with: The Electric Wasted

EP (Electric Pussycat): Let's start off by having you tell me about the band's name, The Electric Wasted. How did you come up with it and what does it mean?

EW (The Electric Wasted): We just wanted to have a band we would feel proud of. We were fed up with feeling wasted in previous projects and needed to create the kind of music we liked. In that sense, we think the name of the band defines our intention as well as our feeling. There is loads of energy in this name and that’s what we transmit with our music and on stage.

EP: What is The Electric Wasted wanting to bring to the rock and roll audience? What makes you different?

EW: Authenticity, and secondly and overall good songs, as we think we have enough talent to write them. What makes us [stand out from] new bands is that we are a bunch that can’t be unnoticed.

EP: I've noticed you have some shows coming up in the UK over the next few months. Have you relocated to the UK from Spain, and if so, why?

EW: Yes, we have moved to London recently. Everybody knows that the UK has an overwhelming rocker tradition; the possibility of coming here was as tempting as [it was] feasible, considering the situation we were in in Spain; to stay there being a hard rock band that sings in English was a waste of time and was condemned to failure.

EP: I know you're influenced by some of the great bands of the 80s and early 90s, such as Guns N' Roses and The Cult, which comes through in your music. The sleazy kind of rock music those groups inspired is making a comeback. Which newer sleaze rock bands do you also like?

EW: Thank you, those are two of our biggest influences. It’s an honour that people can perceive in what we do the influence of bands of that calibre. Anyway, we don’t fit ourselves in the classic sleaze style. Our goal is to pick up that influence, as well as others, and be able to offer something new.

We wouldn’t find worth mentioning any new sleaze band, even though there is a new hard rock band in [the] UK called Heaven’s Basement that is very good.

EP: What is the rock music scene like in your hometown of Barcelona?

EW: First of all it’s necessary to explain that Barcelona is a city that doesn’t have a hard rock scene; there is not an underground venue circuit in which bands can develop; there are no promoters who [take a] risk for good music, and overall there is little respect for the work of musicians. Truth is that it’s very sad and paradoxical because the feedback from the audience is always superb, people are eager to discover new bands like ours, but unfortunately the way that things are handled in Barcelona, and in the rest of Spain, leaves a lot to be desired. And, moreover, if you sing in English it’s twice [as] complicated.

EP: What are the major differences between the rock scene in Barcelona and the scene in the parts of the UK that you've visited?

EW: Barcelona is a city with a high density of envious people per square mile. Here in London our concept is more understood and respected. Honestly, as we have just landed in [the] UK we couldn’t tell the biggest differences between both scenes, but as far as we know it’s easier to book concerts here than in Spain.

EP: Besides the UK, where else do you plan to perform? Is there a possibility of coming to the U.S.?

EW: The main goal, besides building up ourselves a name in UK, is to play in the rest of Europe as soon as we can. Our ambition has no limits. And referring to [the] USA, doubtless to become and true big band you have to make it in that market. We’d like to play in [the] USA and if we already had enough money we’d go for it without thinking twice, but for now we have to go step by step.

EP: What are three or four of your favorite albums?

Däni Midnite (vocals):
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Nine Lives (AEROSMITH)
- Use your Illusion I&II (GUNS N ROSES)
- Slave to the Grind (SKID ROW)

J.E. Duclosson (drums):
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Powertrip (MONSTER MAGNET)
- Sonic Temple (THE CULT)
- Black Album (METALLICA)

Mark (rhythm guitar):
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Rocks (AEROSMITH)
- By the Grace of God (THE HELLACOPTERS)
- Black Rose (THIN LIZZY)

Charlie Rood (lead guitar):
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Love (THE CULT)
- Demolition 23 (DEMOLITION 23)
- Funhouse (THE STOOGES)

Sick (bass):
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Jailbreak (THIN LIZZY)
- Automatic Thrill (GLUECIFER)
- American Psycho (MISFITS)

EP: Your three original songs on your EP have sex as the topic. Where did your inspiration for the songs come from?

EW: We write based on our own experiences; it’s the only formula we know, and we think it’s more honest. Of course, sex plays an important part in our lives, so we try to make the most of it. Even so, it all depends on how you’d interpret the meaning of our words, of course.

EP: Being a sleaze band, you must have a few stories about rock 'n roll debauchery. Can you tell us a juicy story?

EW: We couldn’t remember them all, but we could tell you a few. We could start with the security of the venues after any concert, and gatecrashing at the premiere of the film The Hangover and getting high with Heather Graham, or Charlie being sacked from an L.A. Guns concert by Tracii Guns because of spitting at him. We could follow with the intimidation that the monster cock of Sick causes among groupies, and that Captain Poon Bloodlight keeps on crying because of the way we left his backstage when we opened for them. And, we could finish with the continuous problems of Dani with the police, or the wicked women asking him to hit them when he had his hand in a plaster [cast].

EP: What are your plans for the future? What is the band currently working on?

EW: We have just moved to England. We want to play live as much as possible and, if we can, in the rest of Europe, and record some of the new material that we have.

EP: I asked earlier about bands you like. What current rock bands do you think suck, and give rock 'n roll a bad name?

EW: Revival bands, those that lack of personality and look at the past to search [for] inspiration, all the Indie scene that tries to play the new generation of rock, and all the disposable garbage oriented towards the record industry.

EP: What's been your best experience as a band so far?

EW: We have big memories of some shows in Spain, mostly of the one of Heavens Basement that we shared in Bilbao, some months ago, and our concert in the National Contest Azá Rock (Murcia), which we won, but the best experience by far is having overcome all the stones in our way, which have been plenty, and to be able of being the five of us in London.

EP: What's been your worst experience?

EW: Our worst experience, but perhaps the most enriching personally, has been our last year in Barcelona, in which we had to face that people very close to us couldn’t accept our determination in fighting for our dreams, which caused us fury and frustration, and forced us to lock ourselves {stand firm?}, and led us to do things in our way.

EP: Finally, you get the chance to plug away and tell our readers anything you want to help promote yourselves.

EW: We invite you to visit our MySpace [page], www...myspace...com/..electricwasted, to listen to our songs, and to watch our video [for] "Sex & Violence", directed by the prestigious Germán Burgalés. We hope you like it all and would help us to spread our name, and if you travel to [the] UK, go to our concerts and we’ll blow your minds, mother fuckers. We'll see you on the road. Thank you very much to Electric Pussycat and a greeting to all the readers. Our pleasure.



Electric Pussycat entrevista con The Electric Wasted

1. Nosotros simplemente queríamos tener una banda de la que nos sintiéramos orgullosos. Estábamos hartos de sentirnos desperdiciados en antiguos proyectos y necesitábamos crear el tipo de música que nosotros queríamos. En este sentido el nombre del grupo creemos que define tanto nuestro intención como nuestro sentimiento. Hay mucha energía en ese nombre y eso es lo que transmitimos en nuestra música y en escena.

2. Autenticidad, y lo segundo y más importante buenas canciones, porque consideramos que tenemos el talento necesario para poder componerlas. Lo que nos hace desmarcarnos de la linea de las bandas actuales es que nosotros somos un grupo de personas que nunca causamos indiferencia.

3. Sí, nos hemos establecido en Londres recientemente. Es por todos conocido que UK tiene una tradición rockera apabullante; la opción de venir a vivir aquí resultaba tanto atractiva como viable para nosotros dado que la situación que vivíamos en España, siendo una banda de hard rock que canta en inglés, era una perdida de tiempo y estaba destinado al fracaso.

4. Muchas gracias por tus palabras, son dos grandes influencias nuestras. Es un honor que la gente pueda percibir la influencia de bandas de ese calibre en lo que hacemos. De todas formas no nos consideramos una banda típicamente sleaze al estilo clásico. Nuestro objetivo es recoger esa influencia, entre muchas otras, y poder aportar algo nuevo.
De bandas nuevas de sleaze no consideramos ninguna digna de mención, sin embargo hay una nueva banda de hard rock en UK llamada Heaven's Basement que son muy buenos.

5. Lo primero de todo es que Barcelona es una ciudad que no tiene escena de hard rock; no hay un circuito de salas a nivel underground donde las bandas puedan desarrollarse, no hay promotores que apuesten por la música de calidad y sobretodo hay muy poco respeto hacia el trabajo de los músicos. La verdad es que es muy triste y paradójico porque la reacción del publico siempre es muy buena, la gente está ansiosa por descubrir nuevas bandas como la nuestra, pero desgraciadament..e la manera de hacer las cosas que hay tanto en Barcelona como en el resto de España deja bastante que desear. Y si ademas cantas en inglés es doblemente complicado.

6. Barcelona es una ciudad con un alto índice de envidiosos por metro cuadrado. Aquí en Londres se entiende y se respeta mucho más nuestro concepto. Honestamente, debido al poco tiempo que llevamos en UK aún no sabríamos decirte cuales son las grandes diferencias entre ambas escenas, pero por lo poco que hemos visto es mucho mas fácil conseguir fechas en UK que en España.

7. El objetivo principal, aparte de crearnos un nombre en UK, es poder salir al resto de Europa a tocar desde que podamos. Nuestra ambición no tiene fronteras. Y en referencia a USA no cabe duda de que para convertirte en una banda realmente grande tienes que conquistar ese mercado. Nos encantaría poder tocar en USA, y si tuviéramos los medios suficientes nos lanzaríamos sin dudarlo, pero por ahora tendremos que ir paso a paso.

8. Däni Midnite:
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Nine Lives (AEROSMITH)
- Use your Illusion I&II (GUNS N ROSES)
- Slave to the Grind (SKID ROW)

J.E. Duclosson:
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Powetrip (MONSTER MAGNET)
- Sonic Temple (THE CULT)
- Black Album (METALLICA)

Mark:
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Rocks (AEROSMITH)
- By the Grace of God (THE HELLACOPTERS)
- Black Rose (THIN LIZZY)

Charlie Rood:
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Love (THE CULT)
- Demolition 23 (DEMOLITION 23)
- Funhouse (THE STOOGES)

Sick:
- Appetite for Destruction (GUNS N ROSES)
- Jailbreak (THIN LIZZY)
- Automatic Thrill (GLUECIFER)
- American Psycho (MISFITS)

9. Escribimos nuestras canciones basándonos en nuestras propias experiencias personales, es la única formula que conocemos y creemos que es la más honesta. El sexo por supuesto ocupa una parte importante en nuestras vidas, así que intentamos sacarle el máximo partido. Aunque todo depende de como quieras interpretar el sentido de nuestras palabras, por supuesto.

10. No podríamos recordarlas todas, pero por citarte algunas te podríamos hablar por ejemplo desde problemas con la seguridad de las salas después de algún concierto, como colarnos en la premiere de la película The Hangover y estar poniéndonos hasta el culo con Heather Graham, que Charlie fuera expulsado por Tracii Guns del concierto de LA Guns por escupirle, la intimidación que provoca la monster cock de Sick entre las groupies, los reiterados problemas de Däni con la policía o las pervertidas que le pedían que las golpeara cuando tenia la mano escayolada, que Captain Poon de Bloodlights aun está llorando del estado en que quedo su backstage cuando abrimos para ellos, y un largo etcétera...

11. Acabamos de instalarnos en Inglaterra. Queremos hacer el máximo de shows posibles en el país y si es posible en el resto de Europa y poder grabar algo del nuevo material que tenemos.

12. Las bandas revival, las que no tienen personalidad y solamente buscan la inspiración mirando hacia el pasado y no hacia el futuro, toda la escena indie que pretende hacerse pasar por la nueva generación del rock, y toda la basura de usar y tirar hacia la cual esta orientada la industria discográfica.

13. Guardamos un gran recuerdo de algunos shows, en especial el que compartimos con Heaven's Basement en Bilbao hace unos meses, y nuestra actuación en el Concurso Nacional Aza Rock (Murcia) donde nos proclamamos vencedores, pero sobre todas las cosas, lo mejor de todo es haber superado hasta la fecha todos los obstáculos que se nos han ido presentando en nuestro camino, que no han sido pocos, y poder estar a día de hoy los 5 juntos en Londres.

14. Nuestra peor experiencia, aunque a la vez haya sido de lo más enriquecedora a nivel humano, ha sido nuestro último año en Barcelona, en el cual hemos tenido que soportar como gente muy cercana a nuestro entorno no aceptaba nuestra determinación a la hora de perseguir nuestros sueños, lo cual generó ira y frustración y nos obligó a cerrarnos en banda y provocar que las cosas se hicieran a nuestra manera.

15. Os invitamos a todos a que visitéis nuestro myspace www...myspace...com/..electricwasted, escuchéis nuestras canciones y visionéis nuestro videoclip del tema “Sex & Violence” dirigido por el prestigioso director Germán Burgalés. Esperamos que os guste y que nos ayudéis a expandir nuestro nombre, y si estáis por UK pasaos por nuestros conciertos y os volaremos la cabeza, hijos de puta. Nos vemos en la carretera. Muchas gracias a Electric Pussycat y un saludo a todos sus lectores. Un placer.

THE ELECTRIC WASTED
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Saturday, September 19, 2009 

Here you can read the latest interview from the band @ Electric Pussycat Webzine.
Thanks to all of them for paying attention to a bunch of motherfuckers like us!!
 
http://site.electricpussycat.com/Interviews.html



Cheers,

THE ELECTRIC WASTED




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Monday, September 07, 2009 
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Sunday, August 16, 2009 
Lamentamos comunicar que  The Electric Wasted no podremos atender nuestro compromiso de tocar en el Festival Aza Rock '09 como ganadores de la edicion pasada debido a la imposibilidad de llegar a un acuerdo con la organizacion para el traslado de la banda a Abaran (Murcia).
Como la mayoria de vosotros sabeis, en Septiembre estaremos afincados en Londres y como es logico, es mas dificil desplazarnos desde alli. Queremos agradecer especialmente a Javi y al resto de componentes de la organizacion por los esfuerzos que han realizado por intentar llevarnos al concierto, y por supuesto disculparnos ante toda la gente de Abaran que nos han hecho saber las ganas que tenian de vernos. EL sentimiento es mutuo, asi que queda pendiente el regreso a Murcia.

Saludos a todos y deseamos que la de este año sea una edicion del Aza Rock tan exitosa como la del 2008. Suerte a los finalistas!!

Hasta pronto!!!



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Sunday, August 09, 2009 

Current mood:  electric
Electric Wasted obtiene 10 puntos sobre 10 en la crítica del ep "Electric Wasted" en la web de rock española Queens of Steel. Lee la reseña completa en

http://www.queensofsteel.tk/


ENGLISH VERSION

Electric Wasted gets 10 out of 10 in the review of the ep Electric Wasted in the Spanish rock web Queens of Steel. Read the full review on http://www.queensofsteel.tk/
For the English translation, read below:



"Good beginning of this demo with the first song, powerful, self-confident, and with its title, Sex and Violence, shows a glimpse of their attitude when composing. This is a song with melodic riffs and with a very rocker none overelaborated solo that would make you vibrate. Perhaps that’s the one that their writers feel more proud of, with fast impeccable rhythms and the bite of the vocals.

The second song, Dirty Land, it’s firstly introduced by a basic rhythm and a catchy riff. This time the tones of the melody remain in a medium level, what it’s praiseworthy and matches perfectly with the high-pitched of Sex and Violence.

Hot Skin starts with a drizzle and some melancholic guitar arpeggios when the vocals come in, more deep than before, to introduce a chorus more powerful than it might seem, and this song it’s defined by this contrast.

This demo it’s closed by a cover of Guns’N’Roses, It’s So Easy, which they have given the right touch, and sincerely, it’s the one that I’ve liked the most.

Powerful guitars, clean and energetic vocals, good rhythms and a bass line that knows how to stay in line all the way, make this demo a piece worthy of being listened by lovers of good hard rock.

Score:10/10"



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Sunday, July 26, 2009 

Current mood:  electric
Category: Music
Abrimos el programa de radio "La Mirada Negra" del día 25 de Julio con Dirty Land.
Desde aquí nuestro agradecimiento a todo el equipo.
Aquí tenéis el link:

http://www.lamiradanegra.es/programas.htm


THE ELECTRIC WASTED


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Monday, July 06, 2009 
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 
Aqui podeis escuchar la entrevista entera, en el siguiente link:

http://www.myspace.com/radio_pistolasyrosas
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 

Current mood:  electric
Category: Music
Hi everyone!!

Here's the music video for "Sex and Violence" directed by German Burgales.
You'll also see the "making of" version very soon...
Click on the link and enjoy!! (don't forget to watch it in High Quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4fRQTJ9xPg

see ya!!

THE ELECTRIC WASTED


Hola a todos!!

Aqui esta el videoclip del tema "Sex and Violence" dirigido por German Burgales.
Tambien podreis ver la version "making of" del mismo muy pronto...
Pinchad en el link y disfrutad!! (no olvideis verlo en Alta Calidad)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4fRQTJ9xPg

nos vemos!!

THE ELECTRIC WASTED




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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 

Rock & Trip (www.rockandtrip.com) entrevistó al grupo recientemente, podéis ver la entrevista completa en el enlace: 

http://www.rockandtrip.com/electricwasted.php







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