1. If I knew absolutely nothing about Head of Femur,
how would you describe the group’s music to me?
-- Head of Femur’s music can best be described
as a rehashing of music that will be coming out in the next 10-12 years.
As the MTV generation grows a little more round, they long for songs that
don’t force them to pay attention as the song repeats the verse and
chorus endlessly without change. We are hoping to destroy this mold of
the present, while being influenced only by the future and the past. We
have no place in the present, but in the future and the past we are huge
stars. Kind of like the Wyld Stallions.
2. If I were to buy your new self-titled album,
what songs should I pay particular attention to and why?
-- The songs vary so much from track to track
it is hard to say. If it were a Sunday morning and I were drinking
Bloody
Marys, I would recommend “Covered Wagons”, but if it were
Saturday night and I was drinking scotch, I would say “Jetway
Junior”. The record is meant to read as a whole piece, although
I would agree that each song represents a particular time and drink
to be decided by the individual.
3. When and where did the band form, and where didthe
name come from? -- The band formed
in Chicago in November 2002. To make sure the band didn’t get too huge,
we decided to pick a name that you would be a little embarrassed to say to
your friends. If they asked you what you were listening to, you might respond, “oh,
some band from Chicago”, but you would not enjoy saying the words, “Head
of Femur”. It was sort of a crowd control mechanism for us, and has
been quite effective.
4.
What was your worst on stage experience? What was your
best?
-- Head of Femur really likes to make the most
of each and every show. The worst may have been when the promoter sucked
in Iowa City and only one man showed up named “Colombo”.
He told us he once danced for 36 hours straight and proceeded to gyrate
his pelvis in front of the stage for the whole set. Maybe that was the
greatest experience we ever had.
5. Do you think that the Internet (whether it be Internet
radio, legal downloading, MySpace, streaming audio, etc.) is a good tool
for musicians or is it a bad thing because it hinders profits?
-- Everyone would agree that it is both good and bad
for musicians. We, sadly, are not very tech savvy and still listen to music
embedded in wax, rather than zeros and ones. There were days where you cared
for a record that you owned and would actually listen to it. You would read
the liner notes and who played on the record and it made you really care
about the band. Now most cds are blank and you put them in your computer
and may hear a song when it comes up in shuffle. The album form may temporarily
be dying. Music has become less communal, instead of bringing a record over
to your friend’s house so they can hear it, it gets burnt onto a disc
to be listened to at one’s convenience.
