Interview: Dispatch

Jam-Bands haben in Amerika schon seit jeher Tradition, wie z.B. The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Little Feat oder aktueller Phish, moe., Gov't Mule und The Black Crowes, um nur einige zu nennen. Das besondere Merkmal ist, dass sie ihre Konzerte dabei in die Länge ziehen, indem sie Titel nach Lust und Laune erweitern, ausbauen oder einfach damit herumspielen. Aber bei uns in Europa will das nicht so richtig funktionieren bzw. fehlt da anscheinend die Lebenseinstellung oder das Interesse dafür. Und das, obwohl es eine gute Portion Lebensfreude versprüht, kein Konzert dem anderen gleicht und so natürlich nicht alles zum selben Trott werden lässt. Ein weiterer positiver Aspekt ist, dass sich auf diese Weise tatsächlich mehrere unterschiedliche Konzerte einer Tour besuchen lassen, ohne dabei das gleiche Programm sehen zu müssen. Dabei entstand eine richtig eingeschworene Anhängerschaft, die teilweise ihren Idolen ganze Tourneen lang folgten und es immer noch tun. Außerdem bleiben die Musiker dadurch einer gewissen Spontanität ausgesetzt, was die Shows auch für sie spannender werden lässt. Zudem erlauben die meisten dieser Bands auch das Mitschneiden ihrer Konzerte, da so und so, keine Show der andere gleicht. Eine Politik, die seinerzeit von den Grateful Dead ins Leben gerufen wurde und seitdem - zumindest im Bereich der Jam-Bands - Geltung hat. Dispatch sind auch eine dieser Bands, welche mit ihren tief verwurzelten Amerikana-Einflüssen, diese Tradition weiterführen und für den Spaß, den sie auf der Bühne haben, in ihrer Heimat berühmt wurden. Die ständigen Instrumentenwechsel bestätigen das eindrucksvoll und wirken durchaus ansteckend. Im Zuge ihres ersten Besuches in Europa, wurde das aktuelle Album "Circles around the Sun" präsentiert (Hier geht es zur Rezension des Longplayers.) und neuerlich versucht, dieses Lebensgefühl hierher zu übertragen. Warum es 12 Jahre gedauert hat, bis sie ein neues Studio-Album einspielten, was hinter den vielen Auszeiten steckt, die sie bis jetzt hatten und was genau sie so an dem ständigen Jams plus Instrumentenwechsel reizt, erzählen sie im folgenden Interview. Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

The interview:

Chad Urmston: Great - We love it here. Pete Francis Heimbold: So good ... loving Copenhagen. Chad: My name is Chadwick Stokes - I play guitar and bass and sing. Pete: I love playing the band new music that I've been listening to. I'm like a dinosaur who likes to wear cool clothes. Chad: We needed to see what it was like living separately from each other. Pete: I guess it can take a long time to travel around the sun. Chad: In late 50s my severely disabled friend was sent up into space by NASA. Top secret government experiment to see how a human was effected by space travel. He recently died and the song is an homage to him. Pete: The journey is where it's at. Chad: Been great! Pete: People have been giving us a lot of love. Chad: Josaphine - I like how it tells a story and all the different moving parts. Pays homage to "The Band". Pete: Josaphine .... it's just so good. Chad: Music was all around in my house - my dad played piano and my uncle tuba and flute - brothers played trombone and trumpet. Music lets the spirit out. Pete: I think, music is the best medicine. Chad: 3/4 of song is done and then we put them through the dispatch machine. Pete: Actually it's both. Chad: Finishing the song - going back to it to wrap it up. Pete: Same here! Finishing a song. Chad: Yes - deadlines are good - u have to be done. Pete: Yes ... I think it's good to ask someone you trust ... I guess babies are ready to be born when they are ready to be born. Chad: Just coincidence - the songs we chose happened to lean that way. Pete: We love groups like The Band .... there is such honesty and good feeling about there music. Chad: Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jethro Tull, Rage Against The Machine Pete: I'm influenced by Pink Floyd, James Brown and other people who have created a tidal wave with their musical ideas. Chad: Started pretty folkie (Cat Stevens) and then went towards Led Zeppelin and The Who and then got into Jamaican sound and English punk/ska. Pete: I love playing with many different musicians of many creative styles. Chad: Let them get off the rails and listen to each other to see where they go. Pete: Songs can go on and live new lives and bloom. Chad: I think so. We all like different things but we share many, too. Pete: We love these styles and many others as well ... I think it's in our musical blood. Chad: It's a lot of fun switching it around - keeps things new. Pete: I wish I could play more ... like the baritone clarinet or vibes ... that would be sweet. Chad: Our Albums have been pretty straight forward, live we relax a little and get pumped up by the crowd. Pete: I think they should be different. It makes the two experiences very unique. Chad: Kind of yes. Gomez is jammy tho and they are from UK. Pete: I hear what you're saying, but I think there are more layers to us than just a Americana-Jam-Band-Thing. I think that our songs and voices are central to our sound and what sets us apart. Chad: It's good to see what else is out there sometimes and get involved on other projects. Pete: I guess it's the path we are on. Chad: Super! Pete: Yes, that's great! Chad: Keep things respectable and upfront and honest. And listen. Pete: There are always conflicts ... it's just knowing how to roll with them better. Chad: When Pete spat his beer by mistake all over the hair of a fan. Pete: One time we tried to sneak our friends In merch boxes into a club in Chicago. Chad: Swimming in the Charles river (during our last dispatch) was once considered deadly. Pete: We had so many fans show up in Boston that they filled the highway ... That was crazy. Chad: There are other not so glamorous things too. A lot of loading gear in and out and driving many hours. But it's still a hell of a job :) Pete: It's great. Chad: "Bottle Rocket" or "Goonies". Pete: "Spies Like Us" with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. Chad: Play out as much as you can even if its to three people, make a recording of three songs, drive safely and stay awake. Pete: Try to have a dance party after your show. Chad: Wonderful - weed should be legal everywhere! Pete: All good. Chad: Coming back in march with State Radio. Pete: I don't know ... Vie Leben oish - our fans in Germany are the greatest ever ... Thank you a thousand times!
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