Heinekens and Laughs

Zanesville, a band who has withered the storm in Tampa over the years, was able to sit down with us recently and answer a few questions over a few of the cold green ones. With a huge show coming up this weekend, the band seems excited.  Make sure to get out to the show if you can make it out!!!

Hey Zanesville, thanks for taking the time out of your crazy hectic schedule to sit down with us and answer a few questions.

Why not introduce your self, lets us know who and what you do in the band?

Jeff Godsell - Guitar/Vocals

Jerry Sirois Bass/Vocals

Doyle - Drums/Vocals

Tell us the roots of Zanesville, how did the 3 of you come together?

Doyle: Jeff and Jerry met in St. Petersburg, Fl sometime in the mid-nineties. They banged around "The Burg" for a few years both as a duo and with a few assorted members. I met Jeff in 2000, while working at Sam Ash. They needed a drummer and I needed a band. It was perfect. We've been having a blast ever since.

 

 

With a huge show coming up this weekend, what are you doing to prepare?

Jeff: Drinking whiskey

Doyle: I'm going on vacation for a few days - to clear the head.

Jerry: Beefing up the alcohol tolerance and getting as much sleep as possible.

Being around for 7 years, you must have many funny stories, care to share any of them with us?

Jeff: One time Jerry pulled his balls out during a show and did his hanging brains trick. I like the fruit in a basket too.

Jerry: Hey, It was a dare!

Doyle: We use to have give-aways at our shows. Ya know, some bands give out t-shirts and stickers. Well, we would give out odd shit. One night we had a club owner come out to check out one of our shows. We made this big deal about the special prize we were giving away that night. (So) Jerry used to have a little monkey hanging from his mic stand. The gimmic was, the first one to come up and spank Jerry's monkey, would win a prize. It was usually one of the ladies coming up to do the deed, but not this time. Jerry makes the announcement and all of a sudden, the club owner, who was looking to book us, comes running up to the stage and spanked the shit outta Jerry's monkey. Somewhat reluctantly, Jerry hands him a twin pack of enemas.

Slightly embarrassed, the club owner left.

Needless to say we did not get the gig, but we had a good laugh.

Jerry: This one time, at band camp.......

 

 

Your music is very catchy, how does the writing phase come about, where do the ideas start?

Jeff: Poems usually and girls lots of girls

Doyle: Well, Jeff is basically a song shitting factory. He'll bring a song or a lyric idea or just a rhythm to the table and then the three of us will put our hands to it, throwing our ideas into the mix. After a few Heinekens it usually takes shape.

Jerry: We've always had this thing for serenading strippers

We hear you have a few tracks being put on an independent film release, how did this come to together, what tracks are on the movie?

Jeff: They chose 3 songs - I don't think so, Army man and Heartbroken.

Doyle: I think Jeff sold some gear to the people actually making the movie.

He mentioned the band to them and gave them our web address.

I guess they dug what they saw and heard 'cause they asked if we would be interested in having some of our music in their film. We sent them our CD and they picked a few songs off of it that they said fit the movie perfectly. Very cool.

 

 

Thanks for taking the time for us guys, any final things you want to say to the crowd. Want to let them know what type of drink to buy you at a show?

Jeff: Whiskey and green bottles of beer.

Jerry: Zanesville theory 101:

1. Love Everybody

2. Don't be scared

3. Stay cool

I love Heineken

Doyle: SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC!!!

-Thanks for all the support over the years.

-Sorry, but no, we're not from Ohio.

-Can someone get me a Heineken? It's hot up here! Cheers!

To visit Zanesville's MySpace click here.

By. Drew Zambrano

Drew@getinmagazine.com



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