Dastards – Interview
Interview with Jake Bright and Josh Mudie from the Dastards. Jake has been playing bass for the Dastards for a couple of years now and ‘Mudie’ is the newest member on drums, whose first gig was a baptism of fire; supporting Squeeze in front of thousands of people, a task he and the rest of the band coped with. The other members of the band are Wake on vocals and guitar and George on lead guitar
- SS: Your live sound is very different to the studio sound. Why is this and which do you prefer?
Josh Mudie: I like the sound of the studio work but I feel it can sound a little over produced. I personally prefer the live sound, but I’d say it was more just the atmosphere of a live gig that I enjoy.
Jake Bright: Playing live allows us to strip the sound right back. The studio stuff’s great – there’re loads of layers and it’s really full, but live it’s a raw, hard sound. I guess the main difference is that a lot of the studio work is synth based and live we all play guitars.
JM: And drums.
JB: Yeah, and drums.