Brogan Finnigan, bassist of self dubbed experimental grunge band KIDS ON THE RUN takes time away from his mission of world domination to give us the lowdown on the formation, influences, shenanigans and future of the band.
“I like to think of our music as something you can dance too.”
TR: To start off, which band or artist has influenced you the most?
BF: Without a doubt it would be Nirvana. They have written some of the greatest songs ever which only have about 2 different guitar parts that have really stood the test of time, so that’s really fantastic. From the start I have wanted this band to be the new Nirvana, with a bit of a different edge. There doesn’t seem to be any raw music nowadays, and I can’t tell whether it’s the band or the producers who have the real talent.
TR: So, you don’t like big studio works or complex bands?
BF: That’s definitely not the case. Take Muse for example, the production of their album and their complex guitar and piano solo’s are absolutely stunning. But some bands just take the piss. Angels and Airwaves for example, they’ve taken what could be excellent pop punk songs from Blink-182 and added some feedback or some other stupid effect that I’ve never even heard of. That doesn’t make it good? They are just pretentious and Blink-182 are ten times the band that they have ever been.
TR: Obviously a lot of hate for AVA then, any other bands you can’t stand?
BF: Not really. I don’t dislike many bands, I’m in a band for fun and to write songs for my own preference and I recognise that from other bands so I don’t tend to hate on a band because of the style of music they make. I can’t stand people who hate a band because they are too mainstream or because they changed their style. I listen to more than one genre of music, in the future our music will probably have evolved quite a lot, so for anyone reading this who has a problem with that, get ready to hate me.
TR: True point. You mention your future, what does that hold for you?
BF: Well hopefully we can get out of practising in a garage. All of us are learning to drive too so hopefully we can buy a van or something and tour. So far we’ve only played like 15 shows and they’ve all been in the midlands but I’m looking to break out of there. Leicester’s scene is all deathcore and full of people who take themselves seriously, Liam doesn’t even know how to tune his snare, and I still have to look at tabs on the internet to learn songs so we don’t really fit in. I just want to tour the hell out of this country and take over the underground. That’d be nice, and we’ll have an EP out soon. Recorded on garage band.
TR: We look forward to it. What are the main concepts and feelings coming from the album?
BF: Well the lyrics are positive, what we really stand for is moving forward and not dwelling on the past, so that’s the theme of all our songs really, and it is mainly influenced by like, industrial metal, the more punky side. But not fully punk, some of the songs aren’t that fast, and we want really melodic choruses, like Weezer, and then we have breakdowns that we like to make as fast and grungey as possible, things you can rock too. Something I think about when writing is, how would this sound at a party? Could I sing along if I was drunk? Questions like that. I like to think of our music as something you can dance too.
TR: We’ve spoke about Nirvana but what albums have helped shaped the way you play music?
BF: Dookie by Green Day is definitely an influence, as well as The Blue Album by Weezer, the way that these are so raw but every song on both album captures the emotions of the listener so well is brilliant. Enema of the state by Blink is another, they are so relatable and fun to listen to. On the heavier side there’s probably Slipknot’s debut album because it shaped the way for so many of our other influences.
TR: Have you made friends with any bands who you tip for success?
BF: Well No More Adventures went to school with us, they are pretty awesome and hopefully we will be touring together soon. We are two very different bands but so I think that’s great because it means we can both learn from one another, and we also have a side project which consists of all the members of both bands. Their guitarist is a great producer too and he records all our songs. Check them out.
TR: What do you want people to take away from your shows?
BF: Well if you like to go mental at gigs then that’s fine with us and if you want to stand and watch with a pint or whatever then that’s fine too, we just want everybody to have fun, Saying that at our size we haven’t really got much stage work, so in the future I hope we can get some more crazy lights and stuff, bands like Muse and Rammstein who put on over the top shows are really cool and I’d love to be like that.
TR: What made you want to start this band?
BF: The day I saw Green Day when I was 15, was the day I decided I wanted to be in a band. It was the best day of my life and it just made me realise how much everything else sucks apart from this. The next day I asked Liam and George and they said they’d be delighted too.
TR: Finally, why should people listen to you?
BF: Because we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we are all about having fun before you die. Cheers
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