Crocodiles have been the act that’s been on the lips of almost every blogger for this past year. I sat down for a brief interview with Brandon and Charles to discuss their inclusion of a full band, kissing boys, and tour buddies.
RacketRick: So how are you guys doing?
Crocodiles: Uhhh…good.
RR: So I guess the big news right now is that you guys have a full backing band now. How’d that come about?
CrocCharles: Well, they’re just friends of ours who happened to help us out on prior tours and it just sorta made sense to expand the band.
RR: Is this something that was brought on just for these west coast shows or is this something that we’re going to continually see on future tours and albums?
CrocCharles: Oh, I think we might keep doing it, yeah.
RR: Alright, cool. So out of all the acts you guys have been touring with and supporting, which act would you probably say is your favorite to tour with? Your new BFF tour mates?
CrocCharles: (To Brandon) What do you think? (A brief conference ensues)
CrocBrandon: I dunno, I guess The Horrors were the funnest, but the Raveonettes were great too, you know.
RR: Any nightmare tour stories, though? Any crazy shit going down we should know about?
CrocCharles: No, it’s been really tame.
RR: Really!? Just all throughout?
CrocCharles: Thankfully.
RR: Well anywho, I know you guys have publicly stated that you guys would encounter a lot of animosity when you were doing other opening sets, and in response to being called queer, or faggot you guys would openly make out on stage to provoke a bigger response from the audience. Any more of that going on? How have the crowd responses been lately?
CrocCharles: The responses have been alright.
CrocBrandon: We’ve stopped making out with each other.
RR: Oh you both enjoyed it too much, is that why?
CrocCharles: Yeah….we just keep it behind closed doors.
RR: Any other famous dudes you’d wanna make out with? Anybody in The Horrors, perhaps?
CrocCharles: Yeah, Tom.
RR: Tom, eh?
CrocCharles: Oh, yeah yeah!
RR: Haha, nice!
CrocBrandon: (points to touring member, Marco) He wants to make out with Rhys!
RR: Hahaha, cool, cool. So, the only other question I have for you guys is that now that the “Summer of Hate” is over, (Notice the double entendre there with the album title) what have you got in store for winter?
CrocCharles: You mean like, release wise?
RR: No ,it was a rhetorical question. The album was called “Summer of Hate”, so, is there gonna be a winter of apathy? Spring of sadness?
CrocBrandon: I think it’s the winter of discontent.
RR: I see, hahaha! Ok, cool cool. So, see ya later Aligator…..
Crocodiles: (silence and confusion)
RR: After a while, CROCODILE!
CrocCharles: Haha, oh, sorry.
–Rick Hermansen