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29-07-2013
Prachtig interview
Interview met Steve Garrigan
What inspired you to write all I want? All I want is about my ex-girlfriend going on a holiday with her friends and coming home with a new man. It happened over three years ago but took about two years to actually write the song. I'm one of those people who take a long time to get over things. I was staying home feeling utterly miserable and writing that song took a weigh of my shoulders. The lyrics were agonising to write about because I thought she was the girl I was going to spend my life with, but it ends positively in that I was I'll find some one else.
How did you began your music career? We began as a trio. I joined with Mark and Vinny when we were teenagers. We had an amazing start to our career. We came second on a tv show and self-released our song 'Give me a minute' This became the first independently released track in the top of the Irish charts. But we were to young. We played a few gigs but didn't really know what we were doing. We also couldn't write good songs which were representative of ourselves and our experiences. We quit music to find jobs or go to college. My studies for law and economics were soul-destroying. I was going through a bad time in my life anyway and playing music was the only thing that made sense. I began busking and playing small venues around Dublin although my parents thought I was still in college. I'd kept in touch with Mark and Vinny and we eventually decided to give the band another try. We'd changed as people but still wanted to make music. Our friend Jason joined us to play bass and we became Kodaline.
The album is doing great everywhere. How do you feel about that? I worried about the album before it was released. I listened to the songs and wondered if I should have done different things with them. But it's an album which is filled with honesty and I'l very proud of it. Thankfully, people seem to have connected with the songs and the response has been great. I hope this means we'll get the chance to make more albums in the future.
#lovethehonesty
Source: Gulftimes Interview: 23-07-2013
29-07-2013 om 13:19
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Aan de linkerkant de ouders van Mark Prendergast (Marie en Padraig Prendergast) Aan de rechterkant de ouders van Vincent May Jr. (Liz en Vinny May) op het Marlay park festival.
Marie: 'This is my first festival ever. Mark and Steve grew up together so they would spend a lot of time together. Other then that, we've become one big family since. We've travelled together around Ireland, the UK and France.'
Source: independent.ie
28-07-2013 om 14:49
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Ik heb juist dit geweldig klein interview gezien met Steve. Het is een interview vanop T in the park en het 20 jarig bestaan ervan.
We've just done a little acoutic gig out in the campsite. We were a bit scared at first, we didn't know of people were gonna go crazy or people were gonna trow stuff at us, but it was great. It feels like Spain out there with this weather. It went down really well, we've got a big crowd and it was a good vibe. It was cool man, it was an experience.
you're going to sing Happy birthday to T in the park from the stage tonight, with a little help from Nina Nesbitt. How'd that idea come about? Just cause we're good friends with Nina, and she's Scottish. I genuinely believe Scottish and Irish people have this instant connection. And you've got to embrace the festival and embrace the culture and history of the festival. I've never been to T before but I've watched it in one or form over the past years. It's a sister festival of one of Ireland, Oxegen, so we used to get the same line-up. But it's got a great history. The killers, for example, say that it's their favourite place to play so we're really looking forward to playing.
What were you doing in 1994? I was six and probably playing with action man and building little lego vehicles. No, I was having a guinness. I'm Irish!
Source: Gingercatpictures
28-07-2013 om 13:48
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One day All I want Love like this High hopes Brand new day After the fall Big bad world All comes down Talk Pray Way back when
(Deluxe Dvd:) Lose your mind (Live in Button Factory) High hopes (Live in Button Factory) Love like this (Live in Button Factory) All comes down (Live in Button Factory) All I want (Live in Button Factory) The answer (Live in Button Factory)
27-07-2013 om 02:28
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Full name: Stephen Garrigan Place of birth: Swords Date of birth: 23 augustus 1988 Height: 1,73 m eye color: Green
In the band: Singer, Songwriter, Guitar, Piano, Mandoline, Harmonica, Tambourine.
Steve smokes
He often wairs black clothes. 'I once went to Africa and I wore all black. Not the best choise in that weather.'
He studied law and economics. He didn't told his parents he dropped out of college. They found out a year after.
His musical influence is Bruce Springsteen.
His first CD was Elvis Presley when he was eight, but he thinks he was told by some one else to buy that CD. 'My first real CD that I bought was probably Five or something like that'.
His favorite song of the album is 'All comes down', even though it changes every once in a while.
When They performed at a festival in Holland, some one trew a phone on stage who'd almost hit Steve. They later turned in the cellphone (that wasn't in great condition) at lost and found.
He's a big fan of horror movies.
His favorite movie is 'A wonderful life'.
He learned to play the guitar at the age of ten.
One of his favorite books are 'the chronicles' by Bob Dylan, because it made him fall in love with New York without ever being there.
27-07-2013 om 00:00
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Full name: Mark Prendergast Place of birth: Swords Date of birth: 16 januari 1989 Height: 1,98 m
eye color: blue
in the band: second songwriter, guitar, piano, backing vocals
Mark wrote the songs 'Way back when' and 'Talk'. 'Way back when' about their youth in Swords and 'Talk' about his ex girlfriend.
Mark stated that the first album he'd ever bought was '5ive' by the boyband five and loved the album when he was young. In another interview he stated that the first single (it was a tape) he'd ever bought was 'MMMbob' by Hanson, when he was in a music shop in America with his parents and it was the only single he'd knew.
He's a big fan of LCD Soundsystem, The Beatles and Radiohead.
His dream collaboration would be Daft Punk.
His favorite single on the album is 'All comes down'.
At the age of 11, he was a fan of System of a down.
He learned to play the guitar at the age of 14.
He isn't big into films but he loves horror movies like Saw.
His favourite movies including: 'Big fish' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'.
During their performance at 'The tonight show with Jay leno' Mark got electric shocks who came from his microphone and his guitar.
27-07-2013 om 00:00
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On a busy shopping street in Boston, rising Irish quartet Kodaline are proving quite the attraction. They have decided to bust in every city they visit on the American tour they've been on for the past three weeks. A crowd gathers, some of hem even sing along. 'Ten dollars!' Exclaims singer Steve looking into his cap when they finish up. 'Enough for a pack of smokes.'
About being on the road: Steve:The thing is we live together anyway so we don't really have any secrets. Mark: We've been a band for so long that we know everything about each other.
About 21 demands, the band they formed at the age of 17 and being on a talent show: Steve: If you look back at when you were 17, you cringe at some of the things you said or did. Last night we actually were listening to some of the songs we made when we were teenagers and it's pretty terrible stuff. There was just no soul. We were incapable of expressing ourselves because we were so young. But we don't regret doing the show because it made us into what we are today.
What's your view of talent shows now? Steve: If you want to write your own songs and say something then that's not really the right move to make. We were writing our own songs back then but they were childish. It took a little bit of soul-searching, growing up, dropping out of college and getting jobs to make us better. Ex-girlfriends screwing you over, just living a bit.
About the meaning behind the songs: Steve: It's intensely personal stuff. It's like opening your diary and passing it around for judging. 'All I want' was basically a letter to my ex-girlfriend. Every song has it's own story. 'High hopes' was written after I just dropped out of college and had no direction whatsoever. Everything was going bad but I tried to stay positive. It's all based on experiences.
About the success that their first EP brought them: Steve: After 21 demands we didn't had a plan but we kept on writing because we love it. It's something that I have to do everyday. Mark: Then our first EP came out and their was such a great reaction to it online and we couldn't believe it. It was so unexpected.
What is it that makes your music connects with people? Steve: I hope they feel something. The way that I see it is that out music might come across as sad when you first listen to it, but it's also very hopeful. Or at least that's what I think.
In the video for 'Love like this' you get slapped a couple of times. Did this happen much in real life? Steve: once or twice. (laughs) I'm actually really bad with girls, really bad.
