Hello, who forms High Sea Looters?
At the beginning, there was no band, just Johan and Jonas recording some stuff in the livingroom with midi instrument. After « releasing » some music online, we decided to form a band, the 1st formation was acoustic and now finaly we have a full electric band with : Clara on the accordion, Ben on the violin, Davy (defonceman) on the heavy guitar, Bebert knocking hard on the drum, Jonas on the bass and Johan lead singing and scratching some acoustic guitar and mandoline.
What is the musical genre of the group?
We always defined it as pirate punk
Why High Sea Looters as a name?
It sounds like piracy, sailing so it definitely fits to the bands musical direction.
Where are you from?
Geneva CH, Chambéry F and Lausanne CH. we usualy rehearse in Geneva.
When did you start playing as High Sea Looters?
The actual formation and sound is from 2018, the project was started 2012.
Do you have other parallel bands or have you played in other bands?
Yes we all have other bands and project, for example :Damn Givers (punkrock): https://www.facebook.com/thedamngivers/Coupe-Gorge (oï/hxc/punk) : https://coupe-gorge.bandcamp.com/Les Coureurs de rempart (chanson rock & punk musette) : https://www.lescoureursderempart.com/The Churchieboys (psychobilly) : https://www.facebook.com/Churchieboys/
Influences? (Musical, literary, cinephiles, experiences, etc.)
Musically, we’re mostly influenced by Celtic music, traditional and acoustic songs, as well as rock bands like The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys etc…
The texts are inspired by pirate history and about life, freedom, rum and anarchy.
Do you have something recorded?
Yes we have a bandcamp with a LP and an EP highsealootersbandcamp.com/We already have a new song recorded for a compilation and will soon record some more with our actual sound and musicians.
Is it edited? By whom?
No, we don’t have any physical support until now, but we would like to bring out the next EP as a 45’
Are you going to record something soon?
It’s pretty hard to put 6 persons from different cities together but the new songs are ready, we just need practice and time, I hope it’s for soon!
What do your songs talk about?
Mostly about sailing, piracy, some are more engaged, other more into humor or poetry.
Upcoming High Sea Looters events?
We have few shows planned for this autumn, but you definitely have to come to Switzerland to see us. I hope we get some opportunities to travel abroad soon!
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