Limbeck

Alternative Press describes Limbeck’s new record as “a timeless rock album” and for once, AP is right on the money.

Vocalist/guitarist Robb was kind enough to answer these questions for us.

Interview w/ Robb (vocals and

guitar) of Limbeck 

By Cameron Chambers

Thanks for your time today

Robb. 

It’s definitely my pleasure.

I’m in Houston, Texas right now, looking out the window at a pretty

wild storm. 

I’ll be honest, I hadn’t

really enjoying it! 

No worries man. We ain’t mad

at you! 

Stylistically, Limbeck isn’t

going to stand the test of time man. It’s got a timeless feel to it. 

For us, that’s a very important

part of making records. We don’t wanna make an album that 10 years

down the road we’ll put out again and say, “maaan, what were we

thinkin’ when we made this?!”, ya know?  

Instead we’d rather pull it

out and say, “wow… we were gooooooood”. 

Limbeck seems like the kind

varied musical backgrounds can relate to you guys? 

It’s just our personalities.

We’re not really out there to champion any type of scene or anything.

We just like travelling, we like playing shows and we like meeting good

people. Plus, our own musical tastes are pretty out there, and I feel

like that really comes out on our new record.  

I checked out your tour schedule

Limbeck take pretty seriously? 

Definitely. There are two sides

to being in a band… the recording side and the touring side. We really

love both, but they’re very different. Touring is ALWAYS an adventure

though… which makes it exciting. And it’s really what it’s all

about. 

You can make records and put ‘em

out, but when you play shows and get to see people react to what you

do, it’s definitely very inspiring. Plus, we dig just hangin’ out

with people. Seriously! 

Something in your bio/press

long time man. 

Thanks a lot man. I’d say it’s

exactly what we’re about. It brings me back to that earlier question

about being happy with our record ten years down the road… but even

more so, I want to be happy with myself as a human being ten years down

the road! Ya Know!? 

I don’t wanna look back and

think about how much of a jerk I was, which I’m sure is gonna happen

to some people in bands. I want to look back and think about how many

great people I met. Of course it’s great to sell records, but meeting

people out there on the road really does help you find out a lot about

yourself. 

Genre names and musical tags

Limbeck’s music? 

We’re just a rock band. Plain

and simple. People can say otherwise, we’d rather not personally add

to the confusion. 

Tell us a bit about the recording

additional instrumentation etc… 

Ed Rose is a great friend, and

really helped us spread things out on this record. He has a great ear

for getting the best possible sound for a certain part. Whether it is

which snare drum to use, or where to position a guitar amp and a mic

in a big room to get a cool, unique sound out of it. 

For this record we spent about

two months on the recording process, which was the longest we’ve spent

in the studio on an album. We went in for about 3 weeks of tracking,

and then we took a break to head over in your direction, Australia,

for 3 weeks, and then we returned to another month in the studio to

finish things up. 

It was an exciting process this

time because about half of the songs were finished up in the studio

and the majority of those were figured out somewhere around 2am. We’d

work all day in the studio on the songs we knew, then Patrick and I

would head down to the studio around midnight and play around on new

ideas I had.  

Also, Ed hooked us up with a trip

to the local high school band room so we could add some extra instrumentation.

We put a video of the trip up on YouTube. It’s solid gold!  

Were there any

of “Limbeck” that weren’t there in the past? 

We’ve been fans of The Beach

Boys and The Beatles for a while now, but I think on this record those

influences finally out a little more than ever. Ed picked up this book

called “Recording The Beatles” which documents just about every

record they made, instrument by instrument. It’s insane. We definitely

took some notes. 

Also, we wanted to give a bit

of a nod to our old days when we started the band out. Back then we

were only listening to pop-punk, so the song “Keepin’ Busy” is

a little bit of a shout out.  

How have the new songs been

you to reproduce the sounds that are found on the record? 

The new songs have been going

good live. On the past two tours we’ve been bringin an extra musician

friend to help out. Last tour we brought our buddy “Spacey” Casey

Prestwood out. He plays some pedal steel guitar on the record, but we

had him playin some keys and guitar as well. 

Right now we have a guy named

Joe Camerlengo. He’s from Ohio. He’s playin some keys, glockenspiel,

guitar and filling out some harmonies. It’s beautiful. 

Which bands are you on tour

with at the moment? 

Right now we’re on tour with

some of our favourite bands to tour with ever – The Format and Steel

Train. We’ve all known each other for a while now, so we all get into

collaborations with each other. Right now Marko from The Format plays

a song on mandolin with us, and Jack from Steel Train plays some duelling

lead guitar with Patrick on “People Don’t Change”. 

You’ve been on some musically

new Limbeck converts? 

We really like to do both, so

I think that’s why we like to mix it up all the time. Playing to a

room full of people that really dig what you do is always fun. But playin

to a bigger room of people where you have to do your best to make a

good impression is a good challenge. We gotta stay on our toes!  

It’s just been announced

– what can people expect from this tour? 

We will be very happy to be there

and enjoying ourselves to the FULLEST. And people can expect us asking

for tips about good places to eat and hang out. We’re looking for

a good time.  

Do you guys get a say in your

support bands? 

To be honest, I’m not too sure!!

We just wanna tour with Bob Evans.

What have you got planned

for the rest of 2007? 

After we get back from Australia,

we’ll get home and try to relax. And after we’re done with that,

possibly work on a new record. Earlier in the year we bought an 8 track

reel to reel recorder, so we’re anxious to get some stuff down on

it.  

Who are some bands you’ve

heard in the last 12 months who people should check out? 

We’re huge fans of a band called

Dr Dog. They’re from Philadelphia. They’re a good mix of The Beatles

and The Band. The other we stayed at a friend’s house in Austin, Texas

and another guy named David Vandervelde was stayin over. We had a real

good night hangin out and talked music… and then before we left we

heard his record and it’s insane. It’s like modern day T-Rex…

and we’re huge fans of T-Rex! 

If you could assemble your

dream tour, who would be on it and why? 

The Beatles circa “Revolver”,

The Beach Boys circa “Carl & The Passions”, Dr Dog and Lily

Allen. 

The Beatles and The Beach Boys

were very competitive for a while, so it’d be great to get them out

on tour together during that time cuz I’m sure a crazy record would

out of the whole thing. Dr Dog would be a lot of fun to see every night

and Patrick has a huge crush on Lily Allen, so that’d be good!  

Favourite activity to pass

time on the road? 

We record freestyle rap songs.

Well, our tour manager Jon Cheese does. He goes by the name of EZ Cheese.

And Patrick produces all the tracks. He puts down the beats and instrumentation

and then Cheese does his freestyle over it. Patrick actually beat him

in a rap battle in a parking lot in Vermont, but we won’t talk about

that.  

Have there been any humorous

incidents on a Limbeck tour that you’d like to share with our readers? 

I’ll try to make this a quick

story… but a few years ago our van broke down in the middle of nowhere

in South Carolina. We were able to get it to a shop but this shop was

craaaaaaazy, with a bunch of very interesting people working there. 

Anyhow, we got a quick fix on

our van and moved on. A year later the car mechanic showed up to a show

of ours in South Carolina and he had won the lottery for $8 million!!!

He said he had a big RV for us, that he wanted to sign over to us cuz

he liked our band. 

Unfortunately, the next few days

he was buying houses so we couldn’t pick it up. There are a LOT more

details to this story, but you can ask us when we’re around. 

Any final words man? 

We’re ridiculously excited to

be back in Australia. And please tell us where good Mexican food is!!!! 

Thanks for your time! 

Thank you! 

For more information on Limbeck

head to: 

http://www.limbeck.net