Zeke Buck of People Noise took a few minutes to answer a few questions. Zeke, of course, was one of the founding members of VHS or Beta, but decided to leave in 2006 to start up People Noise with longtime friend Matt Johnson (of Boom Bip). These guys have put together a continuous series of exhaustive tour after exhaustive tour since their inception and emergence as People Noise, setting a perfect example for how to make a name for yourself in the oversaturated music market of today. You might imagine that 10+ years in VHS or Beta might cause one’s “new direction” to lend itself heavily to the style he’d grown accustomed to in VHS or Beta, but that isn’t the case at all. Not to mention Matt Johnson, having spent years sharing the stage with the likes of LCD Sondsystem and other disco-punk bands. Instead, these guys have gone from disco to shoegaze DIY noiserock…and it is incredible…
These guys will be playing this year’s Forecastle Festival, but in the nearer future, they’ll be playing this Friday at the Pink Door along with The Zero Element (who you’ll see mentioned below) and Six White Horses.
Why trust us? You can get the debut album, Ordinary Ghosts, as a free download, or you can just check out their first single, The Killing Fields
Questions
1. What neighborhood did you grow up in?
Grew up in the highlands. 2200 Village Dr. A great place for block parties and big wheeling. Matt grew on Long Fork out between two hollers, riding horses & catching crawdads.
2. When did you start playing together? Did you have a different band name?
Had a few ideas for band names but none of them seemed to work really well. Started playing together about 12 years ago, but only fairly recently as People Noise
3. First show you played in Kentucky (plus any details you remember about it)?
We were lucky enough to land the show at the Brown Theater w/ TV on the Radio. A little worried preparing for it since it was nearly our first show as a band but it turned out pretty well.
4. First show outside of Kentucky…how did you book it?
I started booking a lot of shows before the record was completed in order to force a deadline for everything. Plus there’s always a million reasons why being on the road isn’t practical. I spent about 3 months building a database of venues and promoters and just went from there. If any Louisville bands are looking for help outside of the city, have them myspace me with their email and I can send them some over. I’d hate to have anyone else have to deal with that work load.
5. Favorite Kentucky band?
My Morning Jacket, Wax Fang & Joe Manning, plus we’ve got a great friend and ex-guitarist in Zero Element. Louisville never seems too short with good bands though.
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