When you take a funk/pop sound, multiply it by six, and slap on a MTV honor for “Best Boston Breakout Artist,” you get the band Gentlemen Hall. I chatted with Rory, the band’s bass player, to get the scoop.
First of all, tell me a little bit about the band. How did you guys meet? How long have you been together?
Sure. Well, Gavin and I grew up together actually back home in Cleveland. The rest of us, we were all studying at Berklee. About a year and a half ago we made the decision…a couple of us were screwing around, jamming and we were like, “Maybe we should put a band together, this is kind of a cool sound” and pretty much settled all the members within the first couple months, and we’ve been together ever since.
Describe your sound in three adjectives.
Explosive. Infectious. Extraterrestrial.
What’s your favorite band/artist right now?
At the moment I’m really into Estelle. She did that “American Boy” song with Kanye, she’s kind of a hiphop/soul/R&B singer, and I’ve been really digging that lately.
If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?
Michael Jackson. Haha. Maybe Bob Marley. But anyone living? Um…maybe Passion Pit?
Going for the Boston local thing huh?
Yeah, a little bit of Boston pride right there for sure!
Do you guys have any plans to tour in the near future?
Yeah our plan is to wrap up our first full length or at least a solid EP/collection of newer tracks by the end of spring, and hit the road in the summer, you know Boston kind of dies out cuz all the students go home. We’ll try and head down the east coast for a couple weeks or something like that. Nothing too lofty, but first steps.
If Gentlemen Hall were made into a reality show, who would be the heartthrob and who would be the troublemaker?
Hahaha. Jake would be the heartthrob and Seth would be the troublemaker.
What would you be?
I’d be more on the troublish side. Actually I’d probably cause more trouble than Seth does.
Where can people check out your music?
iTunes is obviously the easiest, but there’s also a bunch of external sites too. I’m actually about to post links to them on our MySpace page.
Visit Gentlemen Hall online:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/gentlemenhall
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gentlemenhall
Twitter: @GentlemenHall
Bonus: Download Gentlemen Hall’s single “Stereo”
