By Joe Sipka
Electric Six are without a doubt one of my favorite bands. They have a pretty eclectic mix of sounds, and have been described as garage rock mixed with rhythm and blues and disco, and their lyrics are always amazing. I don't know of any other current bands that can sing about escaping from Ohio or Domino Farms and still be taken seriously. After trying to get an interview through normal agent-related channels I used a sort of six degrees of separation connection to them, involving the friend of a boyfriend of a coworker, who has or had some kind of working relationship with the band. In any case, after the trials of setting up the interview and fighting with our office telephone David and I sat down to have a chat with Dick Valentine, the frontman and songwriter of the band.
JS: How do you write so much music so quickly? It feels like you were just touring for "Flashy."
DV: Um, you know we put out an album then we tour, we see things, we talk to people, we have conversations, and that leads to more music.
JS: Out of everything you've put out do you have a favorite track, or any top favorites? I mean, obviously Gay Bar is pretty popular.
DV: Yeah man, I don't know, every now and then I think about that and I'd say right now my favorite song is Transatlantic flight, I was thinking about what a great song that was, but it could change tomorrow.
