MUMBAI: Dinosaur Pile-Up, an English alternative rock band that managed to become a global rage with its first album ‘Growing Pains’, has just added up to its popularity over the years. India, which experienced their music last in 2013, is getting to enjoy some more of it in 2016.
The band that is touring for their latest album ’11:11′ performed at NH7 Hyderabad this Sunday (6 November 2016). They gave an unforgettable performance at NH7 and now they will turn on the volume for Mumbai. Todi Mills Social will host the band tonight (9 November 2016).
Radioandmusic.com got into a candid chat with lead singer and guitarist Matt Bigland who went on to share the band’s connect and plans for India. Excerpts.
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How is India treating you? How was the NH7 Hyderabad experience?
It is treating us well. Everyone here is so helpful and friendly. The first time we were here was in 2013 for NH7 Pune. It is such a great festival and we just can’t wait to get here.
Did you witness any changes at NH7 in comparison to last year?
This was the festival’s first year in Hyderabad and there was lots of energy. Everyone was so excited and the show turned out to be so much fun. We were also excited to be playing for everyone.
Did you like any particular band or artiste performance at NH7?
Skrat. They were awesome. We watched them perform. They have great music and they are great guys.
What should one expect at Todi Mill?
We just can’t wait to play. We are so excited. We love to play in Mumbai. Tonight will be a loud rock show with lots of songs from our new album ’11:11′ and our second album ‘Nature Nurture’. There will also be a lot of new material from our new album.
You created 11:11 while you were on the road. Is being on road giving birth to another album?
I am always writing new songs. ’11:11′ was written while I was traveling and one of the songs on the album was saved as ‘Mumbai Heavy’ for a very long time. I renamed it later.
The journey of Dinosaur Pile-Up has been full of surprises with older members exiting and new members joining. What is that one thing that has been constant for the band?
That’s me (laughs). The sound and the energy of the band have always been constant. Our goal is to make good music and we have been progressing towards it.
The music scene is constantly changing. Commercial success makes one mend rules…
Our music will always be evolving. But, our identity as a band is very strong and it won’t change. There is a message that we are trying to give and that stays the way it is. We would like to be commercially successful, but we value our integrity. We want to achieve commercial success by what we are doing. We do not want success by doing what we do not like doing. It takes a lot of hard work and courage.
Do you plan to shoot any of your song videos in India?
Maybe, but one thing that I would like to do is shoot us playing in different places of India. India is intense and crazy in a great way. So I would like to make more of a tour documentary.
We’ve heard that you are working on a collaboration with Shruti Hassan. Tell us a bit about that?
We were working on collaboration and that will release one day. It is pretty cool stuff. She is a good friend of ours and it was awesome.
