There’s a new band on the Celtic-Punk scene and what a great name! All Those Empty Pubs hail from up in the Swiss Alps and have just put out their debut release. We got to ask Diego the bands only member (!) a few questions.
Diego says of his arrival in the Celtic-Folk-Punk
“All Those Empty Pubs was founded 2020 in the Swiss alps as a solo project. I had been playing for nearly twenty years as a guitarist and singer, with fifteen of those in the German speaking Punk band, Die Grimmelshäuser. I had the opportunity to play over 100 live concerts and to record some albums. Over the years I’ve contributed to the punk scene as a concert organiser and I’ve also had the chance to create some Punk compilations.
Some years ago I played in a Medieval Folk band. We experimented a lot and everyone played all the instruments a wee bit. So I came into contact with the Irish bouzouki, tin whistles and the Hümmelchen (small baroque bagpipes). I’ve also tried some musical stuff like early Reggae and Ska. Two or three years ago I started to play the mandolin and learned some traditional Scottish and Irish tunes. Before that, I used to mainly listen to modern Celtic-Punk and Celtic-Rock.
Since I’m living in a rural, mountainy place, it’s hard to find other musicians. Of course there are some great ones. But to find people who like the same music as you, have talent and time is pretty hard. So after the Corona outbreak I decided to start a solo project. Maybe it’s easier to find other people, if there’s already a foundation.
For my first track, my band member of Die Grimmelshäuser lent me his voice for the backing vocals. Thanks Matthias! As a part of the do it yourself attitude I learned over the past years to record and mix audio tracks. At the moment I’m also training to be an audio engineer. So I have the great opportunity to record and mix my songs in my home studio.”
So there you go. A fantastic debut and we look forward to hearing more and in the spirit of these more enlightened times not a single mention of Toblerone’s or cuckoo clocks or even my second favourite Laurel And Hardy film.
(Stream / download ’40 Days’ from the Bandcamp player below)
Contact All Those Empty Pubs Facebook YouTube Bandcamp
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