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Horace Greene. Photo by Bobbie Knopp.<\/p>\n
A Q&A With Horace Greene\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though commonly referred to as a Midwest indie rock band, Horace Greene defines itself as a completely new genre of music: \u201cpowerlounge.\u201d A mix of several music styles, the band from Oshkosh coined this term and is pioneering the genre.<\/p>\n
Ahead of their Door County performance on May 30, Sam Swetlik and Tony Oakley of Horace Greene talked about their passion for writing and performing this unique music.<\/p>\n
KN: When did you come together to form your band?\u00a0<\/p>\n
HG: Tony and I met in early high school through a mutual friend and started hanging out (Probably in 2011). We have played in a few different bands and then formed Horace Greene in 2015.<\/p>\n
KN: What sparked the idea to call your band Horace Greene?<\/p>\n
HG: We were workshopping an old man\u2019s name. We had tossed around a few, and then Horace Greene came to us.<\/p>\n
KN: I saw on Instagram that you define your band as \u201cPowerlounge.\u201d How would you describe what this sounds like?\u00a0<\/p>\n
HG: To our knowledge, we are the first \u201cPowerlounge\u201d band. It\u2019s a marriage between power pop, indie rock, and lounge music.<\/p>\n
KN: What is one starter song that you recommend to someone new to your music?\u00a0<\/p>\n
HG: Nighttime Boi is a good place to start!<\/p>\n
KN: What is your first music memory?\u00a0<\/p>\n
HG: A musical memory we both share is our love of Guitar Hero and how it inspired both of us to start playing music.<\/p>\n
KN: What is the first album you owned?\u00a0<\/p>\n
HG: Strangely enough, both of our first albums were \u201cWho Let The Dogs Out\u201d by Baha Men. It was meant to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
KN: Is there a song you\u2019ve listened to more than any other?<\/p>\n
HG: We are both huge fans of Daft Punk and their Album Random Access Memories.<\/p>\n
KN: What band or musician do you listen to when you need to get out of a funk?<\/p>\n
HG: Anderson .Paak<\/p>\n
KN: Do you like playing covers?<\/p>\n
HG: We normally do not play covers, but for Mile of Music last year, we had to perform a few for their \u201cFinal Jam\u201d on the big ballroom stage, and we played \u201cTake It Easy\u201d by the Eagles & \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d by Tears for Fears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
KN: What\u2019s the smallest audience you\u2019ve ever played for at a paying gig?<\/p>\n
HG: Probably 3 or 4 people. Sometimes that\u2019s just the hand you\u2019re dealt.<\/p>\n
KN: Which local venue has the best acoustics or best scene?<\/p>\n
HG: We used to love playing at Door County Brewing Co. and would love to play there again sometime soon!<\/p>\n
KN: Which musician playing in Door County regularly is your favorite to see perform?<\/p>\n
HG: We are fans of Hunter Gatherer!<\/p>\n
KN: What\u2019s the best musical lesson you were ever taught?<\/p>\n
HG: Being able to roll through the mistakes and keep going; most times, people won\u2019t even notice.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t miss hearing Horace Greene\u2019s exceptional sound at Sway Brewing + Blending in Baileys Harbor on Saturday, May 30, or check out their album release show June 6 at Gibson Music Hall in Appleton.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Horace Greene. Photo by Bobbie Knopp. A Q&A With Horace Greene\u00a0 Though commonly referred to as a Midwest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,292435,216],"class_list":["post-670058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-horace-greene","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}