OK I am older than most commenting but i will say that when I first saw Fontaines DC at Whelan's in Dublin, I was totally hooked. Grain reminded me of the first time I saw Jim Morrison at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles. The poet standing alone on the stage professing his words amid the music created by and surrounded by his band. the poet stands out. He and his words shine.
agreed. I am 53, saw them live last night (opener for Arctic Monkeys). I was babysitting my daughter at the concert, but I became a fan immediately! It reminded me of The Verve, whom I love, especially live!
Word! I am 59, in a post-punk band myself (drummer/vocalist) and I recently discovered these guys as well as Idles (both of whom I think are brilliant). I would KILL to see these guys perform here in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, and would KILL to open for them!...oh, and I am a woman who plays drums. BAM!
saw them a year ago at the end of summer playing a music festival in switzerland - that gig is stuck in my mind forever, it felt nearly surreal because there was so much energy there can`t even describe it
Caught the Fontaines DC in Los Angeles at Prima Vera Fest & I can't believe how fresh they sounded!! Really enjoyed their set, cant wait to see them again!
True. It's very cool of stupid H.S. and all the shit you're supposed to pretend you are!!! I'l loving this band!! and I'm an old gramma with lots of beautiful grandkids and my husband, who '"dig" all this amazing music!!! "Party On" you old "fogie's"!!!
When I was I child my mother used to read to me carriageways, she would read in the tempo of a train! He’s the only person I’ve heard that’s how it should be actually read!!
@@vibes..585 Just seeing your comment. What exactly would you like for me to say? Perhaps I meant it sounded like a romantic voice compared to us in the states! That was 2 years ago! I take it that this comment stirs up sentiment between us the Americans and those living in Europe! So far, Europe wins on that the Americans accents are more bizzare and weird! Okay, I can go with that! Thanx, to remind me of that crazy comment I made over 2 years ago! Was the comment so bizzare you felt the need to comment? Okay! Later!! Maybe I said something you like, but I don't know!
I used to think BIMM was a Billy Barry stage school for idiots. How wrong I was. If you are 20 years of age and into music, you are in a very bad way - no investment, no labels, everyone out to rip you off the second you play live. I have come to realise that BIMM is like getting a good producer on board, because most producers have been made redundant. Some of those excellent producers and musicians actually work at BIMM, so in a way, it's like getting the guidance from a good producer and a 21st Century way of meeting like minded musicians - in the 1980s you'd get studio time and investment from a label after you pinned your "bass player wanted" A4 adverts on the steps of Freebird records. This is the new way, and some of the good guys are at BIMM telling these young bands the pitfalls and more importantly, the people to avoid.
Oh my god I love you man then you reference Robert Louis Stevenson… here I’ve wrote you a song. It’s as Irish your getting in a Scottish setting She was giving out Said I don’t give a bollox She says runners I say trainers It’s an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting How are we forgetting Cause you can’t beat an Irish wedding with a Scottish setting How are we forgetting No time for regretting It’s an Irish wedding With a Scottish setting How are we forgetting She clipped my ear Skelped me on the rear Said Keir Stop drinking beer! How are we forgetting It’s an Irish wedding In a Scottish setting How are we forgetting Ya bleedin mad thing How are ye Happy holidays Is it paddy’s day or Burns Or is it us I get missed I get mixed up At an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting I get mixed up The times we can’t ever be forgetting No time for regretting this great wedding of my Irish bride and my Scottish man , in any setting. It’s an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting. Ya bleedin mad thing.
'Never let school get in the way of your education'.
FDC are a serious breath of fresh air in a stale and stagnant world of commercial packaged tripe. Very articulate lads.
The more I learn about this band the more I like them.
I try to learn about them a little at a time, but after a few minutes end up watching them perform Big on KEXP, and that's me ready to tackle the day.
Malheureusement tant de mouton ecoutes Coldplay harry style et hozier
OK I am older than most commenting but i will say that when I first saw Fontaines DC at Whelan's in Dublin, I was totally hooked. Grain reminded me of the first time I saw Jim Morrison at the Whisky-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles. The poet standing alone on the stage professing his words amid the music created by and surrounded by his band. the poet stands out. He and his words shine.
Wow! You got to see The Doors live at the Whiskey!?? That must have been awesome. What year was it?
Yeah, I’m impressed too!
agreed. I am 53, saw them live last night (opener for Arctic Monkeys). I was babysitting my daughter at the concert, but I became a fan immediately! It reminded me of The Verve, whom I love, especially live!
Word! I am 59, in a post-punk band myself (drummer/vocalist) and I recently discovered these guys as well as Idles (both of whom I think are brilliant). I would KILL to see these guys perform here in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, and would KILL to open for them!...oh, and I am a woman who plays drums. BAM!
saw them a year ago at the end of summer playing a music festival in switzerland - that gig is stuck in my mind forever, it felt nearly surreal because there was so much energy there can`t even describe it
They’ve made a shift w romance. Just seen their gig in Dublin and it was amazing but their lyricism still shines
Very smart and elequent young man
saw this band live at the wiltern in LA earlier last month, they put on such a great performance, cant wait to see them again
one of the best interviews I've seen of Grian - Thanks for asking the right questions!!!
Caught the Fontaines DC in Los Angeles at Prima Vera Fest & I can't believe how fresh they sounded!! Really enjoyed their set, cant wait to see them again!
Nice. I'm from Dublin myself not too far from where Grians from, havent caught them live yet but they're next on the list.
Really enjoyed this a couple of years ago. Thanks for posting it. 😊
All of the members of FDC seem intelligent, wise old souls.This bodes very well for their future.
True. It's very cool of stupid H.S. and all the shit you're supposed to pretend you are!!! I'l loving this band!! and I'm an old gramma with lots of beautiful grandkids and my husband, who '"dig" all this amazing music!!! "Party On" you old "fogie's"!!!
I'm seeing these guys live this year and I couldn't be any more thrilled.
Been to many punk gigs and fontains at the barrowlands Glasgow was more lively then 75% of them. Such a good live act. Absolutely class ❤
I lovw his elf ears , he's absolutely gorgeous ❤❤❤
Fantastic, thanks for this
Nice one for uploading this
When I was I child my mother used to read to me carriageways, she would read in the tempo of a train! He’s the only person I’ve heard that’s how it should be actually read!!
Great stuff -- I'm late to the party as always!
Nah man , I just heard them for the first time last week 😅
@ welcome to the party!
The look on Johns face at the end of the interview. He knows he's in the presence of 'the boy'.
I like feeling a bit scatterbrained myself that's how some creative ideas do creap in. Love it, ar an gcroithe go deo
One smart cookie, for sure.
I'm an American so hearing his Dublin dialect is wild!!
American accents are more bizarre and weird
It's almost like a seperate country 5,000 miles across the atlantic has a different sounding accent!
Hi..What do you find wild about it ?
@@vibes..585 Just seeing your comment. What exactly would you like for me to say? Perhaps I meant it sounded like a romantic voice compared to us in the states! That was 2 years ago! I take it that this comment stirs up sentiment between us the Americans and those living in Europe! So far, Europe wins on that the Americans accents are more bizzare and weird! Okay, I can go with that! Thanx, to remind me of that crazy comment I made over 2 years ago! Was the comment so bizzare you felt the need to comment? Okay! Later!! Maybe I said something you like, but I don't know!
I used to think BIMM was a Billy Barry stage school for idiots. How wrong I was. If you are 20 years of age and into music, you are in a very bad way - no investment, no labels, everyone out to rip you off the second you play live. I have come to realise that BIMM is like getting a good producer on board, because most producers have been made redundant. Some of those excellent producers and musicians actually work at BIMM, so in a way, it's like getting the guidance from a good producer and a 21st Century way of meeting like minded musicians - in the 1980s you'd get studio time and investment from a label after you pinned your "bass player wanted" A4 adverts on the steps of Freebird records. This is the new way, and some of the good guys are at BIMM telling these young bands the pitfalls and more importantly, the people to avoid.
It is a bit of a Billy Barry school to be fair. But every now and then someone like grian is bound to randomly go there
I love grian more after watching this ❤
They ripped it up in Brooklyn last night
Robert Louis Stevenson 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 can obviously a very well read young man
Fontaines D.C. came from Bimm? does that make Bimm cooler or Fontaines D.C. less cool?
hahahaha love it. bit of both i think
Cancels out
Nothing can make fontaines less cool
neither
I had a bad car crash in omagh it felt like I was singing tribe by sinead
Obrigado :D
Couldn’t focus on the questions , he is so beautiful 😂
Oh my god I love you man then you reference Robert Louis Stevenson… here I’ve wrote you a song. It’s as Irish your getting in a Scottish setting
She was giving out
Said I don’t give a bollox
She says runners
I say trainers
It’s an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting
How are we forgetting
Cause you can’t beat an Irish wedding with a Scottish setting
How are we forgetting
No time for regretting
It’s an Irish wedding
With a Scottish setting
How are we forgetting
She clipped my ear
Skelped me on the rear
Said Keir
Stop drinking beer!
How are we forgetting
It’s an Irish wedding
In a Scottish setting
How are we forgetting
Ya bleedin mad thing
How are ye
Happy holidays
Is it paddy’s day or Burns
Or is it us
I get missed
I get mixed up
At an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting
I get mixed up
The times we can’t ever be forgetting
No time for regretting this great wedding of my Irish bride and my Scottish man , in any setting.
It’s an Irish wedding in a Scottish setting. Ya bleedin mad thing.
"it wasn't writing, it was revealing"
Absolute babe
very cool :)
He's soooo 😍
Best Wishes,
Interesting guy
Am sure he's bought his own home now
no, still living rent-free with his parents, home-cooked meals, washing done, that is the life of the young and free
@@jamesbradshaw3389 he lives in an apartment in england now
Up the fucking reds
No idea what this is or why it was recommended to me. Only clicked so I could comment that the guy who is in the thumbnail has a tiny head.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Interesting.
Poetry. Shane McGowan body of an American say no more.
@ about 10 mins in He likes Shane McG! thats it Iv heard this & Skinty enough said subbed like a light
❤ 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇪
A good ol Barrow - in - Furness lad 👍
Shane McGowan! Hell yeah!
Do you know what I mean
Genius
:)
Joy Division Cosplay
Every post-punk band is inspired by Joy Division, for obvious reasons.
@@ourkidof91 Im only being a prick I love Fontaines D.C.
@@IrishPablo94 fair enough fella, sorry for the snarky response.
I know you’re joking but i do think he looks a bit like Ian Curtis
And joy division was doing the velvet underground, and the fall was doing captain beefheart, and captain beefheart was doing howling wolf
What a boring interview 🤣
then why are you here. This was very interesting imo
@@JackMorgan06swear, this guy must want Grian doing backflips or something while answering questions??
wannabe Joy Division
They are better tbh
I love them but they are not better than JD. Not a fucking chance.
Clown.
You sure are
Ha ha hella jealous fella
We're all clowns mate, some are just better at it than others.
Don’t be so hard on yerself😂
one hell of a smart and talented clown