The Gecko Brothers: Mo Gecko
Fans of the film From Dusk Till Dawn will recognize the name of this Netherlandic quartet, but chances are you haven’t experienced the rawk n’ roll insanity that is The Gecko Brothers. These four hard drinking, fast playing sons o’ bitches caught my attention recently, and I just had to feature them as our very first Band of the Week. I caught up with frontman Mo Gecko to get the lowdown on the band, Amsterdam, and all things rawk.
White Trash Devil: First of all, thanks for taking the time to do this. I haven’t conducted an interview in three years, so forgive me if this completely fucking sucks. I just discovered The Gecko Brothers recently, and I really like what I’ve heard so far. Tell us a little about the band, and what life in Suck City is like.
Mo Gecko: The Gecko Brothers are together now for like 3 years or so. Believe it or not but we actually are 4 brothers. 1 mother, but 4 different fathers. We all share the love for that good ol’ loud rawking roll music. Songs about beer, women, drugs, etc. You know, your everyday sins.
Life in Suck City is pretty sucky sometimes ‘cause it’s a bit of a boring place where not a lot of things are happening. But we are building up a good music scene (if I may say so myself) with some bands from Breda. The good thing about Breda is, we got a shitload of bars to hang out in.
WTD: The Netherlands is often referred to as Holland, and its people called the Dutch. Is it annoying having such confusion surrounding your country, or do the pleasures of Amsterdam make it all better?
Mo: No, it’s not annoying at all. For us, we don’t care what you call us. The only thing that can be annoying for us is the fact that a lot of Americans mix us up with the Germans (Dutch to Deutch, you dig?). And that is a different group of bastards.
And a tip for all you Americans: Amsterdam is fun, BUT it’s a fuckin tourist trap. Stay there for one or two days and then get the hell outta dodge. There are a lot better cities to go to for all your sinnin’ needs. For example Utrecht (middle of Holland) or Eindhoven (south of Holland). Eindhoven has a real good rock scene by the way.
WTD: The Gecko Brothers have released two albums so far, both on Drunkabilly Records. Are there any plans for your next album, and if so, when can we expect it?
Mo: No plans yet for a new album, we are still in the process of writing some new songs.
WTD: You’ve shared the stage with the likes of Nashville Pussy and Zeke. If you could share the stage with any band, who would it be?
Mo: Basicly we are a bunch of whores. As long as it rocks, we will share the stage with anybody! But your fishing for names, right? How about New Bomb Turks, The Supersuckers, Motörhead, Rose Tattoo, Gang Green, The Dwarves, Electric Frankenstein, etc. And some more Nashville Pussy and the almighty Zeke of course. :-)
WTD: Besides The Gecko Brothers, name some other Netherlandic bands that are worth checking out.
Mo: 69 Charger (one of my favorites), Peter Pan Speedrock, Fury 161, Bobby Kingsize, Beavershot, Dead Elvis and his One Man Grave. These bands are all on the Gecko Brothers friends list on MySpace. Check ‘em out, you will like them.
WTD: MySpace seems to be a double-edged sword – it’s filled with attention whores and morons, but it’s also allowed me to find a lot of great bands that I probably wouldn’t have heard otherwise. How important has that addictive, life-sucking website been for The Gecko Brothers?
Mo: I guess pretty important, it got us some shows. We are busy with a guy from France to get us some shows and some other guy from Italy showed some interest. Also you “meet” a lot of cool people & zines (like WTD) to share some stuff and stories with.
WTD: Give us five reasons why we should buy your music and/or see The Gecko Brothers live.
Mo: If you don’t go or buy it, we will kill you! No matter where you live.
No, seriously…it’s some honest, loud, bad ass rawk and roll. No Bullshit, just straight forward good rock and roll music to drink to. We also take the time to hang with people before and after the shows. We’ll give you your money’s worth.
WTD: I know this will seem totally random to you, but trust me it’s important – How would you say “Farlus is a homosexual” in Dutch?
Mo: Huh? Euh ok, Farlus is een vuile flikker.
WTD: Thanks again for doing this, Mo. Any final comments or anything you’d like to plug?
Mo: No problem dude, it was fun to do. Thanks to White trash Devil for giving us the opportunity to spread the loud rawk and roll gospel of The Gecko Brothers. One loud fucking Family.
Thanks to your readers for taking the time to read this stuff. I invite you all to visit our website or our MySpace site for more info on this bunch of misfits.
And last but not least, a shout out to our road crew! You know who you are. Stay drunk, stay loud and add some evil to it while you’re at it.
Links: myspace.com/thegeckobrothers, thegeckobrothers.sucks.nl
Reverend Sick | 06/23/2006