Dead Neck and Actionmen talk about their punk split, “Defections”!
Tell us one thing no one else knows about this record. Andy: We've just come home from a 2 week tour around mainland Europe and sold our entire consignment of records from Mud Cake, both the split and the self-titled EP reissue. Result. Thanks everyone. Diego: We recorded live in trio the instrumental parts of the songs, and recorded the vocals later on... Very difficult, but very funny! Now that you guys have unveiled this split, can we expect an Actionmen / Dead Neck tour anytime soon? Andy: We did eight gigs in Europe and the UK with them in 2015 and a tour of Japan in January 2018. We speak regularly about what each other are up to and what's possible to play together, which still blows my mind. I think Actionmen should have every band in Europe asking them to tour with them. One of the guys has a new baby, but the band is still properly active and currently playing good festivals in Europe and regular gigs around Italy. We're ready when they are to do something longer again. Diego: We really hope that!! Actually, the Japan tour was organized to promote the split, but, as always, things took us more than we thought... So we really hope to tour again together. We are planning some gigs in Italy together this Fall! Andy is too good with his words about us! Touring with Dead Neck and playing with punk rock bands from U.K, like Dead Neck, Fair Do’s, Darko, Almeida, Sombulance, The Human Project, is always ultra stimulating... They are all playing at the highest level, they are all incredible musicians (and lovely guys), and playing before or after them gives us extra adrenaline because we feel like we have to keep the level so high!! Thanks for your time! Andy: Nice one! :-) Diego: Ciaooo! :)
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