5 QUESTIONS
WHO ARE YOU?
DEAD PONY
My name is Anna and I’m part of Glaswegian punk band Dead Pony.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
We make up-beat punk music inspired by many of our hero’s such as Madonna and Queens of the Stone Age. I play guitar and lead vocals, Blair plays lead guitar, Liam is on bass and Aidan on drums.
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
We’re all very passionate about what we do. I’ve always been into music, art and performing from a very young age. I’d say that our passion of music is the common thread that runs through the band and binds us all together. There’s nothing better than doing the thing that you love with the people you love and having other people love it too. That feeling of when you’re performing on stage with your best friends and there are hundreds of people in the audience singing along to songs that you wrote together is unreal.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
We are all still amidst a mass lockdown so not much is going
on unfortunately. Me and Blair are being slaves to the corporate system by working from home and Liam and Aidan are cutting about like the hot young studs that they are. In all seriousness though, we’ve just been writing music and trying to keep the creative juices flowing. Blair’s been working on his production stuff too and has done some audio mixes for pals. We just released our single 'Everything is Easy' which has been received really well and we have another single coming out very soon which is exciting.
WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC?
I think that with what’s going on in the world at the moment, it would be weird for me to mention anything other than the Civil Rights and BLM movements happening worldwide. I know this isn’t necessarily a “hot topic” and shouldn’t be sensationalised as such but this is definitely the biggest civil rights movement that I have been a part of in my life time and I truly hope that this is a pivotal point in history. We all indulge in black culture in many different ways from music to 29
fashion and I think it’s important that we have the knowledge and understanding of where these aspects of our lives were born. As Clara Amfo powerfully stated last week “You can’t enjoy the rhythm and forget the blues” and I think that this is so important to remember. We can’t continue as a society to cherry pick the bits of black culture that we enjoy while not standing with and protecting the black community. I can’t use my position of privilege to talk on behalf of the black community but I think it’s vital that as white, privileged musicians and artists we use our platform to lift up and support the black community in every way that we can and to educate ourselves and others on the issues. Additionally, we all need to make changes to eradicate the systemic racism that pollutes our culture and I think the best way to do that is to have a look at yourself and see how you can be a better person and a better ally.. The new single 'Sharp Tongues is released 24th July.
Photography by Daniel Blake
