Interview:PORNADO!

Ready to take the BANDWIDTH stage by storm on Friday (12/08), Chicago's own PORNADO!, a newly annointed 3-piece who revel in the British new wave goodness that the The Faint bathe in. Reaching back far enough to sound comfortably familiar, but stamping their own signature touch and lustful moans on the style, PORNADO! create very delectable and danceable music. They are determined to get someone some action Friday night. We posed a few questions to Trout Blood of PORNADO! via email this past weekend.

Can you introduce the band?
Trout Blood (keys, lead vocals). H.Carl Lowendorf (guitar, vocals). Amy Day (vocals,other keys).

How did you all get together?
Pornado has been around since about 2000. Trout used to live in Lincoln, NE. There, the band put out two EPs, Virgins Every One and Man In The Safeway Parking Lot, and one full-length, For Lovers. Trout moved to Chicago in 2003 and Pornado! existed as a recording-only solo project until H.Carl joined up in 2005. We recorded the latest record, Love Me 'Til I Just Can't See, in our basement in 2006. We really thought we needed a sweet female vocal to balance out the late-night urban love-making ideal that we have for the next record, so Amy joined the band about four months ago.

What's the deal with the name?
I tried to use it for another band I started in Lincoln in around 1998. The other members turned it down. I remembered it.

When not playing as Pornado!, how do you busy yourself?
H.Carl is a carpenter. Amy is a grad student in some sort of performance artsy-fartsy type thing. Trout gets by on his good looks and undeniable charm.

How do you approach the songwriting process?
Usually, I hear a song I like on the way home. I come home and try real hard to steal it. I'm not very good at playing music so it ends up sounding completely different. A song is born.

Do you have any influences?
We like all sorts of stuff. Mostly late 70s/early 80s soft rock. H.Carl likes stuff with guitars in it. I don't know what the hell Amy likes. *(an undercover conversation with Amy later uncovered she "likes musicals" -CG)

With Amy being a new addition to the lineup, how will this affect the band creatively?
I make Amy write the vocal melodies and lyrics to the songs she sings. She's not me, so...it's different. And now there's another keyboard.

What is Pornado's plan for the future?
More shows. Another record. World peace.

What can we expect from your set on Friday?
You can expect to be unwittingly, inexplicably compelled to grab whomever it is next to you and make sweet, sweet love all night long. And probably to get a bit drunk.

What is you favorite part about Chicago?
Ummm...standing around waiting for buses and trains in the winter.

Who are you listening to right now?
The Carpenters.

WORD ASSOCIATION!

Paint - clowns

Lips - clowns

Rock - clowns

Rain - Jimi Hendrix

Thanks for your time, Trout!

PORNADO! will inject Friday night with just the right amount of sex, sweat, and dance beats to make you overheat in the dead of winter. Be sure not to miss their raucous set!

Download: PORNADO! - "Leaving Me"