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Interview with Brian Forsythe,
Georg Dolivo and Reeve Downes of Rhino Bucket
By Metal Mark September 2007
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Rhino Bucket formed in the late 1980’s in the LA
area and began playing their brand of AC/DC inspired hard rock. They
released their self-titled debut in 1990 and subsequently released two
more albums over the next four years. The band broke up in the
mid-1990’s, but eventually reformed in 2001. “And Then It Got Ugly”
was released in 2006 and was quickly followed up by a re-issue of
their third album “Pain” with the new title of “Pain and Suffering”
plus a rarities album entitled “No Song Left Behind”. The band has
been on tour for over a year including playing at this past summer’s
Rocklahoma festival and they still have dates planned through the end
of 2007.
You released "And Then It Got Ugly" last year. Then "Pain and
Suffering" was re-mastered and released this year. It seems like you
have been touring for most of that time as well. How long have you
been touring and how has the tour been?
BF-There have been a few extended periods where we went out for a
month here or there but most of the touring has been sporadic. We've
been booking ourselves so a good booking agent would help. It’s been
fun so far. Anytime that I’m on stage playing my guitar I’m having
fun.
GD-We've been touring on and off for the past 16 months. It seems that
wherever we go the crowd is appreciative of the effort that we put
into our shows. Sometimes the crowd is large, sometimes not so much.
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Any good stories from this past
tour?
BF-Opening for Kix was interesting. Of course, after
doing the Rhino Bucket set, I had to change clothes turn
around and come back out on stage with Kix. That got a
little exhausting after a while.
GD-As I now have kids that are internet savvy, I'm going
to pass on this one.
RD- Heh,Heh,HehWhat are your
recording plans for the future?
BF-We’re about to take off across the US for the month
of October in a Winnebago. Our plan is to write the next
Rhino Bucket record as we’re driving across the US, and
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GD-We're
going to start recording when we get back from this leg of
the tour. Once again, Stephan Sigurson will be behind the
board and, I've got to be honest, the new songs are simply
the best we've ever had.
RD- We're trying to get a new record out early next year.
We would like to do a live recording soon too.
What was it like playing Rocklahoma?
BF-Very interesting! I was surprised at the turn out. ‘80s
rock is alive and well! Our time slot wasn’t the greatest
but our audience consisted of only hardcore Rhino Bucket
fans so that was cool. It was nice just being there and
keeping our name out there and visible.
GD-It was fucking hot! lol All in all, it was fun. I wish
we had played later in the day but whatever.
RD- It was hot! You know festivals are kinda more about
the party than the music and it was a great party. It was
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It seems like a number of bands
sound like AC/DC. What sets Rhino Bucket apart from
other bands that sound like AC/DC?
BF-Yes, but we’ve got Simon Wright playing drums!
GD-We're better. Lol
RD-I think what sets us apart from those bands and AC/DC
is mainly Georg’s lyrics. There are a million other
things as well and I guess it depends on what band your
talking about - Krokus are different from Rose Tattoo
who are different from The Four Horsemen and Junkyard
but they all have an AC/DC thing about it.
Rhino Bucket emerged right before
hard rock/metal kind of got shoved aside by grunge. Do
you ever think about what it would have been like for
you guys had metal stayed on top?
BF-That was before my time in the band. I was
still dealing with Kix at the time. |
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GD-No, I don't dwell on the past. To be honest, the
Seattle thing didn't really fuck with us at all. We just
play straight ahead rock and fucking roll. There will
always be a place for Rhino Bucket.
RD- I really consider most of the grunge bands metal
bands and the grunge thing just being the evolution of
the metal scene. We've played on a lot of shows with
Alice and Chains, STP and the like and it was the same
audience and from a musical point of view the same music
just different haircuts and marketing.
Is there anything you wished that
you had done differently in your music career?
BF-More Money.
GD-I wish I had a permanent drummer. I know that I'm
lucky in that we have three great drummers that we play
with, but I miss the dynamic of having a fully fledged
fourth member of the band.
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