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 Teesides Dirtii Gesturz might be a new band on the scene, but having stumbled across them, and liking what we heard, we thought it was certainly and opportune time to find out more about an up and coming UK Sleaze band that you might not have encountered yet. The fact that the boys are about to unleash their debut EP on the world certainly helps too!Â
We caught up up with vocalist Smithy to find out a whole lot more about Dirtii Gesturz...Â
KomodoRock: For those that are new to Dirtii Gezturz, can you give us a little background on the band?
Smithy: Well the band its self has only been round a very short period of time, a matter of months really, although me and J.J. have played in bands together since school so that's the first link. The whole band have been mates for a long time now but we had never really thought of starting band with each other as everyone seemed to be doing their own thing.
For about 3 years Dan and Si had been jamming or just messing around playing a few covers but nothing serious enough to start a band. In 2006 Dan joined his Dads band Face The Unknown, his dad been ex-singer of 80's Thrash band Toranaga, so this was the first time any of us had heard Dan play properly with a full band. Si also has a musical back ground as his dad was Chris ReaÂ’s Bass player back in the day, so everyone had some kind of musical background.
Once we decided we'd have a go at throwing some kind of 'side project' together whilst all in other bands, anything we we're involved in disbanded and before long Dirtii Gezturz is what we we're all heavily involved in.
How did the name come about?
Before we'd even formed the band me and Dan would talk about band names and what we'd like to be called. Being from Teesside there isn't much of a scene for the type of shit we're playing and pretty much no one dresses the way we do, maybe a hand full of people we see out on a night out, so we would think of names or phrases that represented us as people in Teesside, basically a big "Fuck Off" to the whole idea of conforming to the 'Scene' which is rife round here at the moment just like everywhere else.
So yeh Dirtii Gezturz seemed perfect, we're just one big middle finger I guess!
Your almost ready to launch your debut EP. Can you give us a little more info about?
Well the E.P. is going to be released predominantly via the Internet, so links will be set up for people to order the CD etc. and will also available from gigs.
I imagine we will also set up a gig in support of the release for everyone to come down to and have one big party before we hit the road!
 Can you tell us a bit more about some of the tracks on the EP?
The 4 tracks on the E.P. are the first we ever wrote, so they mean a hell of a lot to us all. Every song has personal meanings to us that hopefully people can relate to in their own way. This Scene especially has it's own meanings to us, the aggression of the lyrics and music pretty much sums up what we are about and we anticipate this will come across as we become a little more well-known.
Steve Hoggart produced all the songs on the CD. How was it working with him, and what did he bring to the recording process?
We couldn't have asked for a better producer for our first E.P to be honest. Before we had recorded we all had our eyes set on what we wanted to sound like, basically this big fuck off wall of sound that would blow everybody away. With SteveÂ’s experience he managed to tame down our attitude towards the recording and gave us the confidence to move away from what people would be expecting us to sound like which has certainly given us a big push in the right direction and given us what we think is a pretty unique sound.
It was a long process recording the E.P, certainly the longest I've been involved in, but was completely worth it in the end. Each session was relaxed and we were given as much time as we needed to get takes down etc.
So yeh, we can't thank Steve enough for the effort he put into this band!
How hard has it been for you to get the band off the ground and get your name out there to people?
To be honest, with the internet you can get your music out there straight away, so it made it pretty easy to say to people "hey go listen to this" Obviously the hard part is whether people like it and keep listening! So apart from having to set-up everything it's been pretty easy to let people know about Dirtii Gezturz.
Has myspace been a big help to the band? What about other online sources?
Everyone fucking loves Myspace, whether they admit it or not! It's the best marketing tool a new band could ask for. It's free and easy to use and within days hundreds of people can hear your music if you go about it the right way. Three of us have our own profiles so it was easy to whore the band from those too. So yeh it's been a huge help in getting us off the ground!
Put on the spot, which 3 bands have influenced the band the most?
Skid Row
Guns N' Roses
Megadeth
Any plans to hit the road in support of the EP once it comes out?
Absolutely! We'll be hitting the streets of the UK in the next month or so, and we hope to hit every corner we can, so keep your eyes on the myspace for shows near you!
If you could put together your dream 3 band tour, who'd you pick?
In 1992 Skid Row were on tour after releasing Slave To The Grind with Pantera who had just released Vulgar Display of Power as support. There is a Pantera video set called 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell which contains footage from the tour, and fuck did those guys party. We always watch that video, its fucking awesome. So yeh we'd love to re-live that tour back in 92 with Skid Row, Pantera and Dirtii Gezturz.
 What's the highest point of your career so far?
Well if you can call a few months a career, we were all pretty fucking happy when we reached ten thousand plays on myspace in less than 1 month. It was way passed our expectations considering we weren't sure how people would react to our music.
And the lowest?
An absolute shit load of setbacks. One after another, whether it be rehearsal time, recordings, CD pressing, gigs, you name it something seems to have stopped us getting out there quicker. Maybe it's been a good thing though.
In 12 months time, where do you see the band being, and what will you be doing?
Touring the UK, hopefully with a handful of good support slots under our belt and a whole load of new experiences, and with any luck the band will doing bigger and better things!
Other than yourselves, who do you rate as the best up and coming rock band out there?
This is a hard one, not because we think we are the best up and coming band ha! But because there isn't a whole load of up and coming bands we listen to.
There's some great Sleaze bands in the UK at the moment, giving the scene a good name, probably most notably bands like Kid Ego who have managed to gain allot of publicity over the last year or so. It's fucking great to see!
Let us know any important web links and where we can buy your stuff.
Right now nothing is ready to be sold (yet another set back shall we say!) but in the coming weeks the E.P, T-shirts and a whole load of other merch will be available to order on the myspace via pay pal, so keep your eyes out for that!
www.myspace.com/dirtiigezturz
A big thank you to Smithy for taking the time to talk with us, and to give us an idea of who Dirtii Gesturz are. Go check them out on myspace, and have a listen to the four tracks on their player right now, which I think are the 4 tracks set to appear on the bands debut EP.
We'll bring you tour dates as soon as we have them, and no doubt you can expect a CD review as well once the band get over the problems they've been having with getting them pressed up.Â
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