Well, we have all been huge fans of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the stone age for a long time, so for one part it’s a chance to work with someone we idolize who has played for the bands that have directly influenced us in a big way. There are a lot of local producers that are pretty awesome and more than capable of doing a great job but we just thought that this is an opportunity to do something different and step away from the norm. We could have brought him here but he strongly suggested that going to Rancho would be much better because he knows his equipment like the back of his hand.

We have always had an idea of getting a big name to produce our album. Getting someone who has influenced us as a band would be the ultimate choice. When we heard that Eagles Of Death Metal were coming to SA we jumped at the chance and hustled our way backstage to meet them. We had the idea of asking him to produce our album but we never actually thought anything would come of it.

Ja, when we added the numbers up, it blew our minds a bit. We looked at many options like robbing a bank or selling our organs but we ended up on Kickstarter.com. The cool thing is it’s not just like “give us money”. The fans can pledge for the album (before its made) and T shirts and other merchandise, so it’s a cool way for the fans to get involved and support the project as well.

The way Kickstarter works is that it’s all or nothing. If we don’t make the full $25 000, we don’t get a cent. It makes sense because if we only got half the money we wouldn’t be able to do it and those people [who placed a bid] would not get what they pledged for.

Yes, we plan to keep raising money even after the Kickstarter deadline is over. We have been speaking to some sponsors and thinking of cool ways to do it. It’s still in the works, but it will roll out soon. And of course we are playing gigs to make money the good old hard working band way.

We plan to come back and hit the road on a launch tour, to take our music into the far corners of the country. Then we will plan to release more content like music videos, etcetera, and then more and more touring in SA and hopefully beyond.

We spoke to Dave about maybe playing a couple shows around the area he lives in. He named five rad venues nearby and said he would help us book a couple of shows, but that we would be focusing and working hard on the album. So not a full on “tour”, maybe just a couple cool shows.

Possibly yes, eventually, but it’s hard to tell where we are going just yet. But we are keeping our eyes on the States and possibly Europe. It is going to be great to go to California and get a small glimpse at how they run things in their music scene.

If you visit our Road to Rancho project, you can watch a video we made and check out all the rewards you get for different levels of pledges. If you are keen to get involved click the big green “BACK THIS PROJECT” button, and they take you from there.

We ran the project for 40 days, and there are four days left to go. AH! So far we have 61 pledgers and $16 504 dollars. So at the end of this week we will know if it’s all going to happen or not. Pretty nerve wrecking stuff.