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John Gourley

John Gourley

American Musician

Born: Jun 12, 1981

Alaska Great Me Music People You

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When we were kids, my favorite thing was coming to upstate New York where my family is from and hanging out with my grandparents' friends pre-Internet and them asking if we had stores or 'Do you have TV in Alaska?' John Gourley

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I've always been into thrifting. I'm a fan of finding unique pieces and having them tailored or altered. John Gourley

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We grew up in Alaska and will rep The North Face all day long. John Gourley

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As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place. John Gourley

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I like work, I like song writing, and I like the history of Atlantic Records. They've sat in the studio with so many artists - like Ray Charles, for example - and created something amazing. As a label, they seem to be great at growing bands rather than telling you how to do it. John Gourley

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As a songwriter, it's good to have criticism, and I like objective opinions. John Gourley

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Miles Davis and Felonious Monk, they're both great artists who enhance things. John Gourley

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To me, sci-fi has the most amazing style. John Gourley

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Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become so massive. Personally, I think it's really silly. John Gourley

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The period in the name - huge mistake, I know. We didn't think about that. We never thought we were going to be written up in magazines. The second we saw it in print, like, what a mistake, man. John Gourley

For the people that don't know it, we've had members come and go from this band since the beginning. It's always been about collaboration, and it's been about just playing music with our friends. John Gourley

Poor Ron Paul. He means well. He really does. But there's something about him. I don't know what it is. From falling victim to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno to that old-man shuffle, he just seems like kind of a... like kind of a sissy. John Gourley

If you don't have negative experiences, you have no way to gauge the positive ones, and you have no way to deal with it. John Gourley

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We started playing music because of the Wu-Tang Clan. John Gourley

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Money messes up everything. It ruins art. The second you start putting price tags on this stuff, it's... Art isn't for just the wealthy. It's for everybody to enjoy. John Gourley

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Music is something that you really have to want to do it, and there has to be a reason behind it. John Gourley

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The Alaskan summers are one of the most amazing things you can see. John Gourley

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It's funny, because I had no intention of being in a band because I was so shy. But I loved playing music and loved writing songs. I always thought I'd be in the background and, if I did get into a band, be a backup musician. John Gourley

The whole band is from Alaska. It's like growing up anywhere else. John Gourley

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We're just nerds that play music. Because we get played on the radio and have a Vitaminwater ad with Aaron Paul dancing on a treadmill, people are going to say we sold out. I don't write music for that. I write music for me. John Gourley

I feel like every album we make, that's our debut album. John Gourley

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