AmeriCymru spoke with David, singer/guitarist of Weird Naked Indian (easily one of our favorite bands at the moment)

AmeriCymru: Hi David and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru.....care to tell us a little about your band Weird Naked Indian? When were you formed and how did you come by your name?

David: Weird Naked Indian consists of myself (everything but the drums) and Conor (nothing but the drums). Our name was taken from a character in the film Waynes World one of Conors favourite films but there's also a big link to the band The Doors of which I am a massive fan! Jim Morrison of The Doors was visited by a Native American in his dreams/trances who is kind of looking over him throughout his life. Also it was a fun sounding name and that's what we're all about. Our songs contain a fair bit of humour so we wanted the band name to do so as well. We've been gigging for 3 years now all over Britain but mostly in Port Talbot, Swansea and Cardiff (South Wales) where we're from.

AmeriCymru: Your music has been described as Punk folk-rock. How do you feel about that label? Do you think it is accurate or misleading?

David: Punk folk rock! Well to be honest we're a tricky outfit to label especially with our latest EP throwing a spanner in the works, you see when we play live there's only Conor on drums and myself on acoustic guitar and vocals and so Id say the punk folk rock description is quite apt as our songs have a range picking style folky little numbers that quickly mutate into a driving acoustic rhythmic type affair with solid beats to back it all up and so we do delve into a range of different genres throughout our set.

Now our latest EP blows all that out of the water. We went into the studio looking to create a bigger sound and give the songs more depth as a kind of experiment really to see what we could make of them and so now Id say they'd fit into the indie/rock genre.

AmeriCymru: Your track 'Grass' was recently selected by the BBC for the Wales 'Demo of the Week' program. Care to tell us what inspired it?

David: Grass is pretty much inspired by people who always want what they haven't got i.e. the job, the cash, women, nice cars etc. but then there's other people that would love to be in their shoes! Basically the grass is always greener on the other side. Achieving demo of the week on the BBC was reward for the experiment I mentioned earlier, we wanted to create a big enough sound that would appeal to the radio and did so. As well as winning that title it's getting regular play on Nation Radio , Wales's fastest growing station.

Grass is free to download for a limited time on our SoundCloud page just click on the little arrow above the sound wave.

AmeriCymru: My personal fave on your SoundCloud page is Believe . Care to tell us a little about the background to the track?

David: Yeah we've always had a good response to Believe, first live and now with many saying it's their favourite track on the EP. I wrote the song after our first year of gigging. We gigged pretty hard for the first year and attracted a lot of attention from people who were in the music business who were full of promises and ideas on how to take Weird Naked Indian to the top. However 99.9% of the time these people could barely stand due to over consumption of alcohol! It's amazing how many people turn into record label execs after 5 pints of beer haha. I won't deny it's flattering mind even if they are a bit pissed.

AmeriCymru: Where online can people go to hear/purchase your music?

David: iTunes is probably the easiest place to find our music.

AmeriCymru: What's next for Weird Naked Indian?

David: Next for Weird Naked Indian... First and foremost we are looking to gig some bigger venues hopefully get on some festival line-ups for the summer. We have a project lined up with actor Michael Sheen and National Theatre Wales where we will be providing sound tracks to a passion play that is to take place in Port Talbot over the Easter weekend! We're looking to get back into the studio to record some new material and also get a few music videos done! We have loads of ideas flying around so we just have to nail them down and get cracking. Generally though Weird Naked Indian are feeling positive about 2011 and are looking to keep as busy and productive as possible.

AmeriCymru: Any final message for the members and readers of AmeriCymru?

David: You can join Weird Naked Indian on Facebook or Myspace to receive updates or get in touch with us.

Duw bendithio America a Gymru

God bless America and Wales