The Keepers

Kim Fowley interview in Ugly Things magazine - issue 23.
KF: The Keepers exist in Belfast right now, and they're a modern version of the Belfast Gypsies. Two brothers, just like the McAuleys, and two friends, morbid guys with dark clouds over their heads. They've sent me their stuff, and it's just like a throwback to the Belfast Gypsies. I told Ken about itand he's been corresponding with them. And I volunteered my services as a producer. If they all can get together and keep it stupid & noisy, I'd love to show up. So there is a modern version from Belfast of the Belfast Gypsies right now.



UT: have they put out any records?.
KF: On their own label. They are legendary, and they've had weird records out, licenced in Spain and Switzerland. They've toured in Belgium and i'm sure that your readers who know to use the Internet can find them. They're really something but they're in a time warp. They are not doing it as revisionists or a Sha-Na-Na kind of tribute. They are actually like that. They write their own material and they do strange arangements of songs from that time, and it's though there's never been a Celine Dion, or there's never been a Tom Cruise, there's never been a Bradd Pitt or a Britney Spears, when you talk to them or hear their music. Perfect time warp. I recommend people seek them out. I'm a fan of their music. They've got some really nice messy tapes they've sent me. All tormented and brooding - just like the original band.



"The music business is a cruel & shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson.