The Powers That Be With GAVAN McDOUGALL From EBOLAGOLDFISH

The Powers That Be With GAVAN McDOUGALL From EBOLAGOLDFISH

Author: HEAVY Magazine July 21, 2023 Duration: 20:54
Interview by Kyra-Jade Coombs
Ebolagoldfish are a 3-piece self-confessed ‘Past-Punk’ band out of Sydney. Heavy had a chat with Gavan McDougall their bassist and after establishing that HEAVY Mag wasn’t indeed a fat joke, we got onto talking about how Ebolagoldfish came to be, their newest single, Powers and what’s coming up for the band.
I had to know right away how they ended up calling themselves Ebolagoldfish. True to Aussie ‘culture’ I was informed that the name came from the McDougall brother’s father basically calling them idiots when trying to find something, like car keys for example. “What’s that? A bowl of goldfish?” pointing at the ‘lost’ keys, which evolved into ‘Ebolagoldfish’. Turns out the world doesn’t have a sense of humour, which resulted in people reaching out the band on what to do with the goldfish to help someone with Ebola.
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Now if you haven’t watched the film clip that accompanies their newest single Powers you need to check it out. It’s my sense of humour to a tee and had me cracking up from the get-go. It perfectly nods to the old school/ horrifically dubbed movies and has the boys running around the rolling hills of New South Wales in their white coveralls chasing rainbows. The song itself is catchy as fuck and has been on high rotation at my place, I really can’t wait to hear more.
The conversation somehow turned to the fact that I knocked my front tooth out. For those of you that don’t know, Gavan and his twin Andy are the younger brothers of Linsday from Frenzal Rhomb. As it turns out I interviewed Linsday a few weeks ago, and he had to have his ‘2 cents’ about my goddamn tooth asking if I got it fixed. I said I was during tax time and Gavan quickly clapped back with “I hope the gap ain’t too big”. Gotta this thick skin in this industry, haha! This lot really did fall from the same tree. I would imagine Christmas time at the McDougall’s would be a fucking scream!


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