We Blew Up The Garden Gnome
One is a bit of a wag. The other is a nerdy swot. They are the complete
opposites- the Ying and Yang of pop, so to speak!Diane Godley finds out
what make Savage Garden roar.
Have you ever been savaged by a garden?
Daniel: I've been stung by bees before,
haha
Darren: We blew up the garden gnome to
destroy any future references to gardens. Savage Garden is actually inspired
by Anne Rice novels about vampires (the author of the book interview with
the vampire) I love those books. Its got a deeper meaning. its not about
garden gnomes.
What were you like at school?
Daniel: I dunno. I didn't go very much.
My nickname was "waggin"haha! I was in control at school. I had older brothers
who went through the school before me. They didn't have a bad reputation,
but they didn't have a good one either. So my reputation was a spin-off
of theirs- instant credibility.
Darren: I was normal. a completely normal
kid: the school nerd. In grade eight and nine I got picked on. I was a
freak - no one understood me. I was the kid who wanted to be abducted by
ET. Then all the losers left in Year 10.
Daniel: I was one of those losers!
Diane: So was I!
Darren: I was quite good at school and
very artistic. In Year 11 it was a turn-around. I was one of the coolest
kids in school. I was in school musicals: the kid who could sing. It was
bizarre. I loved school. It's an amazing little world. The rules inside
school are totally different from the outside world.
Spell"reservoir"
Daniel: Reservoir Dogs - R-E- I'm not
a good speller. that comes from wagging school, haha! I can spell dogs.
D-O-G-S.
Darren: R-E-S-E-R-V-O-I-R. Is that right?
Diane: Yep
What's the square root of 625?
Darren: wouldn't have a clue. I got limited
achievement in maths. I loved science- biology -but I hated maths.
Daniel: 12? Don't ask me questions like
that!
Diane: Erm... 25 actually.
When was the first time you heard yourself on
the radio?
Daniel: I was sitting in my car. I knew
the song had gone to radio - friends in Melbourne rung and told me they
had heard the song on the radio - but I hadn't heard it and I was getting
really frustrated. Then, one day, I was sitting in my car and it just came
on. It was a beautiful feeling.
Darren: I was actually working in a video
shop and I was having a really bad day. Then the song just came on the
radio and it just made my day. The first time I saw myself on TV I remember
I hated it. I think you go through that period where you first hear your
voice but I'm over that now. I can hear my voice now - I know what I sound
like. So its not that big of a shock to me. But to see myself on TV! I've
dealt with that now too. It was like, okay, that's what I look like, all
right, I'll deal with that. Everyone else has for 23 years. It was the
first time I realized what I looked like in 3D.
Would you ever consider doing a remake of "Smoke
on the Water"?
Darren: N-E-V-E-R. never. I'm not influenced
by classical rock at all. I don't know if we'd ever do a cover version
of anything. live we would, but we'd never release anything. I thing we
have too much to say - we can't shut up as it is
When was the last time you went moshing?
Darren: I missed the entire mosh
pit experience. I think I'm going to mature and be buried without ever
having experienced to joys of guitar rock moshing.
Daniel: Although they're not really a
mosh band, there was a mosh pit at a Hoodoo Gurus concert I went to once.
That was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed being a yobbo for once in my life,
haha!
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