"Fun, sweat, high volumes, beer and rock’n’roll
...it’s been the same since 1952."

INDIZOO: Of those, what is your favorite, and why?

Black Circus Tarantula: Definitely the Zoobar. We played there an infinite number of times and always with perfect acoustics and a large, noisy crowd of people. We went there dancing an infinite number of times too. It’s the ideal meeting point for those who like rock’n’roll and every Saturday night. You can find half of city’s rockers crowding the dance floor. Now it’s having some red tape problems, they’re treating to shut it down and there’s half a city supporting it.


INDIZOO: Where and when did you guys feel you’ve played your best show so far? What happened?

Black Circus Tarantula: Probably it was not our best concert ever in terms of musical outcome, but when we played at theQube with Dirty Pretty Things, the new project of Carl Barat and Gary Powell, the atmosphere was really electric. Libertines, you know, have been one of the best bands in the last few years, but during our show the whole club went crazy for our music. A few days after, on a review, someone wrote that thanks to our “wild and drunk” sound most of the sexual approaches turned out successful that night…

INDIZOO: What makes a great show in your opinion? Has B.C.T. achieved that standard yet?

Black Circus Tarantula: Our shows are great shows. Fun, sweat, high volumes, beer and rock’n’roll. That’s the only formula we know. Give it to the people and they’ll scream for more, it’s been the same since 1952

INDIZOO: What was the worst show you’ve ever had? Why? Will you ever go back?

Black Circus Tarantula: Recently we’ve played with Buzzcocks as opening act for their Rome gig. Playing with such a historical band may seem great, but just before getting on stage the organizers told us we could only play 15 minutes. And we had a set of 45 minutes! We played all songs three times faster.

INDIZOO: How is the perception of your music in Italy? Are the fans receptive?

Black Circus Tarantula: Every city has its own local scene. This depending on the fact that in Italy a proper record distribution for underground music is still missing. The best thing to do for indie bands is to have as much live shows as possible. In Rome if you ask the name of a band, the answer will be Black Circus Tarantula. Our fans are great!

INDIZOO: What are the best types of fans?

Black Circus Tarantula: Last summer we played at a rock festival. It was very hot, you know... At the end of our show a bunch of bras landed on the stage. Well, those topless girls were quite the best fans we could ever ask for.

INDIZOO: Can you share with us a funny story about a show?

Black Circus Tarantula: Twenty people on a stage playing a song of ours was quite a funny moment. It happened last winter, the four of us went to the Traffic to see the concert of Cat Claws, a damn good band from Rome. They called us up on the stage during their show and we played Radio Trabant with 2 drummers, a couple of basses, several guitars and many many singers and dancers until the stage became more crowded then the hall…

 
INDIZOO: What are some of your favorite bands in the local scene?

Black Circus Tarantula: As we said Cat Claws are a great band, Viv’Prince Experience are psychedelic, Montecristo are the grooviest, and then Bonnie Parkers, Masoko, the beautiful Felt Ups, (having orgasm with) Blind Birds and Champagne Monroe are all bands we’ve played with. They all play very good music and are very good friends as well.

 INDIZOO: How do you guys get ready for a show?

Black Circus Tarantula:
(In unison) Two beers!

INDIZOO: How do you wind down?

Black Circus Tarantula:
Two more beers!

"...Japanese are the best rockers ever!"

It’s the night of FIFA World Cup’s Italy vs USA,  the match starts at 9 p.m. and we’re supposed to play at 11 p.m.... not so good if you know what a football match means for Italians (and this IS the WORLD CUP!...). Anyway, we’re in the club for the soundcheck at 7 p.m. and there’s no backline! I mean, nothing! Horoscopes, superstitions, I’ve never believed in that stuff, but today is the 17 ^th ( bad luck over here ) and...no no no...100 phone calls to nearby friends, clubs, services and we get everything ready at 8 p.m., we start our soundcheck - was it really so easy? – and in 15 minutes we’re done… you know, cheers and shouts of the fans outside the club are rising up. Ehm… football fans…

Finally the match starts. . .horrible game, maybe the worst of the championship but that’s not important…the club has a Maxi Screen so there are hundreds of people, it’s much more than we could imagine....

EXCITING!.... Adrenaline flows....and it’s showtime....

A guy screams ‘Stooges..I want the Stooges!’ (yes, he’s drunk..)  then we start playing ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’!  and we never played it before!

Maybe it’s the football match tension , maybe it’s the heat, maybe it’s the punk intro (maybe it’s just our music..) but it’s a great r’n’r show, great people!

Everyone went crazy and we had to come back for two encores..