As completely incidental as it may seem, the acronym for Sailboats Are White is in fact SAW. Coincidence? Perhaps, but it's also a pretty accurate musical description. You see, saws are used to cut through things like bone, metal and possibly wood... likewise though, Sailboats' music is just as fierce, cutting and destructive to the senses as say, a lumberjack's saw would be to a maple tree. Straight outta Hamilton, SAW play a vicious mix of anger, insanity and speed that really is something to behold - and they do it all without the comfort of a live drummer. Newbie from the group Jag recently answered some of Evan Davies' fairly ignorant questions via email, so here goes...

JUST TO GET A BASIC BACKGROUND, HOW DID SAW COME TO FRUITION? WHAT KIND OF SCENE (IF ANY) WERE YOU GUYS PART OF THAT WOULD HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR DECISION TO FORM SAW? I'm new. I make noise, interrupted noise. I've been told keys are for melody (strange).

I NOTICED THAT YOU PLAY ALONG WITH A DRUM MACHINE/PROGRAMMING AS OPPOSED TO A LIVE DRUMMER. WHY DID YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THAT ELEMENT FROM YOUR LIVE SHOW? I've heard a lot of things, I've witnessed live drummers first hand in SAW. Commitment issues is my guess. Cool thing is, people think I'm the percussionist behind the suitcase.

YOUR WEBSITE SAID YOU'LL BE ADDING KEYBOARDS INTO THE MIX, SO WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES GOING MUSICALLY WITH ADDITIONS LIKE SYNTHS AND PROGRAMMING? I'm here. We're going there. We've arrived. We'll be ready.

DO YOU LIKE KITTENS, PUPPIES OR BABY CHICKS BETTER? I'm easy.

MUSICALLY, SAW SOUNDS PRETTY DAMN VIOLENT, SO ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVEY ANY OF THAT TENSION AND ANGER TO AN AUDIENCE INTENTIONALLY, OR DOES IT JUST HAPPEN ON IT'S OWN? It just happens. I think it has a lot to do with the booze and masturbation, though.

DO YOU GET ANY LOVE FROM THE HARDCORE KIDS AND METALHEADS? Love comes easy for SAW.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON YOUR ALBUM, AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT ITTO BE FINISHED? ANY PLANS FOR RELEASE? TOURING? WORLD DOMINATION? Pshhhhaww, I never know when I'm playing next. I'm not the captian. I'm the bitch that mops the deck.

HOW HAVE PEOPLE REACTED TO YOUR MUSIC THUS FAR? 56 sluts and counting. (please kill me - ed.)
WHAT KIND OF CONTENT DO YOU TRY AND COVER LYRICALLY? I try to cover my ass most of the time.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BANDS/LITERATURE/POLITICS ETC THAT HAVE INFLUENCED YOUR SONG WRITING UP TO THIS POINT? I wish Rockets Red Glare would get back together, as with Polvo. I love 90 Day Men, June of 44, Ativin... you get the idea. Don't get me started with politics, books...I've been reading Erich Fromm's The Sane Society, it's a systematic exploration of his humanistic psychoanalysis, evaluations of the effects of contemporary Western culture on the mental health and sanity of the people living under our system. Not bad for being written in '55.

WHY WILL PEOPLE REGRET IT IF THEY DON'T COME OUT TO SEE SAW? I'm handsome; you don't want to miss that.