ARSE & Totally Unicorn Discuss Maccas, The Worst Things To Happen On Tour & More

Next Saturday (17 August), the inaugural That Sound Over The Fence festival will take place in Brisbane. With a diverse line-up, it will celebrate the local and national music scene.

Starring the likes of Yirinda, Ben Ely’s Mungo Fungo Band, Chimers, Sacred Hearts, and tons more, two of the bands hailing from New South Wales – ARSE and Totally Unicorn – have quizzed each other about some all-important topics surrounding food, live shows, and much more, for The Music in the lead-up to the big day.

A Brisbane music event that champions a community-first ethos, That Sound Over The Fence will raise funds for the radio station 4ZZZ.

In addition to the main festival, Totally Unicorn, ARSE and Chimers will host two sideshows: the first at Vinnies Dive Bar on the Gold Coast on Friday, 16 August, and on Sunday, 18 August, at The Old Ambulance Station in Nambour.

Read on to find out what one punk rock-meets-metal group (Totally Unicorn) have in common with a hip-hop outfit (ARSE).

Totally Unicorn ask ARSE

Guess what?! We are heading to a different time zone, but I’m only giving you enough change to play one game. What are you playing out of NBA Jam, Daytona, Street Fighter 2 or Ninja Turtles, and why?

Street Fighter 2 because E-Honda’s hundred-hand slap is unstoppable, and Blanka’s muscular green physique and ripped shorts are kind of hot. Also, our drummer Tim had a weird second life as an X-Men vs. Street Fighter champion, so he might know some deadly combos.

3 Aussie artists you are listening to at the moment?

Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three, Threats by Extortion and Money & The Drugs by Party Dozen. 

Jono and Tim in Arse are Animorphs. What animals do they morph into?

Jono is a giving canine because he’s always happy to see you and loves activities. Tim is very, very hairy, so I reckon he’d be some kind of shit-hurling primate. It’s like he’s half-morphed at all times.

Favourite Arse song to play live, and who would be your dream artist/s to cover it?

Primitive Species. We always close our set with it and jam out the end for a gratuitous amount of time—to the point where I can zone out for at least a minute and not think about anything except where we’re going to get food after the gig. Dream artist—I don't know, Hendrix?

Where would a giraffe wear their necktie? Top of the neck or bottom of the neck?

Jesus, how did we get here? Um, I think the top of the neck? Wait, no. The bottom.

ARSE ask Totally Unicorn

Top five drinks of all time, alcoholic or not?

Well, to be predictable, beer is always number one. Then Guarana, Choccy Milkshake, Cola & Raspberry Slurpee mix from 7/1, and I guess with Myers being from Adelaide, I gotta say Farmers Union.

If you could raise one band/artist from the dead (literally or figuratively) to play a show at the Sphere in Las Vegas, who would it be? 

I would have to say his royal badness, the High Priest of Pop, Prince. Can you imagine purple rain dripping down that sphere while he rips on the guitar?!

What is the worst thing that’s ever happened to Totally Unicorn on tour?

It's not really the worst thing, but it's annoyingly funny…

We were on a little festival run, and our previous bass player was upset that the headliners were given food and snacks on their rider, but we weren’t. Unbeknownst to us, he thought it would be a good idea, as we were leaving to take a treat for the next show.

Running late from the big drive, we had to quickly load in and get on stage. Our bass player pulled his bass out, and it was covered in salsa! Yes, the snack he stole was a jar of salsa… so let’s just say if the crowd had chips, the old El Paso flying from his strings while playing would have been perfect.

Maccas, Dominos or KFC?

As long as the thick shake machine is working, it’s Maccas.

Where do we go when we die?

Also Maccas.

You can catch ARSE and Totally Unicorn on the following dates:

ZANG! RECORDS PRESENT

THAT SOUND OVER THE FENCE SIDESHOWS

TOTALLY UNICORN (NSW)
ARSE (NSW)
CHIMERS (NSW)
FRIDAY 16 AUGUST - VINNIES DIVE BAR, BUNDJALUNG COUNTRY/GOLD COAST 18+ TICKETS HERE

SUNDAY 18 AUGUST - THE OLD AMBULANCE STATION, KABI KABI COUNTRY/NAMBOUR 18+ TICKETS HERE

ZANG! RECORDS AND 4ZZZ PRESENT

THAT SOUND OVER THE FENCE

ADJOA
ARSE (NSW)
BEN ELY’S MUNGO FUNGO BAND
CHIMERS (NSW)
CRANING
FENRIR
FLEUR FATALE
HOLDING PATTERN
HOTT SEXX
JOE HANMER
KEEP ON DANCIN'S
LOCUST REVIVAL
LUNAR DIRT
LURID ORB
TOTALLY UNICORN (NSW)
YIRINDA

SATURDAY 17 AUGUST - THE TRIFFID, MEANJIN/BRISBANE 18+ TICKETS HERE