Band Profile: The Five Nasties
Katie Trapp
Issue date: 4/26/01 Section: The Scene
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Together since last November, the band consists of Joe "Joe Nasty" Telegan on vocals, Demir "Real Nasty" Erten on guitar and background vocals, Dean "Dino Nasty" Clason on bass and background vocals and Desmond "Mo Nasty" Mullen on drums and background vocals . Two of the band members are employees at UNC-Chapel Hill, one is a student and the fourth works to promote the band. They plan to stick around for a while in hopes of making the band successful.
"We plan to continue to give or take as long as the Rolling Stones did," Telegan said. According to Telegan, they describe their music as "grown up, punk, informed pop-guitar-rock with catchy melodies and hypnotic beats."
The Five Nasties have been playing gigs locally in the past months at locations throughout the triangle area. Most recently, they have played the Cat’s Cradle and Local 506 in Chapel Hill, and The Berkeley Café in Raleigh.
They have several tour dates coming up in the next three weeks, including one in Wilmington at the Rusty Nail April 28. Following the show in Wilmington, they will be playing May 16 at The Cave in Chapel Hill, May 20 at King’s in Raleigh and May 24 at Skylight Exchange in Chapel Hill.
Telegan joked about Britney Spears being one of the band’s musical influences, but said that the musicians they are influenced by are mainly pop and punk experimenters from the late 70’s to the early 80’s.
"We love any band that plays passionately," Telegan said. "We really respect everyone who is in it for the art, not the money. That's what we're all about."
They hope to record an album in July, if funds allow them to do so.
Anyone interested in learning more about the band can check out The Five Nasties’ Web site, http://www.unc.edu/~dkmullen to listen to the five MP3 files they have available to download. Two of these songs, "Straight to Mercury" and "Mesa Verde," are studio cuts.
The Web site also provides live bootlegs of "Cinnamon" and "Four Minutes," which were recorded at the Cat’s Cradle, and "Over in a Week," which was recorded at Local 506. All three songs were recorded last month, and the band hopes to record more songs at their performances this weekend.