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 Who makes up Sterling Silver?
Sterling Silver is mainly comprised of me, my guitar and my vivid imagination. There’s also a swagger of lovely musicians who tend to help me out from time to time on the live stage and in studio.
What impact did uprooting from your Polynesian roots in South Auckland to suburban Brisbane have on your songs?
As a kid growing up in South Auckland, music from the Pacific was always heard throughout the household. Moving to Australia opened me up to a range of Western music influences including The Beatles, Bowie etc. But within my songs, there is definitely a chilled-out and relaxed ‘feelgood’ vibe, which I think may stem from my early years.
How does shifting from stand-up comedy to singer-songwriter inform your live shows?
I’m probably not going to get up and perform a slapstick routine joke-for-joke, but I guess if you’re looking for a few laughs between songs, then you’re probably going to enjoy the show.
Your tunes are lushly instrumental, did your band form under any particular modus operandi?
I think I’d pin the band formation mostly down to pure coincidence and a sequence of random acts of God. [laughs] That said, I think I’m quite a lucky guy to have such great musicians perform onstage with, including Jeremy Swanson, Daniel Gibney and Julian Kapitzke. Plus local heroes Steve Grady and Alistar Richardson from The Cairos. I think the modus operandi for any solo artist is to try and take what’s been recorded in the studio and transcend it to the live stage, but also to have some great people to work with as well.
I have always preferred platinum myself … why Sterling Silver?
The name Sterling Silver actually came from a gig a couple years back when the announcer couldn’t find his notes. He quickly asked me my name from behind the curtain and I simply told him, “My name is Sterling.” But then the announcer turned to the audience, “Please welcome to the stage ... Sterling Silver!” and it kinda stuck from there. I’d sorta like to compare it to the way Spider-Man or Batman got their names.
Sterling Silver plays The Troubadour with Hello Yoko and Chloe Tully on Sunday Mar 7, then Ric’s on Tuesday Mar 9. www.myspace.com/sterlingmusic
1. Written by A fan.., on 02-03-2010 16:07
Looking forward to this gig! Especially if the last one at the Troubadour was anything to measure by.  |
2. Written by Jay, on 03-03-2010 21:33
Sterling Silver. That's a good name. Memorable mistake by Mr announcer man. |
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