Our next feature on one of the winners of the LA Music Critic Awards for the first half of 2016 is on the comedy quintet Un5gettable, nominated by Jennifer Lyneis of Ue3 Promotions. The boys won the award for Best Video (Comedy) for “Honest Singing Telegrams.”
As you can probably imagine, getting a straight answer out of these clowns was nearly impossible. Just laugh out loud to their zany responses to our interview questions.
IVB: How long have you been performing?
UN5: Since 2002…or since Brendan hit puberty basically.
IVB: Who are your influences?
UN5: Electronic Mayhem really resonated with us all.
IVB: What made you decide to DIY?
UN5: We started doing this during the last breath of late 90s/early 2000s boyband era and we wanted in on that! We did a couple of shows but soon after we all moved away from Indiana to pursue other things. A few years ago we wanted to have a reunion and record some brand new songs just for ourselves. We basically shot the video for “Sorry” just so we’d have a funny memory to look back on. But after we posted it on Funny or Die it immediately hit the “Most Buzz” list and this thing started blowing up. Since then we haven’t wanted to mess with our DIY formula. We have a really good, fun relationship with our fans and we want to remain as close to them as possible.
Plus we all really love HGTV’s “Fixer Upper!”
IVB: Are you seeking to be a mainstream artist?
UN5: I think what you’re trying to ask us is “do dreams ever die?” And the answer is “yes.” They died a long time ago.
We also don’t like to be boxed in by terms like “mainstream,” or “money-generating,” or “good.”
IVB: What are your future plans?
UN5: Well, it’s kinda hush hush, but right now we’re spending most of our time and effort building our own proprietary Virtual Reality experience for our fans called Virtually 5gettable. We’re shooting for a launch date of 2024. But in the meantime, we are busy creating more content in the form of music videos and sketch videos. We’re also working on our live show and plan to record a full-length comedy music album later this year. We’re most excited about playing in a city near you very, very soon!
IVB: Any good stories from touring/recording/performing?
UN5: There have been a few times when some ladies threw their underwear up on the stage while we were performing, but one time, in the name of gender equality, we threw our underwear back at them. We were asked not to come back.
Most recently we showed up to a gig and there were only 4 microphones, no mixing board, no air conditioning and they had cut their serving staff because they didn’t think people would come to the show apparently. We sold the place out…but we still had to pay for our own drinks. Awesome.
IVB: Do you use social media?
UN5: YES! We’re big on social media! Which reminds us, we’ve been putting it off lately but we really need to get around to updating our Top 8 on Myspace…
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