What Scottish musical groups have influenced Genaro most?
We all have pretty diverse record collections but it’s probably safe to say that we’ve all been influenced in some way by Cocteau Twins, Jesus And Mary Chain, Boards Of Canada, Mogwai, and even ’60s psychedelic artists like the Incredible String Band and Donovan. Why do you feel each band seems to have its own sound? I think if you put any group of musicians together their sound will be different from the next group, due to each person bringing in their own influences and styles of playing, although strangely enough, it seems to me that the bands who achieve the most commercial success these days sound very similar. How did Genaro’s members meet each other before forming? We all went to the same high school, although I’m a few years older and didn’t actually meet them until a year or two after I left school. Craig and Derek were already playing in a band together when Daryl introduced me to them, a few months later their band split up and the four of us started Genaro. How has being lo
