Interview: ACIDIC

California’s new rock hope aren’t Facebook stalkers. They promise.

Michael “Goss Boss” Gossard, vocalist and guitarist for ACIDIC, chats to us about multiple things that we won’t state here, so that you’ll be forced to read the article in full. Keep your eyes on this band, because ACIDIC might just inspire your mom to take off her top…

MusicReview: Hmm…you’re playing with Alien Ant Farm. Any chance of you guys doing the moonwalk onstage when they play their cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’?

Michael Gossard: Haha, if any of us could moonwalk, we probably already would have, but you’ll see some crazy shenanigans onstage for sure, regardless. I think it’s pretty cool that ‘Smooth Criminal’ has been a hit twice.

MusicReview: First album Getting Lucky was produced by the team who worked with Jason Mraz, Liz Phair and Avril Lavigne. Second album Chronic Satisfaction was produced by multi-platinum award-winning producer John Ryan. How are you guys securing such acclaimed producers for your albums?

Michael Gossard: Getting Lucky was actually produced by Andrew and Liz Bojanic, who are the Wizardz of Oz, a production team out of Australia who worked with some of those artists you mentioned as well. Nothing is ever completely secure, but both of our producers came on to nurture the project, and both have a history of having a personal relationship with the band as well. For us, that’s really key, and we’re lucky that people of this caliber believe in us as much as they do. John [Ryan], in particular, has taken us under his wing.

MusicReview: Second year playing the Sunset Strip Music Festival. Be honest, are you guys reading through The Dirt to pick up some partying tips from Motley Crue?

Michael Gossard: I’m sure many people did read up on their partying; we’ve all read The Dirt, and we did have fun at the Festival, but we also played a show and promoted, so the whole day seemed like an enormous party.

MusicReview: You guys are quite a young band, but you’ve achieved so much recognition and are already winners of the 18th Billboard World Song Contest Award in the Alternative category in 2011 for ‘Strata Red’. What is the secret to your success?

Michael Gossard: We practice with incredible frequency, we are very active on social media outlets, and we are involved with our fans personally. We work hard when we tour, as well as the fact that we put great care into writing our songs. We put ourselves fully into every aspect of the band and its promotion, and are proactive, and that is one of the reasons we move up. Our fans are the backbone of our sound and we would do anything for them! We have an amazing team behind us, and amazing fans with us.

MusicReview: What is the one place in the world that ACIDIC really wish to play?

Michael Gossard: Hard to give you one place! We want to headline a sold-out Red Rock Amphitheatre before we die, and at Coachella, and also Wembley Stadium in London. Those are our big dreams; Red Rock, in particular, because Denver was the first stop on our first tour with Hawthorne Heights during July 2010. So it is a special place for us.

MusicReview: On your Facebook page, you guys list Facebook stalking as a band interest. So, is it fair to assume that when a really hot girl comments on a post, you guys will go and check out her photos (wink, wink)?

Michael Gossard: Unfortunately, I actually don’t have an answer for that one. Nobody in ACIDIC is a stalker. We are masters of the hunt.

MusicReview: Any plans to shoot a music video in the near future?

Michael Gossard: We just completed a music video for our upcoming single ‘Uninspired’ from our new CD, Chronic Satisfaction, which you can listen to on our Facebook page. It was directed by Kelly King and will be smashing through your YouTube screen very soon. We tried to make it a very real music video. We had quite a bit of grit involved and it’s going to be the sexiest music video we’ve ever shot. It will be coming out soon and it will be well worth the wait!

MusicReview: Awesome. Thanks for your time, Michael.

- Sergio Pereira