INDUSTRY STANDARD
STYLE.
Post-modern punk with immersive storytelling perfect for dispossessed youth in search of a stress ball.
BIO.
Industry Standard are Gabriella Marina Gonzalez (Vocals) Jenny Green (Bass) Philip Stakem (Guitar) Tim Sketchly (Drums). We live in London. Gaby is from Miami, Tim’s from Yorkshire & Jenny & Pip are Londoners.
Gaby asked Pip to start playing after she moved back from Berlin in 2018. Jenny answered a call for a bassist & joined shortly after. Then a room came up in our house and Tim came to a viewing. We half jokingly told him the room was his under the condition he plays drums and he’s still with us so it must be fine!
Q & A.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN’T HEARD OF YOU BEFORE, DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND IN ONE SENTENCE.
Gaby: Intergalactic prom on acid
Jenny: An adult version of everything my teenage self wanted to make.
Tim: A nod to the past and a wink to the future.
INFLUENCES?
Most alt genres from the 80s.
SHARE WITH US AN INTERESTING ANECDOTE ABOUT ONE OF YOUR SONGS.
Gaby wrote the lyrics to ‘Porn’ after falling into a youtube wormhole of 1950’s home appliance adverts but the title originates from reading randomly from a 90’s sports themed homo-erotica as a placeholder while the riffs were being worked out.
YOU ARE SENT TO MARS, NO CHECK-IN BAGGAGE, AND YOU CAN TAKE ONE RECORD – WHICH ONE?
Gaby: Plantasia, perfect for harvesting the biodome.
Jenny: No Other – Gene Clark. I think that would help ease space loneliness.
Tim: Lateralus by TOOL. For a start, it’s an album not of this world so I’d be taking it back to its spiritual home. On a personal level, I discovered this record as a teenager and having fallen in love with heavier music through the usual punk and grunge channels, hearing this album was probably the first time I questioned everything I thought I knew about rock and metal.
Danny Carey’s playing on this album is the reason I started playing drums, alas I never came close to reaching his level (who does!?). The level of musicianship, songwriting and lyricism on this album is for me unrivalled and I believe it is a true masterpiece.
YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC VENUE IN THE U.K.?
Gaby: Never seen a bad show at Moth Club and it fulfills my Lynchian dream sequence fantasy.
Jenny: The Lexington is a special one for me.
Tim: Since living in London, my spiritual home has been The Shacklewell Arms. I used to live 2 minutes away, I’ve been to more gigs there than any other venue and I even used to run a night there. I think they’ve nailed that underground ethos and have nurtured through many a band that have gone on to bigger and better things.
WE ARE PROUDLY SUBCULTURE-INSPIRED. HOW ABOUT YOU?
Gaby: I’m switch.
Jenny: I definitely share an affinity with a few subcultures. Throughout my life the influences have shifted and changed. I think that’s becoming more common nowadays, pick n mix your own subculture when you don’t fit.
Tim: As I was growing up, I feel that subculture was the thing that really made me grow into the person I am today. As a teen I was drawn to the skateboarding scene in my hometown and started listening to punk and metal. Living in Brighton in my early 20s, I was heavily involved in the indie scene down by the sea. I think the sense of belonging and confidence in yourself that you develop from finding and connecting with a bunch of like-minded people is a truly amazing thing.
