Review Fix Exclusive: DTease’s Wilson Gil Talks ‘Slapshot’ And More

April 12, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with DTease’s Wilson Gil, who discusses the band’s signature sound, origin and new single and video, “Slapshot.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together? Or How did you get started in music?

Wilson Gil: The band got together kind of by accident. I was going to put together a punk rock band just for the summer and then I hooked up with all these great players and I decided why not make it into something more than that…something that I have dreamed about my whole life. Kind of like the culmination of everything that I have learned and loved in rock ‘n’ roll.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Gil: Well, sometimes inspiration comes from some kind of traumatic event that is happening in my life. Other times I just get a thought in the shower or walking down the street and I get together with the band and we hash out the tune.

Or sometimes I just bang it out on the Acoustic Guitar and bring it to the band.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song on the current album?  How was it written?

Gil: There are really too many standout songs to pick from. I really like In Too Deep and Slap Shot. In Too Deep was written with the whole band. Slap Shot was just a quick session that popped out this tune.

Review Fix: What did you learn from this last album? How did it affect your future?

Gil: Well in a nutshell, we wound up getting kind of shelved and it took a lot to get the album completed, so I would say get everything in writing and make sure there are deadlines for completion on both sides.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Gil: Our goals are to get the album out and tour much is possible. And we’re always working on making our live show bigger, more creative and more immersive.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard you?

Gil: I would say we are a hard-driving, ass shaking, glam punk band…a cross between The Dead Boys, MC5 and James Brown.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Gil: At a live show, we want people to be able to let go, go crazy,  dance their ass off, and have a great time. But also, examine the lyrics and what we are about and make them think on a deeper level as well.

Review Fix: Why is this new album special?

Gil: Because we worked so hard on it, it’s just a really great collection of good rock ‘n’ roll tunes.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Gil: I don’t know really but I hope it’s good.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Gil: Check us out on Spotify and come see a live show! You won’t be disappointed. We would love for you write to us and we will always write back.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14318 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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