Interviewed by MichaelG Swifte for the Documentary 'The giants of East Rock' 10/1/09.
Why did you form Shaggan?
“We formed Shaggan in 2006 primarily because of our love of fuzz guitar…. my dad gave me his old fuzz-wah peddle he got from his big brother who played in bands here in the bay area back in the day.”
Where does your inspiration come from?
Where does your inspiration come from?
“We were getting into these guys like Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, the oud player John Berberian, and bands like Moggollar , Ec Hurel and these guys out of New York called The Devils Anvil….these guys were like the giants of rock in the Middle East!...there’s also this chick Selda Same who’s got like this super powerful voice, she’s kinda like Tracey Bonham or Skin from Skunk Anansie.”
Where does the name Shaggan come from?
Where does the name Shaggan come from?
“The name Shaggan comes from the Arabic meaning transcendent yearning through music….fuzz guitar is like the closest rock ever got to talking to God….you can see where these Islamic backgrounded guys are coming from you know with like their Sufi traditions….you listen to these guitar solo’s and it’s like shit that’s like up there!”
Tell us about your new album?
Tell us about your new album?
“So we’re about to launch our first album we hope, it's full of ginger baker style drum solo's, some nice studio effects like huge phase effects and big reverbs, we're looking for a title that is like a simple way of explaining the name....it's definitely East Rock…we want to spread the word about East Rock cos it’s like an east meets west unifying kind of thing?”
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