Interview with the Band Good Time Locomotive
By Mick Michaels
The Cosmick View: Hello, and welcome to The Cosmick View/MBM Ten Pounder! Thanks for taking some time to chat with us!
CV: Describe your definition of the band’s sound and style and how does that definition uniquely describe the music?
Good Time Locomotive: We describe ourselves as new wave pop rock, but the central theme to what we do is music you can feel to. Hopefully people feel we have a distinctive sound. It is not for me to say really...
CV:
Today, everyone talks about artist and audience connection. Is such a level of
connection actually achievable for an artist and if so, how have you made the
connection to your fans?
Good
Time Locomotive: I would say that audience/artist connection is even more so
now. With social media we are literally asking to be stalked when you think
about it!
CV:
Is fan interaction an important part of the
band’s inner culture?
Good
Time Locomotive: 100%! Music is made to be shared and to see people from all
over the world love what we have poured our hearts and souls into is so
rewarding. I can’t wait to do that ion the real at some shows!
CV:
Can a band truly interact with its fans and still maintain a level of personal
privacy without crossing the line and giving up their “personal space” in your
opinion?
Good
Time Locomotive: Of course! I am pretty good at telling people when they have
crossed my boundaries! Most people are not actually dicks so it’s cool.
CV:
Is music, and its value, viewed differently around the world in your opinion?
If so, what do you see as the biggest difference in such multiple views among
various cultures?
Good
Time Locomotive: This is an especially good question for us as our singer is
Portuguese and, whilst there are many things that are wonderful about the
Portuguese culture (my wife is also from Portugal), a respect for the arts is
most certainly not one of them! That is why he left to pursue a career in music
in the UK.
You just don’t realize how much we respect the arts in this country until you
leave it … or how good we are at it! Just think of all the biggest artists and
bands ever...90% of them are either British or American. Seriously, do it and
if you have not had that eureka moment then you are about to!
That is why it is crazy that the government look so dimly on music and art in the UK. They want to compete against Singapore in stem subjects when we literally smash the arts! Weird not to play to your strengths really I’d say...
CV:
Do you feel that a band that has an international appeal, will tend to connect
more so to American audiences? Would they be more enticed or intrigued to see
the band over indigenous acts because of the foreign flavor?
Good
Time Locomotive: Who knows. We are getting a lot of interest from South
America. I would love to tour there! Plus we have French, Spanish, English,
Portuguese and Arabic all covered in this band….so I don’t thin k we will get
lost on tour! ;)
CV: Has modern-day digital technology made everyone an artist on some level in
your opinion? Have the actual lines of what really is an artist been blurred?
Good
Time Locomotive: Well, I think someone dancing in their pants on TikTok and
what we do are not really comparable … mind you, if you ever take a walk around
the Tate gallery in London and sees what passes for art there nowadays then
sure, why not? 
CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends
and one who sets them?
Good
Time Locomotive: Having the ability to jump outside your own frame of reference
and look back in is one way to try to stay original and set trends. I think
trends are ultimately set by those who resist convention and want to break the
mold somehow. It is getting harder and harder to do for sure but I like to
think we are giving it a good go.
CV:
Has music overall been splintered into too many sub-genres in an effort to
appease fan tastes in your opinion? And has such fan appeasements, in
actuality, weakened music’s impact as a whole by dividing audiences?
Good
Time Locomotive: That seems like a loaded question. I assume the person who
wrote the question definitely thinks that!
Like most change, there are pro’s and con’s. The biggest con to the way the industry has changed has been the dilution of art to 1 second attention spans. I think sometimes people need to remember that ‘Wish you were here’ by Pink Floyd has at least a 1 minute intro!
CV:
What can fans expect to see coming next from you?
Good
Time Locomotive: 7 songs written and being prepared in the GTL cauldron. These
ones were held back as they have some absolute hits in there for sure! If we
get the promo right we are, in the words of Michael Cain, going to ‘blow the
bloody doors off!’
CV:
Thanks again for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.
Good
Time Locomotive: Thank you! :)
Check out Good Time Locomotive at:
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/goodtimelocomotive
Website: www.goodtimelocomotive.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/goodtimelocomotive
Instagram: www.instagram.com/goodtimelocomotive
Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@goodtimelocomotive
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@goodtimelocomotive
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lRGOyNqW4aYHWJZr33W5M?si=D_0PaGPdSDSp9Afudf5ZtA
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