LiQUiFY Magazine October 2014 | Page 126

Cali ast Co Pack 6 with The Growlers LiQUiFY asked Brooks Nielsen, lead singer with The Growlers from the OC in California, to spill six quickies ... 1. We had some cracking surf a few weeks back at our breaks on the Gold Coast and we heard you had the same along the Cali Coast as well where your home base is - did you get some if you were home? “Sure did. Newport was all-time .. left tubes for days. A lot of Hawaiians were in town shredding bruddah.” 2. Your sound has been described as beach goth - how’d that combo come about and where do your influences come from? “We didn’t make it up. Our fans did