WAILING CITY: Wailing City Spotlight: Interview with Chris Moore

Published November 9, 2023

Interview by Jeff Thunders

Hey Chris, how are you?

Doing fine, surviving ww3 so far, can't complain.

You Play guitar in Horns Of Ormus. I've been telling people you guys are New London's answer to Television. How would you describe the sound of the band to one who didn't know?

I'm flattered by the comparison, maybe imagine television born in a dive bar w/ a nu wave guitarist

What are you currently listening to?

Saved! by Reverend Kristen Michael Hayter, an alt project by the astonishing artist Lingua Ignota.

Who are your all time top 3 favorite New London bands?

Estrogen and Tonic, Fatal Film, Brain Police

Wailing City Archive: Chris w/ Estrogen & Tonic at 33, NL 2012

Past or present, where is your favorite room to play in town?

Station 58 upstairs

Same question as above, but apply it to outside of the New London area.

Cafe 9 in New Haven

If you can narrow it down, what are your top 5 favorite records of all time?

This is insanely tough, I'll go with:

"The shape of jazz to come" - Ornette Coleman
"Double nickels on the dime" - Minutemen
"Paul's Boutique" - Beastie Boys
"Muswell Hillbillies" - The Kinks
"Good kid Maad city" - Kendrick Lamar

It's Friday night, you have no shows, but wanna go out on the town. Where are you heading

Dutch, Oasis, 33

If you could join a current New London band for 1 show who would it be?

Common Disaster

If you were a pizza topping what would you be?

native tomato

What former band of yours would you bring back for one show?

Squash

What do you think New London brings to the state as far as a community goes that no one else has?

NL has the best mix of grit and queerness in CT

What is something about you that not many people know?

Little known fact: I'm a singer songwriter called Lawn Bastard