Child actors-turned-gifted multi-instrumentalists, Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario formed The Lemon Twigs in their mid-teens. Flamboyantly dressed purveyors of Baroque pop, power-pop and glam, they swap duties across guitars, drums, lead vocals and more, and , and ’s Gerard Way are among their fans. Two albums on from , their concept album about a chimp raised as a human, Brian says their new album is “darker, much more true to life”. I did. It was cool and kinda weird that such an early song of ours [2016’s ] resonated with him, because, to me, what we do now is much easier to get into. [Laughs]. Yeah, the stylist for that was this amazing woman called Shirley Kurata, who has since been nominated for Academy Awards, I believe. But these days we mostly just do our own styling. We both love stuff like by Raspberries, plus The Nerves and the Flaming Groovies. To me it’s more influenced by [American songwriter/composer] Arthur Russell or . When that 2019 Arthur Russell compilation Iowa Dream came out, we got super into that. He had a totally unique melodic sense. Definitely. Especially when we were just starting out. We’re very comfortable in front of an audience. Yeah. We were already driving to SXSW when we got asked if we’d like to back him. As soon as we got to our hotel I took the Wurlitzer up to my room to learn the organ solo for – I wasn’t going to try and busk that! Colin’s voice is still great. It would be really cool to do something with Sparks. They’re so consistent, so creative all the time. I’d be fascinated to see how Ron and Russell write together and what their process is. We do drive each other crazy, but we tend to vent in the moment and get it over with. There’s a great understanding between us musically, though. Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Julian Marszalek is the former Reviews Editor of The Blues Magazine. He has written about music for Music365, Yahoo! Music, The Quietus, The Guardian, NME and Shindig! among many others. As the Deputy Online News Editor at Xfm he revealed exclusively that Nick Cave’s second novel was on the way. During his two-decade career, he’s interviewed the likes of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osbourne, and has been ranted at by John Lydon. He’s also in the select group of music journalists to have actually got on with Lou Reed. Marszalek taught music journalism at Middlesex University and co-ran the genre-fluid Stow Festival in Walthamstow for six years. "I felt embarrassed - I haven’t been that angry in a long time." From dinner at Bradley Cooper's to an unplugged mic, the story of Metallica's chaotic Grammys performance with Lady Gaga "Food was flying everywhere, with no regard for the industry geeks whose suits were getting splattered": That time Nirvana got kicked out of their Nevermind release party for starting a drunken food fight "It was never about money, it was never about fame, it was about having fun": six things you need to know about The Revivalists