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Imagine you’re at the bar. (Not 21? Don’t care. You’re at a bar.) You’re just taking a break after dancing your ass off when you are approached by six, strapping young fellows — one of which is wielding a flute.

Excited? You should be.

These six men are Gentlemen Hall. Collectively, they are one of Boston’s biggest upcoming bands, and they are taking you on a date. After a few quick questions (and listening to their jams), you’ll learn almost everything you need to know about them, you’ll dig it, and you’ll go home with them tonight.

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Q: How did you guys get together?
GH: We all met within the last six years in college (Berklee College of Music) and started toying around with the idea of forming a band in the past two. The eventual lineup was settled on within about five months. It was all downhill from there.

Q: Describe your band in 3 words – no more, no less.
GH: Ballistic, bilingual, balls.

Q: Your band has a collective iPod, but it only has enough space for 5 artists. Who are they? Do any of these bands or artists influence your band’s sound?
GH: Prince, Q-Tip, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Parliament, Bone Thugs n’ Harmony. Definitely all have influenced us in one way or another.

Q: Who are you making music for? Who do you consider your “target audience”?
GH: We make our music for anyone who likes to dance and have a good time. Our target audience is fly ladies who dig flute, booze, and guys in bands.

Q: When that audience sees your band live, what do you want them to walk away with?
GH: Our CD, sore feet, an eventual hangover, merchandise, a mind blown to bits, us, mass text messages to their friends proclaiming how great we are, Facebook statuses proclaiming how great we are.

Q: If your music had a physical manifestation, what would it be?
GH: A big pink robot with a top hat.

Q: As a band, what has your biggest accomplishment been so far?
GH: Winning the title of “MTV’s Best Boston Breakout Artist 2009.”

Q: Where do you see yourselves a month from now, a year from now, five years from now? Is that where you want to be?
GH: A month from now, starting up the recording on our debut full-length. A year from now, on tour. Five years from now, rubbing our Grammys in people’s faces. That is definitely where we would like to be.

Q: What is your idea of success? When do you get to say, “Yeah, we made it”?
GH: World tour with those Grammys.

Q: Is there a message or theme to what you do?
GH: “Free your mind and your ass will follow.” – George Clinton

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Tomorrow morning, when you’re sneaking away from Gentlemen Hall’s bedside, don’t call it a “walk of shame.” In fact, go ahead and give yourself a high-five.