“This album’s the only one where I’ve sat down and planned out a solo. Otherwise, the record button’s pressed, and I just go, ‘Pentatonic scale!’”: Orange Goblin’s Joe Hoare on life’s simple pleasures –Les Pauls, Marshall ampsand signature beer

Joe Hoare of Orange Goblin plays a solo his Gibson Les Paul onstage, wearing a white t-shirt and black waistcoat. .

The world’s got problems, but we could all stand to chill out a bit. That’s arguably the central premise to (Not) Rocket Science, the first single from Orange Goblin’s Science, Not Fiction album, where the veteran UK quartet implore us to live for the moment – perhaps while crankin’ up their celebratory hard rock. They sing it to us as they see it: “We’re doin’ alright.”

“It’s really just saying that the problems you’ve got today, you’re probably not going to have them anymore tomorrow,” guitarist Joe Hoare says, adding, “Life isn’t as hard as some people make it. So, ‘it’s not rocket science’ is more ‘just enjoy yourself and get on with it.’”