Gotye — real name Wally De Backer — is turning his sights from somebody that he used to know to politics, forming a new political party with his band, the Basics, and planning a run in the November elections for the Australian state of Victoria, The Guardian reports.
De Backer is entering the political world with bandmates Kris Schroeder and Tim Heath, and the trio are fittingly calling their coalition the Basics Rock'n'Roll Party. The movement itself is centered around three tenets: innovation, education and rock music.
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