Interviews
Submitted by thanos on Dec 27, 2014
Hi Ida… you’re back with your new album “The Heart of the Matter” after 4 years. I think this is your best album to date!
I: Thank you so very much! Like you say, it’s been 4 years since our last album, and just like on our two previous ones, we’ve put a tremendous amount of work into “THOTM… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Dec 20, 2014
Hi Åge and thanks for doing this interview.
Å: My Pleasure.
Firstly can you please let us know why Wig Wam called it a day ?
Å: A band is like a football team. You’ll need all the players on the same field, playing the same game with the intention of making your own team win, and to… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Dec 14, 2014
Firstly tell us of how you came to be involved with Midnight and how this idea of “M2” came about?
L: Actually, Midnight had already promoted “M2: Descending into Madness” and had taken pre-orders as far back as 2006, before the album was ever recorded. I was a casual fan of Midnight since I… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Dec 7, 2014
Hi Jon… you’re back with a new album entitled “Etymology” after 2 years. What’s the story behind it?
J: “Etymology” is the result of Colin and I continuing to find new and interesting ways of combining our unique musical voices. After we did “Burnt Belief”, Colin got me involved in a… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Dec 6, 2014
Hi Peat… please present the band on Grande Rock, so that anyone unfamiliar with You Bred Raptors? will get an idea about the band…
P: You Bred Raptors? is a three piece busking band in NYC. We get legal permits to entertain and annoy commuters as they transfer trains. The band has 8 string… Read More
Submitted by joe on Dec 3, 2014
Cold Shot was part of an evolution in entertainment, where the nightlife of Hollywood reflected the hopes and dreams of young rock and roll fanatics around the world. Stages that people still talk about today, like Gazzarri’s, the Coconut Teaser and the Country Club were literally your… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Nov 30, 2014
Hi, Gary thanks for doing this interview. Firstly introduce us the new members in Ten!
G: I always felt that there was room in Ten for another guitar player so as to enable us to play more of the layers of our studio sound live. I have to say that both Dann Rosingana and Steve Grocott are… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Nov 27, 2014
Hey Bo… welcome back to the rock scene! I guess 25 years may seem like a lifetime but they pass in a blink of an eye, right?! How do you and the other guys feel to be back?
B: Thank you... yes, years go by quickly! It feels as if time has stood still, now when we are back to rock again… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Nov 24, 2014
Hi Carl… thx for talking to Grande Rock about your newest album entitled “Who Am I?”…
C: Hi Dimitrios “Who Am I?” is the title of our new album, hope you liked it!
From what I saw, you’ve once again changed the line-up of the band for the newest release. Why’s that?
C: It’s not so… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Nov 16, 2014
Hi Per. Let’s cut right to the chase. Which things inspired you so as to deal with AI, robots, cryonics, cloning and the new technology in general?
P: We’ve written about similar things in the past, but never on this scale, and Henrik actually had something similar in mind for our last album… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Nov 9, 2014
Hi Dave… “Second Nature” is a great successor to your homonymous debut album. You have taken things several steps further… but after all isn’t that the very essence of progressive music?
D: Absolutely! I think all musicians should strive to continue growing; otherwise you end up playing the same… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Nov 8, 2014
Hi Tony… back to the scene 3 years after your debut album. What happened in the meantime? Did you have in mind to release your sophomore album sooner or not?
T: I think these things just happen when the time is right as we had to make a couple of line-up changes which are never easy but… Read More