Interviews
Submitted by thanos on Jun 14, 2014
Hi K’noup. Your new album “Aria” is truly magnificent! Thus, it now holds a place in our “Gem” category! Congrats!
K: Thank you! It was quite the album to record.
Hence, what the story behind Viza? What does this band mean to you?
K: The band began as a project in 2000 when I… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Jun 7, 2014
Hey Pär. First of all, congrats on “Heroes” – it’s indeed a stunning epic metal album. I can’t believe it’s already been two years since we’ve talked about your previous work.
P: Big thanks. Time flies fast. We have been very busy doing around 100 shows every year and also managing to write… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on May 20, 2014
Hello Nils, thanks for doing this interview with Grande Rock…
N: Thanks!
First of all introduce the band to us, as you may have possibly flown under a lot of people’s radars but you just seem to just be getting enough exposure about now. (also did you recently change the bassist ?… Read More
Submitted by thanos on May 18, 2014
Hi Mike. The Mighty Swine are back with a killer album after a 5-year hiatus. Well-done!
M: Thank you very much. Thank you kindly for having me.
First things first. Why did it take you 5 whole years to come up with a new album? Did the line-up changes play a major role on that?
M… Read More
Submitted by thanos on May 12, 2014
Hey Zain! “New Southern” is a spending album by all means! I’m glad we’re given the chance to talk about it…
Z: For sure this record has been in the making for a long time and it is finally here I’m glad to release this killer debut to the masses!
First of all, I’d like to know what… Read More
Submitted by thanos on May 10, 2014
Hey AJ… where do I find you? How are things on the band’s camp?
AJ: Hi Thanos!! Things are great on our end! We are going into a really exciting summer, new CD coming out here in May, tours, festivals, lots of awesome stuff going on for us!
Even though I was expecting your full-length… Read More
Submitted by thanos on May 4, 2014
Hi Jaron. Glad to talk to you about your debut album & Mach22 in general. I think that you’re a newcomer with lots of potential…
J: Hey Thanos! Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking the time to check the band out.
So, how did the band take shape and how did you all guys get… Read More
Submitted by darwin on May 3, 2014
Hey Michael & Simon… welcome to Grande Rock! Since it’s the first time we speak, please introduce the band to our readers…
M: Jupiter Zeus are Simon Staltari on vocals/guitar, myself Michael Lawson on guitar, Jeremy Graham bass and occasional keyboards and Aidrian Vudrag on drums. We… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Apr 19, 2014
Hi Ola. Welcome back to music industry dude. “Circus Pandemonium” is a delightful album indeed! Kudos!
O: Yeah, thanks! We are extremely proud it!
So, tell us… why did you take such a long break after the astonishing “Silence” in 2006? One would believe that “Silence” could have been… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Apr 13, 2014
Hey Steve. It’s great to have the chance to talk about Vardis almost 27 years after their comeback!
S: Yes, it’s unbelievable that so much has happened in the past year. It all feels as though we never split up!
So, what happened back in 1986 and you called it a day after the release of “… Read More
Submitted by thanos on Apr 12, 2014
Hi Neal. I’m glad we’re given the chance to talk about the “Chasing the Sun”. By the way, it rocks dude!
N: Thank you, we are pretty proud of it. It was a lot of fun recording this record.
So, which were the first things you had in mind when you started working on “Chasin the Sun”?… Read More