Smash Radio Corner Band of the Month: Nicumo Album: The end of silence Record Label: Inverse Records (http://www.inverse.fi/ ) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicumo RAR Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QTBgxCOhxKQ&feature=youtube_gdata Website and Tour Dates: http://www.nicumo.com/
DJ REM Interviews—Nicumo
1. Please introduce yourself and the other members of the band, and what their spot is in the band. My name is Tapio Anttiroiko and my spot is solo guitar. Atte Jääskelä - Guitar, main composer Hannu Karppinen - Vocals, lyrics Sami Kotila - Bass Aki Pusa - Drums 2. How long have you guys been together? I've started playing Jan 2012 in Nicumo, but I knew all the band members earlier 'cause I sold couple gigs for them. Others have played together since 2010. Atte formed band in 2007. 3. What was the creative spark that pushed you to form the band? Atte is our only former person of Nicumo because there were a lot of member changes during band's first 2-3 years. He had several of his own songs composed and thought that those should be tried with a band. Atte had a several year break before playing with Nicumo. So he was eager to start up a band. 4. How often are you guys able to get together and practice? Quite rarely.. We've had only about three rehearsals where all could join after last summer. Of course that's because our album project took the whole last autumn and winter. After releasing the album we've had so many gigs that we don't need to practice as much. But, soon it will be time to compose/practice new songs, then we'll try to practice together 2-3 times/month.