What has been your greatest achievement as a band ?
( TG ) Supporting Breed77 is probably the biggest thing for me , not long after we were offered our first 2 headlining shows . It ' s been weird , being the opening band and working our way up so quickly !
( LS ) Staying together this long ??? Ha ha but in all seriousness , in my opinion , supporting Breed 77 which was the fifth time we had ever played live together . And they gave us a shout out during their set !!
( MR ) For me aswel The Breed 77 Gig
( NS ) To be honest , I ’ d say that there have been many achievements in such the small amount of time of us being together . Be it just making a track from scratch or supporting a well-known band that we look up to . We have after all only just been all together for our first year and that to me is a pretty damn big achievement in itself . I guess that I like to look at what ’ s to come rather than what has been and I hope , we will continue to progress the way that we are too big and better things .
What can the fans expect to see from your band at metal mash ?
( MR ) Loud and Powerful !!!! ( TG ) Huge amounts of energy . Hands down that is our biggest aspect . The riffs are just chaos . ( LS ) Well ... Me , Nutzie and Miles all have wireless kits so we are always in and out of the crowds . We also have alot banter between songs with the fans as well as each other , which is something I don ' t see a lot of bands do . Not just talking y ' know . ( NS ) They need to expect the unexpected as I never know how any gig might go to be honest lol . All I know is that we love to play and that ’ s just what we do .
Who are your inspirations as artists ?
( NS ) I draw inspiration from all over the shop and I have soooooooo many influences , which I have because of so many people and things in my life e . g . My friends , family and a lot of the 90 ’ s / 00 ’ s music TV , which is a shame we don ’ t really have around anymore , as that was amazing how you could flick from one channel with Pearl Jam on and the flick over and see say System Of A Down , Sex Pistols , Drowning pool , Spineshank , The Clash . Just look at it now ??? WTF ??? Lol . ( TG ) For me its bands like Motörhead , The Who , Mötley Crüe and Led Zeppelin for drummers . ( LS ) It all boils down to Megadeth and Metallica man , For Whom The Bell Tolls was the song that made me wanna play guitar in the first place , then I heard about Megadeth and they just blew me away . In terms of song writing , pretty much everything from Bob Dylan to Bury Tomorrow , which I guess makes us unique as we don ' t just listen to one genre of music . ( MR ) I would personally say my inspirations as an artist would be from bassists that have achieved in giving the music they contribute to create an extra dimension of sound . Tweaking their gear to get an epic tone and style ( Chris Wolstenholme , Muse - Fieldy , Korn ), and plenty of slap for good measure ( Flea , Red Hot Chili Peppers ). Why sit in the background when you can make the most of your instrument and break the generic .
What ' s next for the band ?
( TG ) We just finished recording our first EP , now were playing the waiting game for mixing and mastering to be finished and then we can reveal a release date . ( MR ) Release date will be announced soon so watch this space . ( LS ) But in the meantime , we ' ll be playing shows when and wherever we can !! ( NS ) As the guys said , Ep ’ s in the progress of being finished off and also lots of great gigs coming up . We hope that we can get around as much as possible really , so keep your ears to the ground and eyes glued to our Facebook page for info ?
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