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Hello everybody,
Here's our band Q&A. It was a lot of fun to do. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did! Thanks for all your lovely questions!
Manda, HJ, Sonny, Lasse and Frank
What's the story behind the bandname?
Well,we all came together on a bright and sunny day and we needed, as all bands that are starting out do, a bandname.
After some very serious thinking we all pitched some bandnames and went with the one that suited the musical style of that time best. In fact, it still suits the musical style well. Regardsless of the meaning.
If you could have a guestsinger at a live show, who would it be and what song?
Manda: Till Lindemann for Allein and I would love to sing a duet with Kelly Clarkson.
HJ: Jared Leto of 30secondstomars. A song specially written for both Manda and Jared.
Sonny: I'm with Manda. Till Lindemann for Allein.
Lasse: George Michael. For a new song.
Frank: Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) James Labrie (Dream Theater) I don’t care which song.
What are your personal (musical) heroes and inspirators?
Manda: Kelly Clarkson, Jared Leto, Anneke van Giersbergen, Christina Aguilera, Till Lindemann
HJ:Songwriters : Max Martin, DR. Luke. - Composers : Bach, Beethoven and Shostakovich
Sonny: My iTunes library is fairly extensive so I find it hard to pick a few. Don't want to pick only bassists.
Lasse: George Michael, deadmau5, rammstein, faith no more, kraftwerk, Zedd
Frank: Mike Portnoy – Steve Smith – Dave Weckl – Jeff Porcaro – Simon Phillips – etc etc
Would you like to compose or be part of a soundtrack? For what kind of movie?
Manda: Exactly the same movies/series as HJ described; Game of thrones, Matrix, Underworld.
HJ: Underworld, Game of Thrones, Sci-fi/ action & comic , The Matrix...
Sonny: Movies like: The girl with a dragon tattoo. Or a Sci-Fi type of movie like Aliens would be nice too. Also anything from Pixar.
Lasse: James Bond!
Frank: Anything with a dark storyline.
Outside of venues in Utah (the obvious choice) which venue in the world would you love most to sell out, and why?
Manda: The Wembley Arena, London
HJ: In Holland the Ahoy, because if we are able to do that I can quit the jobs I don't like to do :D
Outside of Holland : Uk Royal Albert Hall, it just seems magical.
Sonny: In Holland probably HMH and Royal Albert Hall in the UK.
Lasse: If i had to choose: Royal Albert hall. Beautifull!
Frank:When I saw the live DVD from Queen at the Wembley Stadium, I was sold. So I agree with Manda :-)
Describe each band member in 3 words or less.
Manda:
Lasse: A busy bee
Frank: Relaxed as hell
HJ: Extreme perfectionist
Sonny: Big mouth, small...(sorry, I wasn't allowed more than 3 words :-)
HJ:
Let me describe them in chords! Sorry, very nerdy but fun!
Manda : E Majeur7
Sonny : B Mineur 7 add9
Lasse : D augmented #9,#11,#13,#15,#17,#19,#21 and on and on :D
Frank : B7
Sonny: I'll reply with some inside jokes. Sorry, you have to do it with Dutch answers
HJ: Broodje half vlees of sixpack voor November! (HJ can choose)
Lasse: mien oordoppn' vergeeeeetn'!
Frank: Eet je dat nog op? (very sorry, needed more words)
Manda: (Mmmmm hard to think of 1)
Lasse:
Sonny: optimist :-)
Frank: tikkie te laat
HJ: the planner
Manda: singer
Lasse: the best...:-)
Frank:
Lasse: Master of sounds
Sonny: The brown note ;)
HJ: Steady as a rock
Manda: The eye catcher
Just 1 for HJ. Favourite guitar heroes:
A lot actually,
Rock - Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Yngwie J Malmsteen, Jason Becker
Blues - BB King, Steve Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Joe Bonamassa
Jazz - Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrene
Fusion - Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen
-What is the most weird experience you had on a concert?
Manda: I stepped in a piece of glass once, felt it when entering the stage and totally forgot about it until the next day...
HJ: Pulling the plug when another band was performing .... on an electronic drumkit.....oeps, my bad...
Sonny: Was with a different band, but watching female students undress while we were playing.
Lasse: Finding out the girl on stage had her voice on tape (Britney Spears)
Frank: Once I hit between my tom’s also my nose. It was bleeding very hard, so on the end of the song my snare drum was beautifully red colored.
To answer all the tour questions in one time:
No, you all just have to come over to Holland and we do a big gig here, have a party and be done with it.
Seriously, there are plans, but not more than that right now.
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