The Secret Meeting Interview with kaRIN and Statik – September 2007 Circa September 2007 – Fazer Magazine You can forget about bands like +44, Velvet Revolver and Audioslave. The real supergroup on everyone’s lips right now should be the The Secret Meeting. While I remain a bonafide Collide / Curve / Toni Halliday fanatic, there’s…
Category: Interviews – Fazer
Otep Shamaya – OTEP Interview October 2007
Mike: How’re you doing’? Otep: I am doing very well. How are you? I am doing alright. Where are you sitting right now? Sitting’ in Los Angeles, California. Nice! I betcha it’s warmer than Canada. Ah, yes a little bit. Just a little bit. I got a press release through your label (KOCH Records) saying…
Biffy Clyro Interview with James Johnston – September 12th, 2007
So, there I was. Standing behind the Sony Centre at about 5pm on October 15th, chatting with the security guy, waiting for a Warner Music rep to escort me into the green room to chat with Scottish three-piece band Biffy Clyro. I was trying to decide who I was more pumped to see – Queens…
Fightstar Interview with Charlie Simpson – October 3rd 2007
Circa October 2007 – Fazer Magazine On their new CD One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours, Fightstar have raised the bar for both themselves as a band, and for their listeners. Jam-packed with stellar riffs, chunky bass, and some fine song writing, the band are poised for a big year. One Day Son…
Torngat Interview with Julien Poissant – September 12th, 2007
Circa September 2007 – Fazer Magazine Some Montreal Magic. Interview with Julien Poissant. Conducted by phone on Sept 12th, 2007. Torngat are a part of London’s very own LOLA Festival in September. Sadly, I missed their live performance. I heard from some of the London music hipsters Torngat put on an impressive live show. Mike:…
Caribou Interview with Dan Snaith – September 11th, 2007
Circa September 2007 – Fazer Magazine Mike: How are things? Dan Snaith: Good. We’re just driving to our venue. We’ve started our touring today. Pretty good so far. You’re doing the Architecture show in Helsinki tonight? That’s right, yeah. Nice. When are you coming back to Canada, Dan? September the 27th I think we arrive…
Mute Math Interview with Paul Meaney, Darren King and Greg Hill – September 7th, 2007
Circa September 2007 – Fazer Magazine Preamble. Interview with Paul Meaney, Darren King and Greg Hill. When I got into the back of the London Rum Runners venue to chat with Mute Math, there were rumblings about Bjork possibly not playing the Virgin Festival the next day. If she didn’t play, Mute Math would likely…
Ulrich Schnauss Interview – July 2007
Circa July 2007 – Fazer Magazine Ulrich Schnauss is not really a name that gets thrown about when radio stations are pushing about the latest top 40 pablum – most of which is bottom-dredged from reality TV shows these days. I’d challenge most of this aforementioned pablum to take the ‘Pepsi-challenge’ against the musical merits…
Buffalo Tom Interview with Bill Janovitz & Chris Colbourn – June 2007
Circa June 2007 – Fazer Magazine Buffalo Tom hail from Boston, Massachusetts. They formed in the 1980s and have recorded numerous albums. Nothing in the past eight years though.Buffalo Tom’s principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis. Chris and Bill took the time to sit with me for a…
Lacuna Coil Interview with Andrea Ferro – May 2007
Circa May 2007 – Fazer Magazine Hottest Chicks In Metal tour While he’s NOT one of the hottest chicks in Metal, Andrea Ferro is 50% of the vocals in Lacuna Coil, and he took some time to chat with me a few hours before going onstage at the May 16th Opera House show. We were…
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