From the Green Room interview with Lost Dogs Of Ultimo

Posted on November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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From the Green Room interview with Lost Dogs of Ultimo

What’s the name of the band?

Hi we are Lost Dogs Of Ultimo

2. Where are you from?
I am based in Melbourne Australia other members are in Byron Bay and New
Zealand

3. What type of music do you play?

We are a experimental electronic Punk rock band

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?

I am Pauli I write play guitar and Smokey Poe is drums and producer audio tech
Kymin Kaos plays bass and vocals

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

I was influence a lot by the british punk explosion but also great bands MC5 and
The New York Dolls powerful guitar dominant bands

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

I felt drawn to music as a very young child about 4 or 5 years old was trying to play
instruments banging things etc.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2024 and beyond into 2025?

We are heading in to the studio in November to record on a theme of Injustice and
Fear

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And where can they find your music?

We are on all the socials right now our music is on all streaming services follow the
links

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?
MC5

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would
you choose?

New York Dolls

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again in the future.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0XwoN8qkF3CNq5aQoYf3EC?si=39cTnBz9T5aWE
MhVYtwKew

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077331099830

https://www.instagram.com/lost_dogs_of_ultimo_/

https://lostdogsofultimo.bandcamp.com/

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From the Green Interviews Artic Dreams

Posted on November 6, 2024November 6, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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From the Green Room interviews Artic Dreams

1. What’s the name of the band?

[ALEX_Y]: “Arctic Dreams”

[SYDIUS]: “Do we need to vary answers?”

[GENA]: “Arctic something something.. ”

[NENAD]: “Ark, Ticks, Drina.”

[ROMAN]: “Arctic Dreams as far as I know”

2. Where are you from?

[ALEX_Y]: “The project was founded in St. Petersburg, Russia. But due to all
known events we left this country and this city and now the project is stretched between
Belgrade and Berlin.”

[SYDIUS]: “Saint-Petersburg”

[GENA]: “I'm from the post-apocalyptic future, where most of humanity has been
wiped out by a deadly nuclear war, which was sparked off by an artificial intelligence. The
survivors fight extinction against the computer system&#and genocidal war on humanity…”

[NENAD]: “Dubai”

[ROMAN]: “Zauralie”

3. What type of music do you play?

[ALEX_Y]: “We call this arctic-dreams-metal – a frantic mix of traditional metal,
classical music and electronic gothic.”

[SYDIUS]: “Rock and metal”
[GENA]: “The type with a guitar in it”

[NENAD]: “Mostly metal, rock and folk”

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?

[ALEX_Y]: “I am the vocalist, founder and composer of Arctic Dreams”

[SYDIUS]: “Play guitar and spoil songs with endless soloing”

[GENA]: “I play bass”

[NENAD]: “I play guitar and I help make the songs work.”

[ROMAN]: “I’m a drummer”

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

[ALEX_Y]: “They are very huge)) Classical, gothic and heavy metal mostly.”

[SYDIUS]: “From classic rock into progressive, jazz and classics and now back and
forth”

[GENA]: “Ever since I was a kid, I loved listening to music, any music I could
reach. Now nothing has changed, style and genre are not important to me”

[NENAD]: “Very varied. Started off with pop rock and classical when I was a kid,
my parents took me to some events to see. I got interested in music to at least try it, so I
started off with piano and music lessons. The rest is history.”

[ROMAN]: “I started to listen to heavy music when I was 9 years old from Korol i
Shut. Then I had a period of being fun of Rammstein, Aria, Nightwish, and Blind
Guardian. When people ask me about my favorite band, I usually answer Blind Guardian
because they were the last band I could call my favorite. After them, I just was a fan of
Power Metal, then all kinds of Metal, now I listen to a lot of different music of many genres
so right now, I don’t have a favorite band at all.”

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

[ALEX_Y]: “Yeah, since I was about 12. Music came a few years after I heard my
first heavy music album.”

[SYDIUS]: ” Don’t know if it’s legitimate to define a huge path of studies, activities, mistakes and discoveries naturally come”

[GENA]: “And how does the non-natural process work? Do they throw an
instrument at you and throw you on stage? ”

[NENAD]: “It was a way to express my natural creative side, but I didn’t commit to
it until later in life when I studied it better. It was pretty much on and off until my teenage
years, that was when the sparks started flying. Now it is as natural to me as breathing.”

[ROMAN]: “I have played drums since school, and I would say that it was pretty
natural for me”

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2024 and beyond into 2025?

[ALEX_Y]: “Finishing the second album is our main objective”

[SYDIUS]: “Hopefully acceleration of creative activity”

[GENA]: “New music, new live shows”

[NENAD]: “Finishing preproduction for the new album and possibly churn out a
show.”

[ROMAN]: “-”

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And where can they find your music?

[ALEX_Y]: “We have a number of resources on which we regularly update:

https://arcticdreamsofficial.com

https://www.instagram.com/arcticdreamsofficial

https://www.facebook.com/arcticdreamsband

https://arcticdreams.bandcamp.com

https://www.youtube.com/@arcticdreams231

https://soundcloud.com/arctic-dreams

https://vk.com/arcticdreams

https://www.tiktok.com/@arcticdreamsofficial

https://twitter.com/ArCTiC_D_Metal

https://www.reverbnation.com/arcticdreams ”

[SYDIUS]: “ – ”

[GENA]: “You can find our band page in almost all social networks”

[NENAD]: “Facebook for the boomers and Gen X, Instagram for the Millennials…do
we have TikTok for the Gen Zers? Spotify and Bandcamp for all.”

[ROMAN]: “-”

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?

[ALEX_Y]: “Metallica, Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth”
[SYDIUS]: “Chick Corea Elektric Band”
[GENA]: “Dream theater”
[NENAD]: “Pink Floyd”
[ROMAN]: “As I answered above it is Blind Guardian”

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would
you choose?

[ALEX_Y]: “Metallica, Rammstein, Slipknot”
[SYDIUS]: “ Lady Gaga ”
[GENA]: “ Metallica or Rammstein ”

[NENAD]: “Hypocrisy, Pain, Paradise Lost, Orbit Culture to name a few.”

[ROMAN]: “Metallica. They have big gigs, and we would look pretty professional next to
Kirk Hammett”

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again, in the future.

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From the Green Room Interview with Versa

Posted on November 6, 2024November 6, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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From the Green Room interview with Versa

Thanks for taking some time to chat with From the Green Room

1. What’s the name of the band?

Versa
2. Where are you from?

Victoria, on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

3. What type of music do you play?

A mix of post-rock, progressive rock, and indie rock.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?

I’m Matthew Dolmage, and I play flute, guitar, piano, and sing in the band.

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

My biggest influences when I first started writing music were Jethro Tull, Sigur
Ros, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, Sufjan Stevens, and Andy Creeggan.
Those are still important artists for me, but lately I’ve been listening to a lot more
modern progressive rock and metal – artists like Haken, Caligula’s Horse, Neal
Morse, and Big Big Train – which have had a big influence on our more recent
songs.

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

Yes – my mom was a pianist and I’ve been playing music for as long as I can
remember. Hollas, or violinist, grew up in a musical home as well –his parents were
both professional musicians and his father was head of the School of Music at the
University of Victoria, and Jesse, our drummer, also comes from a musical family –
his father is a multi-Juno award winning singer/songwriter.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2024 and beyond into 2025?

We’ve got a couple more music videos coming to support our most recent album, “A
Voyage / A Destination, Part 2”, released on October 4 th . We’re also returning to
live performance for the first time in almost 8 years, with a show at one of our
favourite venues, Lucky Bar here in Victoria on December 13 th . In 2025 we’ll be
playing a few more shows and starting work on our next album.

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And where can they find your music?

Best place to go is www.versa-music.com – it’s a link tree to our social media
accounts, youTube page, Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music streaming pages, and our
Bandcamp, where you can buy physical CDs and digital downloads.

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?
Jethro Tull, Genesis, and Barenaked Ladies are my top-3.

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would
you choose?

It’d be an honour to open for any of the bands and artists that we’ve had the
pleasure of collaborating with on the last two albums – we’ve had members of
Haken, Caligula’s Horse, iamthemorning, Neal Morse Band, Big Big Train,
Marching Mind, eMolecule, Moon Letters, and Wobbler play on our recent albums,
which has been amazing. We are probably going to get something going with Moon
Letters in 2025 – they’re in Seattle and we’re in Victoria, so it makes sense! Of the
other bands, I think we’d be a great fit to open for Big Big Train – maybe some day!
Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again in the future.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/versamusic
Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/progversa

Twitter: @MusicVersa

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/VersaMusicOfficial

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/album/32xuWbamGmt85uAKsqPVn5

Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-voyage-a-destination-part-
2/1770532955

Tidal:

Bandcamp: https://versaversa.bandcamp.com

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Interview with Irian Darkwood

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 by fromthegreenrm

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Interview with Irian Darkwood

1. What’s the name of the band/artist?

A: My name is Irian Darkwood

2. Where are you from?

I am from Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada

3. What type of music do you play?

I sing rock/metal music.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do?

My name is Irian Darkwood, I’m a Canadian metal/rock artist, I am a musician who
started out in karaoke, found my love for preforming there, and started making my own
music

5.This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

I actually had a lot of country influences growing up, but my biggest one was my father,
who loved music, had a huge collection of it, and we would always hear music in the house,
in the car, on road trips, he liked anything from Marty Robbins to Backstreet Boys

6.Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

I have been singing since I was quite small, I would always sing for people ( to their
annoyance lol), I remember my grandfather called me his ‘ little canary’, so the singing was
kind of a natural thing more or less, but I had to overcome serious shyness and anxiety (
still do), to be able to preform as I do today.

7.What can we expect from you in the rest of 2024 and beyond into 2025?

Lots of upcoming releases for music, hopefully we get some live gigs, keep an eye out on
Facebook, instagram and YouTube, you’ll see updates and things there!

8. For someone who wants to know more about you, were can they find you at? And
were can they find your music?

You can find new at : https://www.facebook.com/iriandarkwood
https://www.instagram.com/iriandarkwood
https://www.youtube.com/@iriandarkwood
https://www.iriandarkwood.com

9.Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band and why?

Oh man, just one? Hmmm…. I gotta say Bon Jovi, I love the energy they bring to the
stage, and the type of music they play.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting again in
the future.

Thank you for having me, it was really awesome to chat with you!

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

https://www.facebook.com/iriandarkwood

https://www.instagram.com/iriandarkwood

https://www.youtube.com/@iriandarkwood

https://www.iriandarkwood.com

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Interview with Talk Radio

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 by fromthegreenrm

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Interview with Talk Radio

Thanks for taking some time to chat with From the Green Room

1. What’s the name of the band?
Talkradio.

2. Where are you from?

Melbourne, Australia.

3. What type of music do you play?

I’d say “alternative” or “indie” rock would be as close as you can get.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?

My name is Alex. I’m the only one in this project. I write all the music and lyrics,
perform all the vocals, play the drums, guitars, keys/piano and any other required
percussion, as well as create all the artwork for the CD releases.

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

It’s a bit of a mix. To begin with, I learnt drums in my teens. My uncle was a great
drummer (mum’s cousin really) and he was a huge fan of people like Billy Cobham and
Ginger Baker. Through my own musical explorations, I added people like Neil Peart,
Virgil Donati and Danny Carey to that list (unbelievably I ended up becoming friends
with a singer who worked with Virgil and took my uncle to a gig). Once I started singing,
I was being inspired by people like Bruce Dickinson, John Farnham and, my ultimate
hero, Chris Cornell. These days, my influences are purely from a song writing
perspective. For years, my number one song writing influence has been Foo Fighters. I’m
a huge admirer of Dave Grohl’s ability to churn out melodic hooks like he has a
bottomless pit of ideas. Other influences include Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Radiohead and
The Beatles.

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

I’ve been told I’ve always been musical. I used to drum in time to songs from the age of
3. Even so, music wasn’t my first artistic pursuit. I started as an actor at the age of 12. I
did quite a bit of theatre, TV and even a film over a period of 5 years. When I finished
high school and it was time to go to uni, my parents stopped supporting my acting
ambitions. They actively blocked my attempts, which was simple for them really. All
they had to do was stop driving me around to where I needed to go. By the time I got my
licence and was able to get around myself, my acting agency had been sold, I was no

longer on their books and my actors equity membership had expired. At this stage, I had
no drum kit at home either and was relegated to practicing on various pieces of furniture
in front of the stereo. At some point my cousin, who happened to be a great drummer,
invited me to watch his band at a rehearsal studio. It turned out they had no singer and
insisted I get on the microphone to give them a guide. It took a lot of convincing. They
kept asking me back every weekend. That’s how the singing began. Not long after that, I
joined a band and signed up for singing lessons.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2023 and beyond into 2024?

I’m currently working on my next recording. It will be a 5 track EP. I won’t be waiting to
do entire albums anymore.

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And where can they find your music?

Everything I have can be found on www.talkradioaus.com.au, including where you can
find my music. You can also follow on www.facebook.com/talkradio.aus.

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?

Soundgarden, with Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam close behind.

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would
you choose?
Opening for Foo Fighters would be the pinnacle of anything I’d ever achieved. I don’t
think I’d even care if I didn’t get paid. That sounds so ridiculous that even typing that
answer is making me giggle.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again in the future.
Thanks so much.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
www.talkradioaus.com.au

www.facebook.com/talkradio.aus

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tsG1V80qZfYQRZXncVUIy

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/talkradio/669953246

https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B00DSU1HWE/talkradio

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCxyElXnczvRDweNjs4ZfPcA

https://soundcloud.com/talkradio-music/albums

https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6180094

https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/talkradio

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Interview With Atomic Agent

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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Interview with Atomic Agent

Thanks for taking some time to chat with From the Green Room

1. What’s the name of the band?

Atomic Agent.

2. Where are you from?

Hämeenlinna, Finland.

3. What type of music do you play?
Hard Goth Rock. There are so much of dark elements like the lyrical themes, the tone of
my voice and much of the guitar melodies that fall into the Goth/Gothic category, but this
stuff also has so much that cockiness and heaviness of Hard Rock, that I think Hard Goth
Rock says it best. Although, there is a lot more, when you start digging in.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?
Hi! I’m Al Aston, I sing and play all the instruments – until now, that is. For live
purposes we are forming a line-up, other members so far added are Neville van der Smith
on bass, Count Jan Woods on drums and Nicholas de Sin on rhythm guitar. We’re still
actively looking for a lead guitarist – preferably someone, who can make the guitar sing,
so to speak. If this line-up will also start making studio recordings, remains to be seen,
but we are already actively rehearsing for possible future live shows.

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical
influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?
My first musical influences were artists like Elvis Presley and David Bowie. Then I got
gradually deeper into more extreme metal, and metal, especially thrash and death metal,
are what made me want to play an instrument myself. At one point I listened to a of 80’s
Goth Rock, then a lot of punk hardcore and even played in a certain punk hardcore band
for almost a couple of years.

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you
naturally?

I have. None of my family was that musical, other than listening to music, but me and my
friends we really hit it off with metal stuff as teenagers, it really felt like it was made for
us and we were made for it. To be honest, before any serious metal came into picture, I
had no idea I had any musical talent myself. So yes, in the end it did come to me pretty
naturally.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2023 and beyond into 2024?

There’s a couple of singles coming out – pretty soon I hope, then an EP called Dolly’s
Not Alone later in the spring. A sophomore album is also in the works. On top of that we
are rehearsing the live stuff as mentioned, and hoping to hit the stages later this year –
provided that we find the lead guitarist, of course.

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And were can they find your music?

You can find us on several social media, like Facebook and Instagram, but not on X. The
debut album Secret Society is out on pretty much all digital streaming platforms. I’m just
hoping we could get a physical release out at some point too.

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?

Oh man, this answer could change on a daily basis! But today I’ll go with Carcass. I just
love them so much, especially Heartwork is something that makes my clock tick! A
perfect combination of heaviness, blasting, harmonies and technical brilliance (without
going overboard at any point).

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would
you choose?

Open for us? Well now… We usually get asked only the question who should we open
for, but I like the way you think! 😀 But I think we’d team up with bands like Tribulation,
Candlemass, Paradise Lost and such quite nicely.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again in the future.

Thank you, it was my pleasure!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atomicagent666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atomicagentband

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@atomicagent

Bandcamp: https://atomicagent.bandcamp.com

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vWRdIwcIKLKWbTH31k9N1

ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/atomicagent

Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/artist/41772380

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Interview with Sanity

Posted on March 10, 2024March 13, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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Interview With the Band Sanity

Band of the Day Questions

Thanks for taking some time to chat with From the Green Room

1. What’s the name of the band?
Sanity

2. Where are you from?
Berlin, Germany

3. What type of music do you play?
We are a symphonic metal band with roots in black and death metal, enriched with
massive arrangements of choirs and symphonic instruments. There is an abundance.
of lead guitars and melodic riffing, the songs feature low growling vocals, intense.
shouting and screaming but also beautiful clean vocals, from heroic Viking chants to
high-pitched power metal voices. The drumming ranges from fast-paced blasts with
double bass drumming to intense progressive metal rhythms.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?
My name is Philipp, and I am the drummer.

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical influences did you have growing up, and what are some now?

I was growing up in a strange type of musical home. My parents being born during
World War II and having suffered bomb raids, displacement and separation from their families longed for a peaceful and silent haven to build a family. We did not
have any TV, nor was there any radio culture. I was a clean slate when it came to
popular music. First mixtapes from classmates featuring the classic eighties quickly
lead to discovering rock music and I was already playing in a cover band at the age of
thirteen. I got pretty quickly into hard rock and heavy metal, starting with AC/DC and G’n’R. But then somebody had me listen to Metallica, my first real heavy metal experience.

There was a music show on the public broadcast channel which featured a documentary about Death Metal Imagine, a teenager in a classical music-home (we had bought a (small) TV in the meantime) watching in all earnestness an educational television program about death metal -and the next thing I know, I went to a music store to buy my first death metal CD.

Funny but true, the shop clerk was totally lost when I asked him about death metal, so we both went to the section and found a CD from a band called Death and he
sold it to me. Luckily, it was death metal and that sealed my fate and the direction
our band would be taking. Now, listening to the five tracks on our EP Revelation you will find influences from nineties black metal bands like Emperor, Ancient and Bloodthorn, but also death metal bands like Orphanage, Gorefest, and Death. Even
Metallica plays a role. Gothic metal bands like Cemetary or dark wave artists like Eros
Necropsique and Elend were also a resource of inspiration.

The way we composed the orchestra parts were definitely formed by us listening to music from Ludwig Van Beethoven, Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel.

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you naturally?

Look, when you grow up in a classical music home like me, when you don’t have any.
parental role models when it comes to popular music, you’re left on your own to
discover it. I was well gifted with musical talent. Aggression in me during my teenage
years found expression in me composing music and writing down my feelings in the
corresponding lyrics. What I can tell you is that I was discovering on my own what my
soul needed in terms of music, what my soul related to. You still remember Roxette’s
“Hotblooded” from the “Joyride” album? There is a particular bridge/solo which is
pretty hard rock-esque and this struck home with me (I had not yet been exposed to
hard rock or heavy metal). After I heard the song for the first time I wondered why
there is no full song with that intensity. Why not compose music, that is entirely
made of bridges and intense soloing? Why leave people wanting? Why are people so
dependent on what is served to them? I wanted full length intensity and I wanted it
now. That was my inspiration to write my own music. I became so eager
experimenting with this marvelous new discovery: being able to write my own music.
I wanted to find out how song writing actually works. Can I do it? How do I express
what I musically enjoy? How does it sound if I compose these chords for guitar, the
harmonic 3rd in bass and a progressive drumming underneath it? I was overflowing
with creativity. So, all in all it looks, this came to me naturally, and has been ever
since.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2023 and beyond into 2024?

We have already recorded the songs for the second and third EP to complete the "Revelation" project and plan to release those in 2024 and 2025, respectively. This trilogy will
then have a total of 14 songs. The record release concert for the second EP is on
2 March 2024, see our website www.sanity.berlin for details. There will be concerts in summer and autumn for sure, but we are still in the planning phase, nothing concrete, yet. At the same time my brother and I are working on a rerelease of our second album Nocturnal from 1999. Florian is actually composing completely new rhythm and
lead guitars and I will be recording new drums for it.
Additionally, we are currently preparing the video shoot for our next official music video, the
song “Babylon” from our EP The Beast. We are working with Underpaid Mantis Studio
( www.underpaidmantis.com ) and are currently developing the story line for the video.

Our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@Sanity.berlin already has a good amount
of content and I would like to add more. The official videos for “Seals” and “Throne” were
just released. Check them out on YouTube.
Sanity – Throne (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/5x4RdpaD9Ho?si=Ef-AdqBEUSLkL9R6
Sanity – Seals (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/9adVATPq-yA?si=hpVCQPAv_dBcGvUr
You see, we got our hands full with exciting subjects for many years to come.

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at?
And were can they find your music?
Our website www.sanity.berlin stores a lot of information about the band, even historic data.
This is worthwhile to check out. Our music is available at most of the online streaming
platforms and stores. You can buy our music on our website and on bandcamp, as well.

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all time favorite band?
Arcturus – Aspera Hiems Symfonia
When hearing this album for the first time, I was just blown away. The compositions on this
record is so avant-garde, I couldn’t believe it. The mixture between shouting and clean
vocals are breathtaking as is the blending of guitar work and symphonic instruments. A
masterpiece!

If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would.
you choose?
From the very beginning I had envisioned Sanity to reach the English-speaking audience and
thus used English lyrics. It would be pretty awesome to get in contact with metal bands from
the UK or US and become their support on one of their tours. A wonderful line-up would be.
Wolves At the Gate, Slechtvalk and Vials of Wrath.

And of course, we’d love to play some big stages and are dreaming about a small tour outside.
Germany. Scandinavia would be awesome or the US. Our latest release is a concept album of
the book of Revelation from the bible, a prophetic, dystopian book that vividly and explicitly
describes the Apocalypse. A dedicated tour on that topic would be incredible.

Let’s see what the future holds in store for us.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting
again, in the future.

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Websites:
Web: https://www.sanity.berlin
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sanity.berlin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanity.berlin
Bandcamp: https://sanityberlin.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanity.berlin
X: https://twitter.com/SanityBerlin

Streaming Site Links:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-
de/artist/0bhXlkSU7XN56kBuUuvXXa?si=ki9IcUitQNyodBXyrq_B5Q
Amazon Music:
https://amazon.de/music/player/artists/B0CHHW97WL/sanity?marketplaceId=A1PA6795UK
MFR9&musicTerritory=DE&ref=dm_sh_PidIrR7CbqZCj4mwIPm5zpymv
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sanity/1546091708
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCsYZJ2WYArtoGXgBOc-
jVNw?si=OmjURhgpG_wSbCHN

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Interview with the Band Sweet Crystal

Posted on March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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Interview with Sweet Crystal

Name Of Act: SWEET CRYSTAL
Latest Release: ‘WHATEVER IS NEEDED, WHATEVER IT TAKES’ (Single)
DIRECT SPOTIFY LINK: https://open.spotify.com/album/2mjF0LUQIZL31FqL4Agibo

1. What’s the name of the band?

Greetings from SWEET CRYSTAL, a 26 time Detroit Music Award winning band

2. Where are you from?

We are a 4-piece rock band from the Detroit, Michigan area – a city that has as long a musical history as we do ourselves.

3. What type of music do you play?

Basically, we are considered a Christian progressive rock band (think arena rock or as some magazines have labeled us – bombastic!). In the beginning, we opened up for such classic rock acts as Bob Seger, Foghat, Nazareth, Steppenwolf and many more before finding our true path into the Christian music field. With a catalog of seven releases to date (and the new one ‘8’ on it’s way), and with hundreds of hours of new ideas still in the pipeline, we feel there’s definitely a song or two that
will fit pretty much everyone’s taste of music.

4. Introduce yourselves to the readers and tell us what you do in the band?

Band Members:
MarQ Andrew Speck (Q) – lead vocals, everything with keys
Bill Blatter –vocals, everything with strings
Steve Wieser – everything hit with sticks
Martin Kuchar – vocals, everything bass

5. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical influencesdid you have growing up, and what are some now?

We started out totally influenced by the progressive rock English music scene of the 60’s and 70’s: bands like Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Atomic Rooster, Uriah Heep all left their musical marks on our writing and playing. We also listened to a lot of American bands like Kansas, Journey, Rush and Spock’s Beard to keep our creative juices flowing. It’s this background in
progressive rock that continues to influence and direct our writing and live performances.

6. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you naturally?

Unlike most bands that have a lifecycle of about three to five years, this band of high school buddies (Q, Bill and Steve) has been playing together for going on 50 years (Interesting fact: 2024 will be Sweet Crystal’s Golden Jubilee Year meaning 50 years of the music and message we offer – pretty sweet accomplishment in our books). We got together right out of high school (and actually Bill and Steve played together during high school!). To this day we get together every week to rehearse,
record and just enjoy each other’s company. Does it get old after 5 decades together? Absolutely not! We just get better with age.

7. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2024 and beyond?

This new single ‘Whatever Is Needed, Whatever It Takes’ continues where last year’s “7th Heaven” CD left off: it’s a song of hope and inspiration featuring our signature guitar sounds, synth melodies, straight ahead drumming with just a few hundred fans joining in in for good measure. It’s the first single from our upcoming release ‘8’ which is slated for later this year.

Our trademarked slogan ‘Reaching the World, One Song At A Time’ TM pretty much says it all about our music, message, mission and ministry. We are here to reach out to a world with songs of hope and inspiration; a musical light at the end of every dark tunnel you might be going through because chances are good – we’ve gone through those very same tunnels ourselves and definitely have found a way out.

8. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at? And were can they find your music?

Best bet to catch us would be by signing up for our email newsletters on our website or over at our Reverbnation page (see links below). That will keep you in the know for all our appearances and new music as well as getting a look at our overall catalog.

9. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all-time favorite band?

Each member of the band definitely has their favorites:
MarQ Andrew Speck – Queensryche, Pink Floyd, ELP
Bill – UK, Umphrey’s McGee
Steve – Spock’s Beard, Neal Morse, Porcupine Tree
Martin Kuchar – Kansas, U2

10. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would you choose?

Would love to tour in any capacity with the different projects of Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard; Transatlantic; Neal Morse Project; Flying Colors) because he is one of the most inspiring and creative artists on the scene at the moment – and we admire him and love his musical styling.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting again in the
future.

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Interview with Illusions of Grandeur

Posted on March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 by Brien Mitchum

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Thanks for taking some time to chat with From the Green Room

1. What’s the name of the band?

Illusions of Grandeur, the name originated from a time when Maggie was seeking out other musicians to form a band. A lot of the ads said, “No Illusions of Grandeur here” meaning they just wanted to play
music, Maggie thought “Why no Illusions of Grandeur” Life is short go for what you dream and want!

2. Where are you from?

Illusions of Grandeur “I.O.G.”, is a Theatrical Hard Rock/Fantasy Metal band based in York, PA. I.O.G has been touring in both the United States as well as across the UK, Germany, France, and the Ukraine since 2016. I.O.G. have made appearances at various festivals including Sav Fest, Dewey Beach Music Festival and Witney Music Festival. I.O.G. has shared the stage with artists as varied as DOPE, Moto grater, September Mourning, New Year’s Day, Puddle of Mudd, Stryper, República, Stitched up Heart and Otep. I.O.G. &# 39’s Live show The Siren Saga is a story of the journeys, perils, and triumphs of the Siren and her warriors. The story mixes facts and fiction combining Greek and Norse Mythology, Sirens, Gods, Archangels. Illusions of Grandeur’s fierce and energetic live show has gained them a legion of fans dubbed “The Siren Nation” who follow them worldwide, at live shows, and on social media.

3. What type of music do you play?

Theatrical hard rock/metal, the idea of Illusions of Grandeur is to create a world and tell the story of “The Siren” and her journeys. IOG’s love of both history and Greek/Norse Mythology felt that this was the best medium way to create a world for “The Siren Saga.” IOG feels that when listening to music or seeing a live show you should be able to immerse yourself in that moment and take a journey of your own with the band.

4. This is probably a common question but one that most want to know, what musical influences did
you have growing up, and what are some now?

Growing up it was a mix of the “Modern” music of the day, whatever was on the radio, but Illusions of Grandeur’s influences come from many genres of course starting with metal; like Korn, In This Moment, Metallica, Avatar and Evanescence. Each member draws off their individual influences as well which are varied from The Siren’s love of Classic rock like Janis Joplin and heart to CM’s love of The Smiths, Supertramp Soundgarden into Ted’s love of death metal and more. IOG feels this just adds to the sound and allows the band to explore a lot of themes in their music. We still listen to these artists and many, many more.

5. Have you always been into music? Was it something that just came to you naturally?

Music has been a part of my life since I was a child. My dad was a musician and I followed in his footsteps. I’ve always been in music in some capacity; from theatre to chorus and bands.

6. What can we expect from the band in the rest of 2023 and beyond into 2024?

Illusions of Grandeur’s The Siren Tour continues through the remainder of 2023 into 2024. IOG are currently while tour producing their 3rd album the next story in The Siren Saga “The Siren Rises” which the band looks to have out in 2024-2025.

7. For someone who wants to know more about the band, were can they find you at? they find your music?
We keep that very simple, go to https://www.iogmusic.com/

8. Let’s answer some fun questions, what is your all-time favorite band?

I would have to say Korn, their catalog has been with me what feels like my whole life and the band continues to release solid music and play live, amazing.

9. If you could tour with any band and open or have them open for you, who would you choose?

That would have to be In This Moment or Korn, both put on amazing shows and have killer catalogs of music, would be a real honor.

Thanks for chatting with me From the Green Room and look forward to chatting again in the future.

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