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From the Green Interviews Artic Dreams

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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

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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

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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

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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 The Linder Ave Band

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Interview with The Linder Ave Band

1. What’s the name of the band?

I grew up in a musical home on Linder Avenue in Chicago. The sounds of my
family playing music nurtured my interest. The basement of my childhood
home on Linder Avenue is where I honed my skills as a musician, and it
inspired the name of my recording project.

2. Where are you from?

My roots as a musician go back to Chicago Illinois. However, I have lived in
Las Vegas for over 20 years.

3. What type of music do you play?

I would describe the music of the Linder Ave Band as Power Pop Melodic
Rock. Influenced by iconic bands of the 70s and 80s, my music is where the
heart of rock’s golden era beats with a modern rhythm. I hope to create
music that is both refreshingly new and nostalgically familiar.


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


I am a singer, songwriter who plays guitar and I have assembled local Las
Vegas musicians, as well as musicians from Chicago, to record with to bring
my writing alive. The musicians who played on my sessions are outstanding
players and singers and they have made their own creative contributions to
the tracks.

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 list of musicians who have inspired me is long. To mention a few, the
legendary riffs of Jimmy Page and the melodic sensibilities of The Beatles
influenced me.

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


I was raised in a musical family where guitars and drums were household
staples. My mother and aunt were multi-instrumentalists and multilingual
singers, and my father was a jazz drummer. I started out, as many musicians
do, by playing in my neighbor bands.

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


My next release, “Midnight Mischief” coming out on June 7th, is a song
about the Las Vegas Strip. Although the song could be relatable to any
hotspot in any city. I think this song captures all the power pop melodic rock
elements that are associated with the Linder Ave Band.

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


My website is https://linderave.com/home My music is available on all the
usual streaming services and the iTunes Store.

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

The Beatles

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


The Linder Ave Band is a studio project. I do not have a touring band.


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

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Interview with the band Reaven

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Interview with the band Reaven

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

1. What’s the name of the band?

“We are the band, Reaven.”

2. Where are you from?

“We are from France.”

3. What type of music do you play?

“I think we can say that we play an Indie Pop-Rock style with a fresh touch of Electro.”

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

“I am Roméo, I am the lead singer and guitarist of Reaven. Also the composer and songwriter. At
the drums and back vocals you’ll find Vincent, at the bass and back vocals, here is Rudy. And
our keyboardist and back vocalist are André.”

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?

“We do have a very large panel of influences. Musically, from the Woodstock years, The Beatles
etc… to more recent bands like Kings of Leon, Muse etc…
We also have Rhythm’n’blues, classical and jazz influences…”

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

“Oh yes !! Since I was 4 years old I’ve been playing music. I started with the piano, it was
something really natural for me.

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

“To follow and end our European tour named the “For Tomorrow Tour”, to release a new music
video and to give our first South American tour as well in November-December! New single
and maybe EP will be releasing later this year too”

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

“The easiest way is to go on our Official Website here: https://reavenmusic.net/ you will find all
the info you need!! And this LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ReavenMusic”

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

“The Beatles, without a doubt !!”

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

“I think we would have a blast touring with Coldplay !!”

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

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Interview with A Permanent Shadow

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Interview with A Permanent Shadow

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


It’s a pleasure, thanks for inviting us!

2. Where are you from?

I’m of Austrian origin but have lived in Barcelona for many years. My co-writers are
Catalan and Argentinian, respectively.

3. What type of music do you play?

We play Electronic Rock.

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

My name is CP Fletcher and I am the singer, Valentí Nieto is on bass, guitar and
production and Albert Català is the keyboarder and arranger.

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 heavily into David Bowie as a teenager, and still am. These days I would say that
other major influences are Nine Inch Nails and LCD Soundsystem.

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

I started out quite late, as a drummer first and then as a singer when I was in my thirties.
It pains me to say that I’m not a natural talent, neither singing nor drumming came
naturally to me. It was a lot of hard work and I still feel that I have a lot to learn.

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

We’ve just released a new album, “No Leaf Clover”, which we will be promoting over
the next few months. Towards the end of the year, we’d like to release a covers EP as well.

We are on all digital platforms and social media outlets, but a good starting point is our
own website, www.apermanentshadow.com

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

That’s a tough question, but I’ll go with Simple Minds!

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

I think we would make a good match with Simple Minds, Future Islands, John Grant or
Garbage, among many others.

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

Thank you for having us! Till the next time!

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

https://www.facebook.com/apermanentshadow

https://www.instagram.com/apermanentshadow

 

 

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Interview With Atomic Agent

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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!

 

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Interview with the band Ultimatium

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Interview with the band Ultimatum

1. What’s the name of the band?

    Ultimatium

2. Where are you from?

From Finland. From Pirkanmaa / Southern Finland, to be more precise.
However, the band was formed in Suomussalmi, which is a lot more north.

3. What type of music do you play?

We play progressive power metal, so think of us as mix between Stratovarius.
and Dream Theater.

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

I’m Matti Pulkkinen, founder and keyboardist. Other current members are
guitarist Harri Niskanen, who joined the band back in the days of Suomussalmi,
around 2003. Vocalist Tomi Viiltola joined 2005 and drummer / vocalist Matti
Auerkallio, who joined us in 2015.

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?

Stratovarius was a big influence in early days as well as Dio-era Rainbow,
later the influences have gone more progressive, like Ayreon, Pagan’s Mind,
Symphony X, Dream Theater, to name a few.

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

Not really, it was Stratovarius’s Visions-album that really woke my musician.
inside of me. Before that, I did listen to some rock etc, bands, but was not.
really into music or making music. And I’m not naturally talented,
everything had to be learned the hard way.

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

Well, for the rest of the year, one can expect some news of our next album at
least.

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 recently released two new music videos to our YouTube channel, so that’s worth.
checking out. There’s also extensive amount of music videos from our latest album.
‘Virtuality’, over half of the songs have music video there.

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

I think it’s Ayreon, he has done amazing career with his albums.

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

We’re no longer touring; we gave up on that after ‘Vis Vires Infinitus’ in order to
concentrate fully on making absolutely epic album.

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


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https://www.youtube.com/UltimatiumMetal/
https://www.facebook.com/UltimatiumMetal
www.ulti.fi

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Interview with the Band Sweet Crystal

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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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