Genre: Hard
Rock/Blues Metal
1. Hello!
You are back with a new E.P. entitled “Brezhnev's Cocktail”. How do you feel
about it? Which are your expectations from it?
Hey, what’s
up? Well, we hope that the new stuff is better and we can get more people to
listen our music. We have realistic expectations and we don’t have big rock
star dreams or stupid shit like that.
2. How long
did it take you to compose “Brezhnev's Cocktail”? Which are the new elements
that you have introduced to the band’s sound with this release?
We had a
bunch of songs where we chose the ones that worked as a unit. Heh, I don’t know
how long it took to compose and we basically don’t compose. We jam and see what
comes out of it. The EP is a natural follow-up to "Ural Express". I
think Hammond organ which weighs a ton is a new element. And the banjo, of
course.
3. From all
the songs that you have included in your new E.P. which one was the easiest to
compose and which one the most difficult and why?
I think
they all came out pretty easy. We don’t stress about the so called song writing
process. We just jam and throw ideas to each other. Songs come naturally that
way. It works for us.
4. Do you
follow any specific method in order to create music? What things inspire you to
compose songs? When do you know that a song is ready to be released?
We don’t
follow any specific methods or patterns when we make songs. If you do that, it
will become routine and we don’t want that to happen. Songs should be explosion
of ideas from the band and when you have a specific methods, it will become
boring at some point. No rules. If you think, you stink. A song is ready to be
released when it’s mastered.
5. Which
are the elements you are most proud of in your music and which are the things
you think you need to work more on?
That is a
difficult question. I think we are proud of the certain amount of "ass
kickness" in our songs. We need to work on even more on it. I mean on the
ass kicking.
6. Which
song or songs do you think are the most ideal to represent the whole album’s
essence?
Haven’t
thought about that yet, really. We will work on it when the time comes.
7. Can you
tell us a few things about the lyrics in your new E.P.? Which is the theme of
each song that you have included in it?
Our singer
Mr. Brusila writes the lyrics. They are about everyday life and how he feels
about things. No fake artistic bullshit or preaching.
8. The title
of your new E.P. is very interesting. How did you come up with this title and
what does it mean to you?
“Brezhnev's
Cocktail” is just something that came up when we were brainstorming the EP
title. Brezhnev was the former president of the Soviet Union and for us Finns
it just means cheap vodka and mettwurst made of horse meat. Eaten behind the
iron curtain in the early 80`s.
9. You
continue to release your works on your own. Why is that?
We haven’t
found a suitable partner yet but hopefully that will change in the future. If
it doesn’t, we will continue to sell our CDs from the trunks of our cars.
10. Will
you do any video –clip for your new E.P.? If yes, which song would you choose to
visualize? Would you like to do one with the band playing or one having a
story?
Don’t know
the song yet but if video time comes, it will include nudity, brezhnev and the
band. In that particular order.
11. There
are so many interviews that you do and I think you pretty much have to answer
to the same boring questions. So which was the weirdest or the most interesting
question that you’ve been asked so far?
We haven’t
done that many interviews yet so there ain’t many stories to tell but hopefully
that weird question will come at some point. Some people seem to ask questions
of our Soviet Union theme. That’s ok if it’s not the KGB.
12. I will
ask you to change a bit your role and become the interviewer. So what would you
like to ask yourself about CONCRETE SWINE?
I don’t
know because I already know all the dark secrets of our band. It’s not pretty.
13.What do
you want people to think and do when they listen to CONCRETE SWINE?
Don’t think
of anything because we don’t and please do buy the EP.
14. Thanks
for your time answering my questions. I wish you all the best! Please close
this interview in any way you like…
Thank you
for the interview and your support. Listen to our stuff at:
reverbnation.com/concreteswine
Nick “Verkaim”
Parastatidis
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