Overturner
This is the first
time we interview a cover band and I'm glad we did so, since we got the
chance to ask some different, interesting and even funny, questions. This
is a really pleasant interview that will present you the Swedish act Overturner,
but at the same time, it will help you understand what cover bands really
do and are here for!
1. GIVE US IN BRIEF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS
OF THE BAND AND PRESENT THE CURRENT LINE UP.
The most important moment of them all was
when the legend Henry Hellraiser decided to join the band in the beginning
of 2007. We wanted the best and we got the best guitar player north of
the equator and the atmosphere in the band has never been better.
Vocals : Fat Zid
Bass : Zlim Zid
Lead Guitar: Henry Hellraiser
Drums: Heavy Beat
Guitar: East Hill
2. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU WERE ASKED TO COMMENT
ON OVERTURNER AND ADVERTISE THE BAND IN A FEW WORDS?
We bring you a metal blast from the past…we’ll
take you back in time, on a journey through the 80s metal and we do it
damn good too!
3. YOU ARE A COVER BAND. WHAT KIND OF SONGS DO
YOU PREFER TO COVER? ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC BANDS WHOSE SONGS YOU PREFER
TO COVER?
We all have our personal favorites and we
make sure that everybody is ok with the new songs that we put in the set-list
4. WHICH ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES AND WHO ARE
THOSE MUSICIANS THAT MADE YOU REALIZE THIS IS THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU LOVE
AND WANT TO FOLLOW?
Our main influences come from the metal scene
of the 80’s… All the giants that ruled the 80’s have formed us to the musicians
we are today. We grew up with heavy metal so it's kind of natural for us
to honor them in our cover shows.
5. WHY DO YOU PLAY COVERS ONLY? HAVE YOU EVER
THOUGHT OF COMPOSING YOUR OWN SONGS? WILL YOU DO IT IN THE FUTURE?
We play covers mostly because it's fun and
the audience know all the lyrics and can sing along in the chorus. Currently
we have five songs of our own that we will record in a studio as soon as
possible.
6. ARE THERE ANY BANDS YOU’D NEVER IMAGINE OF
COVERING ANY OF THEIR SONGS, EITHER BECAUSE YOU DON’T LIKE THEM OR BECAUSE
YOU FEEL THEIR MUSIC ISN’T GOOD FOR A LIVE ENVIRONMENT?
Nope we are open to all suggestions, but of
course there can be songs that some of us don’t like as much as the others
but you have to bring the songs to a show before you can say that they
don’t work.
7. ONE MORE THING… IF YOU DECIDED TO COVER –JUST
FOR FUN- A NON METAL OR HARD ROCK SONG… LET’S SAY A POP OR A RAP SONG OR
WHATEVER, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? I MEAN CHILDREN OF BODOM COVERED
A BRITNEY SPEARS SONG AND THE END RESULT SOUNDS RATHER HILARIOUS…
We most definitely would cover Dolly Parton's
"9 to 5".
8. WHAT’S THE BEST AND WHAT’S THE WORST PART OF
OVERTURNER, ACCORDING TO YOU?
The best parts is the live shows and the worst
part is to carry all the stuff around we could use a crew for that anyday.
9. WHY DO YOU THINK THE HEAVY METAL AND HARD ROCK
FANS SHOULD CHECK YOU OUT? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER TO THE SCENE? IS THERE
SOMETHING YOU FEEL THAT SETS YOU APART?
We bring you the classic heavy metal songs
from the 80’s without bending the rules. We deliver high quality covers
and guitar solos. We are second best of the originals.
10. I’D LIKE YOU TO COMMENT A BIT ON THE LYRICS
OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND MENTION SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ONES.
Heavy metal lyrics can be both funny or historical
and I like the last mention the most. I think that lyrics like “Alexander
the great” of Iron Maiden are great.. By the way Iron Maiden has great
lyrics on most of their songs.
11. IF YOU HAD A BIG BUDGET TO SHOOT A VIDEO CLIP,
WHICH FAMOUS SONG WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND HOW DO YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE?
Right now we probably would choose “For
whom the bell tolls”, we would shoot a classic metal video mixed with live
and backstage footage… Of course we would have a lot of fire and effects
too.
12. HAVE YOU GOT ANY PLANS FOR LIVE SHOWS?
We mostly play at clubs so there isn't much
space to have fire and other stuff but our vocalist is an entertainer and
he changes costumes a lot and makes sure that the audience is having a
good time.
13. IS THERE A QUESTION YOU’D LIKE TO BE ASKED
AND NO ONE HAS EVER ASKED YOU SO FAR?
It would be rather nice if someone asked if
we would like to have 3 million dollars on our account before the weekend.
14. WHAT’S THE STRANGEST OR FUNNIEST INCIDENT
THAT HAS OCCURRED TO THE BAND?
Everytime we are on the road to or between
gigs strange and funny things happen. It's almost impossible to choose
one, but one time all the amplifiers fell out of the bus and we thought
that they'd never work again but there was nothing wrong with them and
we could do the gig as planned.
15. WHAT KIND OF EMOTIONS DOES HEAVY METAL MUSIC
CREATE OR TRANSMITS TO YOU?
A mix between joy-aggressiveness-happiness…
16. IF HEAVY METAL MUSIC WERE A PAINTING, WHAT
WOULD IT SHOW?
I think that “starry night” by Vincent Van
Gogh is a good heavy metal painting.
17. THANK YOU! IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE
TO MENTION?
Christine Parastatidou
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