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AN INTERVIEW WITH....
AKI FROM ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK.

SO WHO IS IN ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK AND WHAT DOES EACH MEMBER DO?
Aki - Guitars and vocals and is also the fishing man (he was profesional angler in past)
Kazuto - bass
Gian - Drums (He also makes false teeth)
HOW DID YOU ALL MEET AND COME TO FORM A BAND TOGETHER?
Kazuto and me have been in band since school. we found gian wearing suit in a jazz band - we knoew he didnt like to wear suit and wanted to rock and roll!
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC?
Rock & Roll with a little bit of metal - although new stuff is getting more metal!
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?
OZzy!! Early Black Sabbath
WHERE DID THE NAME ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK COME FROM?
It came from my doctor - he give me eel for my bad head - he was a witch doctor
LAST YEAR YOU TOURED IN OVER 20 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. WHERE DID YOU MOST ENJOY PLAYING AND WHY?
Ah Maybe Bristol, hannover. scarborough. hong kong. florida. portland. and all the other places I catch fish!
I SAW YOU PLAY AT THE BEACHED FESTIVAL IN SCARBOROUGH. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT GIG?
Good macrel
ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING SCARBOROUGH AGAIN IN MARCH?
We met very nice people in Scarborough - want to see Danny wild again!
HOW DO ENGLISH CROWDS COMPARE WITH CROWDS FROM ELSEWHERE?
other crowd dont always speak english! all crowd are good. but big crowd is good!
DO YOU GET NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE?
no
HOW DO YOU STRUCTURE YOUR SET?
I dont understand question. like build set? I dont know
WHICH TRACK DO YOU MOST ENJOY PERFORMING?
Um many track. some are faster some slower but heavy. all our tracks are good for live show
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER A GIG?
um i dont know maybe drink some beer and watch other band or say hello to people. hello
IS IT DISHEARTENING ON THE NIGHTS FEW PEOPLE TURN UP TO SEE YOU?
We dont care if few people turn up. we still want to play hard. i love just to play any time any where
but big crowd is good but for big money
And money is good for beer and food
YOU'VE TOURED WITH BANDS INCLUDING DANKO JONES. WHO HAVE YOU MOST ENJOYED TOURING WITH AND WHY?
so many band - we really enjoy tour with danko jones - they are very good band - we have also played with many other good band - but we are very happy to be on our first big tour with danko damon and jc
WILL YOU BE PLAYING AT ANY OF THE BIG SUMMER FESTIVALS IN THE UK?
we hope so
MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY, WHICH OF THE SONGS YOU'VE WRITTEN IS YOUR FAVOURITE?
ah it depend what day but it is usually whatever is the newest song
WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER DOING ANY COVERS?
we have done cover but we have so many new songs to play
HOW EXACTLY DO YOU 'DO THE METAL'?!
you just do it
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT YOU COULD MAKE AS A BAND?
lots of thing. maybe play with ozzy
YOU'RE GOING TO BE RELEASING 'GO AMERICA' AND 'GO EUROPE' SOON. ARE THEY TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT ALBUMS OR THE SAME ALBUM BUT WITH TWO DIFFERENT NAMES?
we only release go europe which is new version of go america that never got release here yet
WHAT IS IT LIKE SEEING YOURSELVES IN MAGAZINES ETC?
good especially fishing magazine
DO YOU FEEL FAMOUS?
um i wil ask myself that
WHICH DO YOU ENJOY DOING THE MOST... WRITING SONGS, RECORDING THEM OR PLAYING THEM LIVE?
um all thing but live is most exciting
WHAT FIRST MADE YOU WANT TO PICK UP A GUITAR AND JOIN/FORM A BAND?
it was same dockter he told me to so i would clear my flu
WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT STARTING UP A BAND?
change your dockter

ALL QUESTIONS BY SCREAMING TARTS.
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