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| AN INTERVIEW WITH... ROBERT FROM MADRUGADA. SO WHO IS IN MADRUGADA AND WHAT DOES EACH MEMBER DO? Robert guitar player songwriter, Sivert vocalist songwriter, Frode bass player songwriter, Simen plays drums HOW DID YOU ALL MEET AND COME TO FORM A BAND TOGETHER? We met through music, and felt we had something great here, been in other bands before the core of madrugada: me, sivert and frode got together in 95', but we�ve had a new drummer now for two years - Simen Vangen. The first drummer was Jon l. Pettersen who also started the band together with frode. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC? Rock music. The last I heard when someone tried to describe our music was, if leonard coen sang in a rock band.... WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? Dylan, Stones, velvets, the blues(muddy waters, elmore james) WHERE DID THE NAME MADRUGADA COME FROM? A friend of us called �ystein Wingaard Wolf WILL YOU BE PLAYING ANY OF THE SUMMER FESTIVALS? Hope so, nothing is confirmed yet. DO YOU GET NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE? No, just ready. get ready HOW DO YOU STRUCTURE YOUR SET? Different everytime, trying to make it exciting, moody and intense WHICH TRACK DO YOU MOST ENJOY PERFORMING? A new song called Running Out Of Time WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER A GIG? Drink something really really cold, then have a cig IF YOU COULD GO ON TOUR WITH ANY OTHER BAND IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE? Stones, haha would be nice.. before they stop doing gigs MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY, WHICH OF THE SONGS YOU'VE WRITTEN IS YOUR FAVOURITE? majesty and blood shot adult commitment WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER DOING ANY COVERS? We always do.. we've done venus in furs(velvet), positively 4th street(dylan), sister morphine(stones), interzone(joy division), slip inside this house(13th floor elevators), mother of earth, fire of love(gun club), hospital(j. Richman), Big river(j. Cash), Come on home to me(lee hazlewood) YOU HAVE A NEW SINGLE OUT. IT'S CALLED 'MAJESTY'. WHAT IS THE TRACK ABOUT? Love, break up YOU HAVE ALREADY RELEASED THE TRACK AS A DOWNLOAD, SO WHY BOTHER RELEASING IT COMMERCIALLY? In case somebody wanted it who didn�t have access to digital downloads IT IS TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM 'GRIT'. WHERE DID THE NAME FOR THE ALBUM COME FROM? Black spring, Henry Miller (more on this in the bio � check it out) WHEN AND WHERE WAS IT RECORDED? Berlin, two years ago ANY FUNNY STUDIO RELATED STORIES YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? When our producer asked one day before we started to work: Where is sivert? And the true answer was Barcelona. That was funny HOW HAS THE ALBUM GONE DOWN WITH THE MUSIC PRESS? Very good WHAT IS THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT YOU COULD MAKE AS A BAND? great albums, living forever DO YOU WEAR SOCKS IN BED? No WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW? money WHAT IS IT LIKE HEARING YOURSELVES ON THE RADIO AND SEEING YOURSELVES IN MAGAZINES ETC? ok WHICH DO YOU ENJOY DOING THE MOST� WRITING SONGS, RECORDING THEM OR PLAYING THEM LIVE? Everything, it depends how good the song is. Writing is fantastic when you feel you got something special going on, then recording is like lets try this amazing sound here, and then playing live is like extra energy WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS OF THE CURRENT RECORD BUYING PUBLIC? They should buy vinyl, it's so beautiful with vinyl. WHAT FIRST MADE YOU WANT TO PICK UP A GUITAR AND JOIN/FORM A BAND? When my father played guitar boogie for me when I was 6 or 7, and heard the intro to jailhouse rock performed by elvis presley around the same time WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT STARTING UP A BAND? Just mean it. ALL QUESTIONS BY SCREAMING TARTS. |
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