STAND UP STACY

How was your approach to the world of music? In our early days, like at 10 or so, all of us got into rock and especially punk rock music through friends, the older brother and other people around us with great taste. A few years later we felt the need to create something like that, after listening to bands like blink-182 orSum 41.

What people do you consider as your greatest influences? It's definitely the people around us who inspire us to do our thing. One day it's your best friend, saying "dang, that concert was ill, and your music really gets me going", another day you feel the need to write a song for someone who helped you through bad times. And maybe sometimes to get some anger into a song instead ofripping someone's head off.

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What is the greatest satisfaction that music has given you so far? In the last few weeks and months we played a lot of concerts for people who weren't familiar with our music at all. At every single concert we reached that point where everybody started to shake and dance to our sound, and at the end ofthe concert we had a bunch of sweaty, satisfied new fans in front of us. That's the most awesome thing to see, when people who don't know your songs fall in love with your tune within minutes.

How far would you be willing to go to achieve your professional goals? There already have been some things we need to getout ofthe way at times, may it be a whole lot of your spare time for your private stuff or some family business you couldn't attend to. But every single day we feel the need to create music, record big and energetic songs and play them at crowded concerts, so there is nothing that feels like a choice to make for us. Only the sky and health are our limits here.

What have been the biggest difficulties you've encountered since the beginning of the band? It took some years for us to find our sweet spot between all the other great artists around. Often you think something like "There's so much good music out there, why should anyone listen to us, anyway?". But our journey and the feedback from our fans really helped us out of there, and nowadays we know why we're here and that there are gals & girls around who would miss our songs and concerts.

What has been the song that has marked you the most as a band? Think that could be a song from our upcoming record called "Tell Me It's Alright". During the creation process of the song we found something new in our tune, something we haven't expected to be able to create. It's how the song transforms from a heavy alt-rock track with great melodies into a bloody mess of a finale, filled with sharp guitars and vocal shouts that transmit desperate lyrics. So that's something people can look forward to hear one day.

How are you living the release ofyour new single "Something to Believe"? The release ofthe single feels so much different than before, as we get so much overwhelming andpositive feedback for the song.

Should have to do with our new sound and that we improved the technical recording this time, but it's so great to receive messages and comments from all over the world.

We aren't that familiar with so many people taking their precious time to let us know that they like the song, so we're very grateful and proud every single time it happens. And we slowly realize that we created something people care about.

What other projects are you currently working on? These days we're planning the release of our first full album called "The Magnificent You" which should be out in spring 2020. We already prepared some music videos, the artwork and talked to festivals and bookers about some gigs and touring. We're also working on our do-it-yourselfideas to extend our live shows, no matter under which circumstances we're playing. And dropping the single "Something To Believe" was just the starting point. There will be a secondsingle quite soon, so stay tunedfor that!

What would you advise to young people who are starting in this complex world ofmusic? As soon as you truly pour your heart into your music and the stuff you're willing to achieve, there will always be people who will connect to it. They will appreciate what you're doing, and that will get you going respectively. So find a way to express yourself, even ifit feels so difficult and exhausting at times. There will always be someone willing to listen.