Iron Maiden is one of the most legendary bands in the world rock and they have been all over the world influence and inspiration of thousands of groupings. An example of this is The Iron Maidens, a band coming from United States integrated by women. Well-known as "The World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden", I decided to interview her and with a lot of pleasure they consented. Here I leave you this interview answer by Wanda Ortiz as Steph Harris (bass), Kirsten Rosenberg as Bruce Chickinson (vocalist) and Linda McDonald as Nikki McBurrain (drummer). By: Alejandro PĂŠrez
Greetings to the members of The Iron Maidens and be welcome to this Cuban rock magazine. For me is a big pleasure can do it this interview. To star. When and were arises the band? Who are their actually members? Wanda: The Iron Maidens, formed in 2001, decided to be an all-female Iron Maiden tribute because we loved the music and wanted to do something different and fun. Back then, there were already several female tribute bands around but none of them were doing anything as complex or challenging as Iron Maiden. Since we all had other bands and projects going on at the time. The Iron Maidens was originally meant to be a fun side project but, after the first few shows, we started getting calls from all over the US..and now we get offers to play from around the world! It's hard to believe that this project, which started out as just a fun side gig, now keeps us busy! Currently, our members are: Kirsten Rosenberg as "Bruce Chickenson" on vocals, Courtney Cox as "Adriana Smith" on lead guitar, Linda McDonald as "Nikki McBURRain" on drums, Nikki Stringfield as "Davina Murray" on lead guitar, and Wanda Ortiz as "Steph Harris" on bass. Kirsten: Members: Wanda Ortiz ("Steph Harris"), bass; Linda McDonald ("Nikki McBurrain"), drums; Courtney Cox ("Adriana Smith"), guitar; Nikki Stringfield
("Davina Murray"), guitar; Kirsten Rosenberg ("Bruce Chickinson"), vocals. I joined in 2009 but Wanda and Linda have been in the band since the beginning so they can best explain how it started. Linda: Hi!! This is exciting to be part of this interview! The Iron Maidens was formed in 2001 in sunny Southern California. How many CD do you have made until now? And videos? Wanda: We have 3 CDs and a video but none of them are available any longer. We plan to record a new CD with our current line up next year. Kirsten: I guess I should know this but I actually don’t haha. But I do know we plan on recording a new CD with our current line-up early next year. I'm really looking forward to that! Linda: Oh man, there are about a million videos out on youtube!! (Not quite but pretty close!!) They have been posted from audience members from all over the world at our live shows!! Just do a search for The Iron Maidens and enjoy!! We released a live DVD in 2010 of our tour in Japan, but that is out of print these days and does not feature our complete current lineup. It's time to update that!!! We have released a few CDs in the past but again, we would like to get a new one out that features all our current members for everyone to hear and crank up!!! We're having way too much fun with this project!
How The Iron Maidens define his music? Wanda: That question is best answered by Iron Maiden themselves. You can find that information in their authorized biography "Run To The Hills" (a great read!) or on their website http://www.ironmaiden.com./
Kirsten: Very simply, we are "the world's only all-female tribute to Iron Maiden," and that's how we define ourselves. But basically we are five women who love Maiden and love playing their music. As a tribute to Iron Maiden, we strive to create a very authentic experience as true to the actual Iron Maiden as possible--that's what the fans want and that's what we want! Linda: We are very specifically "The World's Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden". 5 girls playing their hearts out to some of their favorite Maiden tunes for fellow Iron Maiden fans everywhere! Which the main influences of The Iron Maidens have been? Wanda: Well, aside from Iron Maiden (obviously), everyone in the band has their own musical influences. As a bass player, I was always drawn to music with fun, challenging bass lines and loved bands like Rush and Yes. When I first started playing, I played upright bass in school where the emphasis was on classical music and jazz so I've been influenced by that as well. Kirsten: Every member has different influences. For me, as kid I listened to everything from Maiden to Queensryche to Heart to Cheap Trick to thrash metal, glam, and now as an adult my musical tastes are more varied. For example, I'm enamored with Barbra Streisand's voice and recently saw her in concert. Good stuff! Linda: As individual musicians, our influences are all over the lot ranging from classical music to death metal and everything in between! We are quite the diverse lot of ladies. :-D But obviously our main influence together is Iron Maiden! Do you play only songs of Iron Maiden or you play too your songs? Wanda: The Iron Maidens only play Iron Maiden songs but, outside of that project, we all do other things. I also play with an orchestra, for example. I don't get many opportunities to play my own music because I keep busy doing other things but if I ever find a great original band (and the time), it could happen. Kirsten: As an Iron Maiden tribute, we stick to playing only Maiden songs. However, we are considering creating an original song for the next CD. We'll see.... But we all are involved with other musical projects outside of The Iron Maidens, which gives us opportunities to play different music. Linda: We only play Iron Maiden in this band because it is a tribute to Iron Maiden. We all play or have played our own music in original bands. Who knows, maybe someday we'll give it a go with this band! How do you remember the day that you knew to Iron Maiden? Wanda: The band has met Maiden a few times but the most memorable encounter was at our Hard Rock CafĂŠ show in Mexico City in 2006. We were on the same bill as Lauren Harris (Steve Harris' daughter) so Steve came to the show to support his daughter but stayed for our set as well. Bruce Dickinson was also in the audience. We were very nervous playing with Steve and Bruce watching us but, we pulled it off! After our set, Steve come backstage set to let us know that he enjoyed our show! Things can't get much better than that!
Kirsten: I remember hearing "Aces High" and "Two Minutes to Midnight" as a kid; Powerslave was my first Maiden album and still my favorite. Linda: When I first heard the live Japanese import CD "Maiden Japan" I completely flipped out!! I couldn't believe how tight and energetic and amazing they were! I made the decision that very moment that I wanted to play drums just like Clive Burr did in those recordings! I had NO idea that years later I would be playing in a tribute band to Iron Maiden! What said Iron Maiden when knew about you? How is your relation with them? Wanda: I believe their bass tech, Michael, was the first one who told them about us many years ago. I think they were surprised, and maybe even a little tickled, to find out that a group of girls would think to form an all female tribute to them. As far as our relationship with Maiden goes, we're just fans like you. Even though we have met them before, we don't know them personally. Kirsten: We are so grateful to have been acknowledged by Iron Maiden! Linda and Wanda have a really good story to tell about when Steve and Bruce saw our band perform in Mexico City... Linda: I think they were tickled by the thought of 5 girls paying tribute to them and their music. Michael Kenney, their keyboardist and Steve Harris' bass tech, set up an introduction of each of the Maiden members with their female counterparts after one of their shows in Irvine, California. We were all so nervous!! Time has gone by since this meeting and I hope they are not getting tired of hearing about us from people. Haha! Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson came to our show in Mexico City when it was their day off and Lauren Harris' band was on the same bill. Steve was backstage after the show and slowing with kind words for us and praised us. We could not have asked for a more perfect night!! With the exception of Michael Kenney, we are not personal friends with any of the Maiden members, but they are always really nice to us when our paths do cross. :-) As band you have the opportunity to participate in many festivals and play a lot of concerts. Any festival or concert that you remember in particular? Wanda: We were the first all female heavy metal act to play in Venezuela at Gilman Fest...In front of 40,000 people...That was amazing!
Kirsten: Probably the festival we played in Venezuela really stands out because it was so huge--there were reportedly 40,000 people there! But we appreciate every show we play--the fans are always so welcoming wherever we go. Linda: Playing in Iraq was one of the most memorable. It let us all experience the real affects of war on people. It fucking sucks. But music heals, even if just for one hour at a time.
Thinks The Iron Maidens that Internet is a good platform that helps to that many bands comes out? Or otherwise is a means that harm to this world? Wanda: The internet can be a good thing if used responsibly but, of course, it can also be abused to cause harm to others, unfortunately. However, used responsibly, it can be a good platform to help promote bands. Kirsten: The Internet has pros and cons. It makes music and bands much more accessible to people, which is a good thing. But that also creates even more competition to be heard and seen because everyone else has the same access as you--no need to wait to be signed or "discovered" by a major record label anymore. The Internet is just a tool, like everything else; it depends on how you use it. Linda: It is absolutely an amazing platform! You can reach people all over the world instantly!! People are learning to play instruments quicker than ever with so many learning outlets available online. You can even book online lessons with some of your favorite musicians’ one on one! That is just unreal and amazing at the same time! You can expose your music to someone on the other side of the planet and even write music with a whole band without even being in the same country! Everything can be harmful if abused or misused, and the internet is definitely no exception, but on the other side, I feel the benefits far outweigh the negatives. Our country was visited by many rock´s band. In 2005 came Audioslave, in 2008 came Sepultura. The last year came The Dead Daisies in February, CJ Ramone in August and ZZ Top on December. This year came The
Rollings Stones. Have think The Iron Maidens in come to Cuba any time now that we are neighbors? Wanda: I hope so! At the moment, we don't have anything booked there yet but you can visit our website (www.theironmaidens.com) for information on upcoming shows. Hopefully, we'll get to Cuba soon! Kirsten: I imagine if someone wanted to book us in Cuba we would be very honored and excited to go! Music transcends cultural and political boundaries-we are all just rock fans! Linda: Personally speaking, I would LOVE to! I am certain the rest of the girls feel the same! I have a friend who is going there in December to visit and I'm very envious! :-D! If anyone there can make it happen, we are ready and already booking shows into 2017! Let’s DO THIS! Two last questions. How The Iron Maidens see the future of the band? What The Iron Maidens thinks about the future of the rock music in general? Wanda: In addition to recording a new CD, we just plan to keep playing as long as people want us to. Rock music still seems to be going strong so I think it will be here for a while but it will evolve in some way, as music always does and that will be interesting to see and experience Kirsten: We plan to keep going and playing Maiden's music as long as people want to hear us! I don't like much new rock music--I think it sucks. As I get older, I appreciate more and more classic rock--music I didn't even like as a kid. But now I recognize the song-writing craft and musicianship--things I'm not impressed with by today's rock music. Linda: We are not going to let the party die!! We are going on 15 years of celebrating the music of Iron Maiden and plan to continue on as long as others want to see it! I hate to sound cheesy, but, rock music will never die. I think people want good, solid, catchy, fun and entertaining music which is probably why so many old school bands are reuniting to very successful tours these days! Long live Rock and Metal! Well, thanks The Iron Maidens for your time and for answer these questions. Any words that The Iron Maidens want to say to the Cuban people that love the rock. Wanda: Thank you for your interest in The Iron Maidens and thank you for supporting metal music! We look forward to visiting Cuba! Kirsten: Thank you so much for your interest in The Iron Maidens. Cuba rockers, we hope to see you soon! Up the irons! Linda: I hope we can come to Cuba someday to hear all the great live music there and play some great music for you all! Up the Irons and ¥Chao pescao! Links http://www.theironmaidens.com,/ www.facebook.com/TheIronMaidensOfficial
Tesis de Menta is a Cuban rock grouping whose music is guided toward the commercial thing. But that doesn't mean that we cannot interview them. On the beginnings of this band, their last titled production "River Up” and many other more things Roberto Perdomo, guitarist, vocalist and director of the band tell us. By: Alejandro Pérez
Greetings Roberto and thank you to consent to this interview. It is a pleasure to be able to interview. Greetings and thank you to keep us in mind for their magazine, the pleasure is our. Could you comment us something on the beginnings of Tesis? Who do integrate the grouping at the moment? Main influences? Tesis de Menta is founded November 3 the 2003, by chance of the life, the same day of my birthday. It is founded with musicians coming from bands like Soul Mundi, Agonizer, Strange Heart and musicians linked with the musician Michel Peraza, next to me that he came from county with a career in solitary. The initial idea was that we sang 3, Beatrix López, Iván Leyva and me, Roberto Perdomo, but after Iván Leyva exit takes the list of singers Beatrix and me. To the 2 months of having been founded record our first demo that took for title Thesis of Mint, competing with this material in the festival Alive Rope, being the winner at national level of better Band Nobel and receiving like prize the right to record in our EGREM Opera Prevails (My Generation), nominated Cubadisco 2006 in the category of Rock.
The current alignment forms it Daima Falcon (Voice, choirs and acoustic guitar), David Suárez (drums), Jan Cruz (bass), Iván Leyva (Guitars) and Roberto Perdomo (Guitars and voice leader) My influences as composer embrace from the classic music until the blue, all the tendencies of the rock & roll, the jazz, the American folk, the song of Silvio and Pablo, Santiago Feliú, the plastic one, the cinema and the literature and inside this, the work of Martí.
Recently has just come out “Rio Arriba", a CD that has had a great acceptance, as much for the critic as for the public. Could you comment us something on the same one? How many songs does it bring? Companies that it collaborate with the CD? Thematic of the letters? Rio Arriba consists of 11 songs and a Bonus - Track. It is the first CD of the second stage of Thesis and after the work of the 4 previous CD; it constitutes the most mature work in the band. Contrary to the previous discography productions, the material that contains it was composed and it went directly to the study, the songs are completely unpublished, nobody knew them, not even the musicians of the group. We had like rule to let that the music had the control, to allow us to take in a total musical exploration; it allowed us to have absolute freedom, although we didn't know if the songs will like in the means or to the public. This marked a difference with the previous CD in those that the material had been played by a lot of time before being recorded. It is a musical very sincere CD and lyrically. The letters speak of the Cuba and of the current world and also of the love, always from a critical and edifying point of view.
The companies were the singers Athanai, Francis del Rio, Suylen Milanés, Pablo Milanés, Lyn Milanés, Jan Cruz and Iván Leyva, these 2 last; it leaves of the band, although they also have their career in solitary. For the part of the musicians, we had the happiness of having very near friends of the band like the drummers Ramsés and Rodnie Barreto, in the metals Michel Herrea (Saxophone), Tonatiut Isidron (Trumpet), Yoandy Algudín (Trombone), in the keyboards Esteban Puebla; in the smallest or miscellaneous percussion Edgar González, Roberto Luis (Robertiquito) in guitars, it made the leader in "I Still Living". I would also like to mention that the CD was low Iván production Leyva and for me and as co-producer, Esteban Puebla, I want to point out, also, the magnificent recording work, mixes and masterization Luis Durán and to thank the support of Suylen, Lyn and Pablo Milanés (PM Récords).
In this CD you do have Pablo Milanés to record the topic "Bolero Blues” again. Previously you had recorded with him the topic "Soltando Amarras " of the CD Luz (2012). Why do you decide work with Pablo again? Pablo some time ago since is very near to the band and it was pending of the creation of the CD. It is somebody to who I request many advices and it is an immense luck and a gift of the life to be able to always count on him. Their great humanity, humility and their brilliant idea like musician inspire us. Not alone in the past it recorded Loosing you Tie, we also interpret with him a topic of the famous North American trio Crosby, Still & Nash. In this disk, besides Bolero Blues, made voices next to Lyn Milanés and to me in the only acoustic topic of the CD "Time". Pablo is at least one of the best singers that gave the XX century at international level, I see this way it.
In the 2014, Tesis was chosen to participate in the First Edition of the Patria Grande Festival, created by the Ministry of Culture and the Cuban Institute of the Music. What did it contribute to the band to participate in a festival like this? It was pretty to share with bands of first order in the Festival Big Homeland, groups like "Pulla" and "No te va a gustar" they deserve attention. The ugly part was the indifference of some officials of the culture that they never gave the one in front of this event and they maintained the out telephone during the whole day when they should really be there in body and soul. It was sad for me to see groups that came from a distance, sat down in the floor without having a dressing room, luck that they shared the 3 Cuban bands that participated. It was really sad and it is not healthy that these things continue happening. Last year Roberto Perdomo was news in the environment of the rock, because you had the great opportunity to share scenario with the super band The Dead Daisies, during the visit that they carried out the same one to our country. How much did it mean for Roberto having been able to sing next to this mythical band integrated by big figures from the rock to world level? Rather for these mythical musicians, because, although The Dead Daisies is a super group, it is a very young band, that yes, its members figure among the best in the scene of the international rock. On what I felt, what I can tell you?, did I simply play the sky, to share with musicians that I have grown admiring, to have them so close and to see their greatness like musicians and did their personal humility impress me at the same time; we have to learn of that. It is something that I take kept forever in my heart. During many years Beatrix Lรณpez was the feminine voice of the band, until its exit. Which was the reason for the one that Beatrix left Thesis? If there was the opportunity that they recorded some topic together again would they make it? Have you thought of replacing Beatrix? Beatrix leaves the band to prosecute its independent project. Everything was very natural and there was not anything of chaos, contrary to what many think and make somewhere around. I am a person that lives presently and I cannot speak well of what will happen in the future, we could carry out a work together later on, but that is not something that depends on me or of her only, but rather it is also necessary to keep in mind the projects and commitments that each one has. To her I wish him all the luck of the world in their career, she is a great musician, and one of the best rock singers & roll in Latin America. The band wishes him the best thing and I told you before, I am a person that lives presently and it lets that the things happen, so, after its departure, we introduce ourselves in the study to record the disk and I didn't keep in mind if to replace it or not, Daima Falcon, an excellent singer that sang with "Montespuma" next to the teacher Mario Dali in the past, appeared and charge of the choirs was taken
in the disk; I am very happy with their musical and human talent, but I never thought of her as a substitution. When the life brings changes, the best thing is not to imitate the past. Who has the opportunity to see to Thesis in direct, she will see that it is a band where we all sing and that enriches our work a lot. If something has characterized during years the music of Tesis it is the rebelliousness that one can listen in most of the topics. What is causing this rebelliousness? Will it follow Thesis of Mint being rebellious? I am the composer from the genesis of the band. I was born and I grew in a very humble sector of the society. I come from that part from the town to those that nobody listens, these, are those that more suffers and I was formed inside that vortex. I was formed by people that, although poor, were wonderful and they had a cult to the truth and I say they had, because they are no longer in this physical plane; all that is inside me. From very early age it collides with the work of MartĂ and it has been my flag until these days. I love Cuba and I have not left her neither I will make it, that gives me the right to answer against it not well fact with absolute love and sincerity, because although I have never been very rewarded with the music, my commitment is total with the historical moment that it has played me to live. I have never been part of the breed of the hypocrites, of the false one moral, of so much lie that the only thing that makes is bad to form people, for that reason, while those tumors exist, I will continue being rebellious. I think that you can build a society without those negative things; among us the Cubans can achieve it. I have been censored and misinterpreted, but anything of that stops me; my songs are born of the reality and like it said in the last Silvio RodrĂguez: "the reality is stronger than any song." As you know in these moments the Cuban rock it is crossing a bad gust due to several factors. However Thesis of Mint has been able to leave ahead and to stay to it floats. To that believe that this is owed? Some secret? The only secret that maintains lives to Thesis it is the love and the respect that we feel toward that we make. The perseverance in the work and the work that it has not stopped to be forged is our impeller motor. These ingredients, in my opinion, are those that need to leave ahead. Could you modernize us on what in these moments Tesis de Menta is making? What will we be able to expect from Thesis of Mint for the future? In these moments we are in the phase of promotion of the CD, concerts, videoclip and all that bears the promotion of a new CD. Thank you Roberto to be devoted leaves of your time for this interview. Before finishing something that you want to say or to add. Once again, I thank them that you have invited us to their magazine.
Aquelarre is a band coming from Galicia, Spain. Their music is located between the Power and Heavy Metal. On the beginnings of the same one, develop and future plans comment us Moncho Rodríguez (bass). By: Alejandro Pérez
Greetings to the members of Aquelarre and be welcome to this Cuban rock magazine. It is a pleasure to be able to make this interview. Thank you to you for the interview. To begin. Why the name of Aquelarre? Some meaning especially? The name of Aquelarre in a first moment arises of Cristóbal's mind, for the simple one made that it sounded very metal. Then, together with the components that formed Aquelarre in that moment, they realized that entire bore the name, and that it was related a lot with all the legends it has more than enough witches and other very present fantastic beings in the Galician folklore. When and where Aquelarre does it arises? Who are their current members? From where do they proceed? Aquelarre arises in Vigo (Galicia) in 2007 when a group of friends joined to make that that more they liked it, to play metal. It is not up to 2015 when the formation is like is at the moment. The current members are: Icko Viqueira (voice), Cristóbal Hill and Adrián Rosende (guitars), Ramón Viqueira (keyboards), David Castro (drummer) and a
servant in the bass. We all are of Galicia and, except the brothers Viqueira that are of Rail, the rest is of Vigo.. Up to now you have two carried out CD “Requiescat” and “Tempo”. How was it the edition process and recording of both CD? Because it was improving from the first one to second. That is to say, with the first disk we died from desires of recording it and we enter in study with very low preparation, what was translated in a quite big chaos. In the second I dial we already take it with much more calm, we made misquotation of all the topics, we gave them turns and then, once all closed one was, we enter in study. To say it somehow, this second CD records it knowing how it was the whole recording process, design, edition, etc. Focusing us in the second CD, Tempo. How thematic it approach in the letters of the songs? Some audiovisual material that accompanies to the same one? Invited artists? In this CD we narrate different histories that are framed in different historical times but, in turn, they are a reflection of the problems that at the moment find in the society (gender differences, abuse, abuse of smaller…) as well as inherent emotions to the human nature. In this CD we have a videoclip of the topic to "Breathe" that you can find in our channel of Youtube. A work carried out by Kame photographs and that it is our letter of presentation of this new work. In this album we have collaborations of José Blonde in the topics the past "Slave" and "The same sin", also of Juan Flowers (Chinese) in the topic it "Leaves of you". In the voices it collaborated Pilar Fernández in the topic it "Sentences" and the big José Andrea in the topic "The same sin". it has been a pleasure to work with all them. All their experience like musicians has contributed us and we have learned a heap working with them. To my hands arrived the CD Tempo and I found brilliant. How you would define their music? Whenever they ask us that question we respond that we make Heavy/Power Metal, but maybe be not completely correct the label. That is to say, if we have to define our music it is certain that in base it is Power Metal but we don't want to be limited by the demands of the style, since what we like is to compose as we go feeling, without having to think if it is correct or not inside of the style Power. Which have the main influences of the group been when composing their songs? Difficult question… each one of the components has different influences, in my I marry it loves the Death Metal and the style of metal cañeros, and on the other
hand other components love the most classic Metal, the German Power, and Thrash… I believe that the influences of the group are very varied and we try them to be printed in our topics. This range of influences help to that the topics have more wealth since the compositive spectrum is wider. Have you had the opportunity to participate at some time in some rock festival in their country or outside of this? With which bands have shared scenario? We have participated in several small festivals although our objective would be to play in the festivals pointers of our country. In this time that takes Aquelarre we have shared scenario with bands like Ankhara, Nova Era, Tete Novoa, and Zenobia… It has been very enriching for us to share scenario with these bands of those that you can always learn something. I know on the work that Duke Productions carry out and it is excellent. Why you decide to be part of the catalogue of this agency? What advantage does it offer you? We decide to work with Duke because we knew their work and era what we looked for. We arrive to a point where we realized that we could not be taking all the things of the group and topics like the promotion, management… we needed somebody that makes it for us. In the first CD we contact with Duke Productions for the promotion of the CD and we are very happy with their work. For this second CD they offered us to enter to be part of their stamp, with some very reasonable conditions and that they were adjusted to what we needed so it was a decision easy to take. The advantages without a doubt are those of being able to forget certain topics that it bears to have a group and power to center us in what we know how to make that it is to play and to compose. To be able to work with a producer bears that they move the CD, make you the promo…..
What is your opinion about the paper that it plays the rock magazines like form of promoting to the rock bands (so much well-known as unknown)? The work that you make the rock magazines is fundamental for the promotion of the bands. Mainly for the promotion of emergent bands that they need to be given to know. Maybe, for the consecrated bands, don't need so much of the magazines to be promoted but, for the small bands, it is the best form of to arrive to a great people number and to be given to know. As I said before, the paper that you play the magazines in promotion topics is fundamental. Future plans? Well our future plans are to continue playing and composing. At the moment we are buried in the tour of this second album and in playing for the whole Spanish geography. At the same time, we continue composing new topics to maintain the head working. We would love it, once finished the tour, to prepare topics, to return to the study and to try to take our direct one outside of Spain‌ Do you know something about the rock that is made in Cuba? Sincerely not. Here we have very little information of Latin American bands of rock or metal. Most of information has more than enough rock bands or metal they are European or American. The truth, would love us that there is much more flow of information it has more than enough rock bands between Cuba and Spain. If at some time you were given the opportunity to come to Cuba would you make it? Without place to doubts. We would love to go to Cuba to play and to be able to take our music until there and in passing to know the country that, personally, I have always wanted to go, but I have never had the opportunity. Well, before finishing, something that you want to say to the Cuban public and all the followers of this magazine. Above all, thank you to support the rock and the metal in Castilian. That we would love to narrow knots as much with the groups as with the Cuban public. And that, mainly, continues supporting the scene rock and to the magazines like Metal for your Veins that you make an incredible and very necessary work to maintain the live rock. Links Web: http://aquelarremetal.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aquelarremetalVigo Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AquelarreOficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/aquelarremetal
They play a not very conventional melodic metal, in which the feminine voice is the main character of a quintet that has the very clear things. Base metal with catching melodies and very personal letters that play topics like the love, the sex, the lust, among other many in those that everybody can feel identified, but, always explained with forcefulness and irony. A direct one that won't leave indifferent to anybody, loaded with show, it forces, visuality and desinhibition, showing in scene a dark circus, a mirror that reflects with cruelty and sarcasm the feelings, the behaviors and the hypocrisy of supposedly "normal" people. About the beginning of this singular band, development and future plans tell us Gat (Voice), Didac (Guitar and secondary voice) and Montse (keyboard). By: Alejandro Pérez.
Greetings to the members of MENZIA and be welcome to this Cuban rock magazine. It is a pleasure to be able to interview them. To begin. Why the name of MENZIA? Some meaning especially? Gat: Good, "Agustín" decides that it was not well... so we begin to look for names of mushrooms, poisons and pokemons… and there the insanity began in decline... we didn't sleep, we didn't eat... so after doing us in the mirror with the stifle hanging and many rings think that our state spoke for if alone: MeNZiA of "Dementia" When and where MENZIA arises? Who are their current members? Of where they come? Gat: we could say that we are some anti heroes; we are the group of melodic metal of Barcelona in charge of exposing the true clowns of this Circus which know as "society" and me Gat, Unhinged Vocalist... a lot of pleasure.
Didac: We already take together many years, it is a Calvary, but one gets used. I am the guitar! Montse: In 2006 born a project, Lost in Madness, starting from a group of friends From Barcelona (Gat, Didac, Gomes and Me). as the project advanced we also grew and musically they had many changes for what we decide to change the name and to leave of zero as MeNZiA. How many CDs do you have made up to now? How was it the edition process and recording? Montse: 3 Works! Lamb’s Skinforthe Wolf (Feb 2010) with 8 tracks, Way to Nowhere (May 2012) with 8 tracks, and this last one, Unveil (Apr 2016) with 12 tracks. And much more!! Didac: The truth that the recording process was slow, but that is what we wanted, to take care minutely until the last detail and that takes us 4 months of recordings. Plus the time in the one which Txosse (Wheel sound studies) it mixed and Isra (Dante studies) masterized. In total a process of 6 months. We begin to record in September of 2015. Batteries, bass, keyboards, guitars and voices having as collaboration in Labyrinth of Micky Vega (Immune, Tao) that, by the way, it was a pleasure to be able to work with him! Gat: there is always blood, insults, spit and judicial orders... but good, then we are happy with the result. How do you would define your music? Gat: I desire the day that it tell me that they use our music to torture prisoners in Guantånamo, but at the moment it plays to put poster of melodic metal. Which have the main influences of the group been when composing their songs? Gat: here each one sucks of different teat... then we join and it leaves the chaos, the destruction and the beautiful things.
Have you had the opportunity to participate at some time in some rock festival in their country or outside of this? With which bands have shared scenario? Montse: we have not still had the opportunity to leave Spain (God willing soon!) but yes to act in some that another festival here. We have had the pleasure to share scenario with bands like Amon Amarth, KHY, Ankor, Dark Moor‌ and other many that don't still have "so much cache but that sure they will arrive far! (Time at the time!) I know on the work that GRP carries out and it is excellent. Why you decide to be part of the catalogue of this agency? What advantage does it offer you? Montse: We didn't look for a great stamp with complicated clauses, we wanted a stamp that welcomed us for what we are and for that we make musically that understands us and that it helps us. I believe that GRP was very good election, it is a small but near stamp at personal level and that gives us a lot of support. How do you see the scene of the rock at the moment in Spain? Do you think that it goes in increase or just the opposite? Gat: fatal... total decline. And it seems that in Cataluùa worse. People only left the money in well-known bands and they pass of betting for the emergent groups. Many compis has already desisted and it is very sad. Montse: it is a shame that a Festival with mythical bands and high price is filled and a festival of emergent bands (not for it bad) free or with a ridiculous price it has little reach in how much to means and not very public. If it doesn't lean on the here 30 year-old emergent scene there won't be mythical bands. What opinion deserve it you the role it play the rock magazines (so much digital as printed) when promoting to the rock bands, be already known or not?
Gat: We should thank them, because they make their work stupendously. It is brilliant to be able to appear in the same place that the big ones. Montse: without a doubt. A great support and a brilliant work. A THOUSAND THANK YOU! Future plans? Didac: Future plans‌ the truth that now to enjoy above the scenarios presenting UNVEIL, to be able to take it to all the cities that we can and that people enjoy these 12 tracks! Montse: to move "Unveil" to the maximum. To arrive there where we can and to get support for a future work! (Always toward before!!). we Take advantage to remember that our motor is the live concerts and the merchandising sale (https://menzia.bandcamp.com). THANK YOU!! Gat: world dominance when I end this swig. Do you know something on the rock that is made in Cuba? Gat: No, but for sure it has more welcome that in our country. If at some time they were given the opportunity to come to Cuba would they make it? Gat: it warns that I already make myself the suitcase! Montse: When do you say that we come? Well, before to finish. Something that you want to say to the Cuban public and to the followers of this magazine. Gat: Invite us to play and to mojitos =D Didac: Thank support!
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Montse: Thank you for your time! We hope you enjoy our music and power to come soon to Cuban lands! You can listen to us in Spotify, Itunes, Bandcamp, etc. AND to follow us through our social nets! A great kiss! Links https://www.facebook.com/menziaband https://twitter.com/menziaband https://www.youtube.com/c/menziaband
Oker is a rock band coming from Spain. They define their style as Heavy Metal the 80´s. On the beginnings of this band, trajectory and future plans Lolo comments us (guitarist). By: Alejandro Pérez
Greetings to the members of Oker and be welcome to this Cuban rock magazine. It is a pleasure to be able to make this interview. The pleasure is ours that you are interested in the band from Cuba. To begin. Why the name of Oker? Some meaning especially? Oker was a word that Lolo liked it a lot, our guitarist, and he saw it a lot for the Basque country and when asking its meaning he likes even since it means rebelliousness or the wickedness or roguery in a small boy. When and where does Oker arise? Who are their current members? From where do they proceed? What is cause that the band has suffered so many changes in the alignment? The idea cooked in the bass of Arguelles between many Lolo conversations and Álvaro on forming a band like those that there were then here in the 80 in Spain. The current members in Oker are Carmen "Xina" to the Voice (murciana welcomed in Madrid) Lolo to the Rhythmic Guitar (Madrid), Alberto Guitar Soloist (Madrid), Luis (bass) and José Andrés to the Battery (Madrid). And the changes of the band went for external reasons to the band
As I have understood "Fear", it constitutes your last discography discograph production. How was it the recording process and edition of the same one? Some audiovisual material that accompanies the same one? The recording process was the same one that both previous with the difference of a shorter term for the recording, batteries, batteries, under, guitars, voices, alone and choirs, although in this last work we decide not to introduce none. The mixture and masterization were in charge of the same New study Life and edition of the hand of CD Music. And if, in this work we throw the videoclip videoclip of Fear which you can see in youtube.
How many does CDs, apart from Fear, integrated the catalog of Oker? The current discography of Oker is composed of: Dale CaĂąa 2008 Burlando a la muerte 2010 Culpable 2014 Miedo 2016 To my hands arrived the CD Miedo and I found brilliant. How you define your music? Heavy metal 80" Which have the main influences of the group been when composing their songs?
Obus, Muro, Baron Rojo, "the immortals", Judas Priest, Iron Maiden. Have you had the opportunity to participate at some time in some rock festival in their country or outside of this? With which bands have shared scenario? Yes, we participate in 4 editions of the Legends of the Rock, in Rock Sand, Chords of the Rock‌ we share stage with many good bands in all those festivals jeje I know about the work that Duke Productions carry out and it is excellent. Why you decide to be part of the catalogue of this agency? What advantage does it offer them? You answered to the question, their work is excellent and we feel very sure and wrapped up. And advantages those of a good work to arrive to the public. What opinion does it deserve you the paper that it plays the rock magazines like form of promoting to the rock bands (so much well-known as unknown)? All promotion form to the bands is good and more for the youths that try to appear the head. Future plans? To give a lot of cane!!! Jajaja now will begin with the second part of the tour fear and we will see what was prolonged until taking out a following work. Do you know something on the rock that is made in Cuba? I believe that I don't have a lot of knowledge on the rock or the movement rock in Cuba. Well, before finishing, something that you want to say to the Cuban public and all the followers of this magazine. That, if the purest style likes heavy raw and direct metal 80, don't get lost our work and if some day is possible the energy waste that we lose in direct ;)
Links https://www.facebook.com/OkerBand/ https://www.youtube.com/user/OKERMETAL80 https://twitter.com/okerband Instagram: @OKER_OFICIAL
To know “The Beatles: Eight days a week”, the history inside a unique phenomenon.
The documentary of Rum Howard could it turns in cinemas single eight days. It is centered in the years of tour of the band, between 1962 and 1966, and in the Beatlemanía. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr toss the view behind to review its trajectory. In the cinemas it could it turns 30 additional minutes of the mythical concert of the SheaStadium. Looks the special of the Beatles in RTVE REGISTERS TECHNIQUE Original title: The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - the Touring Years Year: 2016 Duration: 100 minutes Country: United Kingdome Director: Ron Howard Script: Mark Monroe (Historia: P.G. Morgan) Producer: Apple Corps / Imagine Entertainment / White Horse Pictures "That makes it is not culture. It is to pass a good while”. To this way answered Paul McCartney (Liverpool, 1942) to a journalist during the first tour for United States of the Beatles in the year 1964 asked by the expectation that they generated and have more than enough his contribution to the history of the music. The "beatle" was not conscious still that they would pass to become in
the biggest cultural phenomenon in the XX, musical century and sociologically speaking. This testimony of McCartney is picked up in the definitive documentary on the band, The Beatles: Eight days a week - The touring days, directed by Ron Howard (A beautiful mind) and carried out starting from more than hundred hours of unpublished footage coming from admirers, media and national files, besides the characteristic of Apple Corps the company that has negotiated the rights of the Beatles from 1968. It is the first documentary authorized by the Beatles from their separation in 1970 and it has the collaboration of their two only survivors, the drummer and vocalist Paul McCartney (Liverpool, 1942) and Ringo Starr (Liverpool, 1940), and John Lennon's widows (Liverpool, 1940 Nueva York, 1980) and George Harrison (Liverpool, 1943 - L.A., 2001), Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison. "The band that you know. The history that you don’t know". This documentary is sold this way that the live trajectory of the band of Liverpool travels, from 1962 until its last concert in 1966, and that it shows the explosion of the Beatlemanía and how this it ended up to burn them until the point of to put an end to the performances in direct of the group that invented the global tours. During that period of time, those then young John, Paul, George and Ringo offered 815 performances in 90 cities of 15 countries. And as unpublished as the material that it uses and the secrets that it reveals are the way in which will be able to this documentary it turns: alone it was in the entire world in the cinemas during eight days, from Thursday 15 until 22 September’s. And like exclusive gift to those who went to the rooms, 30 additional minutes of the mythical concert that gave the Beatles in the SheaStadium from Nueva York in august 15th, 1965 to the one that 55.600 people went, the biggest given until then and that it shows the collective hysteria that it caused those of Liverpool clearly. Motor of the cultural change "Besides giving people a great experience about whatit were the live Beatles, I wait that it also offers a reminder, in a centered way and intense, of who were before the Beatlemanía, in what they became the course of the same one, and how they grew and they evolved artistic and personally, besides its paper in that monumental cultural change ", it explains on the documentary the film director Rum Howard whose first memory of the band, with 9 years, was its mythical one performance the program of Ed Sullivan February 9, 1964, the first appearance of the those of Liverpool in United States that was continued more than 73 million viewers, television audience record until then. It had just fastened the wick from the Beatlemanía to the other side of the Atlantic. This historical moment is also, of course, picked up in The Beatles: Eight days to week - The touring days, but also dozens of interviews and press wheels less well-known of the band that, also, they teach that had a good time, spontaneous and ingenious that was the Beatles.
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Rom Howard has had the help of Giles Martin -son of the legendary musical producer of the Beatles, George Martin, recently deceased -, s musical producer of the documentary, to dive in those thousands of hours of footage of the one that they prepared: besides the own material, Apple Corps from 2002 had begun to rake all over the world footage filmed by the fans in the tours of the Beatles, most in super 8, but in 2014 more collaboration was demanded through Facebook and there was an authentic avalanche"; to the one that united discarded footage of the documentary of the first American tour of the Beatles, What's happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964); and material gathered by the journalist Larry Kane during the time that accompanied to the band in their American tours in 1964 and 1965; among other contributions. Among the filming sent by the fans included in the movie, an unique testimony: the one remitted by a woman that being girl sat down in the tenth line of the one Candlestick Park in San Francisco August 29, 1966 and that, with their super camera 8, it captured to the band when it left to the scenario for last time and when they finished playing their last song forever in tour. The look behind of Paul and Ringo As thread driver, Howard has their two survivors' testimonies, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, that, in opinion of Howard, when seeing analyze later 50 years their step for the Beatles they have acquired a "renovated sense of the valuation of all of important it was the band and what they meant�. The Beatles in the room of a hotel composing.
that those some were had to "the other ones the whole time".
"I believe that the basic thing in the Beatles is that we were a small great band. In such a way that to see us act as group is something big, because without that, we had not been able to make the CDs. That was the base of all that we record", McCartney says; while Starr underlines the feeling of companionship and that they were a small family in the one
To these testimonies they sink in The Beatles: Eight days to week those of diverse artists like Elvis Costello, Whoopi Goldberg or Sigourney Weaver in whose lives influenced the band of Liverpool in a special way: the actress of they Ally it was one of John's in love young boys Lennon that screamed like one unstitched in one of the concerts of USA and for the actress Afro-American that had the luck to attend the concert of the SheaStadium being a girl, the Beatles was a "revelation" and they represented an unknown "opening" until then and the possibility that everybody can enjoy their music equally, independently of their race or social class. The Beatles, against the racial segregation In fact, one of the landmarks that rescue the documentary of the forgetfulness was the positioning of the Beatles against the politics of racial segregation in their tour for America of the South in 1964. This way, when the members of the band found out that in the Gator Bowl Stadium of Jacksonville (Florida) they will be separate the black spectators of the targets in their concert of September 11 1964, they refused to act and they said openly that it was a "stupid" measure. The threat provided effect and the concert it was not segregated racially, segregation that disappeared in turn of all the stadiums of the south. One of the assistants to that concert was the teacher and historian Kitty Oliver that still remembers the sensation of sitting down in their place and turn "suddenly surrounded of white people" for the first time and to the moment to get up all at the same time and simply to scream and to laugh all together seeing the Beatles act. "We were not simple stupid musicians McCartney it -remembers -. We were small that we looked at the world, I believe, with quite intelligent eyes. The idea that we could play before a public in which there were black people to a side and the white one to the other era like a joke for us. Simply, we didn't accept it. So a thing that I love of the movie is that it is shown that in fact we include it in the contract: we won't act before a segregated public. I should say that it is proud me, to see it again in the movie." Another incident that it remembers the movie of Howard is the commotion that it caused the controversial declarations of Lennon saying that the Beatles "was more famous than Jesus Christ" that generated in United States multitude of protests and manifestations and until you burn of disks, until the point that the "beatle" had to ask for forgiveness openly. The boredom The documentary also shows how the emotion of the first years of these youths, to the one that its manager, Brian Epstein, converted in famous, above all what went them happening and those multitudes that received them in any country that they stepped -in Australia they threw to the street 250.000 people the first day that they landed -, it was becoming boredom, annoyance, tension and in an unconscious one. Also, the problems to control the multitudes were every bigger time and the number of people that they ended up being also assisted in the hospitals after the concerts.
The music in the concerts was not listened and it didn't care, the musicians didn't enjoy and their performances had become a "circus", McCartney and Starr remembers. So, the day that they had to abandon the scenario of the Candlestick Park of San Francisco after their concert of August 29, 1966 in an almost armored truck, without seats neither windows and giving tumbles in the curves, they said: "Until here we have arrived". And this was the last concert that they gave those of Liverpool -acted together for last time for a group of friends and colleagues in 1969 in the roof of their building of offices in the center of London, material also recovered in the documentary. In fact, one of the biggest achievements in The Beatles: Eight days to week The touring days is having gotten, thanks to the current technology, to improve the sound of the concerts of the band substantially. The multitude's noise and the uproar in their concerts were so noisy that the own "beatles" hardly could to be listened themselves. In fact, the battery remembers how in the concert of the SheaStadium it had to notice the movement of John's asses and Paul to see for where the song went". To be sincere, I believe that we have reached a level in the movie in that it is probably better than if it was been there", Giles Martin comments. In those four years that subtracted among their last concert and the moment in that were dissolved, the Beatles they were devoted to explore the one on the way to the experimentation in their music that they had just inaugurated with Revolver (1966), and they recorded five study albums more, included the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Today, they continue being live history of the music and culture in pure state.
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The boys from Tokyo Hotel seem others Has their change been so spectacular that now they seem another band, you would recognize them? If there was a German group that moved masses for half world by the middle of 2000, which was Tokyo Hotel. For sure Natalia Jimenez, of The fifth station, still remembers how in 2007, when it ascended to pick up a prize 40 Main, the fans of the group of the siblings Kaulitz interrupted loudly its mad speech because its boys had not been taken the reward. Until there their fanaticism arrived. The band was founded in 2001 but it didn't publish its first disk later up to four years after going by a couple of multinationals. Once the machinery started, everything exploded suddenly. Their music convinced, they were not the typical good children of boy band, and its look, it surprised. Bill's long mane combed in tip, to the style Goku, didn't pass without getting the attention. Good, neither their mane neither Tom's braids, their twin brother.
The case is that in 2007 Tokyo Hotel it was one of the most excellent groups and the fame passed them invoice. Bill had to be operated by a cyst in the larynx and they had to brake a season. Burdened by the pursuit of the press that they had to support in their country they moved to live to United States and there it is where they reside now. Their look is totally different and its music has also evolved. We have selected some pictures of its now, had you recognized them of being them down the street? This was the look of Tokyo Hotel in 2007
This is now the look of Tokyo Hotel.
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Metallica: the return of a titan After 8 years of silence, the machinery of more important metal of the world is greased again and it tosses to walk. A new CD of Metallica is an entire event in the world of the distorted sounds, and without exaggerating, in the world musical environment without distinction of musical goods. Metallica like we all already know, it has become something more than a music group, is already worldwide a grateful mark. At each movement of San Francisco's group is looked all over the world with glass magnifying, as much for its fans as for its detractors awaiting seeing its new marvel, or it’s new one shitted: objective not to leave indifferent to anybody. After their work “Death Magnetic” published as we have said for 8 years, they will throw the next one November 18 “Hardwired…ToSelf-Destruct” a new work with the one that to sow the controversy again in the world of the metal. A double album that has been produced for Greg Fieldman with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. One will be able to acquire so much in pre-sale a double CD of 12 songs, double vinyl, the digital discharge and the version deluxe that it includes all the riffs that originated the songs of the CD. The first sail that they have published as sample of what will be this work it is “Hardwired“, an entire hit in the temple that follows the trail of the previous work. The first impression that it leaves to our pleasure is an unbeatable, much more refined production that the previous one. The previous album “Death Magnetic” it was criticized to pick up a not well elaborated sound that gave a work as a result something poor although of great level. Lars Ulrich has declared mainly in several means that have been inspired by their first works, in “Kill Em’ All“; we insist in that sounds us an elaborated better continuation that their previous work, although it is difficult to speak with cause knowledge with alone to have heard a topic. We wait that they follow the topics the marked line with this first it sails. You can see in internet the video of “Hardwired”, topic of presentation of the new CD.jhjh