Indie

Anna Rose

7/7/2010
Andrea Keiter

Anna Rose is an up and coming artist who recently released her debut album "Nomad." TheCelebrityCafe.com's Andrea Keiter spoke with Anna about her influences, her work, and how a budding artist spends her time.

TCC: What are you up to now? Recording, performing, writing?

AR: Well, right now I just got back from the gym, ate a bunch of jalapeños, and am laying on the couch. You can say that I love jalapeños!

Curt Smith

5/15/2008
Dominick A. Miserandino

In 1982 Curt Smith teamed up with Roland Orzabal to create Tears For Fears, and quickly took the world by storm with songs such as "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule The World," and "Head Over Heels." After separating in 1990, Smith and Orzabal reunited to bring Tears For Fears back to the recording studio and stages around the world. Smith, meanwhile, has spent the last six years working on a semi-autobiographical solo album, "Halfway, pleased." TheCelebrityCafe's Dominick Miserandino spoke with Smith about working alone.

American Mars

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
American Mars, alternative band and rockers, talk about life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and oh yeah, music...

DM) Which song on the album is your personal favorite? The one that most reflects the musical style of American Mars?

TT) I guess I'm partial to "Grief," which closes the record. I fought hard to convince the band that the song deserved a spot on the album. I think it captures the emotional intensity of the band in a special way and I'm proud of the sounds that we managed to get in there. There's little touches, like the beeps and the horn at the end that are close to my heart.

Baby Ray

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) A lot of reviews describe your music as sounding like XTC. Have they been an influence?

KL) Sure. Everyone has influences. Bach influenced Chopin, Chopin influenced Scott Joplin, Joplin influenced Louis Armstrong, Armstrong influenced Bob Wills, Wills influenced Hank Williams, Williams influenced Buddy Holly, Holly influenced the Beatles, the Beatles influenced everybody in rock, including XTC and Guided by Voices; and they all influenced us.

Sci-Fi Prodigy

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Patrick Cross, talks about his experiences as a Ghost Hunter, his haunted apartment, playing at Star Trek for Klingons and the entire Sci-Fi World.

DM) You're really a " Real Life Ghost Hunter"?

PC) Yes...I have been involved in parapsychology since I was in my teens. I have always been around ghosts... and I grew up with three of them in our house--sounds, voices, scratchings on the wall, footsteps, cold air chills, shadows and eerie music from an organ that was turned off and unplugged! I got involved with ghosts because I saw a lot of them, and strange things would appear. Never knew why, but could talk or relate to them.

Soylent Green

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Eric talks about music, the American Culture, and the Doors.

by Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) What's the meaning behind the name of the band ?

EF) Jack Pisters and myself saw the movie at a very young age and it made an impression we would never forget. A glimpse of a possible future, seen through the eyes of young people who were already thinking about what the face of tomorrow would look like. You can imagine that we wouldn't want something like this to happen for the world and that's why we chose to use that name - to create music with an element of self-criticism and an element of hope.

First Love

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
With the Backsteet Boys and N'Sync, you'd think there would be enough "Boy

DM) What do you feel makes First Love different from all of the other boy bands out there?

P) We have always done as much on our own as possible. In reference to choreography, a cappella arrangements, clothing, etc., we can say that there is a First Love flavor in everything we do. We're from Europe, which definitely sets us apart from others; and with First Love, what you see is what you get, so we can relate and identify ourselves with everything that is First Love-oriented.

DM) How did the group come together?

Paxton

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Paxton has turned his life from tragedy to success in a matter of a few years. He went from living on the street, homeless, to touring the country and releasing his second album. Paxton talks to us about this dramatic change in his life.

DM) I've read that your mother used to teach you songs and to sing before she passed away. Was her untimely death what initially motivated you to pursue music as a career?

P) Not really, I always had the idea of being a musician floating somewhere in the back of my mind. It wasn't until I was in my mid-twenties that I got the courage to write music seriously.

DM) Your life has gone from hitchhiking across the country for work to where you are now. At the low points, did you ever imagine your life getting to where it is today?

P) I never had a firm plan.

Houndz

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino
Steve talks about about being middle aged, his influences in music, starting a second life, starting a second career and basically starting over!



DM) Of your fans who know you from your hit song, "Zoot Suit Riot", how many do you think will be thrilled and how many will be disappointed by your newest record?

SP) Well, that's a good question. We have a lot of fans who know us from back in those day, because we have been around since 1989, especially on the West Coast, and we have a lot of people who know what we do. At least they know that we don't just play swing.

Gild

11/29/2000
Dominick A. Miserandino

DM) Which of the tracks on this album are you most proud of?

JJ) "Drama Queen." It's my favorite because it takes kind of a quirky look at relationships without getting extremely introspective. I think that it's always important to laugh with yourself about certain situations.

"When the Sky Falls" - another favorite of mine for the opposite reasons; it's extremely introspective.

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