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WHEN YOU
ENTER THEIR CD IN THE CD PLAYER A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND WHISKEY
WILL HIT YOU IN YOUR FACE. THAT'S PURE FUCKING ROCK 'N' ROLL !!! ENJOY!
1.TELL US IN A FEW WORDS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENTS OF THE BAND'S HISTORY. WHICH IS TODAY'S LINE UP?
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PROBABLY RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING WHEN
WE WERE DEVELOPING OUR STYLE AS YOU MIGHT SAY, AND GETTIN THE CHANCE, OFFER
TO HAVE OUR ALBUM RELEASED ,DISTRIBUTED FOR US ON A BIGGER LEVEL THEN WE
COULD DO OUR SELFS, THANKS TO THE ARCTIC MUSIC GROUP. AND I GUESS A FEW
NATIONAL OPENING SLOTS WE HAVE PLAYED THAT WERE KINDA DIFFERENT CAUSE THEY
WERE OLD CLASSIC ROCK BANDS,(THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL, LESLY WEST(MOUNTAIN)BUT
THEY WERE REALLY COOL SHOWS STILL, AND THE LINE UP IS CLIFF DENNY-VOX,
J.P SOARS -GUITAR, JAMES WELLMAN-BASS,GREG THRELKEL-DRUMS.
2.WHY HAVE YOU NAMED THE BAND BURNER?
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS NAME IDENTIFIES YOU, YOUR MUSICAL STYLE? HOW IMPORTANT
DO YOU THINK IS THE CORRECT CHOICE OF A BAND NAME?
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A FRIEND OF OURS ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH
THAT NAME FOR US, AFTER HEARING US BEFORE WHEN OUR NAME WAS KILLSWITCH,
IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT LOL, WE WANTED TO CHANGE OUR NAME AND HE BROUGHT
THE NAME BURNER UP TO US , AND WE ALL LIKED IT A LOT CAUSE WE THINK IT
DOES FIT WITH THE STYLE OF MUSIC AND FIT US AS GROUP TO IN SOME WAYS LOL,
I THINK IF THE NAME IS SIMPLE AND FITS A BAND GREAT, BUT IT NECESSARILY
DOES NOT HAVE TO WORK LIKE THAT THOUGH EITHER, BUT WE LIKE IT SHORT, SIMPLE,
DOWN TO EARTH.
3.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?
I'D SAY THAT YOUR SOUND IS CLOSE TO WHAT IS CALLED STONER ROCK WITH SOME
BLUESY ELEMENTS. DO YOU AGREE?
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YES THATS A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION
OF US, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER ELEMENTS TO SUCH AS THE DEATHMETAL
STYLE VOCALS AT TIMES, AND A LITTLE METAL IN THE MUSIC TO, AND THEN MIXED
IN WITH THE BLUESY, SOUTHERN FEEL AT TIMES TOO. BUT ITS HARD SHIT KICKIN
IN YOUR FACE ROCK N ROLL LOL.
4.WHICH BANDS DO YOU ADMIRE AND WHICH
DO YOU FEEL THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN THE ROCK-METAL COMMUNITY?
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THAT'S A VERY HARD,BECAUSE WE ALL LIKE
SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC, WE LIKE EVERYTHING FROM JAZZ TO METAL,
BLACK METAL , DEATH METAL, BLUES, BLUEGRASS, JAZZ EVEN SOME COUNTRY, SO
CALLED ALTERTATIVE STYLES OF MUSIC, WE ARE VERY OPEN MINDED TOWARDS MUSIC,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN THE ROCK-METAL COMMUNITY ACTUALLY,
I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT STUFF TOO MUCH TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
5.WHY DO YOU USE IN SOME PARTS BRUTAL
VOCALS? WHO'S DOING THEM? HOW DO YOU THINK THIS HELPS YOUR MUSIC? WHAT
DO THEY ADD?
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BECAUSE WE LIKE THE AGGRESSIVENESS
IT ADDS TO THE MUSIC AND THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN CLIFF'S VOCALS AND J.P 'S
VOCALS ARE VERY BIG AND WE LIKE THAT, WE SWITCH UP THE VOCAL STYLES LIKE
THAT CAUSE SOME OF OUR BACK GROUNDS IN MUSIC DO COME FROM PLAYING DEATHMETAL,
J.P HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF MALEVOLENT CREATION IN THE PAST SO YOU KNOW LOL,
IT JUST ADDS PURE RAW BRUTAL ENERGY TO THE MUSIC AT TIMES AND WE LIKE THAT.
6.HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT FOR CLIFF TO
BE A SINGER AND A DRUMMER AT THE SAME TIME IN A JAZZ BAND? HOW HAS HE DECIDED
TO LEAVE JAZZ MUSIC AND INVOLVE WITH ROCK-METAL?
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CLIFF STILL JAMS WITH JENGA WHICH IS
HIS JAZZ-FUNK BAND ON THE SIDE, IT'S MELLOW LAID BACK JAZZ-FUNK STUFF,
AND HE NEVER REALLY LEFT THEM HE JUST JAMS WITH THEM ON THE SIDE TO YOU
KNOW, ITS COOL CAUSE WE DO ALL LIVE IN THE SAME AREA PRETTY MUCH.
7.TELL US A FEW THINGS FOR THE BAND
RELEASES AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR LATEST ALBUM "ONE FOR THE ROAD". ARE YOU
STILL SATISFIED WITH IT?
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WELL LETS SEE WE HAVE A SIX SONG DEMO
THAT WAS OUT FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO THAT WE RECORDED OURSELVES, IT HAS
(BROKEN, DADDIES GIRL, GET ON YOUR WAY, FIVE PILLS, GHOST TOWN, AND SIX
GUN) ON IT. IT IS SELF TITLED, AND THEN WE SIGNED WITH ARCTICMUSICGROUP,
AND WENT INTO THE STUDIO (STUDIO 13) DEERFIELD BCH, FL. AND RECORDED ONE
FOR THE ROAD AND WE ARE VERY SATISFIED WITH IT YES.
8.WHAT ARE THE LYRICS TALKING ABOUT?
WHICH SUBJECTS DO YOU LIKE TO HURT? WHAT INSPIRES YOU AND WHAT TAKES AWAY
THE INSPIRATION FROM YOU?
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WOMEN,WHISKEY,WEED,SEX! LOL
9.WHICH WERE THE REACTIONS OF THE FANS,
MAGAZINES AND ZINES ON YOUR LATEST CD?
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MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD SO
FAR, YES ITS BEEN PRETTY COOL, PEOPLE SEEM TO BE DIGGIN IT, WHICH IS VERY
COOL YOU KNOW, AS WOULD ANYONE WANT.WE HAVE BEEN GETTIN SOME AIRPLAY ON
92.1 FM PLANET RADIO IN SOUTH FL, THE BUZZ 103.1FM, 91.7FM THE OWL , AND
IN CHICAGO REBEL RADIO SHOW, TENNESSE 90.3 FM UNIV.OF TENN METAL SHOW,
AND SOME OTHERS BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THEM, OH WELL. THOSE ARE JUST SOME
OF THE PLAYLISTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO ME SO FAR.
10.HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO PROMOTE
YOUR MUSIC? WHICH SONG OF YOURS DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IDEAL TO REPRESENT
YOUR WORK?
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WE NEED TO TOUR WE ARE JUST HANGIN
OUT AROUND THE SOUTH FL SCENE RIGHT NOW, AND TRYING TO FIND A TOUR WE CAN
GET HOOKED UP ON, BUT STILL PLAYING AROUND THE LOCAL AREA EVERY SO OFTEN
IF THE SHOW IS COOL, WELL LETS SEE I LIKE, (ALL ALONE) CAUSE IT HAS THAT
GROOVE TO IT AND IT CHANGES UP AND STILL GETS BRUTAL TO AND IT HAS THAT
SOUTHERN METAL SOUND TOO.
11.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO
MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST QUESTION
BE?
12.IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE, WHICH
HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU MISS
THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?
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NOT REALLY RELAVENT TO WHAT WE ARE
DOING LOL?
13.WHAT PROLOGUE AND TITLE WOULD YOU
LIKE THIS INTERVIEW TO HAVE?
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BURNER / ROAD ROCK FROM THE SOUTH,-
GET IN- SIT DOWN -SHUT UP AND HOLD ON AND ENJOY THE RIDE!
14.IF YOU HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE
A VIDEO CLIP HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE?
15.WHICH IS YOUR MOST BELOVED
MOVIE YOU'VE SEEN LATELY AND WHICH BOOK YOU ENJOYED READING?
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WELL I LIKED STAR WARS OF COURSE, AND
LORD OF THE RINGS A LOT TOO, AND I HAVE BEEN READING THE LORD OF THE RINGS
TRILOGY.
16.IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH THE
MUSIC, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?
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I GUESS COMPUTER WORK, BUT AS IT IS
NOW I'M VERY INVOLVED IN PLAYING AND RECORDING MUSIC, I HAVE MY OWN STUDIO
HERE IN SOUTH FL CALLED RHYTHM TRACK STUDIO AS WELL.
17.THANK YOU!HAVE I FORGOT TO ASK YOU
ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
CHRISTINE PARASTATIDOY