Straight
rock' n' roll is a genre where you can't find easily bands that really
have to say something and make you dance and headbang from the first till
the last minute. So here we have GUN BARREL a new band from Germany, who
blew my head off. Those who won't pay attention to them will go "Straight
Down To Hell". "So I'm singing my rocksong to find the truth...". Rolf
Tanzius the guitar player of the band is here to reveal the truth...
1.GIVE A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE
BAND AND INTODUCE IT'S MEMBERS.
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I had a meeting with our singer
Guido and we have started the rock 'n' roll band GUN BARREL at the end
of 98. Two years now we have the following line - up: Guido Feldhause-Vocals,Holger
Schulz-Bass,Toni Pincirolo-Drums, Rolf Tanzius-Guitar.
2.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSICAL
STYLE AND WHICH ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES?
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We play straight rock 'n' roll songs
which have a lot of fun. We hear a lot of old school bands like SAXON,LED
ZEPPELIN,THIN LIZZY, MOTORHEAD and so on. Do you listen to that??
3.ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH POWER
DIVE? HOW DID THE PRESS AND FANS REACT TO YOUR DEBUT ALBUM?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE?
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We are very proud and lucky with our
first album cause we got a lot of very good reviews from the press and
also a lot of mails from fans over the whole world.
4.WHAT ARE THE LYRICS TALKING ABOUT?
DO YOU LIKE OFFERING THE FANS A CHANCE TO SEARCH AND TRY TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY OR YOU HIT STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
THROUGH YOUR LYRICS?
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Guido,our singer, writes the lyrics
and it`s about our lifestyle. Problems with girls, problems with headaches
after partys but also some fantasy stories like "Gate of god".
5.ARE YOU PREPARING A NEW ALBUM? DO
YOU HAVE ANY NEW SONGS READY?
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Yes, we do.We have new songs and we
will enter the studio at the beginning of 2002.
6.HAVE YOU MADE ANY LIVE SHOWS? IS
THERE A CHANCE TO SEE YOU LIVE IN GREECE?
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We played 34 shows hear in Germany
2001 and 2 shows in France.We have a new booker and we want to play in
every country possible.
7.WHICH IS THE BIGGEST DREAM YOU WANT
TO ACHIEVE THROUGH YOUR MUSIC?
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Touring the whole years and making
very good albums, so that our fans say every day: "We love you".
8.I HAVE A RADIO SHOW. IF I ASKED YOU
TO CHOOSE A SONG OF YOURS TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FANS WHICH
ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
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A difficult question, I like them all.But
my favorite is "Straight down to hell"
9.GERMANY IS THE CAPITAL OF HEAVY METAL
WITH MANY METALLERS AND GREAT BANDS. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS?
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Bands and fans here are no sleepers.
It ´s a big market for this kind of music.The fans are also very
true.
10.WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMPOSE THE SOUNDTRACK
FOR A MOVIE? WHICH MOVIE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
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For myself it would be "Scream" and
"The Cell" and I would also dubbing the shrieks.
11.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T
ABLE TO PLAY AND COMPOSE MUSIC?
12.DO YOU LIKE READING BOOKS? WHICH
IS YOUR MOST BELOVED BOOK AND AUTHOR?
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I don' t have time.I have read CHARLES
BUKOWSKI "Man with the leather case".
13.IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO BACK IN
TIME WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO CORRECT?
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To start with GUN BARREL when I was
eighteen.
14.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE
POLITICAL SITUATION DEVELOPED NOW AFTER THOSE TERRORIST ATTACKS
IN THE U.S.A.?
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Terror is very dastardly and it must
stop as soon as possible.
15.HOW DID YOU SELECT THIS BAND NAME
AND WHY DO YOU USE SO OFTEN TERMS OF WAR AND GUNS? WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO SAY?
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GUN BARREL are no war fans.We discribe
our music with this name. Straight and quick like a gun barrel
16.WHICH ARE YOUR 5 MOST BELOVED GERMAN
BANDS? WHAT'S YOUR OPINION FOR RUNNING WILD? THERE'S A TRIBUTE
GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE PART?
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Helloween,Running Wild,Accept, Sinner
(with the ex Thunderhead guitar player),Thunderhead. We don' t play
coversongs at the moment.
17.THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD LUCK!THESE
LAST LINES BELONG TO YOU...
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Many greetings to the readers and listeners
in Greece. Fire your guns and keep the flames.Hope to meet you all in GREECE
next year. GUN BARREL