• Lacuna Coil is not just a Cool Italian Band, the guys have made their masterpiece, one of the best albums of the atmospheric metal for this year called COMALIES. This time we have Andrea  Ferro, the second vocalist of the band and of cource the virtual kisses from Cristina Scabbia.

-Hello Guys, I am Kostas Meidanis from Behind The Veil, a Greek web magazine and I have some questions for you. Before the interview I would like to congratulate you for you latest album and I think that Lacuna Coil went a step further with «Comalies». Thank you in advance for your time.
 (ANSWERS BY ANDREA.)

•  THANX A LOT FOR THE COMPLIMENTS!

1)where did the name Lacuna Coil originate?

•  WE WANTED TO HAVE A REALLY PERSONAL AND UNIQUE NAME FOR THE BAND, SO WE CREATE IT JUST BY PUTTING TOGETHER AN ITALIAN AND AN ENGLISH WORD. THE TRANSLATION COULD BE "EMPTY SPIRAL", IT'S AN ATMOSPHERICAL MEANING THAT REALLY FITS WITH OUR MUSIC AND SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

2) In «Comalies» album there's a song called Heaven's A Lie, do you express  something personal with that song? Or it's a general poetic inspiration ?

• WE CHOSE "HEAVEN'S A LIE" AS A SINGLE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD SONG TO REPRESENT THE ALBUM, THE LYRICS ARE TALKING ABOUT A TROUBLED LOVE STORY BUT ALSO AN INTROSPECTIVE DIALOGUE.

3) Did you experience some problems during the recording, writing your latest album? What was the most «strange» thing happened before the release of Comalies?

• THERE IS A CD-ROM VIDEO TRACK IN THE ALBUM THAT IS A SORT OF DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE  COMALIES RECORDING SESSIONS. YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF FUNNY AND STRANGE THINGS IN IT.

4)What influences you, both in your song writing and personally from the lyrics standpoint?

• BASICLY WE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM EMOTIONS, EVERY KIND OF EMOTION COUL BE A BIG INFLUENCES. IT COULD COME FROM MOVIES, MUSICS OR SIMPLY REAL LIFE...

5)Do you refrain from doing anything in order to keep your voice in tune?

• SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THE VOICE, ESPECIALLYON TOUR, WE DON'T SMOKE, WE USE A LOT OF HONEY, AEROSOL AND A SPECIAL MIX OF DIFFERENT GRASSES.

6)What band and or tour went over the best in recent memory and why?

• WE ENJOYED A LOT THE TOUR WE DID IN NORTH AMERICA WITH MOONSPELL, WE LIKED IT A LOT BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE GUYS FROM PORTUGAL.YOU KNOW, LATIN CONNECTION...

7)What you would be doing if you were not in a band?

•  I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY I WOULD WORK IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

8)Recently there's been a heated debate about the use of the Internet to exchange music. What is your point of view on this?

• I THINK THAT IT'S OK IF YOU USE THE INTERNET FOR LISTENING TO AN ALBUM BEFORE BUYING IT, IT'S WORTH TO KNOW HOW YOU WILL SPEND YOUR MONEY AND IT'S A GOOD PROMOTION FOR THE BAND. I DON'T REALLY LIKE WHEN YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN ENTIRE ALBUM PLUS COVER AND BOOKLET FOR FREE. IT'S A BIG DAMEGE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO INVEST A LOT OF MONEY ON THE BANDS AND FOR THE ARTISTS, EXPECIALLY FOR THE INDEPENDENT LABELS AND FOR THE MID-RANGE BANDS.

9)What particular albums/songs/bands did you like to jam along with during those years?

• SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE IN THE PRACTICE ROOM WE LIKE TO JAM BUT NOT REALLY ON COVERS, WE PREFER TO IMPROVISE SOME SHIT, JUSTY FOR FUN. WE PLAY EVERY KIND OF MUSIC, FROM EXTREME TO COUNTRY.

10)Are you mostly self-taught, or do you have any formal lessons?

• EVERYBODY EXEPT CRISTINA HAD SOME MUSIC LESSONS IN THE PAST.

11)Do you think it's better to practice one thing until it's perfected, or practice many DIFFERENT things and improve upon all those things gradually over time?

• THE SECOND CHOICE FITS BETTER TO ME.

12) Let's play the game of words, I will tell you 10 words and you must answer with the first think that comes up to your mind.

• 1) Lacuna Coil - COOL BAND
• 2) Future - TOURS
• 3) Present - TOURS
• 4) Past - INEXPERIENCE
• 5) Love - PAOLA
• 6) Hate - IGNORANCE
• 7) Melancholy - ICED EARTH
• 8) Comalies - GOLD RECORD
• 9) Italy - FOOD
• 10) Your Manager's Office ! :))! – TOILET

13) What's your opinion about other Italian bands like Rhapsody,Labyrinth, Eldritch, Dark Lunacy etc.

• THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AND PROFESSIONAL BANDS, I DON'T LISTEN A LOT TO POWER METAL BUT I RESPECT GOOD MUSICIANS.

14) Have you ever thought what will you do, when you stop playing music professionaly, lets say after 20-30 years from now?

• PROBABLY I WILL WORK IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS... OR MAYBE I WILL BE A  MILLIONAIRE! AH AH....

15) What is your opinion about the present day of Heavy Metal, what do you think for groups like, System Of A Dawn Tool, generally called nu-metal.

• I DON'T CARE ABOUT CATEGORIES, I SPLIT THE MUSIC IN GOOD AND BAD AND THOSE TWO BANDS ARE AWESOME FOR ME. IF WE TALK ABOUT HEAVY MUSIC IN GENERAL. I THINK THAT THE SCENE IT'S ALIVE AND WITH GOOD QUALITIES.

16) What do you do on your spare time? Do you read Books? Watch Movies? What is your favorite Book/movie?

• I LIKE TO RIDE MY MOUNTAIN BIKE, PLAY AND WATCH SOCCER, SKATEBOARDS, CINEMA, PLAYSTATION, MARTIAL ARTS, COOCKING, HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND DRINKING BEER. I DON'T LIKE BOOKS VERY MUCH BECAUSE I'M A SLOW READER, I PREFER MAGAZINES.

17) If someone told you to leave the world behind, start a new life in a desert island with your friends and favourite persons and besides the supliew you could only take 10 music albums. What will be those?

• IT'S A REALLY HARD QUESTION FOR ME, I LOVE MUSIC AND THERE ARE SOO MANY CDS THAT I WILL BRING WITH ME. I WILL TELL YOU TEN BANDS WICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME: ALICE IN CHAINS, THE POLICE, THE DOORS, METALLICA, TYPE O NEGATIVE, BLACK SABBATH, KISS, AC/DC, FAITH NO MORE, CANNIBAL CORPSE.

-That's the end of the interview, thank you again for your time and I hope to see you guys in Greece. Take Care!

• WE HOPE TO COME TO GREECE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IT WILL BE AN AWESOME  EXPERIENCE FOR US, WE LOVE GREEK CULTURE!