• This interview offered me great enlightment! Now I know that if someone can't be a pron star, he can be a succesful bass player :P
• Seriously talking now, Mystery Blue have it all! Great music, great riffs that will stick in your minds, great vocals and something also very important to me they are intelligent, they have their own beliefs and their love for heavy metal music is sincere and honest!
• Read this interview and I bet that you'll have a great laugh and also learn many interesting things...

• FRENZY- The history of Mystery Blue goes back to the eighties when I created the band with some friends. In 1984, we released our first album “Mystery Blue” (Axe Killer Records) and a second one in 1986 called “Circle Of Shame” (Dream Records). In these years, we toured a lot in France, Germany and Belgium, and supported bands like Motörhead, Def Leppard and Saxon. The album “Spirit Of Your Song” came out in 1998, after a few years break and a line-up change. NATHALIE- The band is now composed of Frenzy, the guitar player and founder of the band; Dany, our "crazy" bass player; ex Thrasher Vince on drums and me, Nathalie, on vocals, keyboards & didgeridoo.

2.WHAT'S THIS THING YOU HAVE WITH THE BLUE COLOR? WHY DO YOU FIND IT MYSTERIOUS? HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO NAME THE BAND THIS WAY?

• FRENZY- As a teenager, I was a fan of the band STATUS QUO. My favourite album was “Blue for you” and I particularly liked the song “Mystery song”, so there’s the secret …

3.HOW MANY RELEASES DO YOU HAVE? CAN YOU TELL US SOME THINGS ABOUT THEM? WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST RELEASE YOU HAVE?

• NATHALIE- Until now, MYSTERY BLUE has released 3 full-length albums. The first 2 LPs (“Mystery Blue” and “Circle Of Shame”) were recorded by the first line-up. On “Spirit Of Your Song”, which has been recorded in 1998, you can here quite a big change, well yes there’s a female singer in the band now(me!). The style of this album is not so different from the 80s’ stuff, except that I brought in some new instruments like the keyboards on a few songs and the didgeridoo (I love the sound of this instrument!).

4.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING ABOUT? WHICH THEMES DO YOU LIKE TO "HURT" THROUGH YOUR LYRICS? DO YOU PREFER REAL LIFE OR FANTASY STORIES?

• NATHALIE- When I write the lyrics for our songs, I like to talk about things which are important to me, I want to share my feelings, my opinions, my anguish or my joy. But I also like to make real stories with these elements (not just descriptions).

5.HOW IS IT HAVING A FEMALE SINGER? DO YOU GET ANNOYED SOMETIMES CAUSE SHE IS GETTING MORE ATTENTION?

• FRENZY- Well, in fact I wasn’t looking for a female singer, I just wanted a good voice and I think Nathalie has the perfect voice to fit our music, melodic and aggressive at the same time. But I don’t think it is wrong that a singer gets more attention, in fact he (she!) is the front(wo)man and has to communicate with the fans.
• VINCE: We could say she is the interface between the band and the audience!

6.YOU HAVE CO-OPERATED WITH ROCKBITCH. TELL US SOME THINGS ABOUT IT. HOW WAS IT? THEY HAVE A QUITE STRANGE ATTITUDE, DON'T THEY?

• NATHALIE- Well, when we played with them at La Laiterie in Strasbourg, we found them very nice and friendly, and not particularly shocking. But as to their everyday life, I can’t say anything…I really don’t know where’s reality and where’s the show. Their concert was interesting, though the music is a bit different from what we usually listen to, but I think that in this case the show is more important than the music!
• DANY- Oooh, that was hot…. !!!

7.YOU ARE PREPARING A NEW ALBUM SOON. GIVE US SOME INFO (PRODUCTION, RECORDINGS, SONGS, ETC.). ARE YOU SATISFIED TILL NOW BY THE RESULTS?

• NATHALIE- We will record our 4th album next February. We have chosen the JAM Music studio in Pirmasens, Germany, as we have already tested it on 3 songs. We like the sound of this studio and the technicians are really good. If we don’t find any deal with a label, we will produce the CD ourselves and will be looking for a distribution… With or without record deal, it will come out beginning of next year in any case!!
• FRENZY- At the moment we are working hard on composing and arranging our songs (there will be about 11 titles on the CD), it’s a very exciting job!
• DANY- Do you want a scoop? The album will be called “Metal Slaves”!
• VINCE- Yes, we are!!

8.WHICH ARE THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE 80'S METAL SCENE AND MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THE NOWADAYS SITUATION?

• VINCE- Nowadays music is just a product like the others, as you say it’s music “industry”. The Metal scene is less spontaneous than in the 80s, now the majors tell you what you should listen to!

9.ARE YOU PREPARING ANY LIVE SHOWS? CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY FUNNY/WEIRD SITUATIONS OCCURING WHILST YOU WERE PLAYING LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF DURING A GIG OF YOURS YOU SAW FANS LOOKING BORED AND TIRED?

• NATHALIE- At the moment we are working on our new album. But we plan to make a series of concerts as soon as the CD is released.
• FRENZY- The funniest experience was certainly when we first played as support band for MOTÖRHEAD in 1984. Before our concert, Lemmy came to see us with a few bottles of beer an whiskey. He just said “Hi guys, come on, let’s have a drink!” and handed us a bottle. At that time we were very young and really impressed by Lemmy talking to us…and so we all drunk…quite a lot I suppose…and then the time came for us to start our gig, we were all standing behind the stage waiting for the signal to get up. As the lights were out, when we got on the stage, we all landed on the floor at once with a great noise!! Well, after a big laugh we rushed to our posts and the show could begin!
• DANY- If a fan was looking bored, I would turn the sound a bit louder cause I’d suppose this guy may be deaf…

10.NAME SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED CLASSIC ALBUMS.

• FRENZY- JUDAS PRIEST  “Sad Wings of Destiny”
• DANY- KISS “Alive!”
• NATHALIE- OZZY OSBOURNE “Blizzard of Ozz”
• VINCE- JUDAS PRIEST “Killing Machine”

11.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC?

• FRENZY- I would probably make guitars!
• NATHALIE- I could well see myself as a writer, I really enjoy writing stories.
• DANY- Porn star without hesitation…
• VINCE- Football player.

12.WAS THERE A TIME IN YOUR CAREER THAT YOU WANTED TO QUIT EVERYTHING AND DISBAND? WHAT KEPT YOU TOGETHER?

• FRENZY- Well, there were some difficult periods since I started the band in the eighties, but I never gave up because my passion for music was too strong. Heavy metal has taken hold of me, I just live for my band and I’m sure I will have much more great experiences with MYSTERY BLUE!

13.WHICH IS THE BEST AND WHICH IS THE WORST PART IN YOUR MUSIC? IN WHICH FIELD DO YOU THINK YOU NEED FURTHER DEVELOPMENT?

• FRENZY- I think the present line-up is really powerful and fits perfectly to the MYSTERY BLUE style. But we are learning and progressing every day, during the rehearsals, concerts or studio sessions.

14.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE YOUNG GUYS THAT DON'T KNOW YOU TO CONVINCE THEM BUY YOUR ALBUM?

• FRENZY- If, like me, these young guys still have faith in the music we love above all, they will understand that without their support we cannot exist, so this is an exchange between MYSTERY BLUE and the fans: we make good songs for them, they buy our records…
• VINCE- If you want to hear good, sincere Heavy Metal coming straight from the heart, this is what you need!

15.IF YOU HAD THE MONEY TO MAKE AN EXPENSIVE VIDEO CLIP, HOW DO YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE? WHICH SONG OF YOURS WOULD YOU SELECT FOR THAT?

• DANY- We could shoot a video with lots of hot naked women in the president’s bedroom… NATHALIE- Would be great to have millions of cats around (no, Dany, not that kind!!!)
• VINCE- Why not make a video on the moon?
• FRENZY- What a crazy crew we have… for me the perfect video would be made of extracts of MYSTERY BLUE concerts played on the most beautiful scenes throughout the world!

16.IF YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

• FRENZY- I’m not sure that it would be good to be able to change things radically, each change has also its new problems… but well it would be good to eradicate famine and war.
• DANY- To get rid of all terrible diseases.
• NATHALIE- Something we really could change is starting to stop polluting our poor planet!!!

17.IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST QUESTION BE?

• FRENZY- Why having chosen us human beings to give us the power to think (but we forget so easily to take care of each other) and to progress, instead of choosing the peaceful whales… DANY- So now tell me, what was first, the hen or the egg?

18.IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE, WHICH HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY? WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?

• FRENZY- I would like to visit the prehistoric period, when our only worry was to search for food to survive like wild animals, but I really couldn’t imagine to replace the sound of screaming guitars by the trumpeting of a mammoth!
• NATHALIE- I would love to live the Woodstock experience.
• VINCE- It must have been great to live at the Age of the Enlightenment with all the magic discoveries of this time. But what I would miss most is my CD player!
• DANY- It could be cool to experiment some orgies at the Roman period, but I couldn’t stay very long without MYSTERY BLUE!!

19.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?

• NATHALIE- Lots of thanks to you and BEHIND THE VEIL for your precious support and for unveiling some MYSTERY BLUE’s story.
• FRENZY & VINCE- CU on stage! Would be good to visit you in Greece to set the stages on fire! DANY: My last words, please warn your neighbours before playing the new MYSTERY BLUE album!!!