OMEN
Another
Omen interview?...But of course!!!!
Kenny desclaims : "I don't
know where J.D. Kimball is!!!".
Nick:Let's start the
interview...
Kevin : He has one desclaimer.Tell
them!!You don't...You don't know where...
Kenny : I don't know
where J.D. Kimball is!! (tones of laughter)
1.FIRST OF ALL TELL US WHAT YOU
THINK OF THE GREEK AUDIENCE. ARE YOU SATISFIED BY YOUR PERFORMANCE?
Kenny:The Greek audience is wonderful,
awesome! Hard to put in the words.
Kevin:Fucking great!
Kenny:Fucking great!!! I feel like
it's my home almost, you know...I didn't expect it to be this great.
2.WHY THEN HAVEN'T YOU EVER BEEN TO
GREECE BEFORE?
Kenny:Because we didn't know that
we were popular here. I learned about this two years ago. If I've known
this from the 80's, I would have been here.
3.SO...WHEN WILL THE NEW ALBUM BE RELEASED?
I THINK THAT IT'S FINISHED...
Kenny:No,no it's not finished.
4.YOU TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD...
Kevin:Well, I lied!
Kenny:It's almost finished. We
expected to have it finished before here. We kinda stopped working, to
get ready to play live, we haven't been working on playing live, so we
had to rehearse a lot, that's why our set is a little short.
5.SO WHEN WILL IT BE READY?
Kenny:Around summer time.
Kevin:We want it to be real good.That's
why.
6.ARE YOU STILL UNDER NEGOTIATIONS
WITH LABELS OR HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND?
Kenny:We had some offers. We haven't
made up our minds. I want to finish it and wait to see to get the best
offer...
Kevin:Who wants OMEN the most!Hahaha
7.WHY DID YOU LEAVE METAL BLADE?
Kevin:Aaahhh...Next question!...hahaha
because we are talking to Metal Blade right now, so I don't wanna say...
8.WHAT ARE THE LYRICS OF THE NEW ALBUM
TALKING ABOUT? CLASSIC OMEN STORIES?
Kevin:Yeah, yeah!Very much in the
same vein.
9.ARE YOU THINKING OF MAKING A CONCEPT
ALBUM?
Kevin:We've actually talked about
it.
Kenny:We've talked about it. Maybe
in the future. I'd love to do a concept record. I think it's very difficult.
Kevin:Especially right now people
expect OMEN to sound like OMEN and be OMEN.
Kenny:We're gonna do a concept
record that's gonna be called "Heeyyy babyyy..!"...hahahahha..
10.IS THERE AN ALBUM THAT OMEN ARE
ASHAMED OF OR SHOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT SOMEHOW?
Kenny:I'm not ashamed of it, I
would like to change the last two records, cause I'm not very happy with
them. I'm not ashamed of them, but I was not...Right now with the new stuff
I'm comfortable, I feel like the 80's again where I'm really confident
on what we're doing. With "Escape To Nowhere" and "Re-opening The Gates"
maybe we were trying to be something that other people said I should be.
It wasn't a lot of me. It was somebody saying how you should sound. It
wasn't a fun experiment for me.
11.WHICH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL YOU VISIT
AFTER GREECE?
Kenny:Ooohhh...We're gonna go home
and finish the record. Probably this summer Germany...
12.WILL YOU GO TO WACKEN?
Kenny:Maybe we're talking. we're
in negotiations.
Kevin:There's some talk about it.
Nothing confirmed yet.
13.ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE COMPARISON
THE FANS WILL DO BETWEEN YOUR VOICE AND J.D. KIMBALL'S?
Kevin:Not at all!Like I said many
times I was a fan of OMEN before I ever had the opportunity to play in
OMEN, so that music is reveared in my heart and soul and J.D. is a great
singer and great song writer. I just wanna sing the songs the best way
I can.
14.ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE NARROW MINDED
FANS?
Kevin:I do my own thing. If they
like it...I hope they like it! If not, though, I'm still the singer for
OMEN and always will be.
15.WE LIKE YOU!
Kevin:Hahaha...thank you, thank
you!!
16.WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T
ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC OR SING?
Kenny:Kill myself!Hahahhaha...
Kevin:It'll be like being stranded
on an island, you know...That would be pretty much the end of it.
Kenny:I couldn't even imagine that.
It's impossible!
Kevin:It's a part of our lives.
17.IF YOUR MUSIC WAS AN EMOTION WHAT
WOULD IT BE? IF IT WAS A PAINTING WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
Kevin:Hahaha...I'll let YOU answer
this one...
Kenny:Ooohhh...it would be sex!
Kevin:Orgasm
Kenny:Yeah, it would be one giant
orgasm. The closest thing to sex is writing OMEN songs.
18.WHICH MISTAKE YOU'D NEVER WANNA
DO OR IF YOU DID IT, TO CORRECT IT?
Kenny:I don't wanna change anything.
Everything happens for a reason. I've had a very happy life.
Kevin:Continue with what we have
now, cause this is now and we are very happy with it.
19.WHICH IS THE MOST IRRITATING QUESTIONS
SOMEONE EVER DONE TO YOU?
Kevin and Kenny:The most irritating
questions is wher's J.D. Kimball!!!(laughter)
20.I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU THIS THANK GOD...
21.WHICH QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BE ASKED AND NO ONE EVER DID? ANSWER IT AS WELL.
Kenny:I don't know!That's a hard
question!Aahhh....let's see...aaaahhhhhh...That IS a hard question. Aaaahhhh...But
of course!!!Hahahahhahhahahahaha
Kevin:Will I ever play country
or western music?Probably not!
22.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR THE
TERRORIST ATTACK? DO YOU THINK THAT THIS AWFUL INCIDENT MADE YOU MORE HUMAN
AND MORE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITH THESE FEARS FOR THEIR
WHOLE LIVES?
Kenny:Yes!That's maybe too personal.
I don't wanna be political and I have very strong feelings. I guess it
was the first time we viewed what other people feel, the fears they have
and I think that's very sad...I don't understand how people can do that
eitehr way. Taking another person's life is not...
Kevin:And even though there's many
OMEN songs that deal with death...
Kenny:It's fantasy...
Kevin:It doesn't mean we prescribe
it.
-IT'S A STORY...
Kenny:"Die By The Blade" doesn't
mean that I'll come and chop your head. It's like a movie...
Kevin:In our hearts we are warriors.
Everyone's a warrior, cause we are a warrior for one thing or another.
23.EPILOGUE.YOUR THOUGHTS...
Kenny:I have to put some strings
to my guitar...I need to go!
Kevin:Yeah...We're ready to rule
tonight and we hope you all enjoy the show!
Nick "William_Kidd"
Parastatidis
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