TEUTONIC
"Metal
is eternal, Metal will still be there when all of us are gone! Sure there
won´t be any revolutionary bands, because it all has been done already,
more or less! But who cares..."
1.HOW HAVE YOU DECIDED TO CREATE
TEUTONIC? WHO ARE TEUTONIC?
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Teutonic has been originally found
by the brothers Ventor (guitar) and Lothar (drums) back in 1991! A couple
of other musicians came and left during the years! Wersi (guitar) joined
in ´94 and recently ended his musical carreer and left! I (Stef-bass)
came in ´99 and our vocalist Mark Phantom joined in the beginning
of 2001! So the current line up is Mark Phantom (vocals), Ventor (guitar),
Stef (bass/guitar) and Lothar (drums)! I took over the rhythm guitar duties,
so we have no bassist at the moment...But a session bassist for gigs!
2.HOW DID YOU SELECT THIS BAND NAME?
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SAY? TO MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE YOUR MUSICAL DIRECTION
OR LEARN THE COUNTRY YOU COME FROM? AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT SOME PEOPLE
WILL MISUNDERSTAND YOUR BAND NAME?
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Yeah, the name definitely has been
misunderstood a couple of times, but we do not really care! Teutonic stands
for 100% pure Metal exclusively!
3.HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC?
WHICH ELEMENT IN YOUR MUSIC DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
AND MAKE YOU VARY FROM THE OTHER NEW BANDS?
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It is just pure fucking Heavy Metal,
played with pride!!!
4.WHICH ALBUM FROM A GERMAN BAND WOULD
YOU LIKE TO HAVE RELEASED? WHICH ARE YOUR MOST BELOVED BANDS?
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Hah, hard to say, really too many great
bands, but it would probably be some 80´s release...Fave bands include
thousands, everyhing from Heavy Metal to Thrash and Death and old Black!!!
5.WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS TALKING ABOUT?
DO YOU THINK THAT METAL MUSIC SHOULD TAKE REAL LIFE STORIES AND CREATE
IMAGINARY SITUATIONS OUT OF THEM OR DO YOU THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH REAL LIFE?
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It depends, real life experiences will
always influence you to write lyrics! Our lyrics mostly deal with medieval
and Metal themes!! Be proud to be alive and a Metalhead, and show it!!
6.WHY DO YOU THINK THAT GERMANY HAS
BECOME THE METAL CAPITAL?
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A Metal capital? I really do not see
that around here, the southern part of German fucking sucks!!! I think
Germany has always been a country of Heavy Metal...And will forever be
so...
7.INFORM US REGARDING ALL THE BAND
RELEASES. WILL YOU RELEASE A NEW ALBUM SOON? WHICH ARE THE NEAR FUTURE
BAND'S PLANS?
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Well, our MCD „Teutonic Invasion“ has
been released in September of 2001 and sold out its first pressing right
now...Secret Port Rec. distributes it in Greece!! Current plans are just
playing more gigs and writing material for the next full length or whatever
it will be...Which surely won´t see the light before the end of the
year...
8.WHAT DOES HEAVY METAL MEAN FOR YOU?
DO YOU THINK THAT METAL SHOULD HAVE ITS LIMITS OR SHOULD IT BE ENRICHED
BY OTHER GENRES AS WELL?
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Heavy Metal is all that really matters!
It means EVERYTHING to me! I don´t see a reason to „enrich“ it by
other genres! We will keep our Metal pure for sure! Although a classical
influence is always interesting!
9.WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE
PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT METAL IS DEAD AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS PLAYED BY THE
OLD BANDS AND NEW ONES JUST COPY SUCCESFULL OLD
RECIPIES?
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People that say stupid things like
that are certainly mentally dead...Metal is eternal, Metal will still be
there when all of us are gone! Sure there won´t be any revolutionary
bands, because it all has been done already, more or less! But who cares...
10.IF YOUR MUSIC WAS A SENTIMENT WHAT
WOULD IT BE AND IF IT WAS PAINTING WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
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If it would be a sentiment it
would be PRIDE! If it would be a painting it would probably show a few
very proud Metal warriors partying and headbanging...
11.WHICH IS THE WEIRDEST AND MOST ANNOYING
QUESTIONS YOU'VE BEEN ASKED AND WHICH QUESTIONS WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ASKED
AND NO ONE HAS EVER DONE TO YOU? ANSWER IT AS WELL...
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No weird or even annoying questions
have been asked so far! A question none has asked, hm... Hard to think
of one, maybe: When are you going to support Iron Maiden? Answer: probably
next year...
12.FOR WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU LIKE TO
MAKE A MOVIE AND COMPOSE THE SOUNDTRACK?
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Can´t really think of a really
good book right now...Lord of the rings has been done already...But I guess
it would either be some medieval or a horror movie...I like the Stephen
King works a lot...
13.EPILOGUE...THANK YOU!
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Thanx to you for the great interview!
All Greek Metalheads and Metal chicks are welcome to get in touch! We hope
to play in Greece some day!! Our MCD is available for only 7$/7€ everywhere!
We also have great shirts available with the logo on front and HEAVY METAL
FOREVER! on the back!!Check out our homepage: www.teutonicmetal.de
and don´t forget to sign the guestbook! Stay in touch &
METAL FOREVER!
Nikos "William_Kidd"
Parastatidis