THORN.
S
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I HAVE NOT
LISTENED TO THORN. S MUSIC, BUT IF WHAT THEY SAY IN THE INTERVIEW ARE TRUE
THEN THEY WILL BE A VERY INTERESTING BAND. ANYWAY THE MADE ME CURIOUS ABOUT
THEIR STYLE AND I WILL WAIT TO CHECK OUT THEIR MUSIC, TILL THEN WE JUST
HAVE TO READ THIS INTERVIEW
1.FIRST OF ALL GIVE US A BRIEF BAND
BIO POINTING OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS AND INTRODUCE THE BAND TO THE
READERS.
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Thorn.S was formed in 1999 by Marcin
(drums), Michal (guitars) and Krzysztof (bass & vocal). In spring 2000
we have recorded our first demo "From the Inside". It contains about 30
minutes of our very first musical performance. A month later joined the
band second guitarist - Wojciech. As quartet, after many shows in southern
Poland, we started to record next demo. "Place of no Return" was released
in October 2001 and it has got many good reviews in e-zines. Now we're
recording our first official CD and moreover giving shows in every part
of Poland.
2.YOU SAY THAT YOU PLAY ENERGETIC AND
MODERN THRASH METAL. SO, GIVE US SOME BANDS THAT INFLUENCED YOUR SOUND
TO GET A BETTER IDEA. WHICH ARE SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED ALBUMS?
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Thorn.S are four different guys with
different point of view. Everybody is crossing his own 'musical path' and
has own personal inspirations - from all kinds of metal to rock, jazz and
many other strange sounds. Of course, there are bands we all like - for
example Metallica, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden - but you cannot
say "Thorn.S sound like Maiden (Metallica, DT, etc.)". We try to
play what we feel, what we like and our common denominator is thrash metal
with melody and other interesting ideas. That's why we say 'modern thrash
metal'. Answering the second question - my favourite albums are (in alphabetical
order): Anathema "The Silent Enigma", Cynic "Focus", Death "Individual
Thoughts Pattern", Depeche Mode "The Singles 86 -98", Megadeth "Rust in
Peace", Metallica "Master of Puppets", Paradise Lost "Draconian Times".
And the new Thorn.S album of course! :)
3. TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT YOUR
DEMO RELEASES AND POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES THEY HAVE.
ARE YOU STILL SATISFIED WITH THEM OR DO YOU BELIEVE THEY COULD BE BETTER?
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Everything you're doing you can always
do it better... But it's important doing the best you can at the moment
of creation. I think we couldn't do it better with our contemporary equipment,
knowledge and finances. After these 2-3 years we are more experienced,
so we do that in other way for sure. Both of these CDs were recorded in
our rehearsal-room that we called 'Invisible Studio'. We were the producers
of this stuff with helping hand of Lukasz Giemula, our friend and sound
engineer. "From the Inside" was a typical debut, with poor sound and many
faults. "Place of no Return" sounds and looks better, music is more interesting.
This CD contains 3 brand new tracks, 2 old ones (in new version) and Deep
Purple cover "Speed King". And it's still available.
4.YOU ARE CURRENTLY RECORDING NEW MATERIAL.
TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT THEIR MUSICAL DIRECTION. WILL YOU SEND IT TO
ANY LABELS, WILL IT BE A DEMO OR A SELF FINANCED CD?
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Three tracks of our 45 minutes material
we will send to labels and magazines as promo CD. If there will be any
response we will be satisfied. Otherwise we'll release first official CD
at our own expense. More details will be known in the nearest future.
5.ARE YOU SATISFIED TILL NOW BY THE
REACTIONS OF THE METALLERS? YOU SAY IN YOUR BIO THAT YOU RECEIVED GOOD
FEEDBACK BY FAN AND OTHER MUSICIANS AS WELL. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FAMOUS
MUSICIANS? TELL US ABOUT IT.
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Well, I don't know if they are 'famous
musicians' in your eyes. They come from Polish metal bands like Kat, Hunter,
Adrenalina and Horrorscope. I'm not sure, that the bands are popular in
Greece, are they? Our fans come mainly from southern Poland, but we hope
it will change in nearest future. We are in contact with people from different
sides of our country, so we know that reaction for our music is pretty
good.
6.WHERE ARE YOUR LYRICS REFERRING TO?
WHAT INSPIRES YOU IN WRITING LYRICS? HOW IMPORTANT ARE LYRICS FOR YOU AS
A BAND?
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Very important! I spend much time writing
lyrics, because I don't want to be ashamed of them in future. I'm not a
teacher, I don't want to tell you "do it that way" and I'll never write
"I worship Satan/God/Allah/etc." and other shit. I'm fucking realist telling
painful stories and sometimes showing my point of view. I observe what's
going on around me, reading papers. I'm also interested in history of XX
century, mainly in the World War II. My lyrics are the resultant of all
these things and I think they are interesting.
7.WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE POLISH METAL
SCENE? LATELY I HAD THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO MANY BANDS FROM THERE AND THEY
ALL BELONG TO THE EXTREME SOUND. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEAVY/POWER BANDS OVER
THERE? COULD YOU MENTION SOME BANDS YOU FIND INTERESTING AND PROMISING
NO MATTER THE GENRE THEY BELONG
TO?
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There are many good bands in Poland!
Day by day new bands grow up, but the old school is doing well. Last year
was reactivated the legendary polish metal band Kat, so I'm waiting impatiently
for their new stuff! The other interesting band is Horrorscope with brilliant
guitar style and really good songs. We always hold them in respect. Promising
bands? I find interesting Totem (melodic thrash-death with male and female
vocals), Motorbreath (thrash-heavy in Metallica style) and Chainsaw (heavy
and very melodic). I'm sure there is a lot interesting bands in Poland,
but probably I haven't heard all of these.
8. HAVE YOU DONE ANY LIVE SHOWS? DO
YOU REMEMBER ANY FUNNY OR WEIRD INCIDENT OCCURRING TO YOU WHILST YOU WERE
PERFORMING LIVE?
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A few years ago we played local show.
After that we were drinking beer with friends when I noticed that I had
forgotten my guitar cable on stage. So I returned there to find it. At
that moment the lights on the stage has turned off and music stopped playing.
Someone said: "Krzysztof had found his cable" and the rest started laughing.
After a few seconds the electric power was restored. It wasn't my fault
of course, it was only a funnycoincidence. We have also painful incident
- in November 2002 close before our show I have hard car crash. I was driving
with Soulless drummer, Tomasz when we had frontal crash. The show was cancelled
and I spent full month with orthopaedic collar. But we had really much
luck...
9. IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT
WOULD IT BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
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Well, I've never though about it this
way. Our music is a composition of bad emotions, so it will be probably
the picture of struggle, pain, sorrow, anger & misery.
10.WHICH IS THE WORST NIGHTMARE AND
THE BEST DREAM YOU'VE EVER SEEN?
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When I was fourteen I visited with
my class concentration camp in Auschwitz. That was an unforgettable experience
for the young boy. In that dismal place over 6 millions people was brutally
murdered. The gas chambers, barbed wires and thousands of dentures and
glasses - they're living still in my memory. This is a place where you
can feel presence of the dead. But if you've never
been there it's beyond your understanding. And the best dream? Every next
day is for me like a dream. I hope it will be very long and interesting
and I will never wake up.
11.IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE
CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM?
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I would simply ask him "why?"
12.YOU ARE GRANTED ONE WISH. WHAT WOULD
YOU DO WITH IT?
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I would ask for a magic gold fish,
that could fulfil another three wishes.
13.WHICH ARE THE BEST AND WHICH THE
SILLIEST LYRICS YOU'VE EVER HEARD (DOESN'T HAVE NECESSARILY TO BE FROM
METAL)?
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It seems to me, that sometimes the
silliest lyrics have their own meaning. But it's visible only for the writer,
unfortunately... The one of my most beloved lyrics comes from the old Polish
rock band Perfect' song "Niepokonani" ("The invicible"), full of wisdom
and very pathetic. I also like Nick Holmes lyrics and King Diamond's stories.
Their lyrics perfectly correspond to music they're playing and it's great.
On the other sides are the vocalist, who sings with eunuch's voice "Oh,
baby, I'll fuck you tonight", or the great 16 year old satanist, which
fails seeing the blood. It's very important to be reliable writing lyrics.
14.IF YOU COULD MEET A HISTORICAL FIGURE
OR AN IMPORTANT PERSON, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE HIM TO BE AND IS THERE ANYTHING
YOU'D LIKE TO ASK HIM?
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I think it could be Polish government...
So many questions I have for them...
15.IF YOU HAD TO GIVE A TITLE TO YOUR
MUSIC AND TO YOUR MUSIC CAREER IN GENERAL, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
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"No reward without toil" :)
16.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK
YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
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I also thank you for these very interesting
questions and till the next time!
CHRISTINE
PARASTATIDOY