TOURNIQUET
1. FIRST OF ALL PLEASE MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE BAND’S HISTORY, POINTING OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS. I KNOW THAT YOU EXIST MANY YEARS BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT YOU, AT LEAST HERE IN GREECE, FROM YOUR PREVIOUS RELEASE “MICROSCOPIC VIEW OF A TELESCOPIC REALM”. ALSO GIVE ME THE CURRENT LINE UP OF THE BAND. 2. WHY DID YOU NAME THE BAND TOURNIQUET AND HOW DID YOU SELECT IT? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR MUSIC HAS IN A WAY A “MEDICINE USE”? 3. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC? TECHNO THRASH, RPOGRESSIVE METAL OR DO YOU THINK THAT LABELING YOUR MUSIC IS LIKE TRYING TO SET BOUNDARIES TO IT? -I THINK THAT RUSH MUST BE A BIG INFLUENCE TO YOU…  4. NOW TELL US A FEW THINGS FOR YOUR NEW ALBUM. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE CHANCE TO LISTEN TO IT YET AND WE ARE REALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT IT. WHICH ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND WHICH ARE THE DIFFERENCES AMONG IT AND YOUR PREVIOUS RELEASES? -NO, NOT YET… -WOW!THIS ALBUM MUST BE KILLER!  5. IS YOUR ALBUM A CONCEPT? WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO WRITE LYRICS AND WHAT CAN TAKE AWAY THE INSPIRATION FROM YOU? 6. I THINK THAT YOUR THEMATOLOGY AS A BAND BELONGS TO WHAT WE CALL “WHITE METAL”. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS TERM? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT ACCUSE YOU OF DOING PROPAGANDA FOR THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION? 7. ON THE OTHER HAND MOST OF THE METAL BANDS SHOW A DISAPPROVAL AND ARE AGAINST RELIGION. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAPPENS? 8. WE HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR ALBUMS “VANISHING LESSONS” AND “MICROSCOPIC VIEW OF A TELESCOPIC REALM” AND SOME VARIUS SONGS FROM YOUR PREVIOUS ALBUMS. HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO MAKE THEM SOUND SO DIFFERENT AND YET ALWAYS KEEP THIS TOURNIQUET FEELING? 9. WHEN YOU COMPOSE MUSIC, DO YOU LEAVE YOUR PASSION LEAD YOU OR IS IT MORE A MATTER OF LOGIC? 10. U.S.A. IS ABOUT TO MAKE WAR AGAINST IRAQ. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? ARE YOU AGAINST OR FOR IT? DON’T YOU THINK THAT THERE CAN ALWAYS BE A PEACFUL WAY OF SOLVING PROBLEMS OR IS SOMETIMES THE WAR “NECESSARY”? -SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE U.S. WILL GO TO THIS WAR FOR THE OIL… 11. HOW CAN WE GO TO WAR AND THINK THAT THIS WAY WE CAN SOLVE SOMETHING AND BY THIS KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE (KIDS, WOMEN, ETC…). ISN’T THIS A HARD DECISION TO MAKE? WHICH IS THE CONNECTION WITH CHRISTIANITY THAT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD AVOID WAR IN EVERY WAY WE CAN? 12. HOW DO YOU IMAGINE GOD AND DEVIL TO BE? WHICH SONG OF YOURS WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DEDICATE TO GOD AND WHICH ONE TO DEVIL? -THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT… -YOU CAN’T HAVE GOOD WITHOUT BAD AND VICE VERSA. -SO WHICH SONGS OF YOURS WOULD YOU DEDICATE TO GOD AND WHICH TO THE DEVIL? -NO, I MEAN A SONG THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE IDEA BEHIND HIM… 13. WHICH ARTISTS, INTELLECTUAL PEOPLE AND SCIENTISTS HAVE INFLUENCED YOU AS MUSICIANS AND AS PERSONS? 14. YOU ARE GRANTED ONE WISH. WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IN THE WORLD? 15. IF YOUR MUSIC WAS AN EMOTION, WHAT WOULD IT BE? 16. IF IT WAS A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW? 17. IF YOU COULD BE A HISTORICAL PERSON FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AND WHICH PERIOD OF HIS LIFE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? 18. IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET GOD, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK HIM? 19. WHICH IS THE WEIRDEST QUESTION SOMEONE’S EVER ASKED YOU AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ASKED AND NOONE EVER DID? -SO  I FULFILLED YOUR WISH! 20. IS THERE A CHANCE TO COME TO GREECE TO PLAY LIVE? 21.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU’D LIKE TO MENTION? -THANK YOU FOR YOOR VERY INTERESTING ANSWERS! -TAKE CARE YOU TOO! BYE!  

Nick  “William_Kidd”  Parastatidis
Christine  Parastatidou
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