Yay!! Well, I got my first interview with a band!! I have to say that I have seen Anthem 32 slowly grow to be an incredible band. Although I feel guilty now for cruelly criticizing their works in The Storm, now a few months later, when I listened to their single Fallen Angel I was completely wrong to assume the worst. They just completely took my breath away. It is kind of cool that I go to school with them and that the guitarist, Richie, was very kind to give me an interview! Please enjoy their style and I wouldn't be surprised if they someday would be the next big thing! So here it is!
1. The Queen B.:What is your style in music?
Anthem 32:"Our style of music is pretty unique yet very familiar with bands like Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Dropkick Murphys, and many others. Our three main genres are Pop-Punk/Punk/Alternative."
2. The Queen B.: What motivates you to write/ produce/ play your music?
Anthem 32: "We are all songwriters and lyricist, we're motivated by our love for music and getting somewhere in life with this band. We have a record contract waiting for us out there and the only way we can make it to the top of that mountain is by making this band our first priority. Punk Rock music is what we love to do, what we love listen to. Our similar musical influences, friendship, and our hard team working efforts is what keeps this band alive up to this day."
3. The Queen B.: What are some hardships you and your band have gone through?
Anthem 32: "We've only been a full band since late December of 2007, the only hardships we could gone through was money. We're just kids in high school, except Zack (our bassist) who's now getting ready to start college, but at the moment we were just kids sitting in class everyday and our drummer Trey and myself still have to graduate. All three of us went through an upgrade of instruments which totaled to at least 2000 dollars. Then we professionally recorded our first single "Fallen Angel" at Pendelwood Studios thanks to The Greenlight Firm company, and this cost us almost 600 dollars. We are looking to playing a legion amount of shows and promoting ourselves more. If we were ever to get sign, I'm pretty sure there is a long winding road of hardships in our directions for a couple years until we gain ultimate success."
4. The Queen B.: If you could share the stage with a big musician, who would it be and why?
Anthem 32: "Blink-182 hands down, and that's not just me saying this, the rest of the band would surely agree. Despite the fact the band has broken up, they are still doing side projects (Angel & Airwaves and +44) Playing with them would be just as fine and a dream come true. The guys from Blink-182 are heroes to all of us, their style, jokes, music, everything. Blink-182 is what introduced me into pop-punk and rock music back in the 90's when I first heard "All The Small Things" In a Kids Bop CD at the age of 8-9. Same for Zack and Trey, they're are true loving fans, maybe even more than I am haha, but you can expect to see us play a blink cover at a show, it's always a lot of fun."
5. The Queen B.: Where can we find more info about your music? And do you have any gigs coming up soon?
Anthem 32: "At the moment we only have our single to listen to, but it's totally worth it. You can check out our myspace, purevolume, or ilike in facebook. Our single "Fallen Angel" Is up in any of those three to listen to."
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