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Post by Hellsinki Vampire on Mar 5, 2004 16:55:37 GMT -5
Recently we got that post in our guestbook saying about the best band ever...well, I don't know if you'll agree with them but here you go, The Deadbabes all for you! www.deadbabes.net |
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Mar 24, 2004 7:11:34 GMT -5
Pictures from Estakada-show added to Images- section!
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Mar 25, 2004 7:37:34 GMT -5
Interview with Lasse:
When and how was your band created?
I´d have to go back in time to remember exactly how it all got started. Been doing everything with music so many years. Been singing in so many bands before this one that it´s impossible to even remember all of them. Deadbabes has been my biggest and only dream for all that time. Main reason why we´ve been doing this only a year and a half is that it seemed almost impossible to find THE guys to play with. You know I really hate these kind of musicians who are like: "Yeah...let´s play rock´n´roll, let´s do it like -Motley or G´n´R." ANd I can tell you that this country is full of that kind of crew. There´s nothing wrong with Motley Crue or G´n´R (they used to inspire me a lot back in days) but I prefer do something which hasn´t been already done. Thats why we are here...And I´m not saying we´re that unique, and it´s not even our goal, but we´re trying to create something which sounds like us. Which sounds like Deadbabes.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
Well, we had our very first gig and we haven´t got a name...This organizer called me and asked our name for the flyers and stuff, and I was like..."oh yeah...well..um..." (at the same time I was listening Alice Cooper´s song called "Dead babies" Then he spell it wrong in flyers and posters and we thought "Deadbabes" looked more cool. So we decided to use that one until some better name comes around. Now we´ve been doing about 50 gigs using that name so I think we´d better stuck in that one. After all name is just a name and it loses it´s meaning after you see or hear it once or twice...
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
Whitout my father who used to listen Alice Cooper when I was 4 or 5 years old or something, I think I´d never fell in love with rock music. There´s something magical in AC`s 70´s records. But mr. Cooper hasn´t inspired Deadbabes music so much. As a singer and performer I think I´ve been inluenced more by David Gahan, Bono, Ian Astbury (the Cult) and maybe little bit Elvis Presley the king.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician / singer (in Finland)?
Positives first...there is not so many of them. After all it only depends on what you do and what you want to do. I think finnish mainstream music scene is very, very pervert. Big less-talented red necks who sing old favourites, sell like hell. And then, mostly because of format radio stations, there´s more and more worse artists and bands, who are trying to sound like something which is done in US or somwhere else about 3-4years ago. It´s very frightening... And then negatives...It´s very difficult to get airplay or anything else, even gigs in festivals if you´re not in a major record label. Then other little thing which pisses me off a bit is that there are no managers in Finland. Well there´s few who have some kind of connections to outside Finland, but others have none. So they´re worth of nothing.
So we are looking for a Manager or management outside Finland right now. If you know any, let us know...
How could you qualify your style of music?
Well this is always difficult. You hear your own music so different than others. I would say we are doing dark and mellow sounds of love and lust. Kind of dark pop. There´s little gothic influences and then there´s a pop. So let´s call it dark pop.
Have you ever considered the possibilty to change totally your style of music?
I´ve done it once or twice in my old bands. I tried to change their ways into something what we are doing right now. But it was all useless... Of course you have to develope your music and yourself all the time. And inprove your songs and only try to make them much better than ones you´ve already done. I´m looking forward to combine styles and sounds and improve myself that way. Of course whatever we´ll do it always has to sound Deadbabes.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
"Lost in a dark" but you´re only able to hear it live before our upcoming album. It´s definately in it when it comes out in April 2004.Songs thet we´ve already released I prefer "Lullaby". I don´t know why but it just represents almost everything what we are in right now musically. Very good
song to play live too.
Do you tour regularly? Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
We are perfoming live almost every weekend and after our debut ep "the Drug" was released we even did a little tour. Touring and performing live is the only thing why I´m making music. Of course we are trying to put together the best dark pop album ever. But all the things which come along with touring are THE things that keeps me going on and keeps me alive too. But for how long...I don´t know..guess I party far too hard when touring.
During the process of making an album, what is the moment that you prefer?
Best moment is, of course, the moment when you´re holding new album in your hands. Everything before that is just work, work and work..but I love it and I couldn´t live without it.
Why?
Because mainly the whole process just gives us grey hair and makes us fight with each other. But that´s life...
What kind of music / What artists do you currently listen?
Mostly the Cure and Nick Cave nowdays. But I just purchased Outkast´s new album yesterday after listening it from internet. I really liked it even I`m not a big fan of hip hop. But I love rhythms and I love to listen different kind of music even we are making this darkpop-thing. Sometimes you get inspiration when you listen happy stuff...then you just make your own music sound unhappy. Strange...
A stupid question but... what is among all the songs you've been listening in your life the BEST song?
There´s no stupid questions... Oh, I can´t name you one ´cause I listen so many different styles and bands. You can´t compare for example Depeche Mode and Outkast, or The Cure and Madonna. There´s load of good songs when you just open up your ears and mind...
Internet is something interesting for musicians because it gives them the opportunity to touch a larger audience but it is also a threat for them (regarding the copyrights). What is your opinion regarding this medium?
For bands like us it´s a bless. But for bands like Korn it´s a curse. I think the whole music business will change because of this. And it sure has to...Otherwise there´s going to be only nuts loads of one hit wonders and Britney-kind of products without anythin pure and real in a music. And it will kill the music itself.
What are your actual and future projects?
We´re looking forward to have a manager outside of Finland and distributions and stuff to other countries too. Make best darkpop album ever. And tour...endlessly...maybe also there in France. I definately hope so!
Interview by Vincent Lefrançois - 2003
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Mar 26, 2004 6:30:50 GMT -5
Deadbabes will perform on Kuniguda Luna-festival (Apr.30th-May.2nd.) in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on Apr 19, 2004 3:11:29 GMT -5
Line up changes: Because of some major musical disagreements, Jaani is no longer playing drums in Deadbabes. He continues with his other projects Varjo and Iconcrash. New drummer is called Kris Kylven. He´s a producer, dj and has played drums in many projects before (Killing Joke..etc.).
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Post by Mr. Sleazy on May 6, 2004 2:25:02 GMT -5
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