EMQ’s with SACRILEGE
EMQ’s with SACRILEGE
Hi Everyone. Welcome to our new EMQ’s interview with UK NWOBHM / Heavy Rock band Sacrilege! Huge thanks to vocalist/guitarist Bill Beadle for taking part!
What is your name, what do you play and can you tell us a little bit about the history of the band?
Hi I’m Bill Beadle and I’m singer/songwriter/guitarist for heavy rock band Sacrilege who I formed in 1981/82. We were then billed as best new band of 1983 and appeared on the 6th episode of the David Jensen Rock Shows TV series, which also featured U2 and The Stranglers alongside Sacrilege that week. I kept Sacrilege playing live up until 1987 when I then decided to stop playing, I reformed the band and we played our first comeback gig in October 2012.
How did you come up with your band name?
At the time I was going to call us Blizzard. I’m a massive Sabbath fan but coincidently Ozzy returned with his new band calling themselves Blizzard of Ozz so I had to find a different name. While watching a film one night called ‘Demetrius and the Gladiators’ the star (Victor Mature) saw these dead gladiators being thrown into a massive pit, he shouts out ‘That’s Sacrilege’ so that was it.
What country are you from and what is the Metal/Rock scene like there?
We are from the UK and the metal scene, in fact music scene, isn’t doing so well unless you are a covers or tribute band it seems! There are some great original bands out there not getting a chance so we are pleased to have our loyal support.
What is your latest release? (Album, EP, Single or Video)
“The Court Of The Insane”, our new album, which is on the Pure Steel record label and is due out on 2nd August this year (2019)!
Who have been your greatest influences?
Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and in the last 10 years Nightwish!
What first got you into music?
Those bands I mentioned but primarily Black Sabbath. When they seemed to be finishing with Ozzy leaving I thought I’d see if I could write and form a band, this I did and now seven albums later I’m still writing and playing even if I did have a long break in-between. You can hear my influences in the Sacrilege tracks.
If you could collaborate with a current band or musician who would it be?
Tony Iommi, no doubt there!
If you could play any festival in the world, which would you choose and why?
The old Castle Donnington ‘Monsters Of Rock’ which is now Download Festival. I’ve been to see many of my favourite bands there and always wanted to play rather than watch but they seem to have changed the genre of bands that play so in this country it would be Bloodstock or abroad Wacken.
What’s the weirdest gift you have ever received from a fan?
A very shy girl once got her friend to come over to speak to me! She said her friend liked me very much but didn’t have the courage to come over to talk so she wanted me to have this, it was a picture of her friend naked, I thought not that shy then? Haha!!
If you had one message for your fans, what would it be?
Thanks for all your support and please tell you friends about how much you enjoyed our music and stage show. The support and messages we receive are all very special and we wouldn’t be playing without you.
If you could bring one metal/rock star back from the dead, who would it be?
That’s a hard question we have lost so many great artists and characters! Lemmy Probably closely followed by Dio, Phil Lynott and Gary Moore.
What do you enjoy the most about being a musician? And what do you hate?
Seeing the smiles and enjoyment on people’s faces from the stage then talking to them after the show. I hate being let down by people which happens a lot in this business.
If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be?
More venues opening rather than closing and the music industry could help with that.
Name one of your all-time favourite albums?
Studio album then Black Sabbath’s “Vol 4” but live album it would be “Unleashed In The East” by Judas Priest!
What’s best? Vinyl, Cassettes, CD’s or Downloads?
Always loved Vinyl when I was younger and if we went back to those days I’d be happy!
What’s the best gig that you have played to date?
The best gig is a very hard question as playing on a big stage where we can let off our Pyros and put a full stage show on is hard to beat but we played in Cambridge at the Melbourn Rock Club recently and the support and reaction from the crowd was very special. We also did a show in Hamburg last month and, again, from a crowd that didn’t know us the reaction was brilliant, so those two were very special but overall I’d have to go for the Malta Metal Festival. We were made to feel so welcome, the crowd was great and we made many many friends there!
If you weren’t a musician, what else would you be doing?
I’d always be a musician it would just depend on what scale, either that or drive a train or something.
Which five people would you invite to a dinner party?
Doro, Floor Jansen, Charlotte Wessels and Tarja plus a referee haha!!
What’s next for the band?
We have just had Paul Macnamara (Guitarist) join us permanently so we want to really tour with the new album and play as many places as possible improving our stage show and then start recording album number eight.
What Social Media/Website links do you use to get your music out to people?
We use the normal sites Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation, Instagram and our own webpage plus YouTube!
https://www.facebook.com/Sacrilegerock/
https://twitter.com/BillSacrilege
https://www.reverbnation.com/sacrilege
https://www.instagram.com/sacrilegenwobhm/
http://www.sacrilegenwobhm.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCytK8ge7u4R67JdXduLaxpA
Jaffa Cakes? Are they a cake or a biscuit?
That’s the best question of the interview haha! Cake it’s in the name!
Thank you for your time. Is there anything else that you would like to add?
A special thanks to my band mates Neil Turnbull, Jeff Rolland, Paul Macnamara and Road Manager Richard Ellender, we all work to put the best show on and it’s a pleasure having these guys as friends and band mates.
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