EMQ’s With Scream Collision
EMQ’s With Scream Collision
Hi everyone! Welcome to another EMQs interview, this time with Greek Hard Rock/ Heavy Metal band, Scream Collision. Huge thanks to them 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?
We are Scream Collision. Our music has been influenced by different genres of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal and this is why we cannot answer easily on what we play. But we put ourselves into Melodic Rock and Heavy Metal with some Progressive elements. The band was formed in 2017. From the first line up there are two members. Giannis Pantelaios (vocals) and Johnie Chorianopoulos (guitars). Evgenios Diamantidis (bass guitar) had collaborated with Johnie Chorianopoulos in another band, and he became a member of the band in 2018. Georgios Christodoulou (keyboards) joined the band in early 2019. Finally George Labrakos (drums) who also had collaborated with Johnie Chorianopoulos in another band, joined the group in 2019.
How did you come up with your band name?
The truth is that the name of the band came to us by chance. We were looking for a name, we had so many different ideas, and we decided that this name was the best for us.
What Country / Region are you from and what is the Metal / Rock scene like there?
We are from Greece and all of us we live in Athens, except George Labrakos who lives in Patra (a city, 2 hours drive, from Athens). Here in Greece there is a strong Metal fanbase and also there are many good bands, like 6 For 9, Innerwish, Diviner, V.I.C., Rotting Christ and also older bands like Socrates… We could go on and on…
What is your latest release?
Our latest release is our debut album “Memories” released on May of 2021. Also, we released on January of 2022 a music video clip of the first song of the Album, called ‘Mess Inside My Head (Memories)’.
Who have been your greatest influences?
We believe that we have been inspired by many bands, since each one of our members has different influences. Some of the bands that we believe they inspired us the most, are Guns ‘N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Savatage and Socrates.
What first got you into music?
Passion, the need of creativity and pure love for music.
If you could collaborate with a current band or musician who would it be?
Every new musician wants to feature with an artist that he admires and gets inspired. So, we would like to collaborate, with all these artists that inspired us to compose our music.
If you could play any festival in the world, which would you choose and why?
There are so many great festivals around the globe and it’s hard to decide. The only thing that we want, is to perform. We just want to play our music live and share it with our fans.
What’s the weirdest gift you have ever received from a fan?
Fortunately, or not, we didn’t have any weird reactions, gifts or requests from our fans.
If you had one message for your fans, what would it be?
Don’t lose your hope and chase your dreams, no matter how difficult they are. Don’t let anything and anyone stop you. Stay strong and keep rocking.
If you could bring one rock star back from the dead, who would it be?
That’s a difficult question, because we can’t choose just one. Each one of the band members has his own personal pick for this question. Can you choose for example between John Lord, Ronnie James Dio and Lemmy? We guess not….
What do you enjoy the most about being a musician? And what do you hate?
Having the opportunity to express yourself and be creative with music is a blessing. We cannot say that we hate something on being a musician. Of course, there are difficulties but not that we hate something.
If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be?
To give to new bands more opportunities to be well known.
Name one of your all-time favourite albums?
We think that would be “The Wall” – Pink Floyd.
What’s best? Vinyl, Cassettes, CD’s or Downloads?
For sure download is the easiest way, but we would prefer vinyl.
What’s the best gig that you have played to date?
Each one of our gigs was special, especially if you consider that things during the pandemic and at least a few months before were very difficult for live performances. So, every gig is great, because we have the chance to be close with our fans.
If you weren’t a musician, what else would you be doing?
We can’t imagine ourselves without music.
Which five people would you invite to a dinner party?
John Lord, Bruce Dickinson, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Harris and Mike Portnoy.
What’s next for the band?
Right now we are about to play on 18th of February in Athens with Ryan Roxie (guitarist of Alice Cooper). Also, we are in the process writing songs for our next album. More gigs to come also!
What Social Media / Website links do you use to get your music out to people?
https://linktr.ee/screamcollision
Thank you for your time. Is there anything else that you would like to add?
Thank you for this interview. We would like to wish to everyone, happy new year. Keep rocking!!!!
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