EMQs with Spiral Meth
EMQs with Spiral Meth
Hi everyone! Welcome to another EMQs interview, this time with Greek Alternative Metal band, Spiral Meth. huge thanks to their Guitarist, Songwriter, and founding member, Stavros Papadakis, 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?
HELLO. MY NAME IS STAVROS PAPADAKIS AND I AM THE GUITARIST, SONGWRITER AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF SPIRAL METH. A DECADE AGO, I WAS JOINED BY BASS PLAYER TASSOS KAKOΥIANNIS AND LEAD SINGER KOSTAS EXARCHOS. YEARS OF EXPERIMENTATION, REHEARSING, COMPOSING, GIGGING AND ENDLESS DRUMMER ISSUES AT HAND, UNTIL A NOVEMBER AFTERNOON 3 YEARS AGO WHEN A NEW DRUMMER IN THE NAME OF PERIKLIS ROUSSIS WALKED IN. THEN, THERE WAS A JAM. AND IT WAS BREATHTAKING. COUPLE OF HOURS LATER HE JOINED THE BAND AND THE PUZZLE WAS COMPLETED. THOSE STRUGGLING YEARS OF SEEKING THE MISSING ELEMENT WERE LONG GONE. A NEW ERA OF MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP AROSE.
How did you come up with your band name?
ACTUALLY IS ABOUT THE MERGER OF TWO PRIMAL CONCEPTS. THE SPIRAL. A VIVID, CHAOTIC, BUT STILL HARMONIOUS EQUATION. IT REALLY MATCHES OUR WAY OF THINKING AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A BAND. THEN THERE IS ΜETH. THE HAZE, THE MYSTIFICATION, DIONYSIAN WANDERING, WICKED SENSATIONS…THERE YOU GO.
What Country/Region are you from and what is the Metal/Rock scene like there?
ALL OF US, ARE LIVING IN ATHENS GREECE. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS FLAWLESS TALENT, REAL PASSION, EXTREMELLY GOOD BANDS AND COLLABORATIONS, THE WHOLE SCENE IS STRUGGLING. IN MY OPINION THE HEART OF THIS MUSIC LIES IN THE SMALL LIVE STAGES WHICH SADDLY ARE FEW , OUTDATED AND POORLY ORGANIZED. PLUS THE OVERALL PROMOTION IS WEAK.
What is your latest release?
OUR LATEST RELEASE IS THE VIDEO CLIP OF THE TRACK ‘I, MERMAID’, TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM “BLUES FOR THE SUPERHUMAN”
Who have been your greatest influences?
KING CRIMSON, BLACK SABBATH, VAN HALEN, TOOL, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, LED ZEPELLIN
What first got you into music?
MUSIC ITSELF. I REMEMBER I FOUND A SHORT SCALE ACOUSTIC GUITAR WHICH BELONGS TO MY MOTHER. I STRAPPED IT AROUND MY NECK AND I STARTED DANCING AND MOVING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR. THEN I HEARD ‘MADE IN JAPAN’ FROM DEEP PURPLE AND A BIT LATER ‘WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK N ROLL’ A BLACK SABBATH COMPILATION. THAT WAS IT. MY WHOLE LIFE AND MY PERSEPTION OF THINGS CHANGED
If you could collaborate with a current band or musician who would it be?
TOOL , TONY IOMMI
If you could play any festival in the world, which would you choose and why?
HELLFEST ‘COS IT’S IN THE HEART OF EUROPE, AND DESERT FESTIVAL IN LAS VEGAS ‘COS DEEP UNSIDE WE ALL ARE LITTLE COWBOYS EVEN THOUGH WE PREFER INDIANS. ACTUALLY I ENJOY MORE CLOSED VENUES.
What’s the weirdest gift you have ever received from a fan?
A PROMISE OF SEXUAL ENCOUNTER RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW IN PUBLIC RESTROOM
If you had one message for your fans, what would it be?
A QUOTE FROM TIMOTHY LEARY: THINK FOR YOURSELF AND QUESTION AUTHORITY
If you could bring one rock star back from the dead, who would it be?
OH! THERE ARE SO MANY…EDDIE VAN HALEN
What do you enjoy the most about being a musician? And what do you hate?
THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. IT TRULLY MAKES MY DAY. I HATE FEW THINGS, LIKE CARRYING HEAVY GEAR AND THE FEAR OF TECHNICAL BREAKDOWNS
If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be?
TO FIND A WAY SO THAT THE ACTUALL CRAFTMEN – THE MUSICIANS – GET BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF THE INCOME. SOMEHOW TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE VALUE OF THE ALBUM. MUSIC INDUSTRY NEED TO BE REBORN
Name one of your all-time favourite albums?
I WILL NAME AT LEAST FIVE. ONE IS IMPOSSIBLE. 1. “SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH”, 2. “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI”, 3. “AENIMA”, 4. “RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE” , 5. “SUPERUNKNOWN”
What’s best? Vinyl, Cassettes, CDs or Downloads?
VINYL FIRST THEN CDS
What’s the best gig that you have played to date?
LAST YEAR’S GIG IN OUR RELEASE PARTY
If you weren’t a musician, what else would you be doing?
I WOULD BE AN ARCHITECT WHO I REALLY AM. SO I AM MORE THAN FINE.
Which five people would you invite to a dinner party?
OZZY, LIONEL MESSI, MONICA BELLUCCI, MARGOT ROBBIE, CHARLES BUKOWSKI
What’s next for the band?
THERE’S A LIVE COMING ON IN MAY 20th IN A GREAT VENUE IN ATHENS (ILION PLUS), WE ARE UP TO SHOOT OUR THIRST VIDEO CLIP AND WE ALREADY BEGUN THE PREPRODUCTION OF OUR NEW ALBUM
What Social Media/Website links do you use to get your music out to people?
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, YOU TUBE, SPOTIFY, BANDCAMP, WEBSITE, APPLE MUSIC, TIK TOK, TWITTER
https://bit.ly/m/Spiral-Meth-links
https://www.instagram.com/spiralmethband
https://gr.pinterest.com/spiralmeth/
https://www.tiktok.com/@spiral.meth
https://twitter.com/SpiralMeth
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3auFK1R70VqPaL5L-qjLmw
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YEVEFOrdPICf3NBy3ukNA
Time for a very British question now. As an alternative to the humble sandwich, is the correct name for a round piece of bread common in the UK either a Bap, a Barm (or Barm Cake), a Batch, a Bun, a Cob, a Muffin, a Roll or a Tea Cake?
I LOVE ME A CHOCO MUFFIN
Thank you for your time. Is there anything else that you would like to add?
DON’T EVER THINK TO FIRE JURGEN KLOPP
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