Interview with The Eruptors (Rock Band)

Hey Gary,

It has been a while since we last featured you on the blog and we know you have busy with the band.

1.) So have things been going with the band lately & is there anything you guys are working on at the moment?

Things with the band have been great! We played and awesome show in London in July at Kliburn's Luminaire venue - one of the best venues in the city - in front of a very apprciateive and rockin' crowd. For the first time we had a fourth member of our trio, Val Hannah, formerly of the Veez and currently playing lead bass in Verse-Chorus-Verse. She brought another awesome dimentin to our brand of 1000% Rock, taking the percentage through the roof and into the balmy summer sky. So, an awesome summer for us.

2.) During the summer you were invited to a conference in London to discuss the relationship between music and business. How did the conference go and did you get the chance to introduce the music of the Eruptors?

Absolutely - the gig was actually an important part of the conference. the conference was at a popular music college (The Institute), so they were proud to have us rock their delgeates in to the night.

3.) Over all do you feel the conference in London gained some attention for the Eruptors?

Naturally. We are very loud, so Kilburn knew alll about. Also, ther ewere musicians and academic sthere from all over the UK and the USA. They went home singing full of turbo-charged rock 'n' roll lunaticy, so that's about as much as we cuold reasonably ask (pound into) of them.

We gave a talk at another conference, in Cardiff, in September. this one was about mareting and promotion, and about concepts of multiple identity. We went down very well, and now the International Association for the Study of Popular Music is all over us.

4.) You guys also played some gigs whilst you were down in London and how did they go?

Oops! See above...

5.) Meet any new bands at the shows?

HellCat Molly and Four Wheenl Drive supported us beautifully. they are rock in the best possible way - true to the soul of the world's purest music. Go hear them play. and buy their records. After you have bought ours, of course...

6.) Where do you guys like to play the best and is there anywhere around the UK you would like to play in the future?

Luminaire is my favourite venue to play apart from the 12-Bar. I'd love to play the 120Bar (Soho), because of its size, intimacy and vibe. We would probably send the audience hope with thier ears bleeding, but it would be the best 45 minutes of their lives.

7.) What has been the best & worst thing to happen to the Eruptors in 2010?

Best thing was out World Tour with Iron Maiden.

Worst things was that that didn't actually take place.

8.) Are you working on a new album for 2011?

Yes - in fact, it's all ready for release. We're just waiting for our marketing machine to get fully into motion. It's an album we've split with a brillinat band from California called Culo a boca. The album contains our - and thier - best material yet. We're particularly proud of the emotional depth and philosophical nuance evident in the lyrics and part-writing of the new material. It'll probably make you cry. And then point at you, laughing at your miserbale weakness.

9.) How do you see the year ahead for the Eruptors & what are your hopes for the band?

We hope to play a world tour with Iron Maiden. Or maybe Coldplay.

10.) We know you guys play many live shows & we hear it is getting harder for non mainstream artists to get shows. What are your thoughts on this & do you see it improving in the future? You play London a lot so is it different down there or is this pattern spreading everywhere?

Playing shows has always been easy. If anything, its gets easier all the time. It's just harder to get heard above the (promnotional) noice of all the other (less-worthy) stuff that goes on around us. What we love about interviews like this is that it reminds people that they don't need to watch 'Strictly Come Dancing' - we're just down the road, much more satisfying, and guaranteed to send you home with a smile on your face and rock in your heart and soul.

11.) Some bands tell us that many venues are only concerned with popular mainstream bands as they can generate more money. Do you think there is any truth in this?

Yes, I do. And the other venues who allow and 'promote' less bullshit music aregenreally run by utter arseholes who try to rape bands for all they're worth. But it has always been thus. You just deal with it, shrugh your shoulders, and rock on.

12.) How do you feel the rock community has fared in 2010 & is there anything that you like to see improve in 2011 & or do you think its still healthy as a genre?

It seems fine to me. Come to our next show.