Northern Blues - Interview

Hey, Breathing The Core fans, here we bring you another interview of the Melodic Hardcore band Northern Blues  from Denmark, so here you can see and give a like to his FACEBOOK PAGE. We have nothing more to say, so enjoy this interview!

1.Where did you get the idea for the band name, you planned it or came out just like that?

When the idea of a band emerged to the surface, it was only but a project to give us some time to "play", and back then, we called it "LoveLife", but that quickly went of the record, 'cause the name didn't reflect the music, we started playing. Dennis and Tobias then came up with "Northern Blues", which was a collab between Dead Swans' "Southern Blue", the term "blues", which describes a feeling of being depressed or sad, and the fact that we live in Scandinavia, therefore "Northern".

2.Why did you want to play this genre? 

Dennis and Tobias has been playing music together since forever, and they have been through quite a bit of musical endeavors.  They started their musical career with Deathcore, but later went over to Metalcore, and then Hardcore. It felt natural and comfortable to start a Hardcore band, which turned out to be a good choice. Christian, our guitarist, started playing Thrash metal when he first started High School, and has been doing it ever since. But when Dennis introduced him to bands like While She Sleeps and Heart In Hand, he became interested in the genre, and soon wanted to play it.

3. Did you know each other before the band was formed? 

Chris meet Dennis in High School, way before Northern Blues started. Dennis and Tobi have been knowing each other since childhood. William has more or less been a part of Dennis' and Tobi's musical career, ever since they started playing Deathcore. Sakhi met Tobi in 10th grade and got acquainted with us all, through shows around Copenhagen. Since he originally plays guitar he has jammed with us before NB and after short notice joined as the bass player in NB

4. Each band member favourite band?

Tobias - Dead Swans / Landscapes.

Christian - Metallica / Heart In Hand / Counterparts.

Dennis  - Counterparts / Lana Del Rey.

William - Bring Me The Horizon / Capsize / Pink Floyd.

Sakhi - Old Red Hot Chilli Peppers / From Sorrow to Serenity / Invent, Animate.

5. Who or what inspires you to write songs? 

Frustration over current emotional situations. Our own lives,and experiences. John Frusciante, Counterparts.

6. Where was your last gig? 

Raahuset, the 20th of December, 2014.

7. Where would you like to act?

Wherever people wanna stick with us through our set.

8. Whom would you like to feature with?

Cartographs, Counterparts, Landscapes, Capsize

9. Whom not?

We don't care how we share the stage with. As long as they're nice.

10. Any of you has ever suffered from stage fright? Any tip for beginners on how to beat that?

We all everyone gets stage fright, or at least get a little nervous. Some of us usually chug a beer or two before performing to calm our nerves.

11. What bands have inspired you the most?

Heart In Hand, More Than Life, Counterparts, Capsize, Dead Swans.

12. What's the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you for?

We haven't gotten to that point yet where we a weird fan, but one fan did some awesome spoken words of a demo, we made, called "Dismay".

13. What do you think of your fans?

They're great.

14. What do you think of our site?

It's great! You promote all kinds of bands over all genres. It is really nice to know that, guys like you help guys like us through the rough.

15. Something to add?

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