Interview at Rania Papadopoulou
Read the interview translated in greek here: http://all4fun.gr/interviews/music/9013-audio-revival-.html
Its sound is rock. They love that kind of music and they support it with the best way. Audio
Revival, a rock band based in New York City, introduces itself at the greek
audience via all4fun.gr and it encourages us to… rock on!
-Who is the Audio Revival band?
Audio Revival:Well, we've got Ben DeFusco on guitar, the brothers Chad and Jake Flaherty
on bass and lead vocals respectively, and I'm Steve Purcell, the drummer
-How was the band created?
Audio Revival: Previously Ben Chad and I were in another band together and when that
group disbanded we decided to start this group with Jake on vocals.We had heard
Jake sing before and he had even sat in a couple of times so when that band was
done it seemed like the right move
-Why did you call the band
Audio Revival?
Audio Revival:We had a long list of names that we were trying to choose from and nothing
was really
striking home so we ended up combining those two words from a couple
of other ideas and we liked it. It fits our mantra pretty well too, of trying
to put our music and sound above everything else, so it worked well for us
-What are your ambitions ?
Audio Revival: Ok, ambitions. Right now we just want to make good music. Music that we
all like and are proud of and that others can appreciate.And yeah, sell out
stadiums across the globe haha.Baby steps.
-What about the source of your inspiration?
Audio Revival: We really try to draw from most every era of rock music, wether it's
Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, Muse and Arctic Monkeys,
Black Keys.We all kind of have different tastes which kind of manifests it's
way in too
-How would you describe your music?
Audio Revival : I'm simple minded so I tell people it's rock. We want to draw on a lot
of what's going on in rock music today but do it in our own way.So maybe a
cross between muse, black keys, kings of Leon, arctic monkeys and about 50
other bands haha.
-Could you talk about your
debut album "State of Motion"?
Audio Revival:Yeah, that's actually a combination of some of the first songs we wrote
and a couple of songs we never finished from our previous band. I think there's
even a track where Ben was singing lead vocals which is what he did in the last
band. When we were writing those we were kind of figuring out that we were
turning into a heavier, more rock oriented band which the last group was not.
So it was kind of a transitioning stage for us.
-Your debut album "State of Motion" was funded by a kickstarter
campaign. Could you describe this experience?
Audio Revival: Yeah, it was great! Kickstarter has kind of become the best way for up
and coming bands to fund an album or a tour or what have you, so for us it was
perfect. We set a goal and reached or were very close to reaching the goal in
about a week or two and I think we ended up doing a little better than we
thought we could, so it was encouraging as well.
-What do you think about the social media world? Can it help a new band to
promote their work?
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-After the State of Motion, you
distributed another two singles "Fuel the fire" and Southern Song.
Audio Revival:Yeah, this time around we're funding the recording process ourselves so
studio time is a little scarcer. We figured it'd be a good idea to record a
couple of songs at a time and release them every month or two, that way while
we are releasing some finished tracks we can also be working towards recording
new songs and releasing those in the following months. We actually just mixed
the third single and will hopefully have that out in August and then hit the
studio and record three or four more. We thought it'd also be a good way to
keep fans engaged and looking forward to something new every month or so rather
than waiting a year or so in between album releases.
-What are your plans? Do you
have some lives appearances?
Audio Revival: Yeah we just played a show in Philli and one at Rutgers university. We
have a show coming up for Saranac Thursdays in upstate New York, a big show we
are putting on at Arlene's Grocery in NYC on August 9th and a couple of things
coming up later this fall, and one potentially at Giants Stadium that we're all
hoping for.
-Could you give a message for our readers?
Audio Revival: Whatever you do, do what you love. Do what makes you happy and forget
about everything else.
And rock on!!
Find more information
about Audio Revival at:
Website : http://www.audiorevival.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AudioRevivalMusic?fref=ts
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