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Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band? We’re all from a small city in germany called „Neuss“, close to Düsseldorf

What was the ambitions of the band when you started?

To get famous and rich and of course the ladies’ thing...

O.k. just kidding. We wanted to make the music that we would like to hear.

Where was your first gig? In a school of our hometown

Where was the latest gig? In Karlstad, Sweden

Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics?

Melrow has written most of the songs, but the development of the ideas is teamwork

Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about?

About every day life, love and hate and a possible future. 

Do you write your own material or mainly covers? We mainly do our own songs, but we've also made some cover versions for several sampler albums in the past, e.g. „Marianne“ by The Sisters of Mercy.

Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? We have produced six albums. Our latest called „Autopilot“ ist out now in stores/online stores across Europe

Do you have any clips on YouTube? There are several videos on Youtube, mainly fanmade stuff and live clips. You can also find our flamboyant video to „Frei Sein“, the first single accompanying the release of our new longplayer „Autopilot"

At what age did you start playing? PeKirk is from an old musician family and started playing piano as a child. The other two started at the age of 14 to 15. From the beginning we were all fascinated by the extraordinary sounds a synthesizer can generate.

How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? 18.

What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? We’re just fixing some dates for the second half of the year to promote the new album. There will also be some scandinavian gigs, so watch out!

Is it always the same songs live? No. As we we have a great back catalogue due to the long time the band exists, every gig and location has its special song list

How big crowds do you usually play for? Just varying from one to some hundreds. We also played in front of thousands on big festivals

What are the plans for the rest of the year? Promoting the album. Doing some live shows and perhaps producing a video to our second single

How do you get psyched up for a gig? A lot of alcohol.

What's the first step when making a new song? Just varying. It could be a special synth sound, a beat or a musical phrase

How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? We don't download any music ... we use Spotify for sure. But if we like an album or a song we buy a "real" CD. Because for us music means to also hold something in your hands.

What would be your dreams for the band? Playing the big festivals and touring Scandinavia.

When you are on stage, what do you fear most then? As a synth Band we depend on a lot of technology. So our greatest fear is that something fails. Or that the man behind the mixing desk is too drunk to create a good sound. Or that one of us is too drunk to press the right button.

Have you been part of any other projects? Melrow is also the singer for „Behind the Scenes“, a more guitar and bass orientated group

How important are your fans? The most important thing for us as musicians.

How often do you rehearse? When we prepare for our live gigs we do rehearsals in our studio and produce some visuals for the stage.

Where do you rehearse? At home. In the studio

What do you feel is the best live band you've seen? Depeche Mode

Do you have any webpages?

www.apellinside.com

You can also find us on Facebook with some interesting and latest news

Any pearls of wisdom for all other bands out there? Believe in yourself and keep on going ...

How would you describe your sound in one sentence A summer breeze on a winter day.