interview with Override

Have any of you played in other bands?
Juha = EASTLINE, NICK THE COCK, LOS SELIBATOS
Timo = GRASS HATS, HOG RODEO, VIRKAKONEISTO
Jarno = FUNKENSTEIN, BB STONEWALLS
How is it that you started playing music?
We started exactly 10 years ago after band EASTLINE collapsed.
Our first gig was 2.6. 2006 in motorcycle club 25 years aniversary. 
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Juha: guitar, lead vocals
Timo: Bass
Jarno: Drums, background vocals
We are not too old for Rock.
Have you had other previous members?
Yes, Bass player was Heikki first 7 years.
Then we change it to Timo
Did you make music even when you were young? Yes. We have backgruond of music studies
Where are you from? Kouvola, Finland. 
What year did the band form? 2006
What's your style of genre? Rock, Hard Rock = Style like Motörhead, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy
What inspires you?
I was inspired (Juha) when I was young by Jimi Hendrix, and we do play sometimes
some songs of Hendrix in our gigs.
Othere ones are rock bands from Finland like Peer Gunt and  Santa Cruz
and for sure Motörhead. 
How often and where do you reherse? 2-3 times in week. We are having our training place in Kouvola
How have you developed since you started with the music?
We play own songs and covers. Nowdays both are more difficulta and more challenging.
In beging we played easy cover like blues and music from band Hurriganes.
Now there are much much more hooks in singing nd playing
Do you have other interests of work outside the band?
Some music studies, yes.
And we have as normal jobs too still 
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? Actually this is now one of thngs we like to have. We have made some negotions and will see
what happens. But we are very open to listen offers.
Are you looking for a label and what are your thoughts around that? That would be good also. But now days it is rocky rouad to have it. Specially in Finland. A lot of good bands in same competition
What made you decide to make this music?
Some drive inside. It is called Rock.
Seriously. This is like driving bike. Makes you feel good. Smile.
And you can tell our stories as you like them to be heard.
What are your songs about?
Good and bad times in normal life. Love and lost.
Bitter and sweet.
And for sure Rock and Roll 
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? I do ( Juha)
Do you start with the music or the lyrics?
Mostly it starts with guitare riff or two.
Then we play it with band.
And last words and meaning
Have you done any covers live? Yes. Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Peer Gunt, Jimi Hendrix and more
What language do you sing in? English
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? Haha! From 4 to aprox 2500
What ages are most of your concert attendants? 25-50 ages
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary?
We have something like 30 songs of own and 40 covers.
We decide what to play and it depends the event and place where we will have a gig 
Do you have a regular place you play live often?
There are some clubs where we play often. 5-10
And some one night places too
What was your first gig like? Exciting. It was in 25 aniversary of one big MC Club. There was very famous bands from Finland. Maybe it is good that we dont have any evidences of this gig :)
What was your latest gig? We played in Estonia. In small rock club
Where have you played live this year? In Stocholm at PSB club,  3 times in Tallinn, Kouvola, Lappeenranta...
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? It starts at beginning of year. Callings and find out possibilities. 
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale?
Just now this is under construction.
But this will pop up very soon. Contact you can find from our FB sites.
T- shirts and so on. But also Our last CD´s 
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? Well. This is the way how it goes in these days.
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? More world wide. Its is good 
What do you think of my work? This is cool!! You are having cool sites!
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? Absolutely it is a good thing to let people know of new bands and things
Do you have any role models or idols? Well. Overall honest people. Who are what they are and respect all others
Why do you think that they exist? Hard to say...
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? Both. Respect the oldways, knowing history but creating new.
What have been your biggest obstacles? In beginning maybe the biggest thing was singing
What advice would you give other bands or artists? Do your things and trust that what you do. And enjoy!!!
How do you get psyched for a gig? We arer hungry to go to stage so it is easy. Just let the feeling lead.
Do you have any new material? Our last CD is now behind one year. We are training new things. Later this year we will release some songs
What are your web sites? https://www.facebook.com/Override-100784070257/?ref=bookmarks
How can people reach you?
By websites mostly.
And email
[email protected]
What are your plans for the future? More gigs. We hoping to play more in Sweden too. And new material release. We are also working with musicvideo
Do you have something to add? Let´s keep rocking in a free world!

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