interview with Dolls Raiders
Have any of you played in other bands?
Claude:Yes richard (drum) and me (bass guitar) when we were teenagers we already played ted nugent,cheap trick .
Chris:Yes,I play with another band"VOODOO ANGELS"
How is it that you started playing music? Cause we lived with hard rock we saw thousand of concert we have bought and still buy vinyl and cd .
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you?
Nico Ferrere :Lead singer/rythm guitar
Christophe Mouynet:Lead Guitar/Backing vocal
Claude Bonrepos:Bass
Richard Lessig:Drum
Have you had other previous members? With dolls raiders no . We are originals members
Did you make music even when you were young?
Claude:yes I play rock and roll since I was 15
Chris:I started to play 27 years ago ,i was 13 years old,I learned alone ,and after 10 years i decided to learn Harmony with an GIT teatcher (5 Years)
Where are you from? Toulouse, France
What year did the band form? 2014
What's your style of genre? Hard Rock,Glam Rock,Heavy
What inspires you?
Claude:All the music we listened all the great bass players and all the big show I've seen
Chris: The Life
How often and where do you reherse? We play 4h a week in a studio in Toulouse
How have you developed since you started with the music?
We played ten years covers of american and english band. ( Extreme, van halen, aerosmith )I think it's the best way to increase the technic on the instrument.
I would not want to forget hours and hours we spent on the instrument every day
Do you have other interests of work outside the band?
Claude:Travelling around the world
Chris:Surfing
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? We hope our manager propose us very interesting date
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? Yes ,we working with our manager,and we hope to have a deal with a label
What made you decide to make this music?
Claude:I can't imagine playing anything else than rock and roll
When I was 12 richard (drummer ) make me listen the double record (on your feet or on your knees ) by Blue Oyster Cult .What can you do after that
Chris: Guns'n Roses Video(You could be Mine)
What are your songs about? Nicolas ( lead vocal ) write about life in general .All his songs invite man to think to what they do .
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Chris make music,Nico lyrics,and we arrange all songs with Claude and Richard
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Music
Have you done any covers live? A lot yes with IRON COBRA during ten years . We played songs of Europe, Bon Jovi Stryper , Alice Cooper, Van halen ,Slash, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, Billy Idol, Uggly kid joe , Cinderrella etc....
What language do you sing in? english
What are the least and most people to attend one of you? Chris:Energy and Shread guitar.
What ages are most of your concert attendants? 25/60 years
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We played the last record and we add to new song and sometime we can play a cover if we have time enough
Do you have a regular place you play live often? No, but we played four time in the same place , a rocking bar in toulouse
What was your first gig like? Paris,2014 with legendary french band Satan Joker
What was your latest gig and the next? Latest gig 12 february in l'usine in toulouse and the next 27 may 2018 in l'usine in toulouse
Have you had to cancel a gig? never at this time
Where have you played live this year? I hope our manager will find us date to play
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? It's depend on the way people like or not our first album
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? 1 year ago,we have plectres,pin's and t shirt and cd coming soon.
Where can people buy your merchandise? for the moment At our shows
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? When I was young it's not possible to download music so If I want to listen a record I buy it
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? Not only the music industry , because when you play live the owners try to make you play without paying you
What do you think of my work? You're a rock reporter !!! great do you interview stars of rock
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? I don't know , but I know you have the best rock festival and I like all the rock band who comes frond Sweden, Finland and north of Europe
Do you have any role models or idols?
Claude:Not models really or idols , but i had always loved ted nugent , the guitar player not the man, and the indian of blackfoot
Chris:just music influence and L.A Gear
What have been your biggest obstacles?
Claude:Many difficulties to play live people are not very rock and roll in france
Chris:Money!!!
Do you have any new material? 2 new songs
What are your web sites?
https://www.facebook.com/DOLLS.RAIDERS.Band/
https://www.reverbnation.com/dollsraiders
How can people reach you?
What are your plans for the future? New album in proces!!!!
Do you have something to add? I apologized for my english
