interview with Necrofilia
Have any of you played in other band?Yes,we played in other bands
How is it that you started playing music?We started playing as self-taught
What are your names,and who plays whats?
Cecio-Drums
Urbi- Guitars backing vocals
Zaff- Bass backing vocals
Zazzi- Gutars leadvocals
Have you had other previous members? Yes, we changed four guitarists
Did you make music even when you were young? Yeah, I started playing when I was thirteen
Where are you from? Repubblica di San Marino
What year did the band form? Since 1996
What’s your style of genre? Groove Thrash Metal
What inspires you? Slayer,Megadeth,Hypocrisy........
How often and where do you reherse? We reherse twice a week in our studio
How have you developed since you started with the music? Necrophilia's songs have changed the style of singing
Do you have other interest of work outside the band? Each of us has a job
Are you looking for a booking agency,and what are your thoughts about that? We have a booking agency and we think it is of great help
Are you looking for a label,and what are your thiughts about that? Yes, we are looking for a label, we think it would be very useful
What made you decide to make this music? Because heavy metal is our favorite music style
What are your songs about? Some songs talk about my moods, or social problems, depends on what we are inspired ....
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Zaff and Zazzi
Do you start with music or the lyrics? Music
Do you compose in a certain environment? I’m inspired by real stories or depends on my mood
Have you dine any covers live? We play only one Venom’s cover during our concert, “Black Metal”
What language do you sing in? English
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? The concert with fewer people, there were two people, the concert with more people, about a thousand people
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We like to change the setlist often
Do you have a regular piace you play live often? Not anymore
What was your first gig like? Our first concert was fun, also very exciting, we were young and inexperienced .....
What was your latest gig? For us every time we go on stage, it's like the first time ..... we always play the best
Have you had to cancel a gig? We canceled some concerts for health reasons
Where have you played live this year? This year we only played four concerts, two in San Marino, Bolzano and Trento
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? We would like to have a tour in Europe
When did you start to sell Merchandising,and what do you have for sale? Our concerts can be bought, cd t-shirts and other gagets
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying Records now a days? I do not think it's right, but I think that as a band as ours, let's be heard more
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this?Because of this, the music industry produces fewer artists, and for this reason many bands produce themselves.
What do you think of my work?We think it's a good opportunity to get to know us
Do you have any role model or idols?Each of us grew up listening to metal bands like Death, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Motorhead .......
Is it easier to find inspiration from older band, or bands that are more active today?Older band
What have been your biggest obstacles?Unfortunately, we could not find a record producer, and a label that distributed our CDs .... In Italy, heavy metal is not successful
What advice would you give other bands or Artist?I would like to tell the new bands to believe in what they do. I would tell him to play their songs, and not be a cover band
Do you have any new material?We are recording a new album, which contains about ten songs.
What are your web sites?https://m.facebook.com/zazzinecrofilia/
How can people reach you?To contact us, or on our FB page https://m.facebook.com/zazzinecrofilia/, you can listen to us on Spotify or You tube, or our agency booking [email protected]
What are your plans for the future?We are recording a new album, and we hope to do a lot of gigs