interview with Shrike

Have any of you played in other bands? Uwe – ASPARAGOTH (RIP 2006), Fabi – AMOK, Moe TWILIGHT DRIFTERS (RIP 2005), Jul – ASPARAGOTH, TWILIGHT DRIFTERS, MAIGLÖCKCHEN, SÜFFILIS

What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Uwe 36years – vocals, Fabi 49 years – bass, Moe 30 years – drums, Jul 36 years – guitar

Where are you from? Moe – Lübben Spreewald, Fabi, Jul, Uwe - Berlin, Germany

What year did the band form? 06.06.2006

What's your style of genre? Psychedelic Black Metal

What inspires you? Everyday life and the sick society.

How often and where do you reherse? In Berlin, Lichtenberg every thursday and sometimes saturday.

Do you have other interests of work outside the band? Philosophy, psychology

Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? We tried to work together with a booking agency but we had very bad experience´s.

Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? No we are our own label , „Zeitgraeber Records“ with own rules, we can do what we want, this is a big advantage!

What made you decide to make this music? Its a good valve for bad emotions and feelings.

What are your songs about? About sickness like depression, final time of life, experience´s of everyday life

Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? All together

Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Music

Have you done any covers live? No

What language do you sing in? In german, its easier.

What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? Most people´s at a Festival in Berlin ca. 300 and least, 2 people´s in Prag.

What ages are most of your concert attendants? Between 16 and 50 years.

Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? We vary, dependent of event and location.

Where have you played live this year? JuZ Klinke in October after a band break, Drugstore in November and maybe in Nürnberg soon.

Where do you plan to gig the comming year? Prag, Erfurt, Spreewald and we looking for more gigs now.

When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? We have T-Shirts, Girlis, Hoodies and the new Album for sale.

Where can people buy your merchandise? Write a Message to [email protected], or look at our homepage. Official Mailorder sale follow soon, for news look at Facebook.

What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? Its a good possibility to discover underground bands. The most bands don´t earn enough money to live from music, this is unrealistic. That was earlier the same but the bands get more attention today.

How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? The industry need new ideas and must be more flexible, they changed not realy.

What do you think of my work? Important and good for underground bands to get some attention.

Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? We don´t have inspirations from other bands. We are concentrate of our own stuff and compose only with emotions and feeling.

What advice would you give other bands or artists? Do what you want with fervor, ingore unobjective critics, be yourself.

How do you get psyched for a gig? No not realy afters 12 years experience and many concerts.

Do you have any new material? New album „Zeitgeist-Geistzeit“ released 2018.

What are your web sites? Www.shrikeberlin.com, www.facebook.com/shrikeberlin , for other links like youtube look at our homepage

How can people reach? [email protected]

What are your plans for the future? Live gigs, compose of new songs.

Do you have something to add? Thanks for the opportunity to say some words.

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