interview with Night Fever
What´s the name of your band? Night Fever
What made you call the band "Night Fever"? We couldn't find a good name so we chose night fever at least it was cathcy i guess.
How was the band formed? Me (salomon) and andreas, our bassist had played in another band called Arrigt Antræk a couple of years beforeand we wanted to make a new band one where we didnt play fast, it was supposed to be like a black flag kinda bandbut it didnt turn out like that. i guess for the better.
Where are all band members from?/Who does what in the band?
Salomon the singer comes from the war torn city's of jerusalem/bagdad
Jesper the drummer/master of potatos hails from the unforgiveable deserts of namibia
Mathias the guitarist is a native from the rainforest's of sumatra
andreas the bassist is from the desolate wasteland that is valby
What was the ambitions of the band when you started? Play music, get drunk.
Could you explain your music to someone that haven't heard you?
imagine a mixture of hardcore, punk and Heavy metal
Where was your first gig? it was at a venue called loppen in copenhagen, i can't really remember what bands we played with. maybe Nitad from stockholm?
Where was the latest gig? it was at the new ungdomshus in copenhagen. a very drunk gig indeed.
Who writes your songs?/Who writes the music who writes lyrics? I (salomon) write everything.
Who has the best since of humor in the band? we all do.
What's good/bad with the band?/What genre do you feel you are? we're a hardcore band with various influences
Why did you pick that particular style?/What are your songs about? i just write songs that i feel is good. our songs are mostly about hating people and the world in general.
Do you write your own material or mainly covers? only our own material.
Have you made any albums?/If yes what are they? we have made one 12" two 7" and have recorded for another record.
Do you have any clips on YouTube? only live stuff other people have recorded
and the records.
How old are you?/What got you started in music? im 26, im not really sure how old the others are, i think jesper is 29 andreas is 28 and mathias is 25 or 26
How old were you guys when you first stood on stage? as a punk band i think i was 13, in night fever i think 20 or 21.
What year was the band started? 2007 i think
Best/worst gig you've played? we played a really good gig last year at the k-town festival. we also played a really good show in 2010 at Roskilde festival. worst gig must have been in bologna in italy.
What places will you be playing in in the imidate future? we have a lot of shows: sweden, brazil, england, finland, USA, germany, netherlands,
Where have you played from then till now? fuck man, too many countries... more than half of europe, the whole eastcoast of USA Too many countries to namedrop
Which band is the best you´ve seen? i really have no idea, my memory doesnt work anymore.
Have you had any bigger tours from start to now? Yeah we've had two europe tours and an american eastcoast tour
How big crowds do you usually play for? 100-300 people.but we have also played shows on festivals for 3000+
What are the plans for the rest of the year? Release a couple of vinyls, tour a lot, get drunk.
Where do you usually play? The fatherland
How do you get psyched up for a gig? We usually are backstage before a concert standing in a circle holding each others hands doing motivational chants. no i dont know we usually dont do anything besides going up and doing the show
Is it easier to get your inspiration from older bands or from bands more modern? inspiration for me comes more from old rock'n'roll than from old or new bands hardcore bands.
What are your sources of inspiration? everything from little richard to lynyrd skynyrd to the doors
What's the first step when making a new song? grabbing your guitar and pluggin' it in.
How do you feel about the downloading of music instead of buying albums? i mostly download records i already have bought on vinyl or records that are too expensive for me to buy because they havent been re-released.
What would be your dreams for the band? some blowing my face off with a gun on stage.
What would be your greatest fears for the future? That i would suddenly wake up and the world was one long family ties episode.
When you are on stage, what do you fear most then?shitting myself. what would be really akward.
