interview with Strike Master
Have any of you played in other bands? NOP
How is it that you started playing music? always had the intention to make a destructive metal band
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Kmu: guitars n voice, Picos: drummer,Helter Skelter: Bass
Have you had other previous members? like 6 line ups
Did you make music even when you were young? of course since i was 16
Where are you from? Mexico city
What year did the band form? 2006
What's your style of genre? Super sonic airborne tactical force thrash metal
What inspires you? My life
How often and where do you reherse? once a week
How have you developed since you started with the music? its been difficult but still alive
Do you have other interests of work outside the band? We are amateur box fighters, one of us is a professional chef and works in the mexican army as a paratrooper, our drummer is a tattoo artist as well
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? we would like to grow more professional as a band with or without an agency.
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? a big time metal label to get known by every metalhead in the world
What made you decide to make this music? my way of life and my need to calm my demons, infect people with anger and velocity, to make them live so fast almost suicidial, with love for life and not hiding from the death when it comes near our souls in the cold night
What are your songs about? Reality,abstraction, violence, nostalgic, escape from an inside prision, war, hate, death, and an expression, a battle hymn to carry forever
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Kmu
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? both sometimes
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? my room, military operations, standing alone in the night smoking a cigarette
Have you done any covers live? Ace of spades-Motorhead
What language do you sing in? english
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? from 80 to 500
What ages are most of your concert attendants? 16-45
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? we vary
Do you have a regular place you play live often? nopp
What was your first gig like? i was so nervous and i started swallowing my hair while singing
What was your latest gig? brutal
Have you had to cancel a gig? yes
Where have you played live this year? 3 times
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? USA,Colombia, Mexico
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? 2006, t shirts, cds, patches
Where can people buy your merchandise? at out web page
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? that people will bleed and cry when the day they die
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? a lot
What do you think of my work? i don't know what do you work at
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? maybe you are someone important and you will help us go play in your country,
Do you have any role models or idols? 101 st airborne division at world war 2
Why do you think that they exist? they are our saviours, brave man with eagle spirit that sacrificed their lives to give us freedom
Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? sometimes
What have been your biggest obstacles? past members
What advice would you give other bands or artists? never surrender
How do you get psyched for a gig? don't know the word "psyched"
Do you have any new material? 4 albums already
What are your web sites? Strike Master Official at Facebook, our web page is under maintenance
How can people reach you? Facebook
What are your plans for the future? we will come back in a non precedent counter strike
