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MM - What was
your initial intention for the new album?
AA - Actually,
Frontiers Records initialized the project. They got in touch with my
manager and asked if I would be interested in doing such a thing
using two lead singers (Paul Laine of Danger Danger and David Readman of
Pink Cream 69), and as I had some spare time at that moment thought that
doing this record, which is a bit different from my work with Royal
Hunt, could be fun ... so I agreed.
MM - At what point did you decide to use two
vocalists on the project?
AA - Almost
from the beginning the idea looked appealing to me.
MM -
How did you get both Paul Laine and Dave
Readman interested in working on the project?
AA - Well,
I had a bunch of songs suitable for each one of them, the record company
were going strongly behind the project, and as I understood both
guys liked what I wrote ... so it wasn’t difficult.
MM -
How hard was it to keep the songs to under
five minutes and lose the big intro’s normally associated with your
musical stylings?
AA - We
all agreed on making a straight ahead hard rock album (which is
definitely not the case with Royal Hunt). So I tried to avoid
putting too many complicated, evolving musical structures in those
songs, making them as much ‘straight to the point’ as possible. The
concept was to make songs with some solid riffs and catchy vocal lines,
so I kept it that way.
MM -
Is there a thread that joins all the songs
together or are they all individual pieces?
AA - All
individual, just some good tunes.
MM - Are there any plans for a follow up album and if so would you
consider any other vocalists for said album?
AA - No
such plans at the moment ... we’ll see
MM - This is very much a studio project, if you could, would you take
this album out on the road?
AA - I’ve been in this business for
a while, so I’ve learned never to say never, who knows? It might
just happen.
MM - If you could sum up this album in three words, what would they
be?
AA - Quality hard rock.
MM - What are the plans for Royal Hunt at the moment?
AA - I’m
in the process of mixing our forthcoming live album/DVD, which we
recorded on our last tour (supposed to be released in the late spring of
2006). We’ll be playing some more shows shortly as well, after
that let’s say during this Summer Royal Hunt will be back in
the studio, recording a new studio album.
MM - To close, are there any words of wisdom you would like to share
with our readers?
AA - Enjoy
this new release ‘3’ and expect a lot of activity from me this
year. Cheers!
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