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Fury UK
are a bright new British band currently storming the circuit with their
infectious rock. We caught them last month in support of the
legendary Diamond Head and knew from that moment on we just had to find
out more. Today we catch up with
Marc Dawson to find out more about this talented trio.
MM
- Firstly would you like to introduce the band to us, who are
Fury UK?
Dawson -
Fury UK consists of myself (Dawson) bass player and vocalist,
Chris Appleton, lead guitarist vocalist and Adam Galloway or Adz
on drums. We hail from sunny Manchester & have been together
as a consistent line-up for about 4 years now. |
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MM
- Which magical musical moment motivated you to start the band in the
first place?
Dawson - The triangle did it for me.
The first time I saw that instrument I was all like “I have got to get
me one of those” ha! ha! ….but in all honesty I’d assume it was
Chris shredding away at home on the guitar that got the band
kick-started.
MM - How would you best describe your
music and who would it appeal to the most?
Dawson - I’m not sure - I’ll go
with “nu - classic - rock - metal” we’ve started our own genre
right there I think … I know lots of people might disagree. It seems
to appeal to old school British heavy metallers through to young modern
rock/metal fans.
MM - Does the band hang out together
often? Do you get along well outside the band?
Dawson - I hate
them both. They just think I like them … No, we get on well and go out
a lot. In fact I think they’re coming round later tonight.
MM - Has anyone in the band been in
other bands prior to this one?
Dawson - I think
all of us. I started at high school playing with friends and making
bands for school shows and then I joined a RHCP tribute band for a few
months. I think Chris and Adz are the same. I know Adz still plays in a
Pearl Jam tribute band and Chris has played for that many people one
might say he is a bit of a guitar whore.
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MM
- What do you love/hate the most about being in a rock band?
Dawson - Apart from it being
awesome to tell people “I’m in a metal band” when they ask
what you do I say live shows are the best along with travelling.
So touring in general is always good. There’s not many bad
points … the occasional shit gig due to bad promoters, nothing
too major.
MM - What short phrase best
describes the band and its’ mood right now?
Dawson - “Hot as Fuk” …
it's funny actually because you can buy that saying on our
thongs. I’d say at the moment we have a lot of momentum as
we’ve had a long solid run of gigs so come see us now it’s
the best we’ve ever been. |
MM
- Which Fury UK songs are your personal favourites and why?
Dawson - 'Death
by Lightning' is my all time favourite. I still remember Chris coming to
rehearsal and being all like “guys I have this new song and it’s
pretty good” … when the solo kicked in I pitched a tent.
The End is another one of my favourites because it was the first song
where I really got involved in the writing. I think the whole thing was
pretty much finished in 15 minutes and it’s a great track on the new
album.
MM - What's the best advice you've ever
received and have you taken it?
Dawson - “Get
your fucking hair cut you hippy” - sound advice really as it does get
in my eyes a lot. No I haven’t taken it yet.
MM - What are your views on the current music scene, are there too many
sub-genres in Metal and do bands really need to be categorized and
pigeon holed?
Dawson - I
can’t really comment on there being too many sub-genres after just
creating an oxymoron of one earlier in this interview can I? Well, yes I
can actually! I think it’s a bit over the top. There’s about a
thousand types of metal and can most people explain the difference
between death metal and black metal? I think avid fans yeah but myself,
I don’t really care. If something’s good then it’s good but if it
sucks then it’s bad. We should split all music into those 2 genres …
good music and bad music.
MM - The band has been described as a
mix between Iron Maiden, Rush with touches of Bon Jovi quite a variety
of sounds, but who or what has been the biggest influence on you as a
musician?
Dawson - Well as
I said earlier the band’s hard to define genre-wise. I think it’s
because of the line-up so it’s all our own fault. We all like lots of
different styles of music. You should see my i-pod playlist, it’s not
a pretty sight. Personal influences - I’m going to get ripped for this
but Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 made me want to start playing bass. I
love the sound on the Blink CDs – chunky, very poppy sound. I still
play a baby blue Fender Jazz as a kind of homage to that. Flea from RHCP
is another obvious choice. I like too many bands to list every one. The
Maiden, Rush & Bon Jovi influences come more from Adz & Chris.
MM - The band are currently a trio have
you ever considered bringing in a second guitarist?
Dawson - It’s been considered but I
don’t think we need to. If you see us live you wouldn’t at any point
think “they need another guitarist”. Chris is that good he manages
ok by himself. Also, splitting the small amount of money we have with
another member wouldn’t be good!? …. hell I’d rather it be a 2
piece.
MM - How do you feel about the internet
and the effect it is having on bands and independent music in general?
Dawson - I think
like everything it’s a double edged sword. On one hand it’s an
awesome and free way for bands like ourselves to get out there and be
heard by as many people as possible but at the same time it’s led to
the downfall of CDs and obviously piracy. I think it’s an amazing
resource for the independent community though.
MM - Have you been approached by any
major record labels yet?
Dawson -
Unfortunately Mr Sony hasn’t come calling round yet. And I think
Roadrunner is still busy running away from that coyote.
MM
- Your latest album ‘Face of Adversity’ has a very dark
vision as its cover, where did the inspiration for the cover art
come from?
Dawson -
It came from the title & also the Natural Disaster track
which was the original working title for the album. We had a
brief beer-fuelled meeting about it where we decided on track
listing and stuff like that. Then we got to cover art and left
it in the hands of the designers, having given them key things
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came up with a few designs and we picked one. The main themes
were adversity due to a small catalogue of mis-fortune we had in
the months up to release date & the ecological disaster-type
theme of Natural Disaster. Eventually the cover art was a hybrid
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MM
- Does the band have a timeline to achieve its goals or are you taking
things as they come?
Dawson - I
wouldn’t say there’s a specific timeline. It’d be nice to get to
where we want to be before I’m say 40 but other than that we just take
it all as it comes. The important thing is that it keeps moving forward
which currently it is & that we continue to enjoy what we do which
is also currently the case. We have plenty to aim for & as long as
we remember that there are lows as well as highs we shouldn’t go too
far wrong.
MM - What does the near future hold for
Fury UK as regards to live shows, are there any shows where are readers
can check the band out for themselves?
Dawson - Here’s
where I get to plug the website. You can check for yourselves on www.myspace.com/furyuk
- you’d have to ask Mystic Meg about the future as I don’t even know
where we’re playing next week! Our management has all such matters
well in hand & most of all readers, please come see for yourselves.
We’re up & down the country pretty much over the next few months
with further dates still to be announced & I reckon the band really
excels itself live.
MM - Finally thanks for taking time out
to do this interview and do you have any words you’d like to add any
thing for your fans out there?
Dawson - No
worries, these are always quite fun to do. I suppose I’ll finish by
saying thanks to everyone who supports us at gigs, over the internet,
buys CDs etc. Please make sure you get hold of a copy of the new album
& come check us out live….and finally don’t forget that it's ok
to still like the WWE when you’re 20 years of age.
MM - We'd like to
thank Marc for taking the time out to talk to us today and wish the band
every success with their new album. |