Your name:
Stu
Cowley.
Where are you
from?
Living in Manchester but originally from St Helens, north-west England.
Name
of band:
Voidstalker.
Who is in
your band?
Emily Garrard -
Vocals
Stu Cowley - Guitar and backing vocals
Joe Roberts - Drums
Ashleigh Talbot - Bass and backing vocals
Stu Cowley - Guitar and backing vocals
Joe Roberts - Drums
Ashleigh Talbot - Bass and backing vocals
How would you
describe yourselves?
As four like-minded, forward-thinking musicians who just want to make good music with real
meaning, trying to stay away from the standard verse-chorus-verse cookie cutter
style of songwriting; for no other reason than it makes the music ultimately
more interesting and allows for the freedom to say what we want in the way we
want it. Also fans of science fiction and not taking ourselves too seriously.
Who are your
main influences musically?
There's many, but
the main ones include Opeth, Incubus, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Deftones, Tool,
Devin Townsend, Soundgarden and Tori Amos.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
To make
something that makes others feel the same way we do when playing it is the main
aim, but being able to make enough money from it in the process to not have to
do a normal job would be the dream.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Probably playing
the Sparkle festival in Manchester city centre earlier this year. It was our
first outdoor gig on a glorious afternoon, playing through a proper PA, and to
a crowd of about 500 people. Everything really fell into place, and overhearing
people saying great things about the songs whilst wandering around afterwards
was extremely rewarding. A perfect gig!
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
We dont regret
anything. I've had a couple of moments when a pedal has failed on stage and I've
been scrabbling around on the floor trying to figure out whats gone wrong
(which makes things interesting for the rest of the band), someone having one
too many before going on and having a total brainfart trying to remember all
the parts, minor learning curve stuff really. Personally I learn something new
every time we leave a stage, so it's a constant evolution in truth.
If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
The
one I'm thinking of isn't online yet, it's in the final mastering stages along
with the rest of our first album! The best representation we have online at the
time of writing this would be Hotel Hovel, which was written when I lived
across the road from a YMCA (in a flat nicknamed 'The Void', the origin of the
band name). It represents what we do well because it mixes the upbeat, slightly
frantic positive side of life with the introspection that resulted from seeing
people getting carried away in ambulances after overdosing or hurting
themselves (sometimes several times in one week).
If I had to sum it up in a sentence it would be 'life rock in light and shade'.
If I had to sum it up in a sentence it would be 'life rock in light and shade'.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
www.twitter.com/voidstalkerband
www.soundcloud.com/voidstalker
www.reverbnation.com/voidstalker
www.youtube.com/user/darktransient/videos
www.soundcloud.com/voidstalker
www.reverbnation.com/voidstalker
www.youtube.com/user/darktransient/videos
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
Just that we
will be releasing our first album in the next couple of months, it's all
recorded and is currently being mixed and mastered. We spent a lot of time and
effort into getting it just right, and we're extremely proud of what we've
created. Watch this space!
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