Your name:
Steve
Rawlinson.
Where are you
from?
The
North West of England - now based in the East Midlands region of the United
Kingdom.
Name of band:
The
Amplifires.
Who else is in
your band?
David
Brunt - bass;
Sharon
Clancy - Vocals;
Sandy
Mitchell - Drums;
Steve
Rawlinson - Guitar.
How would you
describe yourselves?
Four
heads, eight arms and eight legs! Musically we bring together many different
influences from punk, pop, and rock - we think we are different enough to
escape a label, but Indie/Alternative seems the right one to get us to the top
of the UK ReverbNation chart so let's stick with that.
Who are your
main influences musically?
On a
personal basis I have always been influenced by bands like the Sensational Alex
Harvey Band - I got into them through seeing them as a support band to Slade.
Currently I like The Bellrays, Detroit 7, Royal Blood, White Stripes, Black
Keys and Slaves.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
To
leave a legacy - music that people will like when they hear it, remember it and
carry on listening to even if they don't remember my name.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Being
played in rotation on a USA radio station for a couple of weeks before we
played a venue in their area - it was a sell-out gig and the audience knew the
lyrics better than we did and sang them. We then did a 45-minute encore and
drank the place dry afterwards.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
There
are so many! Sometimes the moments converge into minutes and hours but I
definitely wouldn't want to be in a band van that breaks down on a Pittsburgh
flyover again. Or spend the same evening in a scrap yard waiting for the repair
guy.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Fat
Cats on the latest album, Life's A Gamble - it starts off quietly and goes off
with a bit of a bang. It's lyrics encapsulate a large part of what is
wrong in and with the world; corporate greed prevailing over the needs of
people and it rocks. A download link can be found on Coffee Jingle Records website
- www.coffeejinglerecords.com.
Where can we
listen to it?
A
mash up of clips from the album can be heard here - Fat Cats is the last track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07qjpGk3PC4
Where can we
find out more about your music?
http://www.reverbnation.com/theamplifires http://express-press-release.net/128/The-Amplifires-Release-Latest-Album-Lifes-A-Gamble-93187652.php
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
The Amplifires are looking to tour the UK and play
UK and European festival dates in 2015 - contacts and leads most helpful, but
most importantly turn up and see for yourselves
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