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Dominic Noble – I’m the lead singer.
Alex Malliris – I’m the guitarist.
Where
are you from?
Gateshead, UK.
Name of band:
Kobadelta.
Who else is in your band?
Alex: We’ve got my brother Chris Malliris on drums, Jon Marley on bass and
Jordan Robson on synths.
How would you describe yourselves
and your music?
Alex: We’re just an easy going bunch of lads wanting to make and play music
and have a laugh along the way. Musically though there’s a bit of a contrast to
our personalities in that there’s a dark and brooding vibe running through all
that we do – it’s heavy rock really but with a psychedelic edge and a dark
heart.
Who are your main influences
musically?
Alex: I’d say any bands that combine dark and heavy well are an influence,
Black Sabbath and Queens Of The Stone Age are definitely and influence on our
rhythm section, and for me guitar wise there’s fuzzy psych bands like anyone
from The Black Angels and Wooden Shjips to more current bands like Hookworms
and King Gizzard that I feel are starting to influence my guitar playing at
times.
What do you hope to achieve in
music?
Dom: I don’t think this generation has yet had a defining sound, and I would
love Kobadelta to write a new chapter in the big book of British music.
What has been the highlight of
your career so far, and why?
Alex: I can’t speak for the rest of the lads, but for me personally getting a
feature with a photo and all that in NME’s Radar section felt like a nice
achievement and a ‘box ticked', in the same way our songs getting played on a
station like BBC 6 Music was, in the sense that it’s national recognition from
an ‘established’ institution. I don’t know if NME quite holds the influence and
sway that they used to but I remember going out on my lunch break at school and
buying my first copy in 2003 with The Strokes on the cover. Although to a
degree the other lads see it as just another decent feature in another
magazine, to me it’s iconic almost. I bought it religiously for years through
my teens and into Uni and it felt weird seeing ourselves in it.
And what’s the moment you want to
forget?
Dom: In the early days of the band I used to get off my face before gigs,
and looking back it was probably to hide my nerves. I remember one gig I
started punching the cymbals along to the song until my knuckles were bleeding,
then wiped blood on my face. I think I hid my nerves behind shock tactics.
If you had to pick just one of your
songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Alex: I would say ‘Blame It All On Me’ from our new EP ‘Open Visions’, it
just seems to me to have the right blend of all the things that seem to
represent Kobadelta musically. It’s got quite a subdued and moody, creepy vibe
to the verses that kicks off into a sludgy and heavy chorus with Jordi’s synth
line behind it – I also really like the sped up psych-breakdown in the middle,
and lyrically I feel Dom is at his best, spouting his musings on everything
from mass media manipulation to love and war in his own surreal way.
Where can we listen to it?
Strangely enough we’ve just unveiled a music video for it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YublS8e7u0)
and you can also download it for FREE at www.kobadelta.bandcamp.com cos we’re nice
lads and that.
Where can we find out more about
your music?
Twitter: @kobadelta
Anything else you’d like to say
about your music that I forgot to ask?
Alex: You didn’t ask us about the time Nick Cave pulled Dom out of the crowd
at his Gateshead gig at the Sage in April and got him on stage to sing with
him. No news on any further collaborations just yet.
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