I will be interviewing Suicide Silence in late November on their upcoming headlining tour with ALOL, Walls Of Jericho, and Agony Scene. Im in need of good questions though ha so if anyone has some they would like me to ask let me know and Ill post the interview in here the day after the show, for your guys' reading pleasure. Thanks.
Interview Questions
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Well id advise you based on the advice i read from Greg of the red chord:
Dear Greg,My name is Briton and im a Student at NAU University in Flagstaff AZ. I
recently took a second job as co-host at the campus radio station doing a
metal show. What are some of the most annoying question you or someone you
know have been asked during an interview. So that i dont make the same
mistakes.
Briton Tarter
Greg’s response:
First off that’s a GREAT name. I mean it really is great, Briton. Sorry. Here’s what you do. This may come as a surprise to some but most “musicians” love to talk about… themselves. Weird, I know. Ask them about the last book they read so they can answer, “Tuesdays with Maury” or something else that they think will make them look smarter. Move onto “What’s a typical day in the life of…(place crappy band here). They’ll go on for hours and hours about either how tough their day is being so political and no one understands, yadda yadda, or how much partying they do and how cool coke and chicks are. By the way, the bands that brag about it the most get the least. Other than that try to stay away from the “where did you get the band name” “How did you meet” and that sort of stuff. Bands are asked that all the time. We’ve ended up just lying at any repeat questions. At this point you can usually weed out the dick heads and rock stars and ask down to earth questions about home life and current bands the interviewey is into. Throw them a question you think no one has asked before that is not related to the band or band name. That is not clever. Good luck and come out to the AZ show.
-Greg
I do have a question however.
Who's the wildest band/ band member you've ever hung out with on tour?
Cheers
Dear Greg,My name is Briton and im a Student at NAU University in Flagstaff AZ. I
recently took a second job as co-host at the campus radio station doing a
metal show. What are some of the most annoying question you or someone you
know have been asked during an interview. So that i dont make the same
mistakes.
Briton Tarter
Greg’s response:
First off that’s a GREAT name. I mean it really is great, Briton. Sorry. Here’s what you do. This may come as a surprise to some but most “musicians” love to talk about… themselves. Weird, I know. Ask them about the last book they read so they can answer, “Tuesdays with Maury” or something else that they think will make them look smarter. Move onto “What’s a typical day in the life of…(place crappy band here). They’ll go on for hours and hours about either how tough their day is being so political and no one understands, yadda yadda, or how much partying they do and how cool coke and chicks are. By the way, the bands that brag about it the most get the least. Other than that try to stay away from the “where did you get the band name” “How did you meet” and that sort of stuff. Bands are asked that all the time. We’ve ended up just lying at any repeat questions. At this point you can usually weed out the dick heads and rock stars and ask down to earth questions about home life and current bands the interviewey is into. Throw them a question you think no one has asked before that is not related to the band or band name. That is not clever. Good luck and come out to the AZ show.
-Greg
I do have a question however.
Who's the wildest band/ band member you've ever hung out with on tour?
Cheers
Divest
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Haha, yeah, what Greg said is true. Musicians love to talk about shit that makes them seem smarter than they really are. I remember watching this interview with Abigail Williams and the interviewer was asking them all what book they read last. I'm not sure if he was joking or not, but one of the members was talking about some Japanese philosophy. I remember thinking how lame that really is if he wasn't joking.
