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First off i would like to thank Eddson and The Red Awakening for taking the time out to do this interview with Worldwidetakeoverzine
in only one sentence describe the sound of your band to someone who has never heard you before?
anger i guess
where do you see the band in 3 years from now?
hopefully touring more outside the country playing in other places,meeting new people
how many cds eps split cds 7 inches and demos has the band currently released
just one five song self title demo
how did the band come to be named The Red Awakening?
red is for that minor threat song which one my favaorite bands of all times,
its some how of the bullshit you through life and one day just wake up angry as fuck saying im not going to take it any more .. i see red
if you could have anyone do guest vocals on your next cd or recording who would it be and why?
theres a lot of people i would like,but i think maybe friends from other local bands,maybe rob from will to live
who are some of the bands musical influences?
old metal,like metallica,motorhead,iron maiden,gorilla biscuits sick of it all social distortion,suicidal tendencies madball, blood for blood a lot a hardcore punk
the term hardcore has become so overused that any band putting a breakdown into a song is considered hardcore but explain to the readers what hardcore means to you.
its a way of life friends,family,the music,its something that you feel, you know,that its true comes from within,for me is something really special and its more than a breakdown its something that if your hearing something you dont have to know the band in person to know what there about you just feel it. it goes beyond any stupid trend
for someone who has never seen The Red Awakening before and is planning on going to a show in Tijuana what can they expect to see?
a lot of energy, we try to give it all when we play, we like to express our point of view on things even if some people like it or not.
How can the readers from around the world contact you about ordering merchandise?
just contact us on myspace and i guess will figure it out from there
http://www.myspace.com/theredawakeninghc
What is your most memorable show and why?
we had a couple good shows, i cant name one right now but i guess every time we share the stage with the uprising ad good times
how were you first exposed to the scene and what made you say i want to be in an band?
i was exposed to the music since i was i kid so i guess in the period when i first started to listen to this type a music it just made sense, i mean when i first heard suicidal tendencies or minor threat for the first time i thought its music but it is so angry,and i wanted to know what was it about.
what is your favorite city and venue to play and also least favorite city / venue to play and why
we mostly play in tijuana so i guess here sometimes is a great time,but some times you have to deal with crap from other bands that have never left town but they have a rockstar complex and they are nothing but just another local band
what do you base your lyrics on when writing new material?
life,things you think but never say ,the anger ,the shame,stuff like that
is this the original lineup and if not what is the current lineup?
i started the band and members just went in and out we have like a little less than a year with a steady line up
luis guitar
haro guitar
erick on drums
rodrigo on bass
eddson on vocals
on your 2007 demo Voltabend and on the songs Common Hero what were your thoughts when you were writing this and is Lalo Blood from Uprising A.D. doing guest vocals on this song with you?
i knew lalo a few years ago and since i started the band he was very supportive of the band, they let us use the uprising stuff to practice they have helped us out since day one he is one of my close friends,and some times we sit down and talk about how hard its getting by day by day and stick in to what you wanna do,and people who do nothing but do stupid things or worship( paris hilton etc),what about the people who work hard just to make it i try to honor people like this and it was something that i knew lalo was gonna like
are any of the members in side projects other than The Red Awakening?
yeah our drumer and guitar player play in a pop punk band named don
What advice can you give to some of the newer bands starting out that maybe having a tough time and thinking about giving up?
never give up sometimes shit goes bad but you got stick to it with time you will find the help that you need to move on thats what hardcore is all about the struggle,rising above, in the end
where do you think you would be right now had you not been, exposed to the hxc metal scene?
maybe locked up somewhere
who are some of the up and coming bands from Tijuana as well as throughout Mexico that we should be on the lookout for?
the uprising ad ,more than words,billy brown,don,teenage kicks,understand,dia de cambio,nunca mas,tiempo de afrontar,la amenaza,shatterd eyes,mypaq
Who are some of the bands that you enjoy sharing shows with?
the uprising ad ,more than word and teeage kicks its always a lot a fun when hold my own is in town
what is your view and opinions on fighting at shows?
i just want to say that there's places for everything and hardcore shows are not to go and pick fights ,if you go to a show looking for that your are a shithead
Do you have any upcoming shows that you would like to tell the readers about?
just check out our myspace page for future shows or check the fuerza booking myspace if you wnana see a cool show with cool touring bands
http://www.myspace.com/theredawakeninghc
Is there anything else that you would like to add that i may have forgotten to ask that the readers should know about?
just thanks to the zine,thanks to my gamc family tj,la,sd,tx for the support (countime ,hold my own)and thanks to rene of fuerza booking.
Thank You Eddson and The Red Awakening for taking the time out to do this interview with Worldwidetakeoverzine.
http://www.myspace.com/theredawakeninghc
