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First of all,please introduce your band to the
readers.
Richard Christ: The band is based on a strong
friendship, and evolved into a serious project: three
components like the perfect number. Every one of us
represents a kind of music which is impossible to sort
out in our type of music: glam-rock-industrial. It
doesn’t have anything to do with the devil or whatever,
it’s just good in bad, and bad in good!
How did things get started with the band?
Richard Christ: The band was created by me and
Egon after several years of live shows with our Marilyn
Manson tribute band ´Posthuman´, with who we played on
stages from Los Angeles to Budapest. We grabbed all our
musical influences which we had from the beginning
together and started this new band.
Why did you pick this extravagant but recogniseable
name?
Richard Christ: Well, as you know, Richard Christ
is not just the bandname, but also the name of me,
hehehe. Richard derives from my first name (Riccardo),
and Christ has the same first letter as my last name. I
intended to create a character thats as important as
Christ in the Christian culture and in all time history,
to join our musical and artistic qualities, in order to
create miraculous songs.
What are your main influences?
Richard Christ: We have too many influences to
mention. To mention just a few: Jesus on the Bible,
David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana,
The Doors, the 80’s, Queen, Nietschze, drugs, UFO...
Last year you’ve released the Ultra Violent Messiah
demo.What can people who blindly buy it expect from it?
Richard Christ: It’s a prelude to an album which
has faith or non-faith in rock. It’s not labeled, and
it’s for everybody who wants to be swept away for a
while to return later... for everybody who is seeing
their own life in this soundtrack.
The demo got a nice review by our zine, but it also
had some points of critic. What are in your opinion the
strongest and the weakest points of the record?
Richard Christ: At the first listening they will
try to compare it with Marilyn Manson. At the second
listening it will become clear that there’s much more in
it. Then, at the third listening, the feelings and the
atmosphere will enter everybody’s innocent little ears
for good.
What is in your opinion the best track on the demo,
and why?
Richard Christ: I like every little child we
create, but the track on the demo I like the most is
‘Eyes’. It is sexually attractive and infinitly sad, I’d
say that in some way or another it reflects the world we
live in and our lifes where our society is based on sex
and love, money nad the ability to find sadness.
How do you usually create your songs?
Richard Christ: In the beginning I compose most
of the dark parts on the album alone, just to get in the
abyss as much as possible. Then, me, Egon and Mark
compose the rest of the music until the song is finished
and we’re all satisfied with it..
Your band is based on a certain image. How important
is image for a banc like Richard Christ?
Richard Christ: Surely we don’t intend to mask
ourselves too much. We are what we want to be, and we
don’t expect that everybody likes us. Our image is the
fusion of three musical categories, taken up to the
extreme with a touch of pure dirt and ‘live’
devastation.
Many talented industrial acts from Italy try to find
their luck out of Italy because they had terrible
experiences with the local scene over there. What are
your personal experiences on this issue?
Richard Christ: It’s true, Italy doesn’t have the
equipments and it will probably never become a good
place for live shows like ours. My own experiences are
most of all taken out of the time I was still on tour in
Italy with ‘Posthuman’ (the Marilyn Manson tribute
band), so we still have many people who follow us and
our songs. Therefore, there are still various clubs that
give us a chance on their stages.
What can we expect of Richard Christ in the near
future?
Richard Christ: We unfortunately had to postpone
our full lenght release date, because we will do the
final masterings in Rome with a huge production and I
think that it will be out in January. This album will
officially be distributed by a label, but we’ll keep
this stuff for ourselves to have some excited news next
time!
Review by: Gerardo (May 2007) |
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