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New Roxette The
Original Sinners Please introduce our readers to your band, tell us who you are, what you sound like, and what you’ve been up to over the past 6-12 months..?
We're The Original Sinners, a Total Rock and Roll band. We were
originally together between 1987 and 1994, back then rock magazine
Kerrang! once said of us "Remember there was a time when
Iron Maiden or Thunder weren't famous either, there's a bright
new star in the sky, wish on it". We were featured in session
on Radio 1's Friday Rock show and did a 36 date UK tour supporting
Paul DiAnno from Iron Maiden. Our 1992 debut album was called
"Love or the Money", Kerrang! gave it 4 out of 5 stars,
and we got similar reviews from Metal Hammer as well. So what are your plans for 2010?
We’re currently in pre-production for the next album, which
we aim to have released by May, it’s going to be called
‘Unfinished Business’, a reflection on the fact we
got back together and still have a hell of a point to prove! None
of us ever lost faith in the band when we split in 1994, it was
simply grunge killed off all the rock acts, we would never change
what we did so there was no room left for us. We still won’t
change, we’re still all about big guitar riffs, solos and
massive drums and if people still want us, we’ll always
still be here. What is your most memorable band moment so far?
Ermmmm let me think, how about playing Hard Rock Calling in Hyde
Park to 40,000 people!!! How did it feel opening the Hard Rock Calling Festival (in London’s Hyde Park) last year in front of 40,000 people? Hyde Park was just the most amazing show ever. We’ve all been gigging since we were 12 years old and none of us ever imagined doing anything so big. But the weird thing was, none of us were nervous, we felt we belonged there and just gave it our all. You don’t realize how big these things are, the top of the stage was 5 storeys high and the size of a football field. It was about 30 feet high and the distance even to the front row is huge, I chucked out a few pics and they got no where near the front row, Dave managed to get a few people with his sticks though! The roar from 40,000 people was deafening, but we still had our home crowd of about 100 people that made us feel even more welcome. Hanging out back stage was amazing, our dressing room was opposite Seasick Steve and next to the Magic Numbers, and we were chatting to them like old mates, and the Magic Numbers guys were moaning about how long it took the girls in the band to straighten their hair! Oddly enough they were playing the Pepsi Max stage, so on the tour T-shirt we were 5th from the top - below Neil Young, The Pretenders and Seasick with bands like the Fleet Foxes and Magic Numbers below us. The back stage hospitality was excellent, we had some great food and you know you’ve made it when you walk into your dressing room to find a fully stocked bar of beers and waters and then the artiste relations team pitch up with towels and a bottle of Jack Daniels! Added to that our single was released the following Monday and got to No.38 in the iTunes Rock Chart the week Jacko died, (and everyone started buying his tunes), without that I reckon we’d have easily made top 30!!! Anything else you’d like to add guys?
We'd just like to really thank all our old and new fans for caring
about us and coming to the shows, we're amazed at the reaction
we're getting from everyone. myspace.com/theoriginalsinnersuk PLEASE CLOSE THIS WINDOW TO RETURN BACK TO THE MAIN WEBSITE |
