Recently Soph was interviewed for this special... visit the link to see the other wife interviews including Stuart's from Sigirya, Bob's from Soggy Bog, Pierre's from Atolah and Ron's from Ice Dragon. Cheers to Stephane for the interview, it was fun! http://templeofperdition.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/interviews-serie-wives-ov-doom.html?spref=fb I wanted to know which are your feelings towards the passion of Mister for Doom and Heavy musics in general... Could they be slow and gloomy or fast and brutal, how do you enjoy these weird sounds ? Do you sometimes take vengeance and play crappy Pop stuff just to piss him off? For those that may not know I'm married to Dave the guitarist in Alunah, the band which I also sing and play guitar in, so luckily we are on a par music taste wise. However, saying that, there are a lot of bands which we strongly disagree on. For instance, Dave listens to a lot of thrash, grind and nwobhm which I can really do without. As well as doom, stoner, sludge etc I listen to more '60s psychedelia, motown and folk. I live for the melody in music whereas he lives for the riff, so we do have a lot of friendly disagreements on what bands are awesome... mainly him informing me that Iron Maiden are unbelievably amazing and me informing him they're shit! The majority of music we listen to we both love, we've been together for 13 years and have been married for just 4 months - I don't think I could have lasted that long with someone who didn't share my musical tastes. Neither of us will ever back down on the Iron Maiden front! If I ever wanted to piss him off all I've got to do is put Big Elf, Ghost or Ray Lamontagne on the stereo... all big loves of mine, he doesn't share my view! Are you proud of what he's doing with his band/blog/Radioshow ?!! Do you think this is more rewarding to play in a respected but underground Doom band than playing shit in a wellknown band ? Do you think playing Doom is necessay to his equilibrium and maybe that only this kind of music can bring him what he needs or is looking for ? I know for a fact that Dave would not play music that he didn't enjoy playing, regardless of the fame or the money. He's been in bands since he was 16, all very different styles which reflect his tastes at the time. He's got such diverse tastes that its not just about the doom, its about playing whatever he enjoys. His last 3 bands Sonic Lord, Godsize and Alunah all have doom elements but each one totally different. I'm proud of Dave for many things but music wise, a couple of years into our relationship Dave started a sludge band in Birmingham called Sonic Lord. I was in my late teens when they started gigging with such bands as Khang, Sloth, Mistress etc. I used to love seeing him up there on the stage playing with bands I loved... plus, if I'm honest I was also jealous as it was something I'd loved to have done. We actually met Jake, Alunah's drummer at a Sonic Lord gig, his girlfriend Liv and him were always cropping up at Sonic Lord shows. Unfortunately Sonic Lord split up a few years back but we're still selling vinyls now. Dave was also in Godsize who split up last year. When they went on their first big tour I was so proud and again, jealous! The tour was with Freebase in Metallica's 1999 tour bus! I've only heard half of what went on during that tour, and I think that's all I want to know! Being 20 years old and watching your boyfriend's band sell out venues was pretty special. I'm hoping that with our achievements over the past 6 years with Alunah, and me overcoming my absolute fear of singing, has made him proud. Does he still have enough time for both houseworks and cuddles, or sometimes there's difficult choice to make between both ?! We try to make time for each other, both of us work full time, are busy with Alunah, run Catacomb Records and each have a million other projects going on. We don't live in each others pockets, we don't demand to know where the other one is every minute of the day or night and have the utmost respect and trust for each other. Dave's a lot better at cuddles than he is at housework... saying that though I reckon I am too! We've got a very 1950s outlook... I do the baking and he fixes my car! He is pretty good at washing up and cleaning the bathroom though! When he's listening music with headphones, computering on the net, practising with his band, playing gigs far away... do you feel alone quickly or is it an opportunity for you to meet friends/parents, make some things you enjoy but can't do together, etc... ? Its not something I really notice that much as we're both really busy. When he's not on his guitar or fixing up a car, he's building computers or on the computer researching his latest project but that's what I love about him. Who wants an unmotivated couch potato who up to date on all the latest television? If there's ever a time when I want to take a break from my things and he's busy, I have family, friends and Johnny Depp films to keep me occupied! Add Comment Join Soggy Bog this Saturday January 21st, 2012 for their weekly Podcast. This week it’s all about the Doom! Doom on! Grip of Delusion Radio is the place to be 3-5EST. Tune in and doom out! Setlist:
Merry Christmas from Alunah!! 24/12/2011
Hey! Hope you're all getting ready to eat too much, drink far too much and receive/give some awesome pressies! Who says the true meaning of Christmas is lost on us! We also want to thank everyone who made 2011 such an amazing year for us, with special thanks to the following: Mark at PsycheDOOMelic Records for having enough faith in us to sign us and release our second album in 2012. The awesome Mez of Heretic Promotions at Scruffy Murphys in Birmingham for being one of the best promoters and sound engineers that we deal with. Scruffy's is the best underground music venue in the Midlands and Mez does them proud! Two more awesome promoters - Dan and Reece at DesertScene! Constantly bringing the best bands over to the UK to play and inviting Alunah to play with them. This year we were invited to support Acid King and Karma to Burn and next year we're on the DesertFest bill - these guys deserve a HUGE thank you. There are loads of promoters who have helped us out this year - too many to mention so if we've not mentioned you we still love ya!! Bob at Soggy Bog who has continually supported us throughout the year and for inviting Soph to guest on one of his podcasts (listen here). Hellride Music, Core of Destruction Radio, Grip of Delusion Radio, Midlands Rocks, Blood Worm Brand and anyone else we've missed. Bit cheesy but everyone in 2011 who has watched us, listened to us, brought our merch, brought us drinks, told everyone how much they like us and even told everyone how much they hate us... it's all good! Massive thanks and salutations to the following bands who we've had the pleasure of sharing a stage with this year, if we've missed you it's nowt personal we were probaby just drunk! Acid King, Carlton Melton, Sally, Lifer, General, Karma to Burn, Fu Manchu, Black Spiders, Bastard of The Skies, Engines of Armageddon, Meadows, Iron Void, Viking Skull, Slab, Desert Storm, Pig Iron, Stone Axe, Stubb, Trippy Wicked and the Kosmic Children of the Knight (I used the full name lads!!), Firebird, Serpent Venom, A Million Miles, Gringo, Shebrew, Gurt and Dopefight. 2012 will be even better, we'll give birth to our second album which again will be recorded by the awesome Greg Chandler but mixed and mastered by Tony Reed of Stone Axe. we're supporting A Pale Horse Named Death (members of Type of Negative, Biohazard and Life of Agony - tickets £9 from us with free p&p), we're featuring on the Fallng Down zine compilation (track can be listened to here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl8aLhOpAew ) We're embarking on a couple of tours... more details soon but one will hopefully be with a PsycheDOOMelic label mate, the mighty DesertFest in Camden in April, and the International Powerhouse Doom Fest at Scruffy Murphys with Stone Axe (USA), Stubb (UK), Trippy Wicked and the Kosmic Children of the Knight (UK), Cultura Tres (VEN) and Banda de la Muerte (ARG). Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! See you in 2012! All content copied from Soggy Bog... _________________________________________________________ "Thanks Soph for putting together a great mix of tunes! Check out her band Alunah here www.alunah.co.uk She put together a great list of classic rock and doom! Download the show here: www.TheSoggyBogofDoom.Podomatic.com or subscribe via itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soggy-bog-doom-sludge/id370873403 Playlist *** Sophs selections! --- Black Tusk - Way Past Dead Raging Slab - Mississippi Queen *** Heart - Crazy on You *** Alunah - Dance of Dionysis Devil - Break The Curse The Doors - 5 to 1 *** Black Sabbath - Sabra Cadabra *** Nine Worlds - Dead Mules Jethro Tull - A new Day *** Amebix - The God of Grain Caravan of Whores - Now Big Brother and the Holding Company - I need a man to Love *** Wizards of Firetop Mountain - Sonic War Glorior Belli - They Call me Black Devil Grand Magus - Fear is the Key Steppenwolf - The Pusher *** Alunah - Magick Lantyrn *** Comets on Fire - Blue Tomb *** Domes of Silence - Hunter S.T. Acid King - Not Fragile *** Goatsnake - Heartbreaker *** Mastodon - Blasteroid Noothgrush - Imperial march/Alderaan DONT FORGET MY CONTEST STARTING NEXT WEEK "THE GREAT DECEIVER"! HERE ARE THE RULES...VERY SIMPLE JUST LISTEN FOR ME TO TELL TWO BLATANT LIES. YOU WILL KNOW THEM WHEN YOU HEAR THEM FOR SURE! THEN EITHER MESSAGE ME (ON FB), POST IT ON MY WALL(HERE ON FB) OR EMAIL ME AT BANGLUM@GMAIL.COM THE FIRST TO RESPOND CORRECTLY WILL WIN A COUPLE OF PRETTY SWEET PRIZES! ITS VERY SIMPLE! ANY QUESTION..FEEL FREE TO ASK! WWW.BRUTALEXISTENCERADIO.COM TO LISTEN TO THE BROADCAST EVERY FRIDAY FROM 11PM-1AM EST WWW.STEAMINGHEATHEN.COM EVERY SUNDAY FROM 3-5PM EST WWW.RASCALRADIO.NET EVERY FRIDAY AT 7 PM EST WWW.COREOFDESTRUCTION.COM EVERY THURSDAY 11PM-1AM EST WWW.TWITTER.COM/THESOGGYBOG WWW.THESOGGYBOGOFDOOM.PODOMATIC.COM FOR SHOW DOWNLOAD itpc://thesoggybogofdoom.podomatic.com/rss2.xml TO SUBSCRIBE VIA iTUNES WWW.CRESTFALLENRADIO.PODOMATIC.COM GREAT DOOM PODCAST! WWW.RADIOVILLAINS.COM WWW.MAKINGANGELSCRY.BLOGSPOT.COM WWW.DOOMMANTIA.COM AND WWW.DOOMMANTIAFORUM.COM Alunah feature in Soggy Bog's J"oan of Arc" podcast... http://thesoggybogofdoom.podomatic.com/ Special show this week featuring female fronted doom/stoner/sludge bands! THERE ARE MANY MANY GREAT BAND WITH LADIES LEADING THE WAY, I WISH I HAD A LONGER SHOW TO PLAY ALL OF THEM! MY APOLOGIES I COULD NOT FIT THEM ALL! PLAYLIST --- 13-WITCH DARK CASTLE-HEAVY EYES ACID KING-INTO THE GROUND MARES OF THRACE-RAWCAKE ROSE KEMP-NANNYS WORLD CASTLE-SLAVES OF THE PHAROAHS ALUNAH-ALUNAH/HIGHER UNDERSMILE-CUTTERS CHOICE BLACK MATH HORSEMEN-ORIGIN OF SAVAGERY JULIE CHRISTMAS-BOW RISE AND SHINE-I DONT BELONG ROYAL THUNDER-GRAVEDANCE SPIDERS-NOTHING LIKE YOU UNDER THE MUCK --- ISHMAEL-JAR OF SALT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/666ISHMAEL BLOOD CEREMONY-MY DEMON BROTHER WOODEN STAKE-IN THE GODLESS MOONLIGHT WINDHAND-BLACK CANDLES THE RIVER-LIFER STAKE OFF THE WITCH-ON THE NEGATION AND AFFIRMATION OF MEDUSA PART 1 JUCIFER-WINDOW WITCH MOUNTAIN-ENDGAME PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE-AS LIFE LEAVES YOU INVASION-CONJURE WAR SUBROSA-CHRISTINE THORRS HAMMER-NORGE BACKGROUND TUNES-JESSE SYKES AND THE SWEET HEREAFTER | AuthorAlunah ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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