 When and how was your band created?
The three of us, me, Tarmo (piano) and Janne (bass) had played in the same band when we lived in Joensuu in Eastern Finland. We got together one summer day and started writing and jamming new music just for fun at that point. We liked the results and when we moved to Helsinki-area to study, we wanted to continue that project. After finding a drummer and Alex as our singer was Overhead finally formed.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
At one point when we were yet unnamed, we needed a name fast for a certain thing and the name Overhead just popped from somewhere..or went over our heads.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
We all have our own favourites, and some that we all like. I like for example Deep Purple, Sabbath and Pink Floyd. As a guitarist Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Stevie Ray Vaughan were big influences for me. Also for example Angelo Badalamenti is a composer that I really like.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
Well Finland isn’t a very big country population-wise. And as we are an artistic rather than a commercial band, there are somewhat limited possibilities in some ways.
How could you define your style of music?
It’s melodic, emotional and thematic progressive rock, that varies from gentle ambient atmospheres via more traditional rock to heavier moments. Our purpose is to make unbounded, artistically satisfying music that is worthy to the listener.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
I guess you could say that the compositions and the playing has matured as we have. We have become more confident to try, explore and realize different musical ideas and take them to their extremes.
How do explain these changes?
We’ve advanced in composing and gained more and more experience and certainty in playing together.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
Our singer and lyricist Alex can give more specific answers. But they deal with humanity, mostly from the point of view of the individual, but also the other way around. They include thoughts and troubles of a human mind and wonderings of the realities and illusions of life.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
I like performing the title track ‘Metaepitome’ as it is very versatile and you get to play different kinds of musical styles. Also many people seem to like the song very much.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Playing live is very much fun, you feel very energetic and happy and the audience gives you good vibes. But playing in studio can also be fun, as you’re creating something new and interesting.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
Coming up with a new idea and hearing that it works very well, whether in the composing or recording state. And hearing as each of us deliver our contributions and great new ideas and then hearing the finished song for the first time.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
So many songs have had an effect or moved me for different reasons. To name a few, live versions of Sabbath’s Heaven and Hell and Rainbow’s Catch the Rainbow are really big for me.
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
For us it is very very important, it helps getting contacts, visibility, and communicating with people all around the world. It certainly makes piracy easy but more importantly helps us in spreading our music and knowledge of the band all around.
What are your projects?
Currently we have started working on our third album and are composing and demoing songs for it. We will play in Germany and Belgium in May and are very much looking forward to that.
What “image” do you have of French music?
I’m not too familiar with it I’m afraid.
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
We started in 1987. There was three friends, who wanted to play some Rock’n'Roll together. Nowadays I’m (Pete)the only one who is left from the original line-up
Where is the name of the band coming from?
We picked up it from ZZ Top’s song “Francine”
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
Bands like Stray Cats,Dr.Feelgood,Melrose,Hearthill,Living End,Housemartins,Sweet,Slade, There are so many good Rock/Punk/Pop bands…
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
Positive: In Finland we have our own way to do music which is totally different to other countries
Negative: Finland is too far from the Middle Europe…
How could you define your style of music?
Rock’n'Roll!!
During the years how has your musical style changed?
We started as a rockabilly band but after two albums our style has gone tougher and tougher and now it’s straight Rock’n'Roll with some good pop melodies
How do explain these changes?
Our music went very naturally to that direction, I don’t know why. Maybe because we like to mix different music styles together. Now you can find for example Punkpop,Rockabilly,R’n'B,Grunge, Psychobilly and Ska in our music
What are topics you treat in your songs?
Love is number 1 and then there are also some more serious texts about pollution,politics,Reality TV-shows…
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
It varies, but now it’s “Goodbye forever”. It’s just a perfect Rock-song with killer riff and catchy chorus.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Live is 1000 times better than studio.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
The best moment is when I’ve done it ready and we first time play it together. Especially if it works great…
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
This is too difficult…
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
It’s a good way to introduce a band to a great amount of people at the same time.
What are your projects ?
No projects at the time, but I think we’ll put up a Rockabilly band some day with our guitarist Antti ….
What “image” do you have of French music?
I know nothing about French music, sorry! Last summer I was in France 3 weeks with my family but French music didn’t get my interest. Mainly there was only foreign Pop playin’ on the radio. This summer I will travel to France again, so I’ll have to check out some French music this time.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
hmm..Edith Piaf have some good songs…
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
J: I jumped a bunjee-jump and felt relaxed.
V: Got dumped and felt suicidial.
J: Oh and this was the summer of 2003
Where is the name of the band coming from?
V: It derives (much like our music) from the name of the great comedian Adam Sandler. We just twisted his lastname to a finnish name “Santtu”.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
J: I’ve been always been influenced by black rhytm music especially rap and it has always been a part of my life, ever since I was a little maggot.
V: The reason I picked up a guitar was because I really dug just basic singer-songwriter types of songs which you could play with an acoustic guitar. If I had to name bands who’ve had the most effect on me I’d say Apulanta & Don Huonot, both finnish bands.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
J: Right now there’s nothing positive about it, because I’m in the army.
V: I like the “family” type of feeling that you get in Finland, because the business is so small. Everybody know everybody. Of course, this means that if you screw up everybody knows…  And of course, because the business is small it’s REALLY hard to make a living out of it.
How could you define your style of music?
V: Acoustic, moody, rich in flavors, mostly vanilla, bits of chocolate and mayby a hint of a poets hart.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
V: Well we’ve only been going for three years and done one album so not much. But I can tell you that our next album titled “Uneton Viherlaaksossa” will have some eurodance, gangstarap, punk, emorock and those sorts of things.
How do explain these changes?
V: When you can’t do one thing right, blind them with quantity!
What are topics you treat in your songs?
J: Summer. I like summer. Fortunately, we have much of that in Finland.
V: Amm… I would have to say women.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
J: Kodissain, because I get to show off what a great rapper I am. But for some reason, no-one ever tells me I’m a great rapper.
V: Annoin Pikkusormen… because I wrote the lyrics to that one and I really feel that I’ve captured the essence of women in that one.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
V: We never intended to go live with this project. This started out as our own mental therapy so in that sence we really enjoy the studio-part of our little get-together. But then when our homemade-album got to the desk of a drunk-enough record company boss and that way to the stores, we of course had to do some gigs. We took the same approach on those, as we did for the album: VERY relaxed. And it’s been great. They’ve been the most relaxed gigs we’ve done. And for some reason (alcohol?) even SOME of the audience have enjoyed our shows.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
J: Maybe when the idea of song gets some kind of “shape” and it’s not just an idea in your head.
V: Depends. Usually it’s the part when it’s finished, and you can let go of it. But if you’re in a really bad mess / a really happy place and just want to pour that in to some music, the best part is when that inspiration translates to something semi-musical.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listeningin your life the BEST song?
J: So many… dilated peoples - worst comes to worst, Killswitch engage - Self Revolution, Outkast - atliens, Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl, Dave Matthews Band - As you Are, Ben Lee - Catch My Disease…
V: Don Huonot - Sininen Yö
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
J: One REALLY great site is www.adamjasanttu.com
V: It’s the future.
What are your projects?
J: Well when I get out the army, I’ll start to make my second rap album and I’ll be continuing all the projects that are frozen right now.
V: We both are also in a band called “Formed”. In addition to that you could say my other projects are starting our own company, recording friends demos, mixing gigs, doing all sorts of “behind- the-curtains”-kind of stuff.
What “image” do you have of French music?
V: The songs I’ve heard are wery vibrant. I think it’s because of the french language. It has such a unique flow to it.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
J: Doc Gyneco feat. Mc Janik - Né rue case nègre is still a huge hit
V: Is it too much to say “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi”?
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
We were about nine years old when we started… we were in the same school
and became friends… and started playing after school
Where is the name of the band coming from?
We came up with it by an accident… before ashow we still didn´t have a name until a roudie shouted: “tik tak, time´s running out”. there it was.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
We all 6 members like diffrent bands and artists. That´s why we have our own role models. But I look up to ,for example, Aretha Franklin.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician / singer (in Finland)?
I think it´s great to be an artist here because we don´t have to travel that much while it´s a quite small country and we are able to hold on to our privacy. There´s no negative sides that I can think of.
How could you qualify your style of music?
We play pop tunes but the arrangements sound quite rock. The sound is somewhere between those two categories.
During the years how has your musical style evolved?
We sound more rock nowadays.
How do explain these changes?
While we grow up the music has to change too, after all, we were only 13 years old when we started.The evolvement has been really natural.
What are stories/topics you tell/treat in your songs?
General topics have been growing up, relationships, friendship and so on.
Have you ever considered the possibilty to change totally your style of music? If so, what style of music would you choose?
We have a clear image of the style of music we want to play, and are latest cd sounds exactly the way we want it to sound. There´s no need to change our style.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
My favourite is this song called “Tänä yönä taivaaseen”. It´s fun to play live and the spirit in the song is great.
Do you tour regularly? Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
We haven´t finished school yet. That´s why we can perform only on weekends.
The feelin on stage is something studio can´t replace.
During the process of making an album, what is the moment that you prefer?
The moment when I hear my vocals right after I sang it is the best. I can hear right away the results of my work, it´s great.
What kind of music / What artists do you currently listen?
Currently I listen to Erykah Badu, Limp Bizkit, Alicia Keyes, Stained and Creed.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
Bohemian Rapsody becouse it´s a perfect cross-section of rock music.
Internet is something interesting for musicians because it gives them the opportunity to touch a larger audience but it is also a threat for them (regarding the copyrights). What is your opinion regarding this medium?
I think there are more positive sides than negative. It´s a forum where new bands can attract an audience.
What are your actual and future projects?
We just released our latest cd and in the future we´ll do as much shows as we just can.
January 17th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
UltraNoir started with a classic formula: being frustrated the music around, being frustrated the things around, being frustrated of no-one staying aloud of such frustrations. This happened in early 2000, the current frontline started gathering during the autumn 2003
Where is the name of the band coming from?
UltraNoir was thought as a name for era of 20th century turning into 21st; blind seeking for comfortable numbness whlist it is almost too late to build up another day.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
From pop music Manic Street Preachers, Suicide and Public image ltd are the only interesting ones. Cure, Joy Div. etc. have done fine tunes, ofcourse, but they don’t represent anything that innovative anymore. Aren’t every band in NME into “post-punk” today?
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
The only positive is that no-one is censoring what you’re doing. Negative things are countless list, but let’s say people here are stuck with braindead hairdo-hard rock and Finnish record companies are totally unwilling to try anything brave. Finland is always three years delayed.
How could you define your style of music?
We say post-punk, because it says nothing. You see, playing emotional music with political aspects drives you into a vast gab where you are too punk for pop, too disco to punk, too rock to electro.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
The songs have shortened and grown more bitter. Getting simplier and more straight-forward is leading us more electronical yet more punkish. UltraNoir is growing like a person between ages of 18 and 25.
How do explain these changes?
Maybe too much has happened and sleeping is impossible. The more you move, the more you see and the more you know… it’s about getting more misantrophic yet humanitarian.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
To put it into short form: Inequality and the fascist atmosphere embracing western world. Endless stretching between despair and hope. And beneath the remains there is a broken part called heart.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
The next one we will write. But from the ones already done “No human detected”, it crawled up itself, it really captures a certain sensation almost perfectly. As it best music or words must come, they aren’t built up.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Live, absolutely. Music has been here always, studios are abomination. Wishing to be able touring endlessly
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
The need to make the song, when you think that song with that context must exist. It’s a moment when you feel yourself somehow needed -no matter it’s probably illusion.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
That is a good question, actually. From all, let’s say “True faith” by New Order, it is passionate enough to make five years old dance and cry (been there, done that)
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
It has put music business into trouble and that is good.
What are your projects?
With Jan we have Kuilu UK, then I’m also as a bassist in Cherry Stained. HS is something like finnish substite for Suicide and Einstürzende neubauten
What “image” do you have of French music?
Positive. We love Daft-Punk, M83, Air.. Oh, and Sons of Saturn! We saw them when we were playing in St.Petersburg last May. French band Bérurier Noir is representing same values as we do, ‘though our ways of expressing them is different. They are great.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
Would like to say something form Edith Piaf, but have to be honest and say La danseuse de l’Orient by Bérurien Noir
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
It was founded at the fall of 2004 in Jyväskylä. Few friends decided to put up a project band but soon it became much more important and we quit our main bands.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
It’s an abtract name which sounds good but later we have heard that red number two also means certain color lipstick!
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
We all have our own favourites, but everyone in our band likes Tool, Oceansize, Mew and Faith No More.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
Nowadays it is positive that everybody knows that being a musician can be regarded as a “real” job and musicians are more appreciated than before.
Negative aspects is that being so far away from the other world makes it more expensive to make gigs abroad.
How could you define your style of music?
Progressive mainstream alternative rock.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
Towrds bigger and bigger sound. There’s no rules anymore.
How do explain these changes?
We realised how we want to sound and learned some tehniques for that.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
A finnish man in the cosmic eternity =)
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
Few new songs under the working titles of “Makyoh” and “Old Grinder”
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Both have good sides. It has to be a wonderful gig to have such a good vibes that you can get in the studio when you record something new and fantastic.
A good gig still beats up lazy and complicated studio work.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
At the rehearsal, everybody gives their best shot and finally we create something out of everybodys reach.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
I don’t know the best song, but there was a time when I couldn’t listen Tori Amos’ song called “The Cooling” without crying.
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
Excellent tool doing things - good and bad.
Do you have a website?
Yes, http://www.rednumbertwo.com
What are your projects for the band?
Recording the first full-lenght album this year.
What “image” do you have of French music?
Air and Phoenix are excellent…I don’t know any other bands from there…
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
Air : Vagabond (excellent, excellent song!)
March 20th, 2007
When and how was your band created?
It was originally started 1999 in Riihimäki - which is a small town about 60 kilometres up north from Helsinki - when our singer-guitarist Okko asked Tomi, guitarist as well, to kick out some jams with him. Okko had previously played in a punk band and wanted to do something different, to create beautiful pop music instead of noisy punk rock
There were some difficulties in finding a right guy to play drums and it wasn’t until late 2002 when the band really came together once the drummer Sampo joined the group. Anyway, the final spice to the soup was added in late 2004 when a tall engineer named Matti Olavi Töyli joined the band to play clarinet, saxophone and a little synth named “Nautilus”.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
It’s a bit boring answer, but it doesn’t really have any special meaning, I suppose it just sounds fascinating. Apparently it was Okko who came up with. There were some bad suggestions before, like “Justin’s Case” and “Purple Sunday” for instance.
As one can imagine, over the years many people have said that it’s too long, but we think that the name actually describes the band’s sound quite well. And who cares about people’s opinions anyway. Look how well Creedence Clearwater Revival has done ! And if you really really like to, you can always use the shorter version of our name (our CCR version) UwSSoc.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life /work?
Apparently there are only three bands that we all like: Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips and 22-Pistepirkko, but since there’s no easy way to do this, I’ll just name a bunch of good ones that most of us enjoy: The Beatles, Radiohead, The Doors, Sonic Youth, Björk, Deus, Air, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Primal Scream, Johnny Cash, Talking Heads, Magenta Skycode, Rubik, Kastor, Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, Sigur Ros, David Bowie, The Cure.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
Positive: There are not too many bands, at least good ones, in Finland, so it might be comparatively easy to receive attention once things start happening. Another nice thing about the small circle is that you get to know a lot of new cool people easily when you tour with other bands etc.
Negative: There are only very few good places to play gigs. And this is important: people listen way too much heavy music, which means: 1) that there must be something wrong in our collective unconsciousness 2) summer festivals are filled with bands all dressed in black 3) people end up picking the wrong records from the record stores: instead of buying one of ours
How could you define your style of music?
Progressive pop. Art punk. Prog-rock. Folk pop. Ambient heavy indie! Emotional chill-out music. Underwater sleeping sounds. Whatever you like! We’re not indie puritans, we make music for everybody.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
It has changed a lot. I would say there have been at least 4-5 different phases:
1) straight American influenced pop/rock guitar music, a bit melancholy
2) acoustic phase, stripped down folk music
3) prog-rock phase, that’s when the weird c-parts started to appear!
4) indie-rock phase, everything combined
5) NOW, underwater-indie-progressive-folk-ambient-art-punk-pop
How do you explain these changes?
Listening to too much David Bowie can do that I guess.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
That should be a question for Okko to answer, but I remember that a journalist asked this same thing once, very cleverly. He asked Okko that which word would describe his lyrics the best: underwater, sleeping or society. The obvious answer was sleeping. There’s actually a song called “Dream Song” in our first ep.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
My personal favourite is perhaps “-P” at the moment, it’s a long progressive song that evolves very slowly and once it explodes it’s almost like religious experience.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Definitely live. If you play rock music and you don’t enjoy your presence on the stage, you’re in the wrong business.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
It’s the first time when everyone gets that kind of “THAT’S IT!” -feeling. It might come after 20 minutes or it might take 4 months. Some songs never get to that phase. But they are the bad ones, so they’re meaningless anyway.
A stupid question but. what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
Life On Mars by David Bowie. Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles. I Was Made To Love Magic by Nick Drake. Those three came to my mind first.
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
I absolutely love it. It has helped us a lot. Myspace is the best forum to get to know new, totally unknown bands from all over the world.
Do you have a website?
Sure. It’s www.uwssoc.net
Our Myspace is www.myspace.com/uwssoc
What are your projects for the band?
Do you mean goals? To make good music. Make people happy. See new places.
But first of all, make good and timeless records that sound good even when you’re 80.
What “image” do you have of French music?
It´s a shame to admit, the image I have is kind of stereotypical. It’s sort of like this. “Edith Piaf singing about her unlucky love in the 1950s”. But surely there are many great contemporary French bands as well, Air being the most obvious one to mention. I should get to know Phoenix as well.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
It has got to be Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf.
March 20th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
Zack and I (The Muff) founded the band about 4-5 years ago, but we did’nt get serious about it untill Mr.Tikka, who is my brother joined on drums in 2003.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
Well we wanted a name like KISS, a name that you remember and like, and everyone wants to get naked…right?
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
Here it comes…..aaahhhh: KISS, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Blues Brothers, Van Halen, Black Crows, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Isaac Hayes, Rush, Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls, Thin Lizzy, Billy Joel, Cheap Trick, Stevie Wonder, The Hellacopters, Alice Cooper, Backyard Babies, T.Rex, Queen, Mötley Crüe, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Hanoi Rocks, Sam & Dave, Def Leppard, Police, The Who, DLR, James Brown.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
Well…hmmm let me ponder………The crowds are nuts and everyone is crazy, but I guess that’s the case everywere. Ok I’ll try again, It’s great!!! The negative side: narow minded people!
How could you define your style of music?
We call it Broadway rock, and I’m proud to anounce that we are the only Broadwayrock band in the world!!! Big guitars, bigger drums, confetti, a little smoke, ripped t-shirts, lights, sweat, choir robes, megaphones and a positive mind, hip hip hurraaa!!!
During the years how has your musical style changed?
YES! we’ve found the Naked sound with this album(Let’s Get Naked… And Start A Revolution)
How do explain these changes?
Well at a point we stopped sounding Crap! and became something unexplainable!!! Now how’s that for an awnser.DAN WEEKS?
What are topics you treat in your songs?
Life basiclly and everything that comes with it, the good and the ugly.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
Well I like them all obviously, but I have special place in my heart for “High On Blue Love” I wrote it on my sofa when I woke up hung over from beer and viagra:) without a guitar, the melody just popped into my head.It whent to #5 in the single chart in Finland. Then I like doing Revolution live, that’s great. It whent to #4 in the charts.We shot a cool video in london for it and got arrested!
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Live, that’s what a band should do.But I don’t mind the studio!
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
The moment? writing a good song dude! I hate forsing them out of me for hours and hours, the best ones come easily.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
The list is endless and changes all the time but on of the best is bohemian rhapsody by Queen, I like dancing in the moonlight by Thin Lizzy as well:)
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
It’s great! I’m all for it!!! go go go! check out www.nakedonline.net and www.myspace.com/nakedofficial
What are your projects ?
NAKED!!! that’s all I do 
What “image” do you have of French music?
Slim to none, I know that K Maro rapper dude ha haaa. But nothing else comes to mind right now!
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
Edit phiaf???? She sounded awsome
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
We had a group called Maximum Liver Explosion that already included 4/6 Moses. It kinda worked as the Big Bang to creation of the whole new world of Moses Hazy…Well that was pompous.. But anyway the band was formed in Tornio, a smalltown in Northern Finland, `bout two years ago. It just happened to be the place where the brains of this six-headed dog met.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
Well that`s a long & old story. And we actually made a promise that we’d never ever tell it to anybody. But let`s just say that “Moses” alludes to lust we`re creating on our gigs and “Hazy” is for.. I guess it`s for whatever you want it to be for.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
There are plenty of ´em. Just to mention a few of my own..mmphh.. Pink Floyd, the band that made my life, and Neil Young, the man that made my life! You want a list? You got it: Wesley Willis, Roky Erickson, Bruce Springsteen, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Hellacopters, Iggy Pop, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Kingston Wall, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, MC5, Neil Young, Rolling stones, The Clash, The Doors, The Stooges, the Who, Wigwam……..There`s no end coming for that and doesn`t everything effect on everything..? So forget about it. -The greatest thing in music, from the view of a listener, is that you never stop finding good music..That´s why it`s the best hobby,I mean lifestyle, ever. And Moses Hazy is all about music diggers, Rock&Roll&Blues&Jazz&Soul&Funk&Progressive®gae&Ska&Psychedelic…. ..So let`s just say I/we dig good music.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
I`d like to answer on this one as a musician from NORTHERN Finland.
Positive: You haven`t got many choices, there is nothing to do here but to get high with the music. And you find easily beautiful landscapes and peace & quiet `round here. Well not for long, I think, thanks for Eurocitys, IKEAS and all the others satans little helpers…
Negative: The lack of places to rock. In Northern Finland there ain`t too many bars nor other places to arrange gigs. And it`s quit long way to drive to southern cities and back, expecially for one bloody concert which you don`t even get paid, goddam.
But generally there is a lot of great music in Finland and there are many people with good responsive attitude on all that weird shit there`s made.
How could you define your style of music?
Rock. I usually leave the defining for you journalists.. But it`s a kinda Rock´n´Roll without any limits. You can hear a lot of different styles of music in it..Check out the list above!
During the years how has your musical style changed?
Well we started playing Kiss and when we wrote our first own songs for M.L.E. it was all about actionrock, but it sure has changed a lot. and here we are now.
How do explain these changes?
I usually don`t. No, One reason for sure is the instruments we have, like saxophone, trumpet & piano. The other is that we`re listening so many kinds of music. And I guess we knew from the beginning that you can´t draw any limits for this group of maniacs.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
Life. Stuff. You may find some opinions ´bout things in´em because there are opinions, `bout things. But there are also lots of meaningless stories and from each song you get on the average 15% of your daily humdrum-psychedely needed.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
It changes often depending on the last gig or if we´ve just recorded something. ´Guess right now my favourit song is..mbgh.. Play That Damn Guitar from our soon-to-be-released album The Incredible Flow Of Life Show. And the reason is that I was yesterday in studio with a couple of beauties recording female backing vocals on that one.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
Absolutely Live! I think that rock`and´roll albums should be mostly promotion to invite people to the gigs. And our studiowork haven`t started working as good as the liveperformances.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
Of course the moment when you for the first time think that the song is done now; And you see that it`s good. It could be alone with guitar as you finish the lyrics or with the whole band when everything just clicks. And when ever the basic form of the song changes to something totally different.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
I really can`t answer seriously to this one.. So I just say Wesley Willis´ Arnold Swartcgchzenegger (how do you spell it anyway?).. Which is actually a great song. And there ain`t no stupid questions, just stupid answers. And you can bet your testicles I`m full of ´em.
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
It`s a great thing for young unknown bands like us to spread their music all around the world. Of course in some cases it takes away the support from the artist but it`s the blues of today, isn`t it? `Cause in the end Internet is not half as bad thief compered to what record companies have been and still are. And it`s gigs you should get paid for…And I really can`t feel too bad for Metallica.
What are your projects ?
Like I told we´re now finnishing our debyt album and before the summer we`re about to start recording our next album which is kind of a re-recorded collection from our EP´s. And we´ve been planning a summer holiday by the Kuivajoki (Dry River) after June filled with gigs. The holiday includes the recording sessions of our third album, a country/roots-stylish LP, in an old countryhouse. and for sure, gigs gigs gigs and more gigs. So we`re a bit busy with the “Mo´s Trilogy 2006″, as you see.
What “image” do you have of French music?
Few years ago I was spending some time in some smalltown near Brest and cruising `round western parts of France with my local friends. they had a great reggae-band Makaks Mekaniks, don`t know if I spell it right. And I also heard many great funky ska-bands there, I guess it`s quite popular in France..? Ceux Qui Marchent Debut (?) was also great band live and on record. I saw so many great gigs but remember not as many names of bands.. But of course Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, Francois Corneloup and Bela Fleck & Flecktones etc..etc.. Also we`ve had one great half frenchman playing with us, Marc “fast finger”
Gondallier De Tugny, who played banjo in one of our EP´s.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
Makas Mekaniks: Aualpe tout la nére (?)
C´est bon, comme ça.
January 18th, 2007
 When and how was your band created?
We started Dive in 2003. We did two demos shortly after that and now we are working on an ep and an album, which will hopefully be released later this year.
Where is the name of the band coming from?
Dive is about looking inside of ourselves, about the things we’re keeping under the surface.
What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work?
Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Smiths and Kate Bush are main influences for myself. The boys are into Ride, Swervedriver and other noisy indie hulabaloo.
What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland?
We are in the great position because we have found the right people to work with. They are hard working and they believe in the same things that we do. It took time but now we are mainly happy.
How could you define your style of music?
Today I would call it sophisticated new wave. Tomorrow something else.
During the years how has your musical style changed?
When we starded, our music was more or less punk music. I still love the attitude that punk bands have and it?s good to see them live. But I like to do more melodic stuff and songs that touches our audience. In the beginning it was just rage.
How do explain these changes?
It’s the way we always wanted to go, but we didn?t first know how. Now it’s all here. It feels very nice.
What are topics you treat in your songs?
They are mostly sad love songs. We are now working on new tunes that are much happier. But even in our darkest songs there is a glow of light somewhere.
What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why?
Probably some of the new ones; Apart or Shiver. They just work so well. Songs you can dance to.
Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio?
I’ll choose gigs. We are blessed to have such a lovely audience every night. I can’t see doing this without playing gigs to our fans. I love to talk with them after the shows as well.
During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer?
I prefer the beginning and the end. In the beginning I?m alone with the song and it takes me to another places. I’ll always try to cacht a certain mood to each song. Then we try the song with the boys and if and when it starts to work, it is incredibly touching.
A stupid question but… what is among all the songs you’ve been listening in your life the BEST song?
It must be Kate Bush with Hounds Of Love. I love the mood and the intensity on Kate’s vocals.
What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet?
As we are an indieband from Finland it?s a nice way to promote our music. That’s why we have fans in the States and UK. And who knows maybe in France too!
What are your projects ?
I’ll try to make Dive as good as I can. That’s my project.
What “image” do you have of French music?
I’ll have to admit that I don?t know french music that much. I read sometime ago the biography of Edith Piaf.
Is there one French song that you prefer? If so, what song is it?
Any of Edith Piaf’s songs. Perhaps “L’hymne à l’Amour”. We used to listen to it with my father when I was a kid.
January 18th, 2007
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