Interviews

Interview With Corey Lowery Of Eye Empire

RockAccess: The new Dark New Day album ‘New Tradition’ is coming out this week. Originally though, from an outsider’s perspective, this all happened all of a sudden starting with ‘Hail Mary’ coming out on iTunes with barely any notice. Can you explain how it all happened?

Corey Lowery: Yeah, actually Clint, Will, and I talked about it. Every night being on [more →]

Interview With Justin McCain Of Emphatic

Rock Access: Where did the band name Emphatic come from?

Justin McCain: It was just one of the many names that was thrown into the mix. Emphatic stuck because it defined who we were and what we wanted to represent.

RA: Emphatic hails from Omaha, Nebraska, also home to music titans 311. Did watching 311 rise out of Omaha influence/inspire you guys?

JM: [more →]

Interview With Cris Brown Of One Less Reason

Rock Access: One Less Reason is pretty much the success story for unsigned bands who want to make it without the help of a label. How have you guys done it?

Cris Brown: We had the luxury of being on MySpace before spam took over and had a radio campaign when we were signed to Universal, so those two things really [more →]

Interview With Evan Coffman

Evan Coffman is a producer at Starlight Studios in Orlando. His discography includes Stereoside, Overscene, etc.

Rock Access: What songs/albums sparked your desire to start making recordings?

Evan Coffman: hmmm.. That’s a good question.

Well I have always been a huge music fan ever since I was old enough to decipher what music was. I knew I always wanted to be [more →]

Interview With Leigh Kakaty Of Pop Evil

Rock Access: ‘War of Angels’ has been complete for a while now, how frustrating has been for you guys up until now?

Leigh Kakaty: It’s real frustrating! On the flip side it’s so amazing the amount of love and support from the fans on Facebook and website! People really want it! When there is a demand for your product it’s really [more →]

Interview With Greg Bradley Of Art Of Dying

Rock Access: ‘Vices and Virtues’ has been out for a couple of months now. How has the response been so far?

Greg Bradley: It’s been really good! We’ve been very happy with how people are liking it. People have been coming to the shows and knowing a lot of the lyrics. That’s where you know people are actually listening to the [more →]

Interview With Egypt Central

Rock Access: Your career in music as Egypt Central has been pretty rough, at least in the beginning with label situations. What kept you guys going?

John Falls: I’d say the fans first and foremost! No matter how many people tried to keep the first album from coming out or how many times we had a door slammed in our [more →]

Interview With Dale Stewart Of Seether

Rock Access: You recorded the new album in Nashville with Brendan O’Brien. What type of album were you looking to make when you chose him?

Dale Stewart:When setting out to record this album, I think we simply wanted to write the best songs we possibly could and make the best album we could. We as a band are all big fans [more →]

Interview With Keith Wallen From Adelitas Way / Copper

Rock Access: Copper hasn’t played a show in two or three years. What made you guys decide to get together for one more in February?

Keith Wallen: We have all been doing different projects and that was the only time that we all had time. Plus, there are still fans that want to hear us! That’s kind of been the [more →]

Interview With Myles Kennedy Of Alter Bridge

Rock Access: You guys chose to release ‘AB III‘ in Europe before making it available in the US, do you worry that sales may not be as strong since it has had more time to float around the Internet?

Myles Kennedy: It was definitely a concern. There were many different factors that I won’t bore you with as to why we [more →]