Monday, 15 April 2013

Seventh Shade join Southport Metal Fest




Seventh Shade are about to release there new EP and offer an exclusive to SMF2013 with a new addition on guitar and a new set tunes that will be bursting at the seams with rich melody and hard grooves. If you haven't caught Seventh Shade before you are in for a treat.

WHATS THE NAME OF YOUR BAND, AND WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES AND JOBS IN THE 

We are Seventh Shade from merseyside. The band consists of 4 members, 

John Okeffe - Lead vocals and rhythm guitar
Paul Chadwich - Backing vocals and Bass guitar
John Foster - Lead Guitar
Simon Lynskey - Drums and percussion.


 
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN TOGETHER, AND HOW DID YOU START?

Seventh Shade have been writing and playing music together since may 2010. 
The band started with John Okeffe and Simon who have played in other bands in the past along with Paul, 
Paul left our last band to study at university. IN that time seventh Shade was born with two previous members 
who left the band in the middle of 2012. When Paul completed university he was drafted back in the band. Foster has been a 
very close friend to us all as he plays in seventh shade's sister band PAY FOR YOUR SINS who are an epic metal band. When our previous 
Lead guitarist left we needed someone to jump in and Foster was there to help us, he still in the band and not looked back, 
which is good for us cause he is amazing. 

 

WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM THE REST? 

Its hard to say as there is so many bands out there, we try and make it hard for people to forget us when they watch us live. 
We are always trying to improve our set and how we perform live.   


 WHO ARE YOUR MAIN INFLUENCES MUSICALLY?

Breaking Benjamin               August burns Red 
Inme                            Nickleback
Trust company                   Deaf Havana 
John Mayer                      Slipknot  
AX7                             Stone sour 
Parkway drive                   
Killswitch engage               AND TONES MORE WHAT I CANT THINK OF 


 WHAT ARE YOUR SONGS MOSTLY ABOUT?

JOHN OKEFFE'S LOVE LIFE 


 WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE SONG THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN? 

I CANT SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE LADS BUT MINE (SIMON) HAS GOT TO BE DEAR FATHER. 



 IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN ONE WORD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

tight..  :s

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BEST MOMENT / GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AS A BAND SO FAR? Hearing our music being played on dune FM WHATS NEXT FOR YOU GUYS? We are currently in the studio recording our debute album which we are hopeing to release somtime this year. Also we are going to be going on a mini tour and playing as many shows as we can, so we can meet as many new people and hope they follow and support us. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU TO HEAR MORE? FACEBOOK YOUTUBE WEBSITE ETC. Facebook.com/seventhshade Soundcloud.co./seventhshade we have our first single "Your eyes are mine" available on Itunes for 79p(Bargain). We hope to have a youtube channel up soon aswell. HOW DO YOU RATE YOUR LOCAL SCENE AT THE MOMENT? Its ok at the momet but there is a lot of room for improvement, the scene seemes to be the same people playing to each other over again but St.helens should hopefully get better. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO CHANGE/ IMPROVE IT? I think if there was a couple of good venues in the town centre the scene would thrive but due to the current climate its hard for that to happen. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON EVENTS LIKE THESE- WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE? Events such as these are needed for live music to continue and for new acts to be reconised. More events are needed so we can play them all ;) DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A LACK OF ORIGINALITY OR A WILLINGNESS TO PUSH BOUNDERYS IN METAL AS A GENRE? I think there is a lot of copy cats in metal music and some are unwilling to try and push metal, but saying that there are just as many bands are doing the oposite and pushing the genre which is amazing. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST WORRY YOU GUYS FACE AS A BAND? Not being able to play Music together. IF YOU COULD SUPPORT ANY BAND, WHO WOULD IT BE? Breaking Benjamin WHO WOULD WIN- GANDALF OR DARTH VADER? vader every time..... he is a bad ass mofo. FINALLY- WHY SHOULD PEOPLE COME AND SEE YOU PLAY? We put on a solid perfomance everytime and we really appriciate anyone that takes time out of there day for watch or listen to us it means alot.

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