his band had actually opened up for ZZ Top once. He and Billy from ZZ Top were really good friends, if only he had stayed in contact with him that would have been huge!(laughing) Maybe one day he will run into him again! (laughing) My father also did a recording on one of Willie Nelson's songs. My father was in the recording studio recording for someone and the they came in and asked him if he wanted to record for someone and make a few bucks. My father said "Yeah, of course!", then in came walking Willie Nelson, so my father got to do some piano work for Willie Nelson, which is pretty cool.
Craig on bass, his training is in Art, but my father actually taught him bass. Craig wanted to be a musician and we were in need of a bass player, so almost within a month he learned bass which was pretty spectacualr. Craig learned all the songs pretty quickly, and he actually played his first show two months after learning them.
DDR: For folks that have not heard you yet, how would you describe your sound?
AW: Thats a very interesting question because every time we get asked as far as what genre, we consider ourselves different. I like to say we consider ourselves Worhol. Every song we play sounds different from the others. At times, we have been classified as symphonic rock, goth rock, gothic metal, we have even heard melodic metal. To be honest, I am happy to know
that we can't exactly fit in any given genre. Not being classified allows us to appeal to a broad varity of fans with one or all of our songs. There will be one that they can relate to. Between my father's influences and my influences it has created a band that I am excited for the world to hear!
DDR: Being kin to Andy Warhol, does that
influence you any way in stage performances as well as video making?
AW: Obviously with Andy being family, it's in our genes. He created his own style and pop art. One thing we are known for is being theatrical. In our shows we always dress the part. I am always in gothic attire whether it's corset dresses or anything you think you would see if you where going to see a theater production. That's similar to what you will find with us. What we have planned for our album release show at warhouse live is beyond anything we have done with previous shows. The whole aspect of who we are is not only coming to hear music, your coming to see a live production! Definitely everyone needs to come out to the album release to and catch what we have in store for them.
DDR: As a band, your presentation both musically and visually comes across as it was an 'all or nothing' decision. Is that correct?
AW: Both my parents raised me saying, "You get one shot at this! You need to make this the best that it can be!". With that being said we took our time! We do not tend to play many shows, we play maybe once or twice a month. Not because we are not working, but because we are taking our time and trying to make it perfect. Like with our YouTube channel, we dont have alot of videos, but the ones we do have a really great quality.
DDR: Having recently toured overseas,
how would you compare the music scene from others you have experienced?
AW: With our style of music, I felt really at home overseas. Being almost like a symphonic orchestra over there, they really loved it. It was cool to be in another country and them be so passionate about our style of music. The atmoshere and the lifestyle over there is like a whole new world. Here in the states, some cities are more genre specific in some ways. In contrast, being overseas, the styles of music blended very well. What's good here in the states, is that we stand out!
DDR: Your album was produced by John LaCompt, formerly of evanesence, how was that experience for you knowning his history in the music industry and did he have any advice for you?
AW: I think that if someone told me that one day, not only will I meet him but do my first album with him, I don't think I would have believed them. I was such a fan of Evenescence growing up. I had the oppurtunity to speak with John many times over the course of making this album and he was extremely humble and encouraging. I wanted him to produce our album because I believed he knew our style. I knew he