25 Records (UK) Interview What's the name of the band, and how did you come up with the name? BLUSTER, by chance ! How did you meet? In pub, by internet & by old buddies. How long have you been together? About 2 years. What are the individual members names and what do they play? Nico - vocals, Carmelo - drums, Eric - bass, Levent - guitar Where is the band based? In Geneva Radback, CH What are most of your songs about? (love, partying, political, beer, etc.) About personnal emotions. Who or what inspired you to become a musician? I always liked music (Nico) Carlos Santana (Eric) The band Arlequin (Carmelo) Because life is music (Levent) Give us an interesting story that happened either at a gig, or while writing or recording a song. During one open air gig on the Geneva Lake shore, sound conditions were terrible at the because of a broken bass amp provided by the backline & echo in the monitors. Nico made up new lyrics on the spot directed to the sound engineer, who went berserk, shouting through to the monitors, about Nico’s microphone being noisy. The guy can’t realise that the sound problem came from his proper material !!! After that, the 2 guitarist ran out of guitar strings and also a jack amplifier accidently amplifier accidently. What bands are you listening to at the moment? Nico - Tool, Deftones, RATM, Shovel, Fragment, Karl Orff Eric - Jeff Beck, Paolo Conte, Bach, Steve Lukather Carmelo - Satriani, Toto, Foreigner, Kim Wilde, Zucchero Levent - Blackmore’s Night, Tool, Impure Wilhelmina, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Bach, Marylin Manson What are some of your favourite songs? Nico - Vogue (Fragment), Third Eye (Tool), My Own Summer (Deftones), Scythe (Shovel) Eric - Soul Sacrifice (Santana) , Badge (Clapton) Carmelo - The Extremist (Satriani), Il Volo ( Zucchero) Levent - Stargazer (Rainbow) Have you been in other bands? Nico - Bégon Zone, Diabolic Force Eric - Broken Chains, Little Big, Billy’s Basket, Claim, The Green Brothers Do you prefer to play in the studio or live gigs? Nico - studio, Eric, Carmelo & Levent - live Describe your sound. We can’t be objective. Where can people come and see you play ? At the Usine, place des volontaires, Geneva, for the annual dustoffs. Check our web page (www.bluster.ch) for more infos. Do you have any interesting stories involving the police or breaking the law? ( That we can post on the site) No Does anyone in the band have any strange or unusual habits or superstitions? Nico I take a shit everytime before a gig Eric Hard massage Carmelo I always put salt to my shoes before a soundcheck. Levent a thoughtful about Mesude, Ayhan, Hakan & Ece. This is Hardcore!!!!!! Here are a few questions we got out of Melody Maker from a Jarvis Cocker [Pulp] interview. When did you lose your virginity? Nico - 16 yo Eric - 17 yo Carmelo - 15 yo Levent - 14 yo Would you be willing to give up sex for five years if you could have graphic erotic dreams any time you wished? Nico - Why not Eric - No way ! Carmelo - yes Levent - no How would you react if you found out your lover had a lover of the same sex before you knew each other? Eric - Who cares ? Carmelo - I’ll be very sad