RIKETS
10/1/2005
Interview w/ Scott Rose
by n/a, ShatteredSilence.net
SS: First state your name, what you play, and after all that a little band history?
Rikets: Scott I am the singer.
SS: What does Rikets mean to you, and why did you choose that name?
Rikets: The decline of western civilization
SS: What do you classify your music currently as?
Rikets: Horror Industrial Metal.
SS: What do you want to accomplish with your music?
Rikets: Make a impact on the planet, change the current trends.
SS: Who are your influences?
Rikets: Everything and everyone.
SS: What do you have in your CD player now?
Rikets: Avenged sevenfold, dark new day, prince
SS: What do you think of the current state of music?
Rikets: Its upsetting there are so many act's out there that just emulate each other in pop, rap, hip hop even it's so hard to find a good "musical product" these days...so to say, and I believe there’s a big change coming in the industry as far as how and what act's are presented to the public, and hopefully we can be a band contributing to help put "heavy" music back in the "mass media's" eyes.
SS: What is your message behind the new CD, lyrically and musically?
Rikets: We are just playing what comes out of us as a band, whether it's anger, love, drug's, we write what just comes naturally as a band...its very organic.
SS: Anything worth mentioning happen during the last recording?
Rikets: We smoked so much damn weed.
SS: How long did this take to record?
Rikets: About 9 months...we were very cautious to what we wanted people to hear from us first…so we just took our time
SS: What made you go with Corporate Punishment and why?
Rikets: Also, how have they treated you? They treat us awesome...We went with them because they let us do what we wanted and backed us 100% since day one...Tom's a old friend of mine so it was just natural.
SS: What advice would you give to a band just starting out?
Rikets: Take your time, don’t rush into getting a record deal makes sure you have something as a band and just dedicate yourselves to making it grow.
SS: What made you want to play this style of music?
Rikets: I’ve been around this music my entire life...it's just what comes out of me.
SS: What other countries would you like to tour?
Rikets: Every single one of them. Especially Holland.
SS: How would you compare the West Coast and the East Coast scenes?
Rikets: Two totally different vibes...but music is music and if it’s good, I’m into it.
SS: What are you preparation ‘rituals’ before a show?
Rikets: Yell at myself, pace, drink tea, pace some more...smoke...go.
SS: Favorite movies?
Rikets: Anything with blood in it.
SS: Coke or Pepsi? Metallica or Megadeth? Jason or Freddy? Nintendo or Sega?
Rikets: coke, metallica, jason, nintendo
SS: What do you think the worst band name is?
Rikets: Killing and dying on sunday at church from passover to easter dying tomorrows deadly death on wednesday.
SS: Who would you most like to tour with that is still around? How about not around?
Rikets: motley crue, machine head, van halen, H.I.M. Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Alice cooper, KISS, SNOT.
SS: You are flying over the artic tundra, you plane takes a dive and crashes…The only survivors are the band members. Would you eat a member to survive…and who would it be?
Rikets: Josh...
SS: If you could abolish one law in this country, what would it be and why?
Rikets: I’d make a new law....your band cant play live without a license from the music police.
SS: What were your favorite cartoons growing up?
Rikets: transformers
SS: Favorite classic video game? (Nintendo, Atari, Sega)
Rikets: Turbograffix 16
SS: Anything you want to add?
Rikets: GO buy our record its out now on Corporate Punishment!
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