Interview
With MR. HATE
Mr. Hate are :
Carsten "livelongandprosper" Schulz on Lead Vocals
Roger "debassiszuleis" Kayy on Bass and Backing Vocals
Henning "gutdemdinge" Lackman on Drums, Trash Cans and
Percussion
Steffen "lumbepack" Seeger on Guitar and Backing Vocals
How would you classify your
music?
Roger :
Groove orientated heavy rock, lots of thought goes into the rhythm section,
but retaining a heavier style with harmonious vocals.
Do you all have day jobs and
if so what do you do?
Roger
: Chief of a forwarding company.
Carsten : Student.
Steffen : Student.
Henning : Travel Agent
How did the band get together?
Roger
: In '92 I met Manfred Kyle and Ace and decided to get a band together.
Later we brought in Henning and advertised for a singer and in came
Carsten. We were playing bluesy rock songs at that time. Ace then decided
to quite. Manfred wanted the band to have two guitarists and this brought
in Steffen. Manfred then left and left the four of us who are still
in the band now.
What are your musical backgrounds?
Roger
: listening to music since the age of six, friends influenced me to
listen to heavy rock like Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Kiss, LynchMob
and my favourite band Motley Crue. Like some NWOBHM too.
Carsten : Robert Plant, Ray Gillen, Jon Bon Jovi, Sting
Henning : Steve Gadd, Steve Smith, Jeff Pocaro
Steffen : Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch, Steve Rothery, Tony
Macalpine (had guitar lessons by Joey Taffola!)
What kind of music do you like
to listen to when your not playing?
Roger
: At this present time I am not listening to any music when I am not
playing.
Carsten : almost everything, but mainly hardrock.
Henning : funk and classic rock stuff.
Steffen : AOR, hard rock, progressive stuff.
What do you do to relax?
Roger :
Watch TV, drink beer and play computer games (mainly racing games).
Carsten : surving on the internet, listen to music!
Henning : playing on sony play station.
Steffen : smoke & eat & drink.
What is the most satisfying
thing about being in a band ?
Roger
: Being on stage and getting good feedback from the audience.
Carsten : getting a very cheap form of psycho therapy.
Henning : freakin' out.
Steffen : chicks & drinks for free.
How well is the album selling
?
Roger :
Well, it's not selling as well as expected, but this is due to lack
of promotion, distribution on the part of the record label we were with.
Do you have your own studio
?
Roger :
No, we hired a studio to record 'Fragments' for 5 weeks.
Since then we have recorded a 12 track demo tape, which we did in 2
days for the purpose of getting a new record deal.
If you had the chance to jam
with any band, who would that be?
Roger :
Motley Crue.
Henning : Toto or Steely Dan.
Steffen : Journey or Dokken.
Carsten : Led Zeppelin or Badlands.
What's the best thing that
has ever happened to you?
Roger
: Getting the band together to the present line-up and getting the record
deal, although that has now collapsed and meeting my wife.
Carsten : my last girl-friend.
Henning : life in general.
Steffen : finding these guys.
What's the worst thing that
has ever happened to you?
Roger :
Collapse of the record deal.
Carsten : losing my last girl-friend.
Henning : ?
Steffen : losing my car
Who writes the songs?
Roger
: to a degree, Steffen and myself write the songs,but we all put some
input into them.
Are you pleased with the way
the album turned out, Is there anything you would change?
Roger :
We recorded 'Fragments' with no recording engineer, well I did
act as the recording engineer and I am very pleased with the result
with the result. I would not change anything on the album.
Where do you get your inspiration
from?
Roger :
I get inspiration from listening to other music.
Carsten : my weird and psycho mind.
Henning : rehearsing.
Steffen : see Roger.
Who thought of the band's name
and how did you choose it?
Roger
: I chose the name, I am huge fan of The Tubes, they have a song called
Mr.Hate. The story of the song is that this guy picks up his daily newspaper
and read that his mum and dad is dead and he's being accused of murder.
In the end it turns out that he did kill the, but he can't remember
doing it. So I thought it was a cool name.
Which are you personal favorite
songs and why?
Roger :
'Fragments', is one of my favourites because it was a band effort,
it's raw power, cool start and then suddenly explodes. 'Crucify',
'Gun In The Cradle' and 'Who Do You Think You Are'
Carsten : "Fragments" and "How Do You...",
'cause this is, what MR.HATE's all about!
Henning : the whole record!
Steffen : "Fragments" & "Silvermoon" - see Carsten!
Do you play many gigs and if
so where?
Roger
: Not at the moment as the live scene in Germany is into Hip-Hop, Disco,
Etc.
What is you view of the music
scene in Heidelberg?
Roger :
There's no hard rock scene anymore in Heidelberg
What band/s would you say has
had the most influence on you?
Roger
: Motley Crue.
Carsten : Led Zeppelin.
Henning : too many to mention
Steffen : Dokken
What are your plans for the
future?
Roger
: To play more gigs, Get another record deal and not to argue too much
with my other band members
Carsten : getting rich and famous.
Henning : getting famous & handsome.
Steffen : getting handsome, rich & famous.
Any last words or remarks?
Roger
: Hopefully, the music world will drop the bad taste of Techno, Hip-Hop,
etc and get back to the great sounds of hard rock. Since every dog has
it's day maybe Mr. Hate will be right there on the spot when this time
comes.
Carsten : Well, I hope, people will get the opportunity to listen
to our stuff and find out, that this really is true & dedicated music!
Mr. Hate Website : http://listen.to/mrhate
or
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cshulz
Email : mrhate@gmx.de
or
cshulz@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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