STAR INDUSTRY post show interview highlights Athens Greece by Anestopoulos

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THE DIALOGUE
A : I saw you 6 years ago in Finland, and it was wonderful. Things might have changed thru the years, but you share the same passion.
SI: You saw us in Lumous festival in Tampere.
A : I remember back in the day, you had a violin player. What happened to this guy?
SI: He had to go a very long time ago.
A :Yes, in the beginning.
SI: In the beginning he had to go.
A : Is there any chance we might see something like that again?
SI: No, we don't think so.
A : I was just wondering...
SI: We liked the idea of a live violin, but it's again an extra person, extra influence, so...
The band is now good like it is.
A : How did you decide to start the band with the name "Star Industry"? I'm sure that when you hear the name "Star Industry" something comes in mind, but I want you to tell me how it started. Who ΄s idea was that?
SI: We always kept it as 20 years old as a little mystery.
A : (Meaning) I can use my imagination.
SI: Yes!
A : You were here in Greece last year, and the year before.
SI: And years before. Many times!
A : I want you to make a comparison. How was last year; how things have gone; I mean...it goes better and better each time?
SI: Yes.
I've seen Athens going from a big crisis...we saw that. We talked to the people after the concert, and people tell us, and our heart bleeds when we hear the people suffer...
But times have changed, we think a change is coming.
A : For the better?
SI: For the better. We believe in that. We pray for that.
A : We all wish that.
SI: (We 'll get here) Next year.
A : We 'll be here waiting for you.
SI: Very gentle, nice!
A : One of my fav producers was Mr Acker because I love the Revolting Cocks as a band. How come you changed the producer? Υou decided to experiment in something different? Or to expand the sound to a new level?
SI: Last album we did with Luc Van Acker was the Last Crusades album. Luc works in his home studio. He is a very nice guy, and every time we are there to record something, the first 2 hours we do nothing, only listen to Luc telling funny amazing stories...and it took us almost 2 years to finish the album. It was a good time and Luc did a great job of course. But for the last album, the Renegate album, we chose another studio with another producer, (but that has) nothing to do with Luc. The approach from the music (style) was also different. The Last Crusades fits Luc.
A : The Renegate (LP) is a little bit different in soundings, so you tried new things there with the other producer...I cannot recall his name...Proost?
SI: Yes, Tom Proost.
A : So now you have left this label (=Alfa Matrix).
SI: No, we are still there.
A : Thanks for correcting me!
There are people who don't listen to this music literally, and when they hear the tune "Nineties" they say "ohh I have heard this somewhere", so not only goths like you and listen to you; many other guys like you, from other music streams.
SI: Yes. When the "Nineties" was coming out in Belgium, it was played on one of the biggest national radio stations called studio Brussel, and they picked up the song.
A : I was playing this thing (=Nineties song) myself in a club here in Athens (=Next club) back then, and people liked it very much.
SI: We had always good response on it, of course from the gothic world, but also from other people. Sometimes we played on mainstream festivals in Belgium or other countries where people go from hard rock to pop, to metal, whatever, and all people like "Nineties" always.
A : So how was your experience playing in New York city or even China? How were the things there? I might get in New York city, but China; What was the reaction; the approach of the folks there?
SI: That was very funny, because the Chinese people went crazy during a song, dancing, screaming; And when we stopped the song they do like this (=describes plain clapping and then a very quiet audience at once). Amazing audience. It was an amazing experience.
A : So are you looking forward to going there again sometime?
SI: Yeah, we have some good contacts there and we have the possibility to go whenever we want. But it's a whole trip over there. It's not (like) going to Athens.
A : I was in Southeast Asia (too). Yeah, it's a big trip.
How about New York? How was the experience there? Did you like it?
SI: Of course. New York was cool; this was 5 years ago. This year we had to play in the other side of the States...Los Angeles, San Francisco, and we went to play in Mexico. It was better there.
A : Well, America is big anyway. It's not only the United States. You can go to South America...
SI: Yeah. We went to play for one show in Mexico. Mexico is crazy!
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