Fred Washburn
Sparzanza
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March 19, 2009
Interview with: Fred Washburn from SPARZANZA
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Hail from Sparzanza, and thanx!
It went really well and there were lots of people in the audience, but we unfortunately did not film any of it. Maybe next time!
The video was made by a local guy named Ola Paulakoski and it revolves about this guy, who's struggling his inner demons of drug abuse!
Magnus did not participate on this album, so we just did what we had to do... more metal! We contacted Magnus after the album was finished, because we knew him since before, and that he was a good guitar player who would fit perfectly in the SPARZANZA universe!
When our last album, Banisher of the light, was released, we immediately started writing new songs for the next album. Writing songs is a process that sometimes can take several months, just because we try to raise our standards in songwriting for every new album, and since we all write everything together, we also have to agree that this is good shit!
Well, since our first album, people have labeled us as a Stoner band, but personally I'd say we've moved more into the Metal genre. All of us in the band have kind of different influences, so I can only speak for myself, but bands like PANTERA, FAITH NO MORE, SLIPKNOT and SOUNDGARDEN are probably MY biggest influences!
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It all came up in the studio really, when we sat down trying to come up with a cool name for the album. We knew we wanted to have some kind of word game, so I came up with the idea of changing the old latin saying of In vino veritas, to In Voodoo veritas which basically means In voodoo lies the truth which we all thought sounded cool. Besides, voodoo isn't that commonly used in media today. When it came down to artwork and concept, we handed it over to a guy named Henrik Hedlund at Chaosmedia, a very talented dude from our hometown, who does this stuff all the time! It's as simple as that!
By the way I really loved the sound of the bass guitar. Sometimes yes, and sometimes no! That's why we involved producer Rikard Lofgren, who became sort of a sixth member in the band. He is very good at picking our songs apart, and then putting them together again...with that little extra to it. Regarding the sound of the album, we pretty much knew from the beginning what we wanted to sound like!
He he... I wish there were, but I think that over the years we have got a lot better at writing new material, and with the help of Rikard Lofgren it's even better, so I'd say that the producer, in our case, is very important!
Plain and simple, In voodoo lies the truth!
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In the creating phase it's mostly me and Johan (bass player) who writes all the lyrics, with a few exceptions. In the studio we tend to re-write a lot of material, and once again it's Rikard Lofgren who contributes there!
Once again the credit goes to Rikard Lofgren, who did all programming and keyboards on the album, not that there is that much though. Live, we have them on backtrack!
Europe is definitely in our game plan, it's just a matter of when. And we will try to play as many festivals as we possibly can this summer... festivals are always fucking awesome!
The thought has crossed our minds a couple of times, but nothing planned yet... let's see what happens!
Well, stay metal, drink beer and buy our albums. See you on the road!
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