Lyla D'Souza
Kill For Eden
•
May 29, 2013
We are a bunch of international musical strays with the same passion for making hard melodic Rock.
We speak in musical tongues so we understand each other just fine!
As we have been developing our sound, we are going down a heavier rock route much to my satisfaction, therefore songs like Living on Mars, Ned, Untouchables and The Evil that Men do I find are our finest pieces and are indeed the best crowd pleasers as they rock hard live.
Modern Classic Rock. Songs that are hard hitting but melodically memorable.
The songwriting process is always my favourite part of making an album, hearing the songs come to life from a concept into a full blown tune.
Kill for Eden is representative of western society. We live in a bubble where we enjoy the riches of the world at the expense of the planet and third world countries. We are happy to kill as long as our place of Eden is preserved. It has obvious religious connotations to but I won't get into that today!
Over and Over was a re-working of a song I wrote many years ago. I always loved the melody but needed Dave to give it a new life. Beige is about living with a social beige conformist who tried to squash my dreams, Kerosene is about having a one night stand from a girl's perspective (not about me of course not 😉 ), Living on Mars describes someone who has become too big for their boots from their success and no longer feels the need to keep their old minion friends. These are all personal experiences which I always draw from in my songwriting.
People think this all the time. But no, I like the title and it made me think along the lines of Catholic guilt (again very autobiographical!). We all feel guilt for the bad things we do but us Catholics can take it one step too far. All I'm saying in this song is "don't worry we all sin, big deal, get over yourself!" But alas, its easier said then done…..
We are influenced by classic rock/ metal from the 70s through to current bands. Definitely the bands above are inspirational to us as well as a plethora of other bands both current and past. From Sabbath to Soundgarden for me mostly male bands are my inspiration. But I adore Blondie, loved Heart and am a massive fan of Skunk Anansie.
My life and other works.
I had a handful of opera lessons about 10 years ago and have had musical training, but no real singing training. I became a singing teacher about 5 years ago so I have been trained to teach, which has most definitely taught me how to use my voice correctly and how to tell a story using the voice like a painter would use a brush, ie its not all about hard strokes but the medium and light strokes that define the composition.
Too many to mention – Chris Cornell, Paul Rodgers, Robert Plant, Freddy Mercury, Jimmy Barnes (Cold Chisel), Bon Scott, Bruce Dickinson, Suzi Quatro, Ann Wilson, Suze Demarchi (Baby Animals), Beth Ditto!…..
International touring, festivals and the like, getting our music to the rock and roll discerning masses.
Check us out at www.killforeden.com and buy our album from iTunes from the 6th of May! Don't be put off by us being a female fronted band, I have more balls than most guys and I dont sound like a typical female rocker, well maybe not as hard as Angela Gossow from Arch Enemy as we're not a death metal kinda band but think Steve Tyler with tits 😉
More results...