We wanted to know more about ClayToRide so we asked them to take on our A-Z challenge!
A song that made you want to make music?
Refused – The deadly rhythm
Best rider you’ve ever had?
“We cannot forget our gig in Suwalki, Poland. It’s a small town close to the lake region, so we had fried catfish and neat vodka before the show! yummy!”
Craziest thing you’ve experienced in the band?
Burning Michele’s ass with a scorching spoon in the middle of the night.
Deepest lyric one of your songs features?
“Dare”
Easiest song you wrote?
“Extincted”
Favourite song in your set?
“Flatscreen”
Guest you’d most like to feature on your record?
Dennis Lyxzen/Allison Mosshart
Hardest thing about being in a band?
Make everybody happy.
Interesting fact about one of your members?
None of us like cucumber.
Jokes you have in the band?
Putting cucumber secretly everywhere.
Key to writing a song?
Drink some wine and let the flow go.
Longest distance you’ve travelled to play a show?
1033.58 miles
Most inspiring musician you’ve experienced?
Bud Spencer Blues Explosion
New band you’d recommend?
Marmozets
Opening for this band would be ideal?
Absolutely, yes, the Marmozets.
Place you’d most like to tour?
California.
Quote you’d like to pass on to our readers?
“There shouldn’t be difference between you and your music, that’s how we play and why we change.”
Reason for the title of your recent/forthcoming release?
The title of the album comes from our decision to leave our hometown in Italy for a better life and to build a better future. This is a common story nowadays: there’s a lot of people that are leaving everything they love to change their life in another country, or just to ensure to their children better life conditions. The whole world is changing, people are moving from a country to another, without caring about borders, trying to fight the fear, the fear of being pulled down, the fear of losing everything they love, the fear of not being able to do anything to help themselves. From all of these things,
“Worth Leaving” born but the message that wants to send is “grab the tools to change your life”
See us live at?
TBA (please, follow our fb page for further info!)
The old days of music were better than the current, do you agree?
Yes, we do. But now is different, for some kind of reasons, it could be easier due to internet, fb, tweeter, YT, for others not. Once, people literally were hungry for music.
Unusual merchandise?
Mmm.no. Some suggestions?
Variations you’d like to do of any of your songs?
No, I don’t think so.
What do your fans mean to you?
They mean everything. They’re our reason to travel. They are the senders and receivers of our messages and their support is fundamental and essential for us.
Xrays or any treatments needed for band related injuries?
No, fortunately. Just some casts when we were younger.
You’re late for a show, whose fault is it?
Matteo, the drummer.
Zoo animal that best describes the personality of your band?
Michele: bat;
Stefano: lemur;
Matteo: wolf.