In today’s A-Z challenge, we find out all about Before The Sirens as Alun Davies takes on our famed 26 questions!
A song that made you want to make music?
Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way.
Best rider you have had?
Hammerfest 2010 – Beer, Cheese Doritos, Jägermeister, Whisky. Rider Heaven
Craziest moment as an artist?
Playing an acoustic show at the NEC randomly after a last minute request!
Deepest lyric one of your songs features?
“I’m drowning, but I’ll drink it anyway”
Easiest song you wrote?
“All We Are” from our new EP. It kind of just happened.
Favourite song in your set?
“Low” brings the energy to our set every time we play it.
Guest you’d most like to feature on your record?
James Hetfield – Metallica
Hardest thing about being an artist?
Creating social media content that is interesting and relevant
Interesting fact about your band?
We have been playing music together since we were 11 years old.
Joke you like to tell?
What do you call a chicken in a shellsuit? An egg!!
Key to writing a song?
Write from the heart. Ensure it is a theme you are passionate about.
Longest distance you’ve travelled to play a show?
North Wales. Three traffic jams meant it took nine and a half hours to get there!
Most inspiring musician you’ve experienced?
The Ghost Inside. To come back from the horrific tour bus crash they had is incredible.
New band/artist you’d recommend?
Check out CageFight. A few of the guys are from our local metal scene and they are SICK!
Opening for this band/artist would be ideal?
Tremonti.
Place you’d most like to tour?
USA. So many shows to play and so much to see and experience.
Quote that you’d like to pass on to our readers?
“If you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, the fish will spend it’s life thinking it is an idiot”
Reason for the title of your forthcoming release?
As It Is Above, So It Is Below was based on a fascination with the macro/microcosm and how vast the universe is.
See us live at?
The Red Lion, Stevenage for Heavyfest on June 27.
The old days of music were better than the current, do you agree?
No. Not better, just different.
Unusual merchandise?
We give away free Before The Sirens guitar picks at all of our shows!
Variations you’d like to do on one of your songs?
A drum and bass remix of one of our tunes could be fun.
What do your fans mean to you?
Everything. Without them, we don’t have anyone to create our music for!
X-rays or any treatments needed for performance-related injuries?
Adam (our bassist) had a nasty microphone imprint on his once from where I whacked him with it during one of our more enthusiastic performances!!
You’re late for a show, whose fault is it?
Adam. Or me. It would be a close call!!
Zoo animal that best describes the personality of you?
Dolphin. Looks placid and adorable but you would wouldn’t want to fight one!