:: INTERVIEW TO TONY
"DEMOLITION" DOLAN FROM ATOMKRAFT - versione
italiana
Do you remember the leader of the english cult band of the first N.W.O.B.H.M
years, who was called to take the place of Cronos in the legendary band
Venom after his split?
With this interview, Mr. Dolan tells us about his past, his career as actor
(very important is the part he plays in “Master and Commander”,
winner of two Oscar) and about his come-back with Atomkraft!
Incredibly,
after many years of silence, we talk about Atomkraft again. The first thing
we should ask you is if it is a question of a real reunion...
Well a reunion? Mmm, kind of but not in the usual way I guess! My original
guitarist now runs a Theatre as a Master Carpenter and as far as I know
no longer plays! The guitarsist who appeared with me on vinyl is now a street
musician,very fat with a beard and just isn't able to play this kind of
stuff any more! The singer who we brought in so I could be free to just
play my instrument is a butcher and again no longer performs. My original
drummer is a photographer and no longer plays and the drummer who appeared
on the Neat releases now has his own label and again hasn't played for some
years. I deliberated in the face of these facts as to a reforming and possible
appearences and decided that it woould be a bad idea.It seems that I am
the only one who has continued too play and record. I have been aske dif
I would be prepared to go out with a band and am in the middle of recording
my new album due out, summer 2005 and so have decided to go out as ATOMKRAFT!
I will have a new drummer named Basty from the band Sevenchurch and a new
guitarist named Payre from the bands,Viperine and Hunter/Killer. So although
no ATOMKRAFT original reunion as such, I will be out there in 2005 with
the band and we will be performing original suff alongside material from
the new album, 'HEADSMASHED IN'(I Couldn't Give A Fuck!).
What
does the anthology contain?
The ATOMKRAFT anthology contains all of the legitimate NEAT recordings,
some with the original vocals and mixes like, 'Demolition' and 'Funeral
Pyre'. These 2 tracks appeared on the 'Queen Of Death' E.P. but were actually
originally recorded much earlier for the 'Your Mentor' E.P. The vocals were
replaced when the Queen E.P. came out as our new singer performed on the
2 new tracks and I had stepped away from Neat records and the band for a
few months. So for continuity purposes my original vocals were re-done.
All of my original bass lines and performance still apears on the final
product it was just the vocals that were re-done. On the anthology I found
the original recordings and they appear as the were first recorded. Also
included as extras on the anthology is the track, 'Your Mentor' which only
saw the light of day on a Neat cassette entitled, Powertrax.
Originally given as a promo cassette it later was for sale through Neat's
mail order catalouge only. Again the original recording appears on the anthology.
2 live tracks appear also. These were taken from personal recordings I have
from the outfront desk on our 1987 tour. The 1983 demo 'Total Metal'/'Death
Valley' on the anthology. This was performed by the original band before
I re-located to Canada for the second time. One of the original tapes of
this demo was actually exchanged for the Metallica, 'No Life 'Til Leather'demo
at the time. Metallica had some rep in England and we bumped into him at
Neat studios as he was trying to secure them a deal with Neat at the time.
Neat turned them down! Well maybe those naive fools look back noow and think
they obviously made a bad choice there eh? LOL! Finally on the anthology
I placed 2 tracks that were never released from the 'ATOMIZED' album demos
we did in 1988.We had just completed a sucessful tour of europe with Nasty
Savage and Exumer (Germany) and were no longer with Neat.Before we could
look toapproaching other record companies we all broke away and I joined
Venom! There is a plan to get the album complete into the hands of the public
in 2005 but until then I wanted something from that long lost about to be
album to be out there and so here they are on the anthology, 'Annihilate
The Bride' and 'Dance Of The Immortals'.
Certainly,
for many people the Atomkraft are not well-known, on the contrary, for other
people they are a real cult band... Can you go back over the story of the
band from the first days until today.
Well that's a long old question there! LOL! People can check out tonydolan.net
for a more detailed version of the complete ATOMKRAFT story but for now
here goes! In the late 1970's myself and an old friend that I gew up with
were kind of into the same music.Well I was into Punk and he was more into
rock to tell the truth at first but once I'd discovered Motorhead my life
changed and we kind of bonded even closer. I had seen so many Punk bands
and was really in awe of the control and excitement that being onstage seemed
to elicite that I decided if I ever could that's where I wanted to be.By
the time the NWOBHM came along both myself and my friend went to see just
about every bannd we could and my passion grew and grew as it seems did
his!
One sunny day on the spur of the moment on a walk to Newcastle city centre
(Newcastle-Upon-Tyne is a city in the north of England where we lived) we
begand making up songs and vocally I mimicked guitar parts while he did
the same with drum parts.By the time we'd been into town and back we had
decided to learn the aprropriate instruments and be a band. His brother
had a guitar and a bass (both very poor copies) and a 10wamp so we were
off. He wanted to play drums so I thought I'd be our guitarist but as he
had no drum kit and we wanted to start composing Heavy Metal classics (Ha!ha!)
straight away ,we were confined to just bass and guitar. He didn't like
the bass and the instruments were his brothers so I was confined to bass
playing.
As we were actually learning as we went our first compositions were pretty
shit but we were determined to write so we continued and as we did, of course,
we got better. I think those early songs had a very raw quality and of course
my Punk influence was ever present as it is today I suppose! It's kind of
hard to write a Heavy Metal classic or even just a Metal song when you can't
even write a song. Funny now looking back, when in my own studio today I
write compositions for T.V. or film or vocalists in a day from scratch!
We messed around with band memb:ers and I was actually playing guitar at
this point.We played some show's locally but very soon or bass player who
I was actually at college with as was the guitarist, left. We were at a
point where we had songs and had shows lined up so in order tp save time
and keep going I just switched to the bass again!
As a 3 piece we played lot's of shows and as we did got better and better
and also got to know what material worked and what needed to be ditched.
Around 1979 we began recording as a 3 piece and although we recorded quite
a lot of material between 1979 and 1983 ATOMKRAFT didn't acually get signed
until 1985 the year of our debut, 'Future Warriors' album. Now you may be
lead to think that we'd been sending demos out all that time or at least
been approaching record companies but we hadn't. Prior to the Neat deal
in 1985.We never actually sent anything to anyone or even let anyone hear
the material who weren't inside our own circle.We weren't being precious
about the stuff or anything, we simpl didn'y know who or where to send material
or how to go about that whole management type of thing.At that early time
we did as I do today,we managed ourselves and looking back, we did it badly
I guess! In 1983(late)myself and the other 2 ATOMKRAFT members came to a
junction in the bands path. The guitarist was dating a girl who was singing
in a band also. It seemed that we were very busy and looking to be going
places,whilst her own band a career we floundering. She gave him an untlimatum.
She wanted to continue her career and needed a band to do it with and wanted
him to do it for her. Whatever the in's and out's of the whole thing was,
let's just say, he left us! I didn't want to look for another guitarist
locally and as luck would have it I didn't need to. I moved back to Canada
that same year! The drummer joined me there for a few months but although
I found and played with a few bands it just wasn't ATOMKRAFT.
Around late 1984 I came back to the UK and began looking for players. I
found drummer and together we found a new young guitarist. The drummer had
just completed an album with the band 'Tysondog' and had been asked to leave.Their
loss and my gain as it turned out. The guitarist hadn't done anything really
before joining (he was only 16yrs old). We began rehearsing andf myself
and the guitarist began writing.We entered Neat records early 1985 and recorded
a demo titled. 'Pour The Metal In' it featured 3 tracks, 'Pour The Metal
In', 'Burn In Hell' and a song called 'Carousel'. The owner of Neat heard
the demo tape we recorded at the Neat studios, and promptly offered us an
album deal. We accepted and that was that. We began writing for our debut
album for Neat, 'Future Warriors'. Once the record was finished we toured
with Venom and Exodus to promote it in Europe.When we returned we began
to record for the next release, an E.P. to be called, 'Your Mentor'. When
the recordings were finished we found ourselves in a big disagreement over
a management for the band.Venom's manager and Abaddon wanted to manage us
and basically I didn't want them to. We were becoming embroiled in Venom
politics along with the label's and I wanted to remove us from that.The
rest of the band disagreed with me so I walked out! They quickly found a
replacement singer and bassist and had, a "few friends" shall we say, write
2 new tracks for them along with the guitarist, 'Queen Of Death' & 'Protector'.
I secured a deal with Whiplash records Belgium for a new ATOMKRAFT album.
Neat annd the Venom management made sure they blocked my album deal long
enough to get 'Queen Of Death' the E.P onto the streets. That way they would
have beat me to the punch and stopped a new ATOMKRAFT album by myself going
out and it worked! However, when it came time to do a new ATOMKRAFT abum
for Neat,they had nothing! One day my door bell rang and there they were
asking if I'd consider coming back? I should have told them where to go
but it was my band! I agreed to come back and brought with me the tracks
I'd written for the new album I was about to?????N ??a: do for Whiplash,'Conductors
Of Noize'. We went straight into rehearsal's. We decided to keep a new siger
and just lose the bassist they'd used on the 2 new 'QOD' tracks. We then
recorded the 'Conductors Of Noize' album, made several festival appearences
and went on to tour the album with, Nuclear Assault, Agent Steele. We had
a video shot of our Hammersmith Odeon show. Did some live radio concerts
and enjoyed a year of raising our profile. After that tour we returned and
began recording demos for another album to be titled ATOMIZED. We also had
a problem with Neat. They hadn't been showing us any support and we were
still not making any money. We were scraping by on any tour we could get
and were always on the smallest budget.Our promotion and support from the
label was the least they could give and it was just becoming less and less
useful to us the more we did ourselves. Our records weren't getting to the
right places and in the places they were getting the only real promotion
was when we appeared to play which wasn't good enough. After we had completed
the ATOMIZED recordings, we went on tour with Nasty Savage and Germanys
Exumer, then on returning again to the UK decided to look for another label.
Unfortunately the band split before we could aquire another label. The singer
moved away and I joined Venom. ATOMKRAFT stopped! Now here we are. Sanctuary
have released the ATOMKRAFT anthology and at last we'll have our music delivered
all over the world and promoted properly and this time we will be paid by
the record company for abum's sold.
ATOMKRAFT will have a DVD of 2 live concerts and some interview footage
never seen before on the market in 2005 and in the same year there will
be a double album released, the previously unreleased, ATOMIZED album plus
a previously unreleased live album. As well as, of course, myself and ATOMKRAFT
touring next year. So far, South America, Italy, Spain and the USA are on
the cards for 2005.
Atomkraft
was absolutely your project, can you single out its merits and its defects?
Do you think it is true that this band has been lacking in luck?
YES! Lacking in luck perhaps but also perhaps getting a deal with a very
bad label, who only had short term views. Neat records as I have said, never
had a great interest in us after signing. More than that though it turned
out that my instincts about our management, as when I'd returned for the
'Conductore Of Noize' album,the Venom management was in place, were icredibly
right. They were terrible managers and suceeded only in using us to tour
to make themselves money off unsuspecting US bands!
Only once did we have any T' Shirts made and that was by Exumer's manager!!!!
ATOMKRAFT set out with the idea of staying true to ourselves and I have
managed to (for the most part) maintain that ideal along the way. We always
had fun,on tour, where ever.If there was 5 of us or only 3, we always had
fun and never took ourselves too seriously. That's the key. Could we have
had more label support? Without a doubt! Could we have done with better
management? YES! Could we have had better distribution? YES!! And on and
on it goes! Was it great being part of ATOMKRAFT? Without question! Did
we do something to be proud of?YES! Are we all better people because of
ATOMKRAFT? YES!! Does it mean everything to me? YES!! Will it always be
there? YES!!
Before, you cited the Venom, in fact, we can not ignore them. What memories
do you retain of the period spent with Mantas and Abaddon?
First let me say that playing with and fronting Venom was fantastic in the
studio and live! Also a great honour, as it would have been for any fan
of the music. Being in Venom was good but also had it's down side! We should
have had better management and done bigger shows. There had been a decision
made early on and without myself and Jeff ever being aware that Venom with
myself involved would be a very different band. Venom had lost a lot of
money in the past before I joined and Abaddon and Eric Cook the managers
were going to try to rectify that! I like Abaddon a lot and Jeff (Mantas)?
Well I was his best man when he married so what does that tell you? Jeff
and I always had fun playing together. We never really wrote together. Some
songs were assisted by each other but no real direct writing. I enjoyed
a lot of my time in there but the overbaring factor is that I was never
paid. Money was paid to me but never actually reached me. It always seemed
to only get as far as the management! I found this amazing considering Venom
had fought Neat so hard for the very self same reasons. I just couldn't
believe they were doing it to their friends and band mates themsleves, I
still can't believe it even now! The good points were that when we rocked
we were the best and if we'd been able to ignore or even get a proper management
then things might have been different. A lot of the time people blame me
for Venom's change of sound or direction musically but this was not down
to me unfortunately! I was the one trying to pull it back to what I loved
about Venom and was fighting a losing cause. I was kept from doing interviews
in the early stages, so that it could appear that Abaddon and Mantas were
coming back together to write the next album. This isn't true. Jeff only
came back in after much persuasion and mostly because I was there! I had
already written several tracks for what would become the album, 'Prime Evil'
by the time Jeff agreed to come back. The whole way we appeared,the shows(tours)we
did, the cover versions etc, etc, it was all manipulated away from us and
in the end that's why Music For Nations didn't take a further option on
Venom and was the reason I left. It is stated in a few places that I left
because of the "SATANIC" connection. That is a load of old horseshit!!!
LOL!!! The magazine Kerrang once had some guy with an accent like mine call
up and say it was me and that I was leaving Venom because they were all
Satanists?? LOL! I called Kerrang myself the same day the went to press
and in the very next issue they printed a retraction. Some people seem to
have missed that one!!
You knew Mantas, Abaddon and Cronos very well before you was part of
the Venom. According to you, who was the most "crazier fucking head" of
the original line up?
Ha!ha!ha! Funny question! Well I suppose I would have to sum up all 3 I
guess? MANTAS; The most physically dangerous!Nice quiet guy. As friendly
and as helpful to fans as it gets but does have a temper and is a highly
trained martial arts instructor (He really is!!) so you wouldn't want to
push him all the way really!(He's not Crazy) ABADDON; The consumate rock
star! Drinks his bottles of Jack Daniels,wears the obligatory open to the
waist white shirt and snakeskin cowboy boots. Poor drummer and never practices
but has quite and amazing power on the kit.I haven't seen anyone ever hit
like he does. They maybe there I just haven't ever seen them! (He's not
Crazy)
CRONOS; Not the best bass player but one of the best bassists! Now that
may sound funny but it's like this. A bass player is the guy like Billy
Sheenan, Flea, Geddy Lee and a bassist is like Lemmy, Schmier, Tom Angelripper
etc. Does that make sense? A frontman to the very end. He's big, loud and
has attitude. (He's Crazy)
How do you actually judge "Prime Evile", "Temple of ice" and "Wastelands"
?
I think 'Prime Evil'? A cool album and a real Venom album. I love the tracks
and the production, although I kind of don't like, 'Skeletal Dance' except
for the intro and I also don't really like Jeff' track Harder Than Ever.
It's a cool song and good to play but sits awkwardly as a Venom track I
think! I could be wrong but then only you would know that really. 'Temples
Of Ice'? I actually titled it from a line in the pre-me Venom lineup single,
'Nightmare'. No one, including the band ever picked up on that!I was trying
very hard to keep the connective tissue alive. The management ditched the
producer we'd used on the first album to make themselves more money by saving
on this expense. As result the production came down to the managements sound
e:nngineer and Abaddon. Very poor production and the album cover???? What
the fuck was that? Even the label owner at the time had it sent away to
be made good, it never was. Another saving as Abaddon had someone do it
for nothing but kept the money I was told! I think there are maybe 2 or
3 good tracks on there and that's it!Not a real Venom album. We went to
far the other way. Some good Metal tracks that needed better production,
infact I am re-doing the title track as an extra bonus track on my new album,
so I'll hopefully get to show you what I mean. 'The Wastelands'? Again no
real producer so it lacks punch as Temples did!I think it has better tracks
on it than Temples too. Some friend of Abaddon's comitted some Keyboards
along the way without myself and Jeff knowing at the time of recording and
as such appear on the album credited as VXS or something??? My old ATOMKRAFT
guitarist appears as a guest of mine on the album also. We'd been working
together so it seemed like a good idea. I never consulted Jeff and still
feel bad about that but I guess by the time we were doing this album I felt
we were in our death throws so I wasn't bothered. As it turned out I think,
production aside, we did some really good stuff on that album. Was it true
Venom? Dunno, at a guess I would say that we'd moved ourselves too far away
to actually see what Venom had been and what it had become. I like the albm
mostly but it does have the odd moment that makes me cringe!! LOL!!!
After your experience with the Venom, why did not you immediately after
come back with the Atomkraft to record "Atomized"?
I think all the money and politics, I had a lot stolen from me, I just had
had enough. I had moved to London for good and was setting up my own studio
with my brothers-in-law and just wanted that whole northern mess behind
me! I just didn't care about Venom, ATOMKRAFT or anything connected to either.
I began producing and writing for other vocalists and musician's, collecting
guitars, writing music for film and TV and of course, I became a legitimate
actor! I just needed time away to miss everything I guess!
Let´s talk about your activity as a film-actor. How did you start to
be part of the cinematography?
Well I worked for a theatre company for many years as a carpenter and while
on tour in India with a play one of the cast became ill and the show was
in trouble as they didn't have enough people to cover the roles. I was asked
if I'd help out and do just that.I agreed and once the tour was over and
I'd returned to England the shows director invited me to do acting workshops
for him at the Young Vic theatre in London, where he was also the artistic
director. Following those workshops I aquired an agent and that was that.
I got some television work and then some theatre roles and then by chance
got offered major film roles. Some casting agents had seen me in something
and that was that.I met with them and the directors read some script for
them and then got selected for the roles!Simple!! LOL!!!
How did you feel when you learnt about your possibility to be part of
the cast of "Master and Commander"?
Fucking, dumbfounded, amazed etc,etc. I was asked by my agent to go and
meet a casting director at the far end of London. I was working for the
RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) at the time. I went and she was very nice,she
talked about this book about the sea and told me it would be a major move
shot in Mexico and that I'd need to be there 5 months. She said it was for
20th Century Fox and would involve a 'major' hollywood star. As soon as
she said that I thougt, "well that's that then I won't be getting this fucking
job!!" After 4 weeks I was then asked to go to a hotel in Park lane London
to meet the film director, Peter Weir, who I knew as he'd directed The Truman
show, Witness, Picknic At Hanging Rock etc,etc. I thought to myslef, "Oh
Fuck, I might have a chance here!" I went to meet him and talked about myself
and ships and the novel which by now I'd read and he then asked me to do
some improvised acting. I did all this and then we shook hands and I left!
When I hit the streets I called my wfe annd told her I'd fucked it! I thought
I'd done the worst audition I'd ever done and was so disgusted with myself
for throwing away the best oppertunity of my life! I went back to my day
job, at the time of meeting the director I had moved onto another show,
I was to be the deputy master on the Queen musical, 'We Will Rock You'.
I told no one where I'd been or what I'd been doing.
After about 6 weeks or something, I'd long forgotten the meeting and usually
with this kind of stuff if you haven't heard inside 2 weeks then the jobs
gone! Then the day before I was due to sign a year long contract for the
Queen show, I got phonecall over lunch! The job was mine. 5 months in Mexico
shooting and a lot of money, then my agent said on the phone that Russell
Crowe was to be the lead! I nearly shat!! I had lunch, called almost everyone
I'd ever met to tell them then went back to work to break the news to all.
No one believed me. Infact the next day I was called to the contract meeting
to sign where agaiin I told everyone and this time they believed me, mouths
open! I had some 5 weeks left before I wa due to be in Mexico and every
morning, following that phonecall from my agent, I recieved scripts, photo's
and research material to help me learn about my part before I reached the
set in Mexico! Amazing!!
I think it was difficult for you to work at a film like "Master..." however,
it gave you a great satisfaction if we think about all the recognitions
it get...
It was kind of difficult on the movie at first of course, it's a big thing
to be doing. However it was also easier for me as I didn't have anything
to compare it to, or worry about. I had a condo supplied, a car, everything
paid for and quiet a lump of money every week to live on besides my wages
paid into my UK account.
All pretty amazing to experience apart from being in the movie.
Doing the actual movie from an acting point was, and still is, amazing too.Working
and socialising with Russell was superb. We still keep in touch, the director,
Peter Weir is a genius simple as that!! Paul Bettany was fantastic and the
cast as a whole were and are great mates.
I learnt so much as an actor and a person on Master & Commander and I will
take that forward for the rest of my life!
What sensations did you feel when you saw the film for the first time?
I was in awe!!! I was lucky to be asked to attend the premier of the movie
in Los Angeles. I went to L.A. with one of the other cast members, who I
did some audio work with for a Sherlock Holmes play he'd written. We actually
talked to Russell before the L.A. premier and he invited us to fly down
with him to San Diego for the film premier down there also. Of course we
accepted and flew down to San Diego in his private jet, the did the red
carpet thing, had photos taken and finally got to see the opening of the
movie. However after about 10mins into the film, we were told we were flying
back to L.A. So I only got to see the first few minutes which left me gobsmacked!!!
LOL!! We spent the night drinking and eating at the Beverly Hills Hilton
and then went back to our Hotel. 3 days later we had a limousine arrive
at our hotel to take us to the Premier of Master & Commander in Los Angeles.
Red carpet done and cast members (not all) met and all the crew from the
movie greeted, I sat down to watch in darkness our movie. Something like
that is always strange. Firstly you are aware of how it was done, what's
real and what's CGI.The there's the personal thing. You know these people
personally and here you are watching their characters on screen! Then there's
you! Will I look OK, was I shit! What have they cut out! Fortunatley for
me, very little was left out and Peter and the producers liked me and my
performance very much. You may not but then that's the gig isn't it. Some
of the people, some of the time, etc! When they released the DVD double
disc edition wiith the extras they included my deleted scenes so all of
my material made the final, which for me was fantastic, not all of the cast
were a lucky! I was uncomfortable with only one scene and one other scene
was cut away from me which was a shame but my voice is ever present! LOL!!
The uncomfortable scene was my first with just myself and Russell and he
himself and Peter Weir both told me when I voiced my concerns, that they
thought it was great stuff, so there you go. Never judge yourself too closely
when doing this stuff.Just be confident. If you've worked hard and put your
whole being into it then that's all you can do and it'll be as best as you
can get!
What do you think of Russel Crowe as an actor and as a person?
As and actor? Amazing. He knows his art and is a consumate professional.
He see all on set and is aware of everything.he knows how to work the camera
and will be a great directoe. I hope we work together again very soon and
being directed by him would be fantastic! As a person? We're the same age
and he's very like me in some ways. He's generous and complex, talented
and above all just a guy like all of us! Hollywood tries to paint this big
picture of a Hellraiser like Colin Farrell. They're just guys who like to
have a good time and why not? Oh you don't right?? LOL!!!! It's just that
Hollywood has an image and they try everything they can to maintain the
charade. People like Russell and Colin expose it for what it actually is
and that's why they try to make them look like they're the odd ones out!
Fuck me, Motley Crewe are from L.A. for fucks sake, Booze, Girls, Drugs
etc,etc. LOL!!
Have you ever thought that many "metal girls" have seen the film for
you and not for Russel Crowe?
Ha!ha!ha! Well I don't think that is possible actually, I mean apart from
Russell there's a few good looking young guys in it anyway! I do know that
my mum and sisters went to see it because I was in it and not because Russell
was in it and they like my music which is Metal so I guess they qualify
on both counts in regard to your question. Ha!ha!ha!
Are you satisfied to have played the role of Mr. Lamb?
Absolutely. If Fox do decide to do a follow up, then Mr. Lamb is contracted
to appear!Which would do me fine. I love Mr. Lamb. He's a big part of me
now. He was and is very like me, quiet, strong, studeous and a carpenter!
I suppose I am Mr.Lamb and he is me!
Of course it would have been nice to have had even more to do as Mr.Lamb
in Master & Commander but what was required was exaclty right for the story
and that's the name of the game. Am I proud of what made it onto film and
what I was able to do with the character? YES!!
What kind of film do you prefer to work on?
I like anything on film. Like everything I do I need a challenge,so the
harder the role or whatever the better I like it! My first love is theatre
and William Shakespeare. If there was anything I would prefer to work on
it would be Shakespeare every time.
Music and cinema: what is your great passion?
Both!! What can I say? Music is in my soul.It has always been there for
me. Never let me down and never left me! I love acting and it is a passion.
Both give great but very different satisfaction. Both are a creative medium.
I also am a cartoonist type of artist, although I haven't done anything
of real worth and haven't really done anything for some time, except for
Christmas when the family gets something usually. I guess I am just the
kind of person, and I'm sure I'm not alone here, hat just loves all things
creative!
Do you prefer to get a recognition for your career as a musician or as
an actor?
I actually haven't thought about it to tell the truth!
I would have preferred more people to have been able to hear my music. With
film an TV it's different. You can do a small role as indeed I have and
be seen by thousands or in the case of Judge Dredd and Master & Commander,
millions of people, however with the music it's all about what record company
your with and how good their distribution is. I have never had the fortune
to be on a major record label but have enjoyed being with a major film company
so it's hard to compare. If people recognise you that's cool. I get that
a lot,especially in London when I travel on the underground. They don't
always speak but look at you! Ha!ha! All I really care about is that whatever
I do, be it acting or music that people get something out of it and enjoy
what I do. Not everyone is always going to like you or what you do and that's
cool.It's about the people who do, as it's those who's life you affect and
hope that's it's for the better or at least that it helps by entertaining
them, after all that's why people like me do what they do. Unless it's just
for the money and then that's shit and they are fooling you so don't buy
their shit coz that's what it is a fucking con!! Hope to see you all out
there sometime and may you all achieve what you set out to. Believe in yourself
and go for it. It's there to be had, just don't give up!
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