What's your method at the time of writing a song?? Maria: We are lucky to be raised and educated in different cities and social environment. Each of us has got his own favorite bands, unique incomprehensible inner life. Our music is a child that gets from every parent its own: character, shape, heart. That is why when we gather for the rehearsal, we never know what we get by the evening: acoustic ballad or some kind of electro-trash. Ded: Everything starts with a sketch, which inspires everyone to write its own part. We make a song until we are wild about it. Sometimes nothing remains from the first variant. It is probably connected with new wishes and new standards. We’ve written the album and dotted changes in these songs; at least for a while. Anton: Sometimes we write a song for several weeks and don’t understand what exactly we want to get. Everything seems to be right, but something is missing. Then comes the moment that brings changes and we get the right thing in just one evening, spontaneously. Which is your music influences?? Maria: Before I met guys I loved music to dance and not to think. Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys etc. Under these influences we wrote our first hit Groupies’ Anthem (F.U.C.K). It was a really good hook for people to know us. Ded: I’ve always been listening to King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, electronic music, jazz. Anton: Pink Floyd, Radiohead – are not to be discussed. Everything else depends on the mood. Oasis, Kasabian, etc. Zhenya: Mainly the Bashkir folklore. What plans do you guys have for the future?? Maria: We are vainglorious enough. Since I was at school I was dreaming about stadiums singing my songs. It’ll definitely happen one day. I have also a dream to live in a castle in Scotland. But these are consequences. We strongly believe that music is saving the world in everyday battles with the routine. There are some problems with it in Russia. The quality suffers. Everyone try to convince us that Russian band has no chances to become popular in the world. But the thing that is really important is the precedent. And we do our best to establish this precedent. Anton: I wish not to know which day of the week is now, just wake up every morning and realize that the only task for you today is to play the guitar. However, of course, it is not the task, it’s a great fun! Egor: We want to help people become a little bit happier: Massively. Which has been the funniest prank you guys have been or took part while on tour or after a show?? Maria: We were recording our album “Cosmoventura“in Rome, living in a flat right by the Coliseum. The day before our departure, Zhenya (drummer) forgot the keys inside the flat (like in old European comedies). So we had to spend the last night in Rome sleeping in the old car of our friend Marco. I guess, it wasn’t really funny, but still it was our little Italian adventure… Cosmo venture) Anton: As we strongly believe, our drummer Zhenya turns into a pigeon from time to time. Once in Venice he was trying to bully a seagull, but it appeared to be a tough bird and stuck up for itself. Zhenya: Yeah, looks like I’m a trouble man...Seriously. If you guys were stranded in the middle of nowhere after a show or while on tour. The help is 65 miles away from where you guys are, ¿Who would you guys send to look for help? And if while the rest wait, there's no food and the only way to feed yourself is by eating each other, ¿Who would you eat first? Anton: I think we all are too thin to eat someone. .. Maria: Anyway, I would definitely go to find any help, just because I’m the tastiest and it would be safer to be alone in the middle of nowhere than with a bunch of hungry musicians. And the other thing is that I am the only one who’s got a dragon, so I can find help faster than anyone else in our band. Zhenya: First of all I’d eat Ded, he is too slow; then Egor, he is whiner; then Masha for a dessert. And then the most powerful part of the band will be saved. Which country you guys would love to play? Maria: I’m afraid we won’t be original in our wish to play in Great Britain. With which bands you guys would love to share stage?? Anton: It is my old dream to play with a band of Norwegian gerontologists that deal with problems of fish aging for the whole life. I find these people quite interesting and talented musicians. Maria: …yeah, right, and Radiohead, of course. Are you guys OK, with the direction the band is going actually? Egor: Totally
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