The Burning Crows How did you choose the name of your band Have you changed the band’s name before? We had a different name for about a month at the beginning but after a while of staring at it we all agreed it was a bit shite, so cue 2 months of LOADS of different names being batted about (80 percent of which involved the word hank) then bang it was just mention and it fitted perfectly. Like a sleek velvet glove. What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Who are your major influences? We definitely fall into hard rock and we all share common influences such as ACDC, KISS , Aerosmith and Guns n Roses, but we all have quite different influences as well which adds alot to the sound. Lance has a big 70’s rock and country thing going on, Chris is the metal head, Will is big into def leppard and more 80’s sounding stuff and Whippz ‘ tastes are... eclectic, to say the least haha. When did you form your band? About 2 years ago after a chance afternoon beer drinking in the sun! What inspired you to make music together? Girls. Hahah and the desire to be in a band we’d all like to go see and have an awesome time doing it
Where have you performed? What are your favourite and least favourite venues? Do you have any upcoming shows? Quite literally all over the country - we’re getting on for 100 shows in 18 months now i think? One of the favevenues is still Norwich arts centre, it’s just got such a great feel to it . UEA, purely because there’s nothing better than 1500 of your home crowd screaming your songs back at you. There’s a lot of things in the pipeline for 2012 so watch this space... How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together? It has grown massively, even more so in recent months, whilst we’ve been working on the new ep (released 3rd March 2012 - but it on the website, at a show or through the online music sites!). Firstly a 3 to 4 week pre production stage with our manager (Matt Goom - also a rather nifty drummer and muso) pulling all the songs apart and rebuilding them. Then again with the actual recording at world fmous Rockfield Studios in Wales with the legendary Nick Brine the producer who is a wizard. Everything seemed to pull together so well! Are you seeking fame and fortune? Of course! We’re taking this as far as we can, so if you’re not... please get out of the way.