HURRICANE #1: Rocking The World Once More
Interview by Ken Morton Prepare to be swept away as Hurricane #1 unveils their highly anticipated album Backstage Waiting to Go On - now available via Golden Robot Records. With origins beginning back in 1997 featuring Andy Bell of the iconic shoegaze band Ride, Hurricane #1 would disband at the dawn of the new millennium after two critically acclaimed albums. Vocalist Alex Lowe would find himself pursuing a successful solo career as well fronting other bands such as Garage Flowers and Gun Cemetary Club. In 2014, Alex Lowe would reform Hurricane #1 with a new lineup, presenting their next whirlwind chapter of indie rock and roll! Highwire Daze recently caught up with Alex Lowe to discuss the grand return of Hurricane #1, their amazing Backstage Waiting To Go On endeavor, and the one time this Oxford, UK band played on the infamous Sunset Strip. Read on... 40
Let’s talk about the new album Backstage Waiting To Go On. Is there any overall story behind that title? Yeah, there’s an old saying, you go on tour and stuff and you’re always waiting about so long backstage before you do go on, like, for an hour show you’re backstage for hours and hours, preparing and sitting about and waiting for that bell to ring so you can get on stage. That’s basically where the title came from, so it’s just backstage waiting to go on. We’re always backstage all the time and you’re always counting the hours until you got on that stage just for like a onehour show. So that’s where the title really came from. Select two songs from the album, and what was the inspiration? I wanted to get back to just good old rock and roll, just like from the 60s and 70s type era. I’m really into guitar music, I just love the basics of guitar music like two guitars, bass, drums, and even one guitar, bass, July/August 2023
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