Horror Story - Horror Story Newsletter Interview
08 May 2006 // An interview by Shade
Who are your favourite NZ bands and artists?
Flesh D-Vice, Toy Love, Toxic Avengers, Flame Job, Black Chrome
What is your favourite NZ venue?
Indigo, Wellington.
What is the best live gig you have ever been to?
Thats a hard one, Danzig or Misfits. yeah Misfits, coz we got to play.
Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?
Still doing the band and our label, Demon Nation, A licensing deal with an international label + World Tours.
How do you keep in contact with your fans?
Thru Shows, the net is the main place, right down to letters and phone calls, but our myspace site mainly.
What rumour would you like to start about yourselves?
Horror Story are the undead spirit of Punk Rock.
What advice would you like to give to other aspiring musicians?
Make sure you're in it for the right reasons and for the long haul, and be ready to work hard and for things to take time. Maximum Effort, Maximum Commitment.
About Horror Story
In Jan 2000 members of New Zealand Punk/Metal bands Nefarious, Valhalla Crossroads, 1080 and Horror Business stitched together their ultimate Rock n Roll Monster! They called it Horror Story. Instantly becoming New Zealands premier Horror Punk band!
On Halloween that year the band recorded a 17 song Demo called Monsterpiece which was released in 2001 by the bands Demon Nation label. A limited edition of 1000 copies were snapped up by horror-hungry fiends! The albums werewolf sing-along 13 Moons also featured on Auckland label Puppykiller Records - Pick of the Litter compilation.
For Halloween 2002 the band (complete with new rhythm section) recorded 10 new songs and re-recorded 10 songs from Monsterpiece. Combined with a video for Tombstone (made in a local graveyard) and a full colour portrait of the band on its cover Graverobbers From Outer Space was released on Halloween 2003 by Demon Nation.
Visit the muzic.net.nz Profile for Horror Story