Contact : Brennus - Alain ricard / 5 rue de Lixy / 89140 Villethierry - France tel / Fax : 33 3 86 66 51 41
Web site : http://www.infomusique.com/brennus
- http://www.musearecords.com/
-http ://www.id-net.fr/musea-
E Mail : Brennus.hardrock@wanadoo.fr
Band : http://www.3dnet.fr/muren
1 - can you present us Muren ?
Muren has been created in march 86 &
knew several line-up changes. Now there's Philippe Sanfilippoas singer,
Laurent Daban & Lionel Vizerie on guitars, Fabien Galeson bass &
Arnauld Pieodn on drums.
2 - Your style can be compared with Helloween.
Is it on eof you rmajor influence or do you get several other ones
?
When we started , we played what we liked;
then the people make some comparisons with bands that get a lot of sucess
by that time. Now, we cannot deny that Helloween influenced us & but
we never try to copy them. We get more influences as mainly bands beacuse
there's not ton sof bands creating their own style.
3 - Tell us more about the recording of the
album ?
At first, we needed to be all in holydays.
Then, we spent 2 weeks in studio for the recording & to start
the mix. & we finished it with our week end; So, this process takes
3 months because the first mix wasn't good enough for us; For both side,
human & musical, this was a good date for us & a good experience
for the next times.
4 - How did you get this deal with Brennus
? Comment avez vous été amené à signer chez
Brennus?
At the end of 96, we decided to boost our
carrer; We recorded a 4 tracks CD to get more shows & to find a label.
Brennus answered us & it was a positive feedback because of our style.
So, instead of witing for Sony or Geffen, we started with Brennus.
5 - Muren is known in the underground scene
for almost 10 years . 10 years of what ? misery ?
We cannot tell it like that. All depends on
what you're loking for. For shows, it's not easy but it's not really worst.
To get recognition, it's harder & for being fucked up by shit labels
: thanks to EMA & KMP ... So, even if sometimes, we're not alwys on
the same agreement about life in aa band, we spend good times together
& we hope it never ends !
6 - So, this album is an accomplishment or
the beginning of a new one for Muren ?
What do you win if we get the good answer
? An accomplishmentent would mean we achieve to reach the highest
point . Si on répond bien à ta question, qu'est-ce qu'on
gagne?For Muren's era....f it can be the beginning , fans would let us
know !!
7 - In France ,melodic heavymetal bands
had disappeared. How do you explain it ? & waht are the reasosn of
this revival ?
we don't think it's something that only belong
to teh heavy metal scene. When a style have success, everybody copies everybody
& at last, you get tons of a same band; So, you get out to see what's
new. Even the rap music knowing that. How many bands are alike ! For the
revival, there's 2 explanations : nostalgic period & odl cracked vynils;
so, people need to hear again this kind of music.
8 -What do you think of all these 80's
album reissued ?
Some bands were reputed & so, it'll brin
ga lot of sells. Now, some people wil lperhaps ahve the will to discover
new bands, so we hope that the otehr french bands in activity will get
a few part of this interest. So, we'll see later if these reissue have
been a good or a bad thing for bands like us.
9 -Do you plan some concerts for promoting
the album ?
Some project : there's plenty of it ! We'll
do som eshows et we hope more!
10 - Tell us about the bonus track :
We were in studio the night France won the
world cup of Football (soccer). We go to the parties liek everybody. when
whe get back, Gaël, the sound engineer started by sampling a guitar
riff of Laurent then he added some "waves" & we found it funny. that's
why this track is on the CD.
11 - On the intro of "Get lost", ther's like
a referense to Maiden. Is it an homage or a coincidence?
Ah!!!Nobody ever tells about it. Honestly,
it's an hazard, even if Maiden is a band that influenced us. But
a lot of guitar player do some tapping ou o "THT" withtou being
a copy of Van Halen. No, it's not a n homage to Maiden but surely a little
thanks to their diretion. .
12 - A last word ?
May french bands be more supported by the
fans & medias because as the other metal bands, we're able to write
good music !