The Invisible
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Interview With Tristan From The Invisible By Chris
The Invisible used to be known as Never On Sunday
They play alternative rock pop which really rocks.
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1. How did the band form?
1) band formed back in 6th grade..We were all into the same
music and all lived in the same neighborhood in New York.
We played a school dances, battle of the bands etc..It was
a really fun time. The only rule was no band practice on
Sunday..hence our first band name Never On Sunday..We
played 6 nights a week through high school..It was
sick..really fun..
2. What were your influences growing up?
2) our influences were bands like U2, The Police, The
Clash, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Alarm, INXS, The
Beatles, The Fix etc..Keiths Big Brother James would turn
us on to the music ..we would follow him around as he was a
star guitar player of the day..
3. How did you get involved with Lewis
Martinee?
3) We hooked up with Lewis Martinee’ while doing a
soundtrack for a movie called Wannabe’s down in Miami..We
immediately clicked and composed some great songs
together..Lewis was know as a pop/dance producer and one of
the best ever…what was cool was that he was a rock guy at
heart..the the end result was our blend or alternative rock
with a pop sense..
4. Why the name change?
4) After years and years of sturggle..After over 1 million
mp3 downloads, acomplishment after acomplishment etc..We
could never get the attention of the major labels..We had a
few people that were into the band and wanted to sign
us..Andy Shane from Lava Records and Lee Dannay from
Columbia Records but with the way the record business went
the past few years it just never came to fruition. So we
just felt like we needed a change..We also felt like we
were Invisible hence the new name The Invisible. We also
figured moving forward the band wouldn’t have any musical
stereotype associated with it..the Invisible would be just
about the music and as we develope and grow..who know what
will come out..
5. How did you involved with Pyramid Records?
5) WE signed with Pyramid / Universal Records out of Miami.
Allen Jacobi is the President of the label and an old
school rock guy..It was a great match from the start. He
believed in what we were doing musically and listened to us
grow and develope over the years.. He’s all about the
music..It’s been a pleasure..plus he let us share control
of the band and the bands plans, touring, music direction
etc..as partners with the label..We have equal say in what
we do..It’s cool…
6. Any chance of coming down under to play?
6)our favorite place in the world is Western Australia
(Margarate River)..Love everywhere in Australia and also
enjoyed Auckland NZ…It’s Beautiful with great
people..Would love to get over there for an extensive tour
..Would be a dream come true..Some of us in the band are
surfers..so it’s double plus!
7. What is your view on file sharing and the MP3
format?
7) We are all for file sharing / mp3 format
etc..Granted..We have never really made big dollars via
music sales so our point of view comes from the fact that
with file sharing and free downloads we were able to reach
out to Millions of people all over the world that wouldn’t
ever have had the chance to hear our music if it weren’t
for the mp3 format and file shareing etc..
8. Any one you would really like to tour with?
8) Dream tour would be with U2!
9. Have you had much responce from overseas?
9) We have had a great response from all parts of the
world..We get emails everyday from people in Australia, New
Zealand, Germany, UK, France, Spain , Brasil ….thanks to
Mp3 and the internet…It feels good when people from all
over the world relate and enjoy the music you
create…
10. What would we find on your stereo at the
moment?
10) The Clash Box Set, some demos we are working on..
11. Realty TV? Good Or Bad?
11) We rarely watch reality TV..or regular TV.. FAvorite
Channel is VH1 Classic “The Alternative” It’s kind of hard
to swallow tht the people on American Idol get so much
attention singing cover songs..The power of TV is
unreal…they are number one in like every sales
category..You gotta give it up to the creators….
12. What movies have you enjoyed recently?
12) We hve a couple of band babies..so we are always taking
them to see kids movies..We have seen them all from Harry
Potters to spy kids to Hillary Duff and Linday Lohan
movies…
13. What are your favourite movies?
13) Fav movies in the DVD our Thomas Crown Affiar, Notting
Hill, GodFathers
14. If The Invisible were on The Simpsons where would
you be playing?
14) Never really saw the simpsons? I know what it is but
never really got involved..now spongebob is another story
or my fav..Rocket Power…
Best…
Tristan & Orson on behalf of all the band The
Invisible
Tristan, Orson, Keith , Dave
