While live music and touring were on lockdown, fans as well as artists were going through some major withdrawals. We wanted to come up with something fun to help bridge that distance between fans and artists. What we came up with is something called The Lockdown Lowdown and it’s a Q&A session with fun questions for artists to answer. We cover artists from all around the globe and these are not your typical interview questions, so this gives you a peek inside of the artists themselves. We’re big music nerds here at I’m Music Magazine and we love learning things like this about the artists that we love. We’re pretty sure that you’ll get a kick out of these, so we hope you’ll take the time to read them. In this installment, we sat down for a fun Q&A session with A Permanent Shadow.
1. How have you been doing during the pandemic and how are you spending your time?
It’s been pretty OK actually. I live in Barcelona and I guess we were not locked down as severely as other countries, so in 2021 it was pretty much back to normal except for a few minor restrictions.
2. Have you been working on new music?
I wrote lots of songs during the pandemic, especially in 2020 when you couldn’t do much. I read a lot and that inspired me to write new lyrics. I also listened to a lot of music, which gave me a few ideas regarding covers, and as a result we’ll soon be back in the studio recording a covers EP.
3. 5 albums that changed your life
Let’s Dance by David Bowie – the record that got me hooked onto music
Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails – my first encounter with Industrial Music
Sonic Temple by The Cult – my first Hard Rock album and still one of my favourites
The Idiot by Iggy Pop – one of the best albums of all times
Dusk by The The – some of the best lyrics ever written
4. 5 artists that influenced you as a musician.
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Iggy Pop
John Cale
Trent Reznor
5. Your 5 favorite live albums
Stage by David Bowie
Circus by John Cale
Post Pop Depression Live by Iggy Pop
Dope, Rock’n’Roll and Fucking In The Streets by The Godfathers
And All That Could Have Been by Nine Inch Nails
6. Life on the road; 5 of the craziest/funniest/scariest tour stories
A drugged up guitar player passing out on stage after sabotaging the gig by constantly playing the wrong song
Me drinking a vast amount of tea to soothe my voice before going on stage and having to deal with an exploding bladder throughout the gig
Performing a filmed live in studio set in shorts and flip-flops thinking it would be audio only
Performing a showcase in a laundromat where the washing machines drowned out the music
I used to drum for a female singer whose roadie one day for reasons unknown taped her guitar lead to the floor. When she came onstage all diva-like it was really painful to watch when it took her five minutes to untangle the chaos at her feet.
7. 5 favorite movies
Fight Club
The Wolf of Wallstreet
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Snatch
Purple Violets
8. Best and worst advice you ever heard.
Best: be yourself and follow your heart
Worst: grow your hair into a combover
9. Strangest thing you ever autographed
Someone else’s records
10. If music was over today and you had to go into professional wrestling, what would your wrestling name be?
The Invincible Doctor Dick
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