‘Junction’ your second album is getting great reviews. What is the feeling now that the album is completed? Relief, satisfaction, or working on song ideas for album number three?
Yeah we are over whelmed by the Great reviews; the album took a year and a half to complete due to life and work commitments but well worth it. We have about nine songs ready to go for the third album and probably we will start recording again in October.
What did you learn from recording your first album that you took into the studio for the new record?
We learnt that by playing the songs so much in gigs it would be a lot easier to record them because we knew exactly how the structure and sound would be. And by having a different engineer/producer this time, he also would bring the best out of us and ideas that we didn’t think about.
Are there any particular stories you would like to share behind the songs on ‘Junction’?
Most of the songs are about relationships or like Junction is about a girl that is on a slippery road with drugs or alcohol and she is at a Junction and doesn’t know which way to go.
Lonely girl is about a film i watched called The Stoning of Soria. A dark film about a girl wearing a vale and being a slave to her husband, she was scared not talking to anyone. He then rejected her and lied about that she was having an affair. So the outcome was she was to be stoned to death. A happy song! Ha!
What is it like living the ‘Rock n Roll’ dream today.. Life in a band?
Being in a band is the best feeling in the world, being on stage getting a positive result. Travelling to different venues, TV, radio, meeting different people! Seeing people and they say "i love your album" can’t get better than that!
Where did you play your very first gig as a band and what are the memories?
Our first gig was at The Greek's Bar in
Which Blues or Rock artists have had the most impact on your sound and why?
The most impact on us probably is the early stuff like Guns n Roses, Rush, Hendrix. It’s all about the power and riffs that makes you feel good inside!
With so many media platforms, we are now saturated with music, how can Stonehouse aim to stand out above the rest?
To stand out ymmm? We just try to write our music well, play well and by looking at our reviews we are not doing to bad so we just keep carrying on as we are.
Where is your home town and what’s it like and, are there any record shops left?
Our home is right in the middle of Snowdonia Wales, little towns called,
What were the albums that ‘blew you away’ at the time from School/College days that you exchanged with fellow students? Do you still play these records today?
The album that changed my life and blew me away was Appetite for Destruction Guns n Roses. I remember when I was ten years old in Primary school and my friend said "come and have a listen to this, its a pirate copy of a new band" he put it on and that was it, I played the drums to that tape everyday!
Are there any plans for live shows in support of ‘Junction’ on the horizon?
Yes gigs booked in now and more to come, this Friday the 31st May we will be launching the Album in our local The
