GEORGE: Welcome to BeRock Radio guys, the most melodic place! I am George, please make yourself comfortable!
We’re glad to have you here. Tell us about the current line-up and some words on how you came up with your
band name, "W.A.N.T.E.D"?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Hey George, nice to see you and thanks for the invitation. So, as you have probably already seen, we had
a recent change in our line-up concerning the guitarist’s slot, something that’s been bothering our band since its early
days. Our brand new member is Tom Hellfinger , a very talented musician , a good guy to hang out with and for sure a
guitarist who steals the scene , we can’t wait to hit the stage together! As for the name it’s a secret well sealed for so
many years and the initials mean something special only to us, sorry that we can’t share it.
GEORGE: Will you tell us some information about your new album "God's Best Sinners"?
Was it hard composing the tracks? How long did the recording sessions take?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Well, we can’t hide our enthusiasm on this new album, it all happened so naturally and with a lot of passion.
It seemed that we have finally specialized the way to work together as a team and this came up with the finest result for
us so far. We sat down in the studio for two whole weeks jamming on new material and letting the music lead the way,
composing is always the best part of this procedure, it’s what makes us musicians feel totally free.
The environment always takes part in this thing and the more friendly and relaxed are the studio and its team,
the more relaxed is the musician, something that Valve Studio has approached in a very concentrated way.
After the songs were born, it took us about two months or so to complete the recordings due to long distance
members that we had to schedule only for the weekends.
GEORGE: You not only have a charismatic frontman in your lineup and an amazing hard rock sound, but you also have
excellent compositions in "God's Best Sinners"! Is this a result of you 'bonding' as a band, and it shows in your music?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Well thank you for both, we believe that this album is our best so far and that we achieved to come even
closer to putting the band’s live sound feeling on a record. We focused more on the ‘songs’ and the melody and we left
out special effects and impressive highlights, it’s a back to the roots approach and it rocked!
Of course what’s behind the scenes is what matters more for us as musicians in this band.
We’ve been around for 15 years now as a company of friends , having fun, drinking beers , playing music and rocking
on stage and we believe this energy keeps coming out stronger and stronger as years go by.
We can’t wait for the next one which is coming shortly after ‘God’s Best Sinners’.
GEORGE: Did you encounter any problems during the recording of the album?
If so, how did you overcome them?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Yeah, a problem always appears when you least expect it. We had to search for a new guitarist just before
we started making this album, we were lucky to find Tom on the spot, as he was hanging around Valve studio.
Another obstacle we had to overcome was the distance. Angelos lives in Athens so we had to record the keyboards
on the weekends but such things are already in the program.
GEORGE: What are your plans for the promotion of the album, but also generally speaking?
What plans do you have for live shows/tours,
will we see you in other European countries as well?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Many promotional moves are being done as we speak and we have scheduled some more live shows for
the greek tour which we’re going to announce the next few days through our official website and the facebook page.
A European mini tour is on negotiation level for now something that is one of our main desires all these years.
Some neighbor countries such as Bulgaria is always on our list too.
GEORGE: You've already released an amazing video for the track "Joanna".
Should we wait for another video clip?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Yeah of course, while we’re having this conversation the next video is in the editing room and it’s going to
be available very soon, can’t reveal the track name yet, but I can tell you that if you really liked ‘Joanna’ wait ‘till you see
this one! Another one is coming on the schedule right after that and we will probably have some more in the future.
We live in the youtube era , so it’s the best way to promote your music as we see it.
GEORGE: You've managed to sign a contract with the American label, Perris Records, and that alone by itself
is a great achievement, as it's well-known that American labels have very high standards of quality.
Tell us a few words about this.
W.A.N.T.E.D: It has been almost three years since our first collaboration with Perris records and all we can say is that
we are really happy to be working together with people that believe in us as a band. That is all you can ask from a
record label these days when the music industry is changing rapidly. “Meat ‘n greed” went well and when they
listened to the new material for “God’s Best Sinners” they offered a new contract with even better deal,
so everything seems hopeful for this album for both sides!
GEORGE: For the past 4-5 years, we’ve been seeing a bloom in Melodic Hard Rock.
Do you believe that rockers want more quality in the music and listen to more of this genre?
What is your opinion on this?
W.A.N.T.E.D: It’s all about the songs in the end. You see, innovations in rock music have made their circle,
there is no America left to discover and after all that experimentation the melody always prevails.
It’s the tune that you are humming in the shower , in the subway, in your car. So the clearest form of Hard Rock ,
which includes melody, is brought up to the surface again. You can find quality in all kinds of metal and hard rock
but it’s the core of the songs and the melody that can stay in eternity and might become classics,
it’s what history of rock has already told us.
GEORGE: In recent years, the music industry has changed. We see that a lot of people prefer digital purchases,
which are more convenient, faster and more accessible.
What are your thoughts on the future of physical copies, such as CDs?
W.A.N.T.E.D: This is what steals every discussion we make over the music industry lately, it’s something that
bothers us a lot. The thing is that cd sales are dying and digitals is something that you can’t appreciate it as it
has no physical matter, something that describes the whole thing in music lately, if we think about it.
You can’t appreciate something you buy and you don’t get it in your hands. So, that probably leads us to the
classic vinyl again, but there was a reason why vinyl is not the main source now, it’s the technology evolution
and this is a never-ending story. The fact is that music industry as we knew it from the 80’s has changed to
a more artist-not-friendly form nowadays.
GEORGE: It’s not just the music industry that has changed over the years. Nowadays, we see social media sites
(Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc...) have become hugely widespread.
How much support do these sites offer to a band and in what way?
W.A.N.T.E.D: Again, as we said before, this looks like an artist-friendly environment where the artist can easily share
his work with everyone around the planet while it’s not. The whole thing is set to benefit the host and not the artist,
we as artists feed this beast both economically and culturally and there is no way to change it.
The support they seem to offer is mainly purchasable.
GEORGE: Thank you for your time, I wish you all the best for the future! The last words are yours for this interview.
Feel free to say whatever you want to all BeRock’s Radio minizine readers!
W.A.N.T.E.D: We thank you too George for letting us in! We are excited and we can’t wait to hit the stages playing
our music live and meet people who love rock n roll! This is a whole new journey coming up for us and now we are
at its best part. To every music lover out there and to BeRock’s Radio minizine readers we sent our regards,
keep on rocking
