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Strange Land - interview June 2004 |
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This is an interview I did with Karl, the singer from the heavy metal band Strange Land. Victory: Hi Karl, how are you doing over there? Karl: Great just got done working and ready to cool out Victory: What are you working with? Well, you could as well introduce yourself and tell the readers about your band. Karl: My name is Karl Mustard and I 'm the lead singer for the band Strangeland. We do 80's style heavy metal. Victory: ...and how do you explain to a person that has never heard about you? What are your influences? Karl: Well we do several different kinds of music. I would say we are a cross between dokken and Jacob's Dream. Victory: That sounds very cool! Karl: I have several influences some secular like Robert Plant, Rob Halford and also Mike sweet from Stryper. Victory: As the reader might now realize, you are the singer of the band. Can you tell us more about your career as a singer Karl: I am now 41. In my early 20's I sang for many different secular bands. untill my late 30's. Victory: Was it metal bands? Karl: Ooooh yeah! I can't think of singing anything else! Victory: Amen, to that! Talking about "amens" how come you, as a christian, sang in secular bands? Karl: That was before I was saved. Victory: Interesting...could you share little about your lifestory then. I bet many would be interesting in hearing it! Karl: Well. As I said i Sang in many metal bands but, in the mid nineties I was married and had a small child. Not a good situation to try to be a rock star. It was tearing up my family being gone all the time. so in 94 I Quit singing to focus on my family. But that dident help I was looking for things to fill the void of not playing, drinking and doing drugs. Well I have a friend that is a christian and he asked me to come to his church. And like any no beliver I blew him off. but then one day I happen to be going down the street where his church was and God told me to go check it out . So I Did. When I walked into the doors you could feel the spirit move it was like a curtain that you walk throught. I attended the church several time after that and then one day the Pastor prayed the Belevers prayed and asked if anyone had prayed that for the first time and I rasied my hand and I looked over and my wife had her hand raised too. Victory: That is awesome! So, did you life change completely that day? Karl: Yep, almost instantly.God has filled the void that all the other vices could not. Victory: So, if anyone who reads this is in a similiar position as you were, you could tell him or her:"there is still hope"? Karl: With God there is always hope. Even when things are there bleakest. Victory: Talking about your family, how are they doing today? Karl: We still have our problems form time to time but God helps us through them. Victory: Back to your band, it's has a strange name, actually it's called Strange Land. From where did you get that name? Karl: I wish that I could answer that but I can't. It was just a name we all agreed on.But you know we are living in a strange land. Victory: Okey, I heard some sneakpreview clips from you and it sounded promising, will you be releasing some stuff in a near future? Karl: Yes. We are going into the studio in the middle of july to do some recording and the new material is pretty cool. Victory: Will it be a full-lengther or an EP? Karl: To start out with it will be a 6 song EP but then we hope to put out a full lenght. Victory: Do you have enough material for a full lengther? Or what does it depend on either it'll be one or not? Karl: We don't have enough material yet but the way we have been writing lately you can never tell. We have 6 songs now but we have been working on a couple others. Victory: Are we talking about own material or will it be cover songs? Karl: Nope, Our own material. Victory: Cool. Any hints what it'll sound like? Karl: One song called The Enemy Has Fallen. Sounds Hammerfallish and then we have one called Jesus Walk that is kinda like AC/DC. Victory: Aah, that sounds like something we at VictoryZine would like to hear as soon as possible! When do you think it'll be released? Karl: Hopefully sometime in August. Victory: We'll wait for that one, that's for sure! Karl: Hey dude I Need to go i have to take my son to guitar lessons Victory: Ok, one last question mate! Karl: Sure! Victory: What is your alltime favourite album? Karl: Stryper's To Hell With The Devil, I Mean if it wasent for them where would we be! Victory: Send greetings to your fellow bandmembers and family. It was a pleasure talking to you! Karl: Very cool talking to you too. 
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