May 18 2014
HARD ROCK INTERVIEWS 2014 - RUBICON CROSS GUITARIST CHRIS GREEN
RUBICON CROSS CHRIS GREEN We talk at length with axeman Chris Green about the first full-length release from his and CJ Snare's new Rock project...
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Anyone who was impressed by Rubicon Cross’ debut EP back in 2011 will probably have been eagerly anticipating the new full-length release – due to hit on May 19th. Collecting the four songs from the EP with six additional tracks it’s an album of great depth and diversity, but also of overriding quality. The song-writing partnership of Firehouse’ CJ Snare and ex-Furyon’s Chris Green is both a match of like minds and great talents. We caught up with Chris for an in-depth chat about life and the new album... |
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Mark: Hi, Chris thanks for talking to us this morning. We’ve had a lot of questions sent from fans to ask you, which is great; there are a lot of people out there looking forward to the release of the album. I guess the first thing is that things really seem to be stepping up for you now, the new album is coming out, the new web site is nearly ready, do you feel that momentum picking up?
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Mark: It’s an interesting label, INgrooves, being distributed as it is by Universal, it looks like you have great distribution, and also control of your product as well.
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Mark: The song you were talking about there, “Movin’ On”, is I guess the bluesiest song on the album. How do you see your sound? Is a hard rock, melodic band enough, or is there something more?
Mark: We are, it’s funny you mention Skid Row; they were here a couple of weeks ago. There is stuff out there; it’s just a harder slog!! We’d love to see you down here, there is a burgeoning market, because we didn’t see a lot of these bands back in the day in Australia. Getting on to the new record, you have ten tracks on there, four of them we’ve heard before on the EP, which we loved back in 2011, but the songs you’ve added, are they old songs too?
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Mark: I guess the ballads bring in the Firehouse audience. How hard was it to pick the lead track and video, “Bleed With Me”?
Mark: So, aside from that track, there’s obviously the ballads and the more up tempo ones, but there’s blues also, it’s a great album with a lot of variety, and I guess that comes from being written over a few years. “Locked and Loaded”, fantastic track, pedal to the metal style, but for me my favourite is “Next Worst Enemy”, tell us a little bit about that, that’s also a personal song for you too.
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Mark: There are a few big ballads on there that are bound to please fans of Firehouse, probably more than anything, “Shine” which has that sound that CJ is famous for. It was funny, we went to a mates wedding a few years ago, and he played three ballads through the ceremony, two were Firehouse, and one, White Lion!
Mark: It’s such a shame that guitarists from that sort of era don’t really get the recognition they deserve. Chris: That’s right! Look at Andy Timmons; he’s probably one of the best guitarists on the planet! He doesn’t need an “Affliction” shirt and lots of leather bracelets to make him play good, he just plays like an absolute demon, all the time!! And, again, that guy had a huge influence in my playing. Also, Eric Johnson, and a couple of the more obvious ones, Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, those guys were responsible for me not getting laid for a lot of my life, when I was in my bedroom trying to perfect my technique!! Mark: Taking it even further back, to your earliest memories of music, what was it that first made you decide you wanted to be in a rock and roll band?
Mark: You can’t beat those bands. I remember the favourite moment of my life, was having a beer with Steve Marriott, two or three years before he died, he was playing a show with his band in Nottingham, where I’m from.
Chris: There you go Mark! I’m almost glad I didn’t go there back in the day because I wouldn’t have wanted to have anything rock my belief in those myths and urban legends! That’s good; you’ve kept the dream alive, man, and so thank you for that!! |
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Mark; Yeah, I can’t complain!! A couple of quick questions to end with if we have time... Can music change the world?
Chris Green spoke to Mark Diggins April 2014 |
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