Cybergenic Rock Star by Wade - imported from Sweden by Listening Post Music
The band started up in the waves of big Grunge time. And both their first album "Full Circle" and their second "Evidence" had some kind of Grunge sound to it. But from their third album "Odd Man Out" they got rid of the heavy rock sound and become a pop punk band with lovely chorus tunes (some even said they've become a power pop band). Songs like "Super Ball" and "Elvis" made it to the radio charts and soon after that Wade went to the U.S. of A for a big exploitation. Unfortunately some gravel came into the machinery. Still, they released a fourth album on West Side, the "Cybergenic Rockstar Profile". The album-included loads of hit material; just listen to the excellent single "Freak Or A Star".
Quick head to head with Wade
Q: Who's in the band?
Freddie: Fred Really -Bass lead voc, Robbie and Richie Foor (Twin brothers)-Guitars
and back voc. and Peter Shell -Drums.
Q: You guys have been touring with the likes of Blink-182, NoFx, Unwritten
Law, Homegrown and Bad religion. That pretty much puts you in the "Skate
Punk" category of bands...any relations to that?
Freddie: I dunno if I would call us THAT Skate Punk, but yeah, we all
relate to Skateboarding/ Snowboarding and that way of life...Robbie used
to dominate the local skate scene back home. he even claimed the throne
as Swedish MiniRamp champion once..but only got second place..hehe..
Robbie: True that, I used to skate together with Ingemar Backman (snowboard
world champion)and a few other guys, and we totally ruled. We took our
shit arround all europe on a few road trips and that was a blast. Coolest
thing was that it was so natural, I woke up in the mornig and skated until
night fall...No worries, no problems, just ride and be happy! Freddie
used to rip the alps across europe during his pike as a snowboarder..
Freddie: Yeah, I had it all layed down for me back then..Sponsor deal,
travel expences payed, endless energy and a competitive mind. Unfortunately
I got badly injured during a 20ft drop...I was doing some photo stuff
and thought I'd blast of big.It looked all so good from a distance, but
as I passed the ledge, I tried to check the landing, but unfortunately
all I could see was rock! Damn that was painful. It took me about 6 month's
to recover from that wipe out...During that time I opened my own Skateboard/Snowboard
shop called DRUGSTORE, just to stay on top of everything...and keep that
high. It was pretty cool actually, down in a basement that used to be
a freezing facility...with cool walls, and pipes everywhere..
Q: So what about today guys? Any Skate boarding nowadays?
Robbie: Yeah, I try to ride as soon as I get the chance, but unfortunately
in that case, we don't really have that much time off..It's hard to stay
on top of things if you don't get the time to practice and ride all the
time..but we all have our skateboards with us when we tour and sometimes
we even have some time to hang with our fans and visit some skatepark
...hehe
Freddie: Yeah the time to Skate is pretty much narrowed down to the spare
time between loading and soundcheck..
Q: Does your Skateboarding / Snowboarding influence your music in any
way?
Freddie: Well, ofcourse..growing up we used to listen to pretty much
the same music as we play, we kinda live the life of the music we play,
and our fans live the life of the music we play, so I guess you could
say that..
Robbie: Yeah, second that.
Q: You guys were on the Vans Warped tour a few years back, any chance
you might roll with that crowd again?
Freddie: Yeah, we were on the US leg of the tour, unfortunately we were
unable to join up for the Australian leg, because of the upcoming Blink-182
tour. If Kevin Lyman, the guy who runs the tour wants us back, We'd be
more that greatful. It's such a party man, all the bands, the crowds and
the traveling..it's just a killer!
Robbie: Yeah, we got all good memories from that tour...I remember Freddie
passing out on stage..in philly. It was like 500 degrees hot, and all
though we had tons of water on stage, Freddie got all dehydrated, and
collapsed, fell back over the drums and passed out...
Freddie: Yeah, but only for a second or two..I was quick to recover..
Robbie: Yeah but it was funny..you passed out..hehe
Q: No bad memories at all?
Freddie: Yeah, there was this one time, in New York, we were getting
ready to get on stage after one of the other bands..I won't say the name
of the band though...any how..they were about to round up their show,
and the moshpit was going crazy..all of a sudden the lead singer shouts
to the crowd -"Hit the guy standing to the left of you"
and then it all just went off, the crowd went totally crazy, and one guy
fell down to the ground..then EVERYONE started kicking his ass, stomping
on his head..kicking him in the face, until the police and security showed
up..Last thing I saw of that guy was the bloody mess they lifted into
the back of the ambulance....
Robbie: Yeah, that shit was scary...I've never seen that kind of sick
rage...it was fuckin' carnal...
Q: So what is next on the Wade agenda then?
Freddie: This last month we've been laying down some new tracks for our
the album. June through July we just reherse and record, then we plan
on visiting Australia in August, do some touring, learn how to surf and
party on!
Robbie: Hell yeah, We'll bring the party to Australia, I guarantee you
that!
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