Right to the core... Murkocet!!!

Hey there Munsters!! I got a chance to speak with Richie Jano lead singer from the Band Murkocet. I first saw them at Joes's Grotto, They have a incredible stage presence and sound that rocks you to the core. Following the interview I have posted pics from one of there shows! To catch them live, October 3rd at Pub Rocks in Scottsdale AZ.

Lacey-What inspired you to form the band?

Richie - Our band was formed as a result of several tryouts for our guitarist's other band.  Mike our drummer and Richie our vocalist had both tried out for drums.  Mike's heavy metal antics were noticed immediately, and the next day at Richie's audition he had shown some skill over the microphone; enough to convince our guitarist John that we should all meet and form a new heavy metal project.  As we continued to jam and practice we eventually realized we had a solid chemistry and decided to continue writing our own material.

Lacey-Origin of the band name?

Richie-The origin of the band name is actually a funny story, considering that it is Richie's Xbox Live gamertag. It was initially a joke, however it caught the ears of the other band members and we ended up running with it. The name is a play on words between the word Murk and Percocet, basically meaning that Murkocet is a substance that makes people crazy; which in essence would be our music. This ended up working out perfectly for us as a band name.

Lacey-What do you think sets you apart from other bands in the same genre?

Richie-We are extremely interactive with our crowds, and within the genre we feel that that is extremely important. We practice diligently 4-5 times a week to maintain our sound and work on continually providing something much heavier and exciting each time we write something new. We also try to make our shows as fun for the crowd as possible, as opposed to simply reciting our songs one by one on stage.

Lacey-In the writing process is it a single person or a group effort?

Richie-The writing process is a group effort, each song may have more of someone else's touch on it, however it takes all four of us to put it together to make it sound the way it is supposed to. We allow for the creativity of each of our members to show through our music to allow for maximum creative output.

Lacey-How does the music affect the lyrics or vise versa?

Richie-The music is extremely cohesive, we believe that in order to receive the message that lyrics are trying to communicate, the music must resemble that at all times, thus allowing for the music to truly mean something, and the words to be listened to, rather than just heard.

Lacey-What was the first tune you learned?

Richie-Hatebreed - Smash Your Enemies

Lacey-Which famous musicians do you admire and why?

Richie-There are so many that we admire, typically bands like Lamb of God, Slipknot, Bleeding Through, and many others.

Lacey-This next set is my random fire...Something light and goofy

Lacey-Board games or Card games?

Richie-Card games

Lacey-Bubbles or Bubbles Gum?

Richie-Gum

Lacey-One song that is your guilty pleasure?

Richie-Owl City - Good Time ahahahahahaha

Lacey-What do you want to be reincarnated as and why?

Richie-A German Shepherd, it would just be dope.

Lacey-First thing you grab when you are off tour?

Richie-Hopefully we'll find out soon enough.

Lacey-Album you are really digging at the current moment?

Richie-Bleeding Through - Portrait of the Goddess

Lacey-Anything you would like to add in closing?

Richie-If you feel like you haven't seen any good metal shows lately, or are worried about what you should be listening to because everything else seems old...we highly recommend you give us just one chance to knock you on your ass with our show. We believe that we can give Arizona metal heads something to look forward to and something to be proud of as far as this scene goes. WE ARE THAT BAND that you have been waiting for, and we will not disappoint you. Feel free to hit us up at www.facebook.com/murkocetmetal and look forward to our EP coming out very soon, and a bunch of other nonsense that we have lined up for you guys :)