Terrorvison Tony - An interview with a legendary frontman.
We like to shake things up over here at Rock News, normal is boring. So for this one I thought I would tell you my Terrorvion journey first.
During my now many years on this planet I have been to hundreds of gigs and seen bands that are now classed as legendary.
There comes a time in most people’s life when kids come along and you find yourself with no time and money for gigs. During this time a band came along that had hit after hit in the charts, not just the Rock charts but the regular charts. Terrorvison was a Rock Band that appeared on the TV and not just Top of the Pops.
Fast forward to 2012 and my gig going days are back. It’s Friday it’s Download, it’s cold it’s wet and I finally get to see Terrorvison, the first band on the Zippo stage.
Out comes Tony, barefoot jumping around like a teenager, to say they smashed it would be an understatement.
Since that day I have seen them many times and to this day they are the only band I have ever seen that have made the Nottingham Rock City floor bow and flex as the crowd jumped around.
If you ever get the chance to see Terrorvison or Tony’s solo gigs don’t miss it.
So when we started this blog Tony was top of our bucket list for people to interview. Thankfully Tony is a down to earth and nice guy and accepted our request for an interview.
This is where we hand over to the one and only ace interviewer Roctavia.
Thank you for taking the time out to answer a couple questions with us today! We’ve been really looking forward to interviewing you Tony. My name is Roctavia and I’m from the United Stated so these are questions from an American’s perspective. Honestly, an American that very much so loves British rock bands.
So let’s jump right in, from what I’ve noticed so far in getting to know more about the band & your music is that you seem like a really hard working band. There doesn’t seem to be any big egos at all either. What do you think makes you all mesh & get along so well?
We’re all from Bradford and the surrounding areas. It’s quite a unique place where if you have an ego there’s plenty of folk to shoot you down so people meet the friends they make usually at the bars that play the music they are into. We don’t always get along of course but the end result is one we are all happy with and happy to go out and play as many places as we can. Music was a great escape for us.
How did Terrorvision end up forming?
I met Mark and asked when the band were playing again. (They had a different singer) he said they were left looking for a singer. I said I’d do it, he’s said probably not. They couldn’t find anyone else and so had no choice 😂🤣
What is the driving force behind your creativity?
The ambition to be creative and leave a legacy and not just work to produce litter for the bins. Sometimes that is great sometimes it’s hard but it’s something to set and a goal and try to stick to
Can you tell us about your most favorite song that you’ve written & what the creative process behind writing it was like from start to finish?
For me I always feel like I hear the song and just catch it. It might be an overheard conversation snippet or an emotion that is stirred by the news but I don’t have a favourite as my ambition is to keep writing till I hit a pinnacle I can’t get any higher than. Therefore the best is yet to come…. I hope
Terrorvision is majorly well known in the UK for our US readers that are not really aware. Can you tell us what you feel the magic equation was that garnered you such a huge television & radio presence?
When we started most rock bands where we lived had really strong American accents as British media doesn’t support rock music like the States do so most stuff we heard was from the States. You have mainstream media over there that rocks and we have a few safe rock bands that the radio over here will play. They say nothing, challenge less and are safe as safe can be. But Terrorvision had some fans in the TV world and gave us a platform to be seen. Radio never liked us.
Tell us a bit about your favorite gig & why you enjoyed it so much.
I love all gigs. It doesn’t matter where, how big or small. It’s just an absolute pleasure to be in a room with like-minded folk after growing up feeling like you just don’t fit in. Doesn’t matter if that is Reading festival, Download or top deck of a bus… It’s special.
Have you put any thoughts into doing a tour in The States? What would your dream US tour look like?
A dream your would just be an opportunity to tour. We nearly got there but we liked to party quite hard and it just never happened.
What’s the weirdest thing that’s happened to you on tour?
Can’t tell you.
Haha! Fair enough.
What do you feel is in the future for Terrorvision after pandemic restrictions are lifted?
Maybe another album. More tours and festivals. Putting out our own solo and other band stuff….
Again, thank you so very much for taking the time to chat with us Tony. So I always love to go out of an interview on a fun & off-the-cuff note so who’s your favourite Disney princess & why?
Shera. He man’s girlfriend . Don’t know if she was a princess but she was well fit.
You can follow Tony on Twitter @LaikaTone
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