Mad Painter - Debt Collector
(•)> Are you still into rock n' roll despute mainstream rock being almost dead?
Are we still into rock and roll in 2024, almost 2025? That's an easy question to answer. Our heads are in 1974, although some of the band members go back as far as 1968 with their MC5, Blue Cheer, Vanilla Fudge, and The Small Faces fixation. We're mostly a 70s-inspired retro rock band, but we are all original. So in our minds, we're not competing with anyone contemporary.. We are competing with the greats of yesteryear, such as Rory Gallagher, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Deep Purple, Spooky Tooth, Grand Funk, Iron Butterfly, and Mountain.
So there's your answer. We are still into classic rock because classic rock is alive and well as long as we are around. I know it is a bold statement, but it's also a system of belief.
(•)> A little bird told me your music journey started with a bunch of mistakes in the Baltic. Do you remember those mixtapes? If yes, what music was inside of them when you hit play?
Now, about the Baltic adventure, I would hardly call it a mistake, more like a series of happy accidents. Yes, it's true, my dad bought me a mono tape recorder back in 1980 when we were vacationing in the Baltics. Estonia, to be more precise. And yes, it did come with two wonderful, stupendous, fabulous mixtapes filled to the brim with hits of the day by the likes of David Bowie, Amanda Lear, Dschinghis Khan, Baccara, ABBA, Boney M, and ELO. Those were probably my earliest influences, musically speaking, and still my brightest memories of rock and pop of the era.
(•)> What awesome CDs did you acquire lately? Do you have a CD tower in prder to expose those beauties to the world? If not, where do you keep your CD collection?
As far as my latest procurement, it's actually a Kevin Ayers 8 CD box set. It's called All This Crazy Gift of Time, a chock full of treasures, not just his period albums starting with A Joy of a Toy, but also rarities, BBC recordings, and so forth. A true delight. I do have countless CDs, it's true. Lavish, comprehensive box sets are the way to go. Individual CDs are still stacked on my wall racks. And box sets are aptly stored in boxes. There are some truly mammoth ones that are worth mentioning. By Camel, Caravan, Family, Streetwalkers, Ian Hunter, Steve Hillage, Uriah Heep, Judas Priest, Wishbone Ash, and Nazareth. There's also the new one by John Mayall. Documenting everything he did with the Blues Breakers and solo, from the very beginning in 1964 up through 1974. It's called The First Generation. And the second volume is coming. This is quite an expensive hobby, but for a collector like myself, it's so totally worth it.
(•)> What are your favorite records from the 70s and what's the 70s magnum opus?
My all-time top favorites from the 70s include Sutherland Brothers - Beat of the Street, Smokie- Midnight Cafe, The Sweet - Desolation Boulevard, Status Quo - Blue for You, Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself, Montrose - Jump on It, Queen - A Night At The Opera, Rory Gallagher - Blueprint, Nazareth - Malice in Wonderland, Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage, Gilbert O'Sullivan - Stranger in My Own Backyard, Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation, Golden Earring - Switch, UFO - Phenomenon... And so on and so forth.
If I had to think long and hard, and I really didn't, the Definitive Magnum Opus from the 1970s - The Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue - a Double Album.
(•)> What was the best horror flick you' ve seen lately and why?
And finally... Horror Flicks. I don't really watch them because the news these days are full of horror. I do have a favorite from 1976, called Blue Sunshine.
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