Negative, sounds2move.de 6/2006
You don’t really have to think a lot about the most important musical influence when you look at the looks and the image of the band, which altogether makes it easier for the band to create the awaited singles. “We all like the 1980’s, not only because of the clothes, also because of the music. Like this, we are influenced by it when we’re composing. Most of our songs are created with the concept verse-chorus-verse-chorus, then we add a guitar solo here and there and that’s it. The singles with the catchy chorus come quite easily when you’re writing songs this way”, the guitarists reconstructs the prototype of a successful radio-single.
And he’s right as the mixture of more or less heavy riffs and sweet melodies guaranteed the European success for the six Finns especially on the previous album with the matching title “Sweet&Deceitful”
Nevertheless the bands does not want to be reduced to that and, with the new record, takes a little step more into the direction of Rock’n’Roll. “Our last album was really very melodic. But that’s only one side of NEGATIVE. It was important to us to make the new album heavier, and the melodies are different, too”, Larry lets us know. And again he’s right about what he says. Having been close to kitsch [LOL sorry… that’s really the same word in english, didn’t know that :lol:] concerning some harmonies on the previous album, NEGATIVE sounds a lot heavier and rougher in 2006, for example in “Glory of the Shame”. This positive change of the band NEGATIVE is mostly based on vocalist and lyricist Jonne as the incarnate dream of many groupies has developed and moved his lyrical emphasis away from heartache from time to time. “A Song for the broken hearted” and the aforementioned first single “Planet of the Sun” - somehow the most melodic song on the whole album - are some of the few exceptions that do sound like “Sweet&Deceitful”
Not only the fans await the release of the first single, but also the band is curious for the feedback, as an impishly giggling Larry points out: “I’m really curious about the reactions.
The
single includes a B-site we called “Heroine”. That’s a quite dirty and for our terms heavy song, nothing people except from NEGETIVE in the first place. I like the contrast between the single and that song as the fans really get an image of the spectrum of the new album.”
The whole sound of the band has changed with the record - in some parts due to the competent producer Hiili Hiilesmaa who already underlined the talent of Apocalyptica, HIM and Lab.
But copying one of their colleagues or having their records as a role-model was something NEGATIVE did not want to do with the choice of their producer, as they say. “We heard that Hiili does really crazy things every now and then and that’s the same with us as well. For example we beat our guitars against the wall of the studio one night, which actually is really stupid. But later on, Hiili added the sounds that came out to some of our finished songs. That was quite crazy” Love gives an insight into the not always deadly serious (but sometimes alcoholic?!) time in the studio.
However, already in the first conversations it became clear that Hiilesmaa is the right person for the new album as the Finn already had different ideas about which the guys of NEGATIVE were immediately positively surprised. And despite the producer’s references to gothic, Larry, Jonne, Antti, Sir Christus, Jay and Snack did not want to make a record that goes exactly into that direction, as the likeable Scandinavian clarifies: “We do not want to be the second HIM or 69 Eyes. Even if I really like the guitars on the first record of HIM, we see ourselves as a Rock’n’Roll-band. We hardly have anything in common with Gothic.
If his band is going to follow a steep carrier similar to that of the mentioned Band around Ville Valo, Larry doesn’t now. He rather ponders about his existence, especially as a vocational musician: “One of the good sides of life and especially of life as a musician is that you never know what the future brings. We’re touring here and there and every now and then we reach some new people with it. I don’t really think about the future that much because I’m someone who believes in fate.”
However, the guitarist does not contradict our reporter’s opinion that NEGATIVE can build on more than just solid underground with their new record: “Some of our last singles were number 1 in Finland and I heard that on MySpace we have like 12,000 to 14,000 people everyday who listen to the new song (i.e. Planet of the Sun). It seems as if some people are interested in what we do. I have a good feeling, but you never know what’s going to happen.
Original interview by: Markus Rutten
translated from: www.sounds2move.de
And he’s right as the mixture of more or less heavy riffs and sweet melodies guaranteed the European success for the six Finns especially on the previous album with the matching title “Sweet&Deceitful”
Nevertheless the bands does not want to be reduced to that and, with the new record, takes a little step more into the direction of Rock’n’Roll. “Our last album was really very melodic. But that’s only one side of NEGATIVE. It was important to us to make the new album heavier, and the melodies are different, too”, Larry lets us know. And again he’s right about what he says. Having been close to kitsch [LOL sorry… that’s really the same word in english, didn’t know that :lol:] concerning some harmonies on the previous album, NEGATIVE sounds a lot heavier and rougher in 2006, for example in “Glory of the Shame”. This positive change of the band NEGATIVE is mostly based on vocalist and lyricist Jonne as the incarnate dream of many groupies has developed and moved his lyrical emphasis away from heartache from time to time. “A Song for the broken hearted” and the aforementioned first single “Planet of the Sun” - somehow the most melodic song on the whole album - are some of the few exceptions that do sound like “Sweet&Deceitful”
Not only the fans await the release of the first single, but also the band is curious for the feedback, as an impishly giggling Larry points out: “I’m really curious about the reactions.
The
single includes a B-site we called “Heroine”. That’s a quite dirty and for our terms heavy song, nothing people except from NEGETIVE in the first place. I like the contrast between the single and that song as the fans really get an image of the spectrum of the new album.”
The whole sound of the band has changed with the record - in some parts due to the competent producer Hiili Hiilesmaa who already underlined the talent of Apocalyptica, HIM and Lab.
But copying one of their colleagues or having their records as a role-model was something NEGATIVE did not want to do with the choice of their producer, as they say. “We heard that Hiili does really crazy things every now and then and that’s the same with us as well. For example we beat our guitars against the wall of the studio one night, which actually is really stupid. But later on, Hiili added the sounds that came out to some of our finished songs. That was quite crazy” Love gives an insight into the not always deadly serious (but sometimes alcoholic?!) time in the studio.
However, already in the first conversations it became clear that Hiilesmaa is the right person for the new album as the Finn already had different ideas about which the guys of NEGATIVE were immediately positively surprised. And despite the producer’s references to gothic, Larry, Jonne, Antti, Sir Christus, Jay and Snack did not want to make a record that goes exactly into that direction, as the likeable Scandinavian clarifies: “We do not want to be the second HIM or 69 Eyes. Even if I really like the guitars on the first record of HIM, we see ourselves as a Rock’n’Roll-band. We hardly have anything in common with Gothic.
If his band is going to follow a steep carrier similar to that of the mentioned Band around Ville Valo, Larry doesn’t now. He rather ponders about his existence, especially as a vocational musician: “One of the good sides of life and especially of life as a musician is that you never know what the future brings. We’re touring here and there and every now and then we reach some new people with it. I don’t really think about the future that much because I’m someone who believes in fate.”
However, the guitarist does not contradict our reporter’s opinion that NEGATIVE can build on more than just solid underground with their new record: “Some of our last singles were number 1 in Finland and I heard that on MySpace we have like 12,000 to 14,000 people everyday who listen to the new song (i.e. Planet of the Sun). It seems as if some people are interested in what we do. I have a good feeling, but you never know what’s going to happen.
Original interview by: Markus Rutten
translated from: www.sounds2move.de