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04 HALESTORM
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We haven’t
finished an issue so close to the holidays for years. 06 TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN
Looking back, I have absolutely no idea how I managed 08 SAINT ASONIA
to get last year’s Christmas issue finished at the end of 12 SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
November before I went to Australia. This year, time has
just flown by. Though I did end up doing an extra inter- 16 MARIANAS TRENCH
view this issue as it’s hard to say no when you’re offered 20 PALISADES
an interview with a band you love. As it usually takes me
at least four nights (if not more) to research for one inter- 24 MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
view, then a night to type the interview up, another night 28 DREAM STATE
to make it into an article and then get the interview laid 34 AIRBOURNE
out, that took up the best part of another week. Plus, this
issue, we’ve got 13 pages of concerts. 38 BV CV / EATIN’ AIN’T CHEATIN’
October/November is usually busy with gigs, but I found 39 ALBUMS
December equally as busy this year. There was also that 41 FANSITE FOCUS / SFS
one interview I ended up researching for that never hap-
pened - so I’m saving those questions for next issue. 42 CONCERTS
Hopefully, that will be one less I need to research for next 55 A MUSICAL NOTE FROM... SLYDER
issue.
This issue, I decided to put Dream State on the cover 58 RIP MARIE FREDRIKSSON
following my interview with vocalist CJ Gilpin in
Birmingham. After following the band since their
‘Consequences’ EP in 2015, but somehow not actually
seeing them live, I finally did, and had a heartfelt inter- BV Instagram
view with CJ before the show. Hearing how she and the
band are really in the music world to make a difference Follow us on Instagram at @blackvelvetmagazine
and how they are so real and honest was all it took for me
to want to put them on the cover. Huge thanks to Gareth
Bull for sending me the photo of the band that’s on the “I’ve got nothing against making money
cover. but first you’ve got to do your own
thing on your own terms and be
This issue, I was delighted to interview (vegan) Chris happy with your art...
Motionless Of Motionless In White in person (I’d inter- Once you’ve done things on
viewed him on the phone on tne band’s previous your own terms and been
‘Graveyard Shift’ album cycle), Nick of Sleeping With stubborn and gone through
Sirens, Palisades and Marianas Trench - while BV con- a hard time, still you’re
tributor Michael did the honours of quizzing Arejay of better off at the end of it
Halestorm, Harri of Airbourne and Caleb of Tyler Bryant & all if you can look
yourself in the mirror
The Shakedown. Sam and Penny Gower interviewed
with a clear conscience
Saint Asonia for us. We hope you enjoy reading all of
knowing that you didn’t
these interviews as much as we enjoyed doing them. compromise for the
wrong reasons...
Y & velvet kisses me to maintain my integrity
It was more important to
and my personality and stay
Shari Black Velvet a human being than getting
rich and famous and getting
caught up in that kind of
lifestyle ‘cause I know you’ll
never find real happiness
that way.”
Michael Monroe
Black Velvet Issue 102

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