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A VISION OF
A VISION OF

ALK THE MOON have been creating waves touring non-stop recently… and they love it. In
Wfact, touring is so important to the four-piece band, comprised of Nick Petricca, Kevin Ray,
Eli Maiman and Sean Waugaman, that they have just released a live album, recorded at The Greek
Theatre in Los Angeles. Entitled ‘You Are Not Alone (Live At The Greek)’, the album has received

rave reviews from fans, some of whom have proclaimed that WALK THE MOON sound even better
live than they do in the studio! We’re not quite sure which we prefer since we love the band both live
and on disc – but we do know that it’s time Black Velvet had a chat with them…

o here we are in Brighton, before the almost like a pirate.” They all laugh at the pirate Moon together point out that this is not really a
Sband’s headline set at the Concorde 2. joke. reflection of what they got up to in their school
We begin by backtracking slightly to before the Eli joins in. “His name was E-Coli!” days. Trying to think of a bad school story, Sean
live album’s release… Two weeks previous, the Nick continues explaining each member. says, “I was in detention a lot because I never
band posted a video for ‘Work This Body’. The “Sean is the total wild card.” showed up on time. I still don't now.”
video shows pupils at school in class before Sean laughs and points out, “My character Kevin adds, “I used to do pranks all the time,
Nick, Kevin, Eli and Sean appear immortalized just doesn’t make any sense, because I don't but nothing specific I can particularly remember.”
on the side of a lunch box. The quartet come to make any sense.”
life during the school talent show, wearing out- Nick tries to explain his own outfit but since ork This Body’ is very confident in it-
landish costumes. they are so different, it is quite a task to describe ‘Wself. It includes lyrics such as ‘It ain't
“We wanted to do the alternate expressions accurately. “Mine is like, a light sabre made of a no matter of "if", honey, it's just a matter of
of our personalities,” Nick says. He goes on by microphone, I don’t know... a mix of Native “when”’. As a band the four members reckon
expanding on who wanted to show what. “For American shaman and a future warrior, I guess.” they’re always looking for more than just their
instance, Eli is the dark horse in the band. He The music video is about an awesome little next goal despite their differences in personali-
wanted to have a character that was almost the kid who ends up causing havoc in a school tal- ties.
side of a super villain! His was a lot darker and ent show by starting a food fight. Walk The “As a band we have always been very am-

WALK THE MOON