One is in a style of an interview - a series of question and answers between the interviewer and interviewee (the band/artists ect..). Sometimes it can features just the lead singer/artists of a band, occasionally some are structured to have replies from all the members instead.
The questions are usually planned to be a mixture of planned questions, other with spontaneous and improvising to the interviewee's repsonse. The interviewer's parts are written in third person, with the use of 'you' to direct the questions towards the the interviewee's. The band/artists's responses will be in third person, as they are direct responses from them.
An example of this is below:
Kerrang! Interview - Young Guns
Young Guns popped into the Kerrang! office this week to have a little chat about next week's Kerrang! Tour.
The lads took some time out with this week's work experience Liv Swann for a natter about the upcoming dates.
Check out the interview below!
Kerrang!: Any “rock-star-diva” requests for your rider?
GUS (vocals): “No, because they probably won’t be granted even if we asked for them!”
BEN (drums): “Just any beer and any water.”
GUS: “If I could have my own little safe to keep my own allowance of beers in, ‘coz I don’t drink till after we’ve played, and these guys just drink all the time. It’s slowly becoming my pet hate on tour. I need my own little separate diva allowance, that would be nice.”
SI (bass): “Like a little lunch box.”
GUS: “Yeah, just like a Fisher Price one.”
GUS (vocals): “No, because they probably won’t be granted even if we asked for them!”
BEN (drums): “Just any beer and any water.”
GUS: “If I could have my own little safe to keep my own allowance of beers in, ‘coz I don’t drink till after we’ve played, and these guys just drink all the time. It’s slowly becoming my pet hate on tour. I need my own little separate diva allowance, that would be nice.”
SI (bass): “Like a little lunch box.”
GUS: “Yeah, just like a Fisher Price one.”
For a double page spread, articles can range between 6-12 questions, depending on the length of the response. Usually, they are long and explicatory, which keeps the reader interests and hooked. The word count differs between article to article. For and interesting and griping article, the count tends to be a lot longer than 1000 words, where as some quick snappy, 'get to know you' type interviews contain less than 500 words.
An example of an interview from RockSound and Kerrang! magazine is below:
World exclusive 30 Seconds To Mars interview!
Tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine features a world exclusive interview with 30 Seconds To Mars. We join the band in the studio as they put the finishing touches to the follow-up to their 2005 breakthrough album, A Beautiful Lie.
30 Seconds To Mars have been working with producer Flood (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins) at The International Centre For The Advancement Of The Arts And Sciences Of Sound in the Hollywood Hills and, according to frontman Jared Leto, the band have penned a staggering 120 songs for the new release.
"I'd get up and sometimes a song would just come," Leto told K!. "It would just happen. Generally if I sat down at the piano or picked up a guitar, a song would arrive. But every song is different and that's what makes it exciting and that's what makes it interesting. Every song has its own rules - some come quick; you have to beat the living shit out of others. The important thing to know is that the record is nearly finished."
Though a release date has yet to be set for the new album, Leto reveals that he and brother / drummer Shannon and guitarist Tomo Milicevic have distilled the 120 tracks down to just 20.
Leto also went on to reveal what the new album will be called:
"Want to know the working title of the album?" he asked Kerrang!. "Well, I'm going to give it to you. I did this before and I got in trouble and I probably shouldn't tell you this, but the title as it stands is... This Is War!"
For the full interview, be sure to pick up a copy of tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine
30 Seconds To Mars have been working with producer Flood (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumpkins) at The International Centre For The Advancement Of The Arts And Sciences Of Sound in the Hollywood Hills and, according to frontman Jared Leto, the band have penned a staggering 120 songs for the new release.
"I'd get up and sometimes a song would just come," Leto told K!. "It would just happen. Generally if I sat down at the piano or picked up a guitar, a song would arrive. But every song is different and that's what makes it exciting and that's what makes it interesting. Every song has its own rules - some come quick; you have to beat the living shit out of others. The important thing to know is that the record is nearly finished."
Though a release date has yet to be set for the new album, Leto reveals that he and brother / drummer Shannon and guitarist Tomo Milicevic have distilled the 120 tracks down to just 20.
Leto also went on to reveal what the new album will be called:
"Want to know the working title of the album?" he asked Kerrang!. "Well, I'm going to give it to you. I did this before and I got in trouble and I probably shouldn't tell you this, but the title as it stands is... This Is War!"
For the full interview, be sure to pick up a copy of tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine
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