Eric Weideman (1927) – Interview
MR.IT: Welcome Eric Weideman! It’s a pleasure for me to interview you for Melodicrock.it website!
MR.IT: To open my interview, the question that every fan would have asked you: why a reunion, and why a new album after all these years of silence?
EW: “To be honest, we’ve more commonly been asked why hasn’t the band come back sooner? In the end it took someone external from the band to propose a brief tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ish in 2009. There was no thought of a new album at that stage, but during that tour the love from our supporters was so strong and the band got along so well, that we quickly evolved into a new 1927 that was capable and excited about keeping going. And a band can’t keep going without making new music, unless you’re happy to be a tribute version of yourself which would never fly with us”.
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