PUSHBy Nicky Baldrian
PUSH
By
Nicky Baldrian
PUSH were
frormed in 1994 by vocalist Martie Peters and guitarist Martin
DaRic "We were so fed up with the rock scene" continues
Martie "that we felt something had to done... We recorded
and paid the first album ourselves and things sort of took off
from there.
Kasper Sogreen joined the band in time to play on the album
(Maximum Entertainment). We had all been in local hard rock bands
before so the direction in which we wanted to go was clear from
the start."
The band draw their inspirations and base their lyrics on a mix
of "fiction, something I see on TV, something the guys in
the band do, or something I experience myself".The bands
main goal is to continue "putting smiles on people's
faces", "We're not trying to save the world" says
Martie "But I think that our lyrics have to be something
people can relate to most people can relate to broken love or
getting legless now and then" continues Martie with a laugh.
The song "Changes" from the bands new album "On
The Run" is of a very personal nature "Changes has some
of the most personal lyrics I have written so far in my career...
judge for yourself" adds Martie.
Indeed the new album shows just what Push are all about
"It's our third album and in my humble opinion our very
best! We spent most of last year recording it" continues
Martie.
When the band took a break from touring and promoting their last
album (Shaken, Not Stirred) and started to think about the next
album they eventually hit a good combination of rocking tracks,
mid tempo tracks and ballads.
"It is also a tradition that we include a cover on our
albums and this time we have transformed the Bob Dylan track
"Jokerman" into a hard rocker!"
Push were due to tour the UK this year but had to cancel their
tour because their promoter pulled out in the last minute!
"However" says Martie "we will play the UK this
year and right now I am hoping for a 4-5 show UK Tour in August.
We are also looking for a support slot on a bigger european tour
later in 2000!"
Push toured their arses off with the last album, they played to a
sold out crowd in Copenhagen last year with Pretty Maids "It
was fantastic the whole tour was a good experience. We played
with Pink Cream69 in '97 in Antwerp and had a great night there
as well. Opening for DIO in '98 was great too! And of course the
shows we played on our own on the Shaken Tour."
After their debut album was released in 1997 the bands manager
talked to some people in Sweden who recommended Z Records
"and they were interested when they realised that our debut
did rather good in the UK as an import disc. Never Again (first
track on Shaken, Not Stirred) was the track that did it for us,
Mark at Z really loved that track and signed us after humming it
in his car on his way to the office" laughs Martie.
The band have also been warming up with Japanese rock fans
"The first one was never released in Japan and Shaken came
out on a small label called Dolphin Entertainment. But we have
been receiving some fan mail from out there so that's nice.
BURRN! gave us a fine review which warmed us but it didn't do too
well! Now we have signed with Marquee - Avalon for On The Run and
I have much higher expectations this time around!"
Push often get compared to White Lion but aren't fed up with the
constant press comparisments "I am flattered being compared
to some of my heroes! My big hero is Rod Stewart. I have been a
huge fan since I was 8 years old but obviously Mike Tramp and
White Lion in particularly has inspired me a lot. Mike is now a
good friend of mine and I did some backing vocals on his
Remembering White Lion album last year. Another highlight in my
career of course is being in the studio with one of my heroes!
Donnie Vie and Chip 'Z Nuff have written some of the best
melodies I have ever listened to, so that comparison is fine by
me too!!"
Martie originally wanted to be a footballer but then came the
beer and the women "so I had to forget about that. I
realised that playing in a band was a REALLY good way to get laid
so I started playing guitar and singing when I was 16 and here I
am today" he says with satisfaction.
The band are looking forward to touring "I hope we will meet
when we come and play live. We are looking forward to playing in
the UK as we have never done that before. I can guarantee that we
will do our best to kick serious ass. And I love GUINESS so it
can't go that wrong..."
Push have just released their excellent new album "On The
Run" check it out and don't forget to catch them on tour in
August.