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ISSUE NUMBER: 1 CLIP COVER DATE: 16TH FEB 2015 CONTENTS
10 - exclusive! 26 - dRUMS VS distortion
singles & albums 38 - THE MINDSWEEP 39 - the pale emperor 40 - AMERICAN BEAUTY/ : LUKE SMITH : LUKE AMERICAN PHYSCO 41 - f.e.a.r. 42 - juggernaut COVER PHOTO COVER
BREAKING SHOOTS 3 - while she sleeps 43 - zarah hameed 5 - SLIPKNOT 44 - d&b 7 - letlive. 45 - satellite 8 - four year strong 46 - Young Guns 10 - FRESH BLOOD: SATELLITE 47 - YOU ME AT SIX 48 - The BACKGROUND GIGGING ROCK & YOU 16 - enter shikari 18 - FOO FIGHTERS 49 - merch everywhere 19 - metallica 50 - FAN ART 20 - ASKING ALEXANDRIA 51 - COMPS 23 - bEARTOOTH 52 - tats 24 - AXEWOUND 53 - YOU INTERVIEW 25 - lower than atlantis MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR! iT’S FINALLY HERE! iT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND THE REST OF THE clip TEAM and it shows that hard work and dedication pays off. WE WANT TO THANK EVE- GUIDES RYONE WHO’S SUPPORTED US, AND OF COURSE YOU, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING THE MAGAZINE! anyway, enough of that, in this special edition, 26 - a gibson or a mapex? we want to show you some of some new talent, satellite, who we’re massive fans of. however, for 29 - LOW FREQ STUFF all you loyalists, there’s plenty of news on your favourites, including shikari, slipknot and asking. 32 - orange THERE’S ALSO GUIDES FOR YOU, TO DECIDE IF YOU SHOULD PLAY DRUMS OR GUITAR, AND HOW TO GET THAT REAL 36 - TREMELO MARK I BEEFY BASS TONE. HAVE FUN! Luke Smith - Editor FRESH BLOOD: CLIP SATELLITE breaking
“IT’S TIME TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT WE’RE ALL ABOUT.”
ERE AT CLIP, WE’RE So how long have you been a Phil - Yeah, we really wanted it to be ALL FOR NEW TALENT, band? And how did you get to massive, there’s nothing more irritating and these guys are our where you are now? as a fan when a band you like doesn’t latest music love. Satellite Zarah - “We started at school when we come anywhere near you. We liked the Hreleased their new self titled album were about 15, so we’ve been together idea of a massive tour in order to get earlier this year, and to say the least around 5 years now.” close to the fans that bought the album it took off. The four piece are then Adam - “We all knew each other through and made us as we are now following the success up with a colossal secondary school, and when we became Zarah - We also want to support our UK tour with 20 venues just waiting to a band we all used to hang about album and to introduce us properly to be trashed. together whenever we weren’t practicing. the world of music. It’s time to show the We spoke to vocalist Zarah Hammed, I remember recording covers of Four world what we’re all about. guitarist Adam Drabble, bassist Reece Years [Strong] or letlive and trying to And the supports you’re bringing Jenkinson and drummer Phil Bevington produce them by ourselves.” with you, what made you want about their super speedy claim to fame, Reece - “And then we recorded the to tour with them? and what the future holds for them. Archways [& Architects] E.P. After Adam - We’ve struck super lucky with Welcome to the top end of listening to the covers we realised we the two bands who wanted to tour with the music industry guys! how had to let someone else do it for us if we us. does it feel to be floating in actually wanted the E.P. to be any good” Phil - As well as being massive fans of commercial success? Adam - “My older brother did the them, Neck Deep are also 5 amazing Zarah - “It’s incredible actually. I recording for us at Phil’s house, but (with- guys. We met them at Slam Dunk and mean, it was not long ago that we were out trying to be up our arses) it sounded we’ve been good friends since. We’ve struggling to sell tickets to or friends as though it’d been recorded at Abbey wanted to tour together for ages, and and family to play gigs at a local jam Road Studios or something.” finally we’ve got our chance. night.” Phil - “It sounded professional, which was Reece - And Tonight Alive are a massive Phil - “I remember our first gig, where new to us, the good thing is that it the E.P. band. We were gobsmacked when we we practiced for days in the back attracted labels to us, which is what got heard news that they listened to us and room of my house so we could play us here today. The E.P. was our key really. wanted to come along. to our Mums and Dads who were in Zarah - Jenna [McDougall] got in touch a grand audience of 13 people at the So wHAT ABOUT THE TOUR THEN? I with us and it’s took off there. Again, the MEAN, IT’S MASSIVE! Double Top pub. 5 of them are great and when they 11 11 SATELLITE
UK TOUR DATES
APrIL 2015 SAT 25 - LONDON - ROUNDHOUSE SUN 26 - CAMBRIDGE - CORN EXCHANGE MON 27 - MANCHESTER - ACADEMY TUES 28 - CARDIFF - YPLAS THURS 30TH - SHEFFIELD - LEADMILL JUNE 2015 FRI 1 - NORWICH - UEA SAT 2 - PORTSMOUTH - PYRAMIDS sun 3 - wolverhampton - CIVIC MON 4 - GLASGOW - BARROWLANDS TUES 5 - NEWCASTLE - ACADEMY THURS 7 - NOTTINGHAM - ROCK CITY FRI 8 - SCUNTHORPE - BATHS SAT 9 - BIRMINGHAM - INSTITUTE SUN 10 - LIVERPOOL - ACADEMY MON 11 - EDINBURGH - PLAYHOUSE TUES 12 - SWANSEA - STATIC wed 13 - camden - UNDERWORLD THURS 14 - HATFIELD - the forum fri 15 - dublin - CIVIC sat 16 - belfast - ULSTER HALLS
asked us if they could come with us we We and our SMALLER We can’t wait to do this every night for couldn’t resist. As Reece said, we were about a month. gobsmacked. LABEL ONLY PREDICTED A Phil - The best gigs are always the The album itself. It really took LITTLE RECOGNITION - small venueones. It’s where you can off. can you tell us about the PHIL BEVINGTON get close to your fans and deliver process of recording to success? something they’ve always been waiting Zarah - That’s when it hit us all. We knew for. I remember going to gigs where the Phil - Well it was really quite just we were on to something big. When we capacity would be around 400 and they that. We went in the studio hoping to sat and listened to the album after the were always the best. maybe get on the table of a big label production was finished we could tell Zarah - We haven’t been on the road owner. We and our smaller label only we’d end up with more credit than we since we started recording though, so predicted a little bit of recognition but expected, but still, never something like we’re going to full out on this tour. We’re never something like we got. this. counting down the days. Adam - Dan [Weller] was amazing. You’ve built up a reputation Adam - The fans are so important to us The guy’s produced people like Enter up for crazy live shows. Have Shikari. How our label managed to you got anything to say about and we’ve missed them to be honest. persuade him to come in I’ll never them? We’re so thankful for anyone that’s bought tickets, merch or the tracks and know. Adam - We love live shows, we just supported us from the beginning. Phil - It took us about 24 days to finish sort of lose it which is why they always Reece - And after this tour we’ll just actual recording, then the mixing, under up with me in the middle of a pit back to our practice and writing routine. mastering and producing took around or Reece hanging upside down on the And maybe in the future we’ll bash out a month. I finished my drums in the scaffolding. another album. first 3 days and spent all my time on Reece - I’ve lost count of the number of Football Manager. Won the Premier times half of Phil’s kit has ended up on So there you go. we think League as Sheffield United and that’s the floor. they’re the next big thing. about as productive as I was. Zarah - But we always make sure satellite’s self titled debut Reece - After the album was finished our stuff sounds tight. We practice album is out now from itunes and regular stores for less we had a meeting with our label whenever we’re not writing or gigging. manager who told us he’d received an than a tenner! check your There’s no point going crazy to a load local venues for ticket prices, offer from Sony Records to sign us. of shit. trust us, it’s worth it!