Khallice Interview!!

Saturday, 17 June 2006

Here it is!, the great brazilian band Khallice interview!, Marcelo Barbosa anwser all our question, thanks Marcelo! PerfectProg.Com: Ok first of all, my name is Leonel, thanks for this interview in the name of all PerfectProg.com Team!

1. Marcelo, can you tell us How Khallice was born?

First of all, I'm sorry about my bad English. I will try to do my best, ok? hehehehe

khallice was born like many other bands: some friends passioned about music playing together songs of well known bands they like. Time went by, and we started to compose our own songs, with influence of artists like

Rush, Yes, Dream Teather, Pantera and many others...

2. Any other bands you have before Khallice?

I have been in many bands in my country, but none that are so expressive in the brasilian scene like khallice is. This is a project that i started eleven years ago. I have been playing since 1999 with friends in a pop/rock group called Zero 10. This band is great, it relaxes me, and i have fun playing with the guys, and this kind of music.

3. Do you or any of the Khallice members have side proyects?

Yes, we all have other projects. For example, like I said, I play with Zero10 and have my solo career. Renato Gomes, the keyboard player, also plays with Zero10. Netto, the singer, often goes in musical theater and stuff which he loves to do. He spent almost two years in Mexico to sing in a Broadway Production of Jesus Christ Super Star. It was great for him but our deput was late almost two years because of it.

We all usually work in other stuff, but nothing autoral. Normally, they work in cover bands to earn some money and have fun.

4. Are you guys planing touring in the near future, playing on a festival or else?

Yes. By now we are very focused on the recording and production of our new CD. We are always playing and touring here in Brazil. Unfortunally we didn't have an invitation to make a tour in other countries yet. But we really want to do that. I think with this new work it will happen.

5. In our website PerfectProg.Com we have several polls, can you tell us where your votes go on each one?

Ok. It isn't easy...

Best band : Dream Theater

Best Singer: André Matos

Best guitarist: John Petrucci, but I like very much Michael Romeu stuff too...

Best drummer: Mike Portnoy

Best Keyboard player: Jordan Rudess

Best Bassist : Toni Levin

How did you knew... : A friend told me. ;)

Wich prog metal school is the best: American

My favorite perfectprog section is: bands

6. Can you tell us about your new deal with Magna Carta?

It happened in the begginig of this year. I went to the USA to play at NAMM and I met Greg Howe for the second time in my life. He gave some classes in 2005 and now I would like to take this opportunity again. I really like his playing, he's one of my favorites players in the world. So, I showed to him two songs of our new CD that were done at this time. He really enjoyed it and helped me with some contacts. Magna Carta wqas our best option. Simply the lable that we wanted. They will cover the whole world unless Brazil, and will release the next two Cds and the first one too.

7. What are your music influences in general for all of you?

We have different influences, but some are the same for everybody. Stuff like Dream Theater, Rush, Deep Purple, Led Zeppellin, Metallica, Beatles, Queen, Pain of Salvation and many others

8. Marcelo you are an amazing player, where do you learn to play guitar?

Thank you. I started early and took classes with some brasilian teachers. After that I started to buy books, instructional videos and studied by myself. I always went to workshops and took some classes about Jazz and Brazilian music too. I'm always searching for information and will always be a student. Now I have a big guitar school here, and something like 500 students an 25 teachers.

9. What are the future plans for the band?

We are finishing our first DVD. It comes with a show and interviews. It's a nice meterial. Besides this, we are recording a new album with great new songs. In my opinion this one will be much better than the first one. We have some special guests confirmed in this work too, some brazilian an some from other countries.

10. Brazil is a country with a lot of potencial for progmetal music!, you have angra, before eden, akashic, and a lot more, what can you tell me about that?

I think that Brazilian people are very creative and dedicated. We have great musicians in every style of music here. It wouldn't be different in prog metal.

11. What you guys expect from your music?

We expect to touch people's feelings. I think any type of art is about feelings and expression and this is our biggest goal. We always try to write songs that touch and inspire people...

12. Who write the lyrics and music on Khallice?

The lyrics normally are written by Netto and Pedro Assumpção, our new drummer. We all write musics but normally, I'm am the guy who write the almost everything. I do it on my computer. I programm some drums and keyboards and record some guitars and basses...After that, each one put their own talent into it, so the magic happens...

13. Why Mario Linhares left the band?

We don't know 100% for shure. He didn't told us. But I think he was very engaged with his band Dark Avenger at this time. Anyway it was better for him and for us too. Now we are friends and sometimes our bands play together in festivals here.

14. Your album, the Journey, excellent album, one of my favorities, very progressive, great vocals, the guitar amazing, the keys, the drums, all, it remain me to Dream Theater in some parts, is DT a big influence to you?...

Thank you very much. Yes, I can say that we always liked prog stuff. I grew up listenning to Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd... and also something heavier like Pantera, Megadeth, Metallica. When we listenned to DT the first time was like this two thing became one. At this day I wanted to play this kind of music. So some of the songs of the first album were composed 11 years ago, when I was 19 years old. of course, we were very influenced by them and still are by now. But now we have more experience and knowleged to make something really different.

Ok Marcelo Barbosa, thanks for this great interview you give us, we really appreciated, anything you want to add to your fans and PerfectProg.Com visitors...

I want to thank you too. Carry on with this great work and I realy hope that soon we talk more, at this time, about our new CD. Anyone who wants to know more about our work can find information at www.khallice.com.br

keep rockin!

You can buy Khallice music at their website at www.khallice.com.br

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