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\n<\/a>\u201c<\/strong>I think we\u2019re just doing our thing and lyrically there\u2019s a lot of messages in the lyrics, and for me I think the most important thing is that to just live your life to the absolute fullest and have fun and enjoy everything and not take life too seriously, and I think our music covers a lot of different things, it covers the positive side and the negative side but always in a positive way\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: Fresh from supporting Aerosmith and Van Halen at the Stone Music Festival and recently writing and recording at Birdland studios with legendary Australian producer Lindsay Gravina (The Living End, Jet, Shihad, Eskimo Joe), Ten Thousand are gearing up to take their explosive live show back on the road for their upcoming tour. Armed with a string of new singles the band has further developed its sound, straddling new territory and fusing together razor sharp rock n roll riffs, echoing spaced out melodies, a thunderous fuzzed out rhythm section and soaring melodic vocals. With influences as varied as Motley Crue, Muse & 30 Seconds To Mars, Ten Thousand destroy the barriers between progressive and classic rock n roll.<\/p>\n

We chatted to Marty of Ten Thousand to help introduce the band and fill us in on all you need to know about them. They\u2019re one to look out for and most certainly one of the best things you\u2019ve never heard\u2026<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the basics; for those that haven\u2019t heard of you, can you please give us the abridged version of the<\/strong> Ten Thousand story, how you all came to be and the decision on the name of the band?
\n<\/strong>It\u2019s going back a little while now, maybe about three years ago, basically I just put up an ad looking to start a new rock project and Brandon the other guitarist came on board, and it took about a year for everybody to get together, but we just started working on the sound and trying to come up with some songs. Before we knew it, we\u2019d recorded an EP and started playing shows around town and doing a few tours and things, and basically it was just a group of guys that came together and we wanted to create something that hasn\u2019t been out there at the moment, like a sound that was interesting and a little different, so that was how we all came to be. A few line-up changes over the last couple of years, but it\u2019s now these guys, and as for the band name it\u2019s going back a long way and I can\u2019t really remember how we came up with the name but I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a story in there and maybe one of the other guys will be able to fill you in on that. There is a story, but I\u2019ll leave that for another time maybe\u2026<\/p>\n

For those that may not have heard you before how would you best describe your sound?
\n<\/strong>At the moment, basically it\u2019s a mix between something like Muse, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Queens Of The Stone Age, there are some experimental guitar effects and I\u2019ve started using drum machines and samplers and stuff like that, so when we first started playing it was based around arena rock, like the big guitar band with guitar harmonies and that kind of thing, but over the last couple of years we\u2019ve really started pushing sounds and rather than focusing on the instrument more of a seventies type vibe with experimental electronic type thing, so really there isn\u2019t so much a sound we\u2019re going for, were just trying to create a sound we like and that we\u2019re not hearing out there if that makes sense at all.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve just signed an International management deal with Unbreakable Global<\/a>, what is this amazing opportunity going to bring to the band?
\n<\/strong>Oh look, for us it\u2019s kind of all we\u2019ve been looking for, we\u2019ve been hanging to go overseas and travel around the world and try and get our music out there and hopefully with these guys it\u2019s gonna open the doorway to that and give us the opportunity to do so. We\u2019ve been working on an album for the last year or so and it\u2019s pretty much finished and ready to record, at the moment we\u2019re just in the middle of pre-production, I think we\u2019ve got like two tracks left to finish off and then we\u2019re ready to start recording. Yeah, with the management deal hopefully it opens the doors to bigger and better things, I mean it\u2019s been good so far and I\u2019m sure there are plenty more things that are there to offer. They\u2019re awesome guys, awesome people and to be working with them, for us it\u2019s like a dream come true to get this opportunity. We first met Mark at Stone Festival last year when we were put on as one of the Australian acts, and to finally get the deal almost a year later now is pretty exciting.<\/p>\n

With your \u2018Tales From The Wasteland\u2019 EP and a couple of singles out previously, how have you seen the band grow musically in your time together?
\n<\/strong>I think we\u2019ve learned how everybody else plays and it\u2019s a feel thing, like when you play with people for a long time it starts to become intuitive, you know the parts they\u2019re going to write and the bass lines that Luke\u2019s gonna come up with and the kind of vocal that Jay will do and so it\u2019s really gelled. When we first started it was like everybody brought their influences to the table and sometimes it\u2019s a little difficult to make it all work, and over time you really start to start to understand where everyone\u2019s coming from and what we\u2019re trying to get out of it. It just becomes seamless, like song writing now is just so much easier because we all understand how we play and what we\u2019re all into, and it all just happens very naturally and very organically. We\u2019re not a band where one person writes everything and other people then learn them, the way we write songs is literally in a rehearsal room and literally it will be a drum part a bass part or a guitar part and we just jam it out until we get a song and just fine tune it. Basically since say 2011 when we used to do that it could be quite a long process to get something that was cool and was sometimes a little disjointed here and there and now it\u2019s really like we\u2019ve started to hit our stride, and in the last twelve to fifteen months it\u2019s been just becoming so much easier, it\u2019s great. Even just adding more and more sounds, like I was saying, I\u2019ve started using a bit of synth and samplers and stuff like that and sort of opened up more sonic opportunities with the band and the sounds we can create you know?<\/p>\n

Musically, what or who inspires\/influences your music the most that you have brought to the band?
\n<\/strong>Yeah definitely, for me a lot of it comes from the guitar side of things, I grew up listening to stuff like Pink Floyd and Zeppelin and things like that, so a lot of the influences for me are the old school rock bands like Deep Purple and that kind of style. I also listen to a lot of blues and that kind of Cream, all those kind of bands. With the electronic style with a lot of the samples and the loops, a lot of that comes from bands like Nine Inch Nails or Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, a lot of the electronica acts that are using sampling and synths and creating really interesting sounds and for me it\u2019s always been about trying to mix those two worlds together. I think it\u2019s important if you\u2019re going to do something with a seventies type of vibe that you need to take that sound and push it further as that was done in the seventies, so while I say bands like Zeppelin and that influence me a lot, I always try and approach it in a more modern way and do it a little more interesting than just sort of copying an old style you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

Live, you\u2019ve had the opportunity to play with some amazing bands and have played a number of shows over the last few years, how would you describe the live version of the band?<\/strong>
\nI think that\u2019s where it\u2019s at, we\u2019ve always tried to be a crazy live band and put on a great show, we spend a lot of time putting our shows together, with the lighting and making sure the whole show flows. It\u2019s a lot of energy, if anyone\u2019s ever come to see us play it gets a little crazy and a little manic and I just think that\u2019s where it\u2019s at, not just for us but for any band I think that\u2019s where the core is, to be able to play your stuff live. The recording is a fair bit tamer than an actual live show and we\u2019ve had people say that where they listen to the song on the record and then come to a show and be like \u2018shit man, you\u2019re a lot heavier than we thought you were\u2019 *laughs* but playing with amazing bands, you just get to learn from them you know.<\/p>\n

OK so who stands out as the kick me band you\u2019ve played with so far?<\/strong>
\nOh for sure Aerosmith, to be on that bill, and we actually got to watch the side stage, for the first few songs we were sitting literally on the side of the stage, I had friends in the crowd that could see us then the big head of security came along and said \u2018what the hell are you guys doing here?\u2019 *laughs* They were amazing, then we went around to the front, and Steven Tyler is just the most incredible front-man and singer and it was incredible, absolutely incredible, those guys are amazing and I think for all of us, that was a real turning moment to sort of experience from the other side and being on a festival like that, and to then watch that band\u2026 those guys are like sixty five and it was one of the most incredible performances, so it was amazing. You can\u2019t describe it in words, just when you\u2019re there and watching it, it was wicked.<\/p>\n

Can we expect to see you out on tour soon?<\/strong>
\nYes, we are actually playing a surprise gig this Saturday at The Espy front bar, it\u2019s a free show, but we\u2019ll be doing a few shows throughout April, May and June, so should be heading up to Sydney, and Adelaide and a few more Melbourne shows, so like I said, we\u2019re currently in the middle of this album, so next month we\u2019ll be looking into trying to get that recorded but we\u2019ll definitely be doing a few more shows around in the next couple of months.<\/p>\n

For a bit of fun, say you get the chance to open for any artist or band in the world (that you haven\u2019t already), who would they be and why?<\/strong>
\nFor me personally, it would be Nine Inch Nails, for me that band is always pushing the limits of technology, I saw them a few weeks ago when they were touring with Queens Of The Stone Age as well, and just in terms of lighting and innovation and just the show they put on is incredible, it\u2019s just so well put together and just crazy, so that would be the one for me for sure.<\/p>\n

If you could cover one song in your live set that no one would ever expect, what would it be and why?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* let me think\u2026 I don\u2019t know\u2026 I tell you what, I think it would be amazing to cover \u2018Comfortably Numb\u2019 by Pink Floyd at absolutely nail that solo at the end of that song, I think that would blow people\u2019s minds if you could pull that off *laughs* I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever be able to achieve that, but that would be pretty cool.<\/p>\n

In terms of a message you want to get across to people with Ten Thousand, what would that be?<\/strong>
\nLook man, I think we\u2019re just doing our thing and lyrically there\u2019s a lot of messages in the lyrics, and for me I think the most important thing is that to just live your life to the absolute fullest and have fun and enjoy everything and not take life too seriously, and I think our music covers a lot of different things, it covers the positive side and the negative side but always in a positive way, even though you go through things and bad stuff happens, things will get better, and a lot of the lyrics and content and music that we\u2019ve made lately is about really living a life that\u2019s less ordinary and trying to make something amazing and that applies to everybody and to just enjoy life for what it is while you can.<\/p>\n

Lastly, with 2014 well on its way now, here’s a chance to jump in the DeLorean and check out the future.\u00a0 So, finish this sentence for me, in 2014 Ten Thousand will\u2026
\n<\/strong>Have been touring Europe and released their debut album to rave reviews, how\u2019s that? *laughs* hopefully *laughs* this is the year, I can feel it.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n

Sounds like: <\/strong>Rock \/ Progressive \/ Alternative<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Jay Bowen \u2013 Vocals, Brandon Valentine – Lead guitar\/BVs, Jason Beardsley – Drums\/BVs , Marty K – Lead\/Rhythm Guitars\/Synth , Luke McKenzie – Bass\/BVs<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> <\/strong>http:\/\/tenthousandofficial.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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