{"id":29888,"date":"2016-06-04T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=29888"},"modified":"2016-05-26T18:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T08:05:13","slug":"terri-nunn-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2016\/06\/terri-nunn-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Terri Nunn of Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201c\u2026as a matter of fact it looks like there\u2019s going to be a reunion of the original three, John Crawford, David Diamond and I are writing together right now. David Diamond came and guested on some shows last year, and then John came in really kind of out of nowhere and I wasn\u2019t expecting this but it\u2019s happening and it\u2019s now.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Let by\u00a0Terri Nunn<\/strong>, synth-pop\/new wavers\u00a0BERLIN\u00a0<\/strong>(USA) will take you back in time to that steamy scene from\u00a0Top Gun<\/strong>\u00a0when they perform their Australian #1\u00a0Take My Breath Away<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(writer\u00a0Giorgio Moroder<\/strong>\u00a0said that he is most proud of this song, of all the other hits he has had) plus their other fantastic Top 40 Hits, including\u00a0No More Words,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Dancing in Berlin<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as well as the seminal,\u00a0Metro <\/em><\/strong>(which has been covered by everyone from\u00a0System of a Down<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Alkaline Trio<\/strong>). This will be BERLIN<\/strong>\u2019s first tour of Australia since 1984!<\/p>\n

We gave Terri from Berlin a call to talk about the Totally 80\u2019s tour of Australia, the 80\u2019s resurgence, memories of Australia, INXS, bands reunited, the future, and more\u2026<\/p>\n

We’re here because you’re heading down to see us in July on the Totally 80’s tour,\u00a0what can we expect on this run of shows?<\/strong>
\nOur show is a production show, lights and a lot of video content, so it\u2019s quite visual as well as musical you could say. *laughs*<\/p>\n

Are we up for the straight up hits?<\/strong>
\nYeah were gonna be play hits as well as songs from our latest album \u2018Animal\u2019.<\/p>\n

These kinds of tours are quite popular now, have you toured with any of the artists before?<\/strong>
\nReal Life actually did a tour with us, they opened for us in America in 1985. Stacey Q is interesting, we\u2019ve never played with her but she and we worked in the same studio, this was back in 1981 she was working with the same producer while we were working on \u2018Pleasure Victim\u2019 in a studio out here in Orange County, California. That\u2019s how I met her, she was doing her own thing.<\/p>\n

The 80’s resurgence has been massive over the last few years, what do you think it is about the music that people have never really let go of \/ gravitated back towards to?<\/strong>
\nI think it\u2019s still exciting and popular because at least Berlin was at the forefront of the electronic movement, when we started here in America it wasn\u2019t really happening here yet, it was going on in Europe, Germany and our influences were Kraftwerk and Ultravox in England, so it was going on over there but not really here. Since then in the 80\u2019s when we started it here, electronic music is still going, the songs today have drum machine sounds even now, so it doesn\u2019t sound that different than what was going on then. It\u2019s expanded, and there\u2019s a lot more to play with but electronic music is still happening and I think that\u2019s why 80\u2019s music is still so popular.<\/p>\n

In the time when Berlin were huge it was also at a time of the big hair metal era and the huge rock scene started to take off, what was it like co existing with your pop rock \/ new wave music and having a huge number one with ‘Take my breath away?’<\/strong>
\nWell for us it was hard in the beginning, like you said, when we started the popular thing was power pop, the skinny ties like The Knack, The Go-Gos and all the bands that we played with around here that became big later, you know people were looking at us like what the hell is that? It t wasn\u2019t easy in the beginning because they didn\u2019t get it, they didn\u2019t really understand what we were doing, but we kept going and got better and luckily people caught up. Hi. *laughs*<\/p>\n

It’s been over thirty years since your last visit to Australia back in 1984, what do you remember from that time?<\/strong>
\nI remember how beautiful your country was then, it was very similar in climate, and I also remember that the men were generally very chauvinistic with the women and yet the women were extremely strong, they were very similar to American women, yet the men were I don\u2019t know, just kind of more manly men *laughs* is it still the same way? *laughs*<\/p>\n

So other than the shows, what are you hoping to get up to down here?<\/strong>
\nSeeing it, and interacting with people there, that\u2019s what I love the most is seeing the sights and hanging out with the people, because it\u2019s not really a vacation, we\u2019re working, so I don\u2019t get to party\u2026 I\u2019d like to go to some clubs and check that after the shows possibly. Mostly what I love is the connection with people in different countries; it\u2019s fascinating for me to do that, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m most interested in.<\/p>\n

I like many watched the VH1 Bands Reunited episode and was stoked when yours worked and even thought you’d still kept the band active for a few years before that, was that a catalyst in having you back to where you are today?<\/strong>
\nYes, it was a catalyst in many ways, it was the reunion for me with my partner John Crawford who we\u2019d had a falling out seven years prior to that show, so I didn\u2019t think when they came to my door and asked if John would be a part of it I didn\u2019t think he would, but he did and that reconnected us which emotionally was fantastic for me which was fantastic, you know we were partners for thirteen years and the stuff we did together has helped to fund my kid\u2019s college education, so I just wanted it to be healed, and that show brought that to be. Then professionally because the exposure on VH1 was so big and so constant it really helped with bringing some light back onto Berlin and gave us a lot more opportunity.<\/p>\n

One of those being new music from Berlin which is great, with \u2018Animal\u2019 out in 2013, can we expect more in the future?<\/strong>
\nYes as a matter of fact it looks like there\u2019s going to be a reunion of the original three, John Crawford, David Diamond and I are writing together right now. David Diamond came and guested on some shows last year, and then John came in really kind of out of nowhere and I wasn\u2019t expecting this but it\u2019s happening and it\u2019s now.<\/p>\n

I have to ask because it’s awesome, how did \u2018The Metro\u2019 come about to be\u00a0covered by rockers like\u00a0System of a Down\u00a0and\u00a0Alkaline Trio?<\/strong>
\nI love System of a Down\u2019s version, I thought it was great *laughs* *sings a very worthy System type version* *laughs* I loved it. I haven\u2019t heard Alkaline Trio\u2019s what\u2019s it like?<\/p>\n

Well it\u2019s much less intense than the System version *laughs*<\/strong>
\nThanks for telling me about that, I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

You also got to tour with our Aussie boys, INXS! How was that?<\/strong>
\nPretty wonderful, we started out on the same label, they were overseas on Phonogram and while we were recording an album over in England they came over to do their first show in England at the time, and our rep over at Phonogram said \u2018hey do you want to see this new band, they\u2019re called INXS\u2026 and they\u2019re playing at the marquee\u2019 which is a tiny club, so we said yeah, and we went over there, met the guys, then they went on the stage and I turned into a puddle on the floor watching Michael Hutchence on stage, I just lost my mind, I just couldn\u2019t believe his stage presence, the music, all of it, it blew me away. While they were they we dated a bit *laughs* that was fun too\u2026 so when we lost him that was completely tragic to me, and the world, and tragic because, God, the band is so incredible, it was like shit, what\u2019s gonna happen now with them? They were amazing, what are they gonna do? They did a bunch of things and then when they called us to do a tour with them that was great, and now they\u2019re done and I\u2019m sad.<\/p>\n

The industry is a much different place now than it was back in the 80’s, what for you has been the most notable difference in music today?<\/strong>
\nFor me the most notable difference is that the live show is the key, it\u2019s the most important thing for the artists now because people don\u2019t sell records any more. I mean we do a bit, but now it\u2019s so much less than it used to be where before it tilted the other way, and that\u2019s good for me because I do it for the live shows, I don\u2019t love being in the studio, I don\u2019t love recording, I do it because I have to, I love writing songs but the whole studio thing I\u2019m not a tech person at all, I don\u2019t care, for me they\u2019re just man caves, they\u2019re not fun to be in so I get in and get out. So for me it\u2019s about the live show and the connection, again, I love the connection with people, I love the party atmosphere of shows, I just love concerts whether going or playing them. So that\u2019s the change in my world is that the concert is everything now because it\u2019s the one thing that can\u2019t be duplicated digitally.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let’s try and see if we can predict the future, so finish this sentence for me, the one thing Berlin wants to do in 2016 is…<\/strong>
\nComplete another excellent album and do a Berlin reunion tour.<\/p>\n

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Totally 80\u2019s Australian Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 12th July –\u00a0BRISBANE<\/strong>\u00a0Eatons Hill<\/p>\n

Thursday 14th July –\u00a0GOLD COAST<\/strong>\u00a0Jupiters<\/p>\n

Friday 15th July –\u00a0MELBOURNE<\/strong>\u00a0Palais Theatre<\/p>\n

Saturday 16th July –\u00a0SYDNEY<\/strong>\u00a0Enmore Theatre<\/p>\n

Wednesday 20th July –\u00a0PERTH<\/strong>\u00a0Astor Theatre<\/p>\n

Thursday 21st July –\u00a0ADELAIDE<\/strong>\u00a0The Gov<\/p>\n

Friday 22nd July –\u00a0HOBART<\/strong>\u00a0Wrest Point<\/p>\n

Saturday 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0July \u2013\u00a0MELBOURNE<\/strong>\u00a0The Palms @ Crown<\/p>\n

Sunday 24th<\/sup>\u00a0July \u2013\u00a0MELBOURNE<\/strong>\u00a0The Palms @ Crown<\/p>\n


\nTickets on sale NOW from:\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/www.metropolistouring.com\/totally80s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Presented by Metropolis Touring<\/p>\n

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

From:<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band Members:<\/strong>\u00a0Terri Nunn<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong>\u00a0http:\/\/www.berlinpage.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018Animal\u2019 (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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