{"id":32608,"date":"2017-07-20T06:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=32608"},"modified":"2017-07-20T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:58:18","slug":"cristian-machado-ill-nino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/07\/cristian-machado-ill-nino\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristian Machado of ILL NI\u00d1O"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWe were purely just bodies trying to create some kind of music that we thought was cool and at least made us feel culturally powerful I suppose and us being metal heads and doing what we did I suppose that\u2019s the one thing and it\u2019s also the one thing that\u2019s allowed us to still continue to do this so many years later\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Hailing from New Jersey\/New York, ILL NI\u00d1O are a not just a meteorological event, they are a musical force to be reckoned with. Their revered album \u2018Revolution Revoluci\u00f3n\u2019 marked what was the beginning for these founding fathers of Latin metal. ILL NI\u00d1O offered something different, they brought a flair and ethnicity to the metal scene. With their jaw dropping percussive artillery and Flamenco guitar tones, the band meshed the Latino passion with an aggressive metal assault. Their live show is where they shine: driving, energetic and animated, not many bands can match them. The fans are what pushes ILL NI\u00d1O to continue to dominate after a decade.<\/p>\n

While in California we Cristian a call to talk about Ill Nino\u2019s return to Australia, memories of releasing \u2018Revolution Revolucion\u2019, new music, and much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading back to see us, and you\u2019re playing \u2018Revolution Revolucion\u2019 in full, what was the idea behind doing this?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s a little nostalgia, just trying to bring back a little bit of what I think made all the fans connect with us in the first place you know? We I suppose can consider ourselves very lucky and at this point very grateful, we had a great first album and it did impact the way that it did and it seemed like it was something that fans were really liking and were interested in when they saw that other bands were doing it, so it felt like a natural move to go out there and play the record in full. It\u2019s kind of like a view nostalgia that may be going around a little bit at the moment a little bit but it certainly has had a huge impact on us and the fans and on the shows.<\/p>\n

How will the shows shape up?<\/strong>
\nWell we\u2019re playing the entire album and we\u2019re throwing in one to two songs off all the other albums in there depending on the night and I suppose in Australia it\u2019ll be a small package there will be a lot of bands or there shouldn\u2019t be *laughs* I\u2019m not 100% sure yet so I suppose we\u2019ll be able to get full set time and there won\u2019t be any curfew issues, well I\u2019m hoping anyway, I know that when we were in Europe recently there were a lot of bands and it was a big tour and we were headlining on the list but sometimes you can throw in six songs depending on time you can only throw in three depending what kind of curfew we\u2019re working with. I think in Australia it\u2019s not like a brought package or anything like that so we\u2019ll be able to play as long as possible, I\u2019m looking forward to going there.<\/p>\n

Looking back to its release in 2001 what do you remember about releasing your debut album?<\/strong>
\nThe day that the album was supposed to be released was supposed to be September 11, 2001 and there was a couple of other artists that were going to release albums that day and all our releases got pushed back to a week later. The initial memory I have from the release of our album was that I was still working, I was still doing construction and I remember waking up in the morning knowing our album was supposed to be released that day and being excited about what we were going to sell or just getting some kind of notion as to how well we did when we were touring to support the debut album, and I know I woke up and I was just going to work that day and got to see what was going on on TV and it obviously September 11 had a huge impact on everybody\u2019s life but you know in a selfish kind of way *laughs* it kind of left me thinking \u2018what the hell is going to happen?\u2019 in a situation like that is the world going to end? Is the album never going to come out? That\u2019s it, it\u2019s all garbage now! *laughs* so it was a little bit of a let\u2019s say sour experience, and that day turned into a terrible day which lead to a lot of things, we were supposed to head out on a Machine Head tour, we were almost going to duck out of it because we were worried that we had family in New York and nobody knew what was going to happen, but the next week Roadrunner was able to get all the albums released again and I think rightfully so, I think the world needed some music at that point you know. It\u2019s one of those things we haven\u2019t really talked about it until this because this tour has brought those things up and people asking and we it happened and it was released a week later and it did seem there was some light at the end of the tunnel and to be honest at that point we weren\u2019t expecting anything because we didn\u2019t know, we didn\u2019t know what was going to happen to the world. So you can say we\u2019re lucky to still be thriving and surviving.<\/p>\n

Seeing you guys live before is amazing, what is it about the live side of Ill Nino that is so important?<\/strong>
\nYou know I think in rock and roll if you can\u2019t bring it live, if you can\u2019t really put yourself into the music and really give a tantric and energetic live performance then you may be a musician but you may not be a performer and that\u2019s the thing that divides some genres of music where there are musicians but not necessarily performers and I think rock bands that were inspired by the underground movements of hardcore and punk rock are just themselves so that was a very rebellious and anti-society movement, so I think on stage it\u2019s just a representation of what we can call our war dance *laughs* so we get on stage and do our Latin metal war dancing and that\u2019s what we call it. Certainly we were just inspired by punk rock and hardcore and the underground that made actual performance that didn\u2019t need to be theatrical but was still extremely powerful and tantric and I think that\u2019s what the point of our show is to just try and not really be there mentally it\u2019s just to let go and some nights are better than others to be honest with you because you know we\u2019re only human beings *laughs*. The last tour we did in Europe was amazing and towards the end of the tour a couple of us started getting sick and we had some rough shows there but nevertheless we got through the fans were still 100% and it\u2019s all that keeps us going man the fans.<\/p>\n

Terror Universal are also coming along for the ride, how are Ahrue and Dave going to go pulling off double duties for the whole tour?<\/strong>
\nWell he\u2019s done it before, they\u2019ve gone out with us before and does it well, Dave is a machine, he\u2019s a well-engineered metal drumming machine, when it comes down to consistency and just overall powerful performance he\u2019s a badass drummer and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he could do it with three bands in one night *laughs*. For him it\u2019s nothing, maybe by the end of our show he\u2019s a little sore but I don\u2019t think he tells anybody just out of he doesn\u2019t want anyone to give him shit about it.<\/p>\n

So in terms of new music can we expect something soon?<\/strong>
\nDefinitely if we can start sharing some of the music we\u2019ve been writing individually with each other you know, and we\u2019re planning right now to find some time to finalise at least ten to fifteen songs and have the bulk of the album I don\u2019t want to say scheduled but at least conceptualised and know what the ideas of the record are going to be, and I certainly want to try to work hard on this album to resurrect the things that made us the band we were in the beginning and it\u2019s tough. I know the music scene is just like a human being, it goes different ways and you grow differently and you could say you sprout and sometimes the roots are a good thing to come back to depending on how special it was and I\u2019m hoping that the playing of these old songs especially the songs we didn\u2019t get to play for fifteen \/ sixteen years brings us back to a really good creative place that can just take us to the level that we really want to be.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been in this band for almost twenty years now, and it\u2019s easy to say what\u2019s changed over your time together but what\u2019s the one thing you\u2019d say has stayed the same?<\/strong>
\nThe one thing that has stayed the same in our band is luckily the identity, I don\u2019t want to say that we were trying to do anything to take the world over or anything but we were influenced by a lot of great music at the time and I think we just wanted to do it in our own way and still show that inspiration in our music but have songs and entire albums that didn\u2019t necessarily sound like other bands and I don\u2019t know that we tried or we were just lucky enough to each have individual influences that were different enough to make what it was, to make Ill Nino what it was, but certainly to say that the one thing that has stayed the same is just our identity, we play culture metal, we\u2019re a Latin metal band and a lot of people in the beginning I suppose put us in the nu-metal territory and as soon that kind of went by the wayside it was mostly the Latin metal movement that we referred ourselves and our fans with and it wasn\u2019t really us that did it, it was really our fans that discovered this. We were purely just bodies trying to create some kind of music that we thought was cool and at least made us feel culturally powerful I suppose and us being metal heads and doing what we did I suppose that\u2019s the one thing and it\u2019s also the one thing that\u2019s allowed us to still continue to do this so many years later, our identity, our fans are very open minded and kind to their own and open to culture and we\u2019re not one of the only bands that does it but certainly there aren\u2019t enough in the world.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me by the end of 2017 Ill Nino wants to\u2026<\/strong>
\nBy the end of 2017 Ill Nino wants to have a bunch of new songs recorded *laughs*\u00a0 that\u2019s probably the best priority to put in front of us right now or at least the most important priority. We don\u2019t want to end the \u2018Revolution\u2019 tour and not feel like we let the momentum go, our fans are the fuel of our fire pretty much so we want to give them something they can be proud of for the next one.<\/p>\n

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ILL NI\u00d1O & TERROR UNIVERSAL Tour Dates: AUGUST 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday 2 August \u2013 Capitol, PERTH \u2013 18+<\/p>\n

Thursday 3 August \u2013 Fowlers Live, ADELAIDE \u2013 18+<\/p>\n

Friday 4 August \u2013 Metro Theatre, SYDNEY \u2013 18+<\/p>\n

Saturday 5 August \u2013 Max Watts, MELBOURNE \u2013 18+<\/p>\n

Sunday 6 August \u2013 The Triffid, BRISBANE \u2013 18+<\/p>\n

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Tickets On Sale NOW from:\u00a0http:\/\/www.destroyalllines.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

From:<\/strong> New Jersey \/ New York – USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Cristian Machado – Lead Vocals, Dave Chavarri \u2013 Drums,\u00a0 Laz Pina \u2013 Bass, Ahrue Luster – Lead Guitar, Diego Verduzco – Rhythm Guitar, Oscar Santiago – Percussion<\/p>\n

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