Gama Bomb Interview: No Nonsense Metal Interviews

NNMR: No Nonsense Metal Interviews:

GAMA BOMB

   

   Thrash. Arguably the purest strain of Metal music. Its responsible for some of the biggest bands in the Metal world. Thrash, like all types of music, has had musical ups and downs. Times when it has been at the top of its game and encircling the world like a plague. It has also had times when it seemed to be crumbling before us. Here in 2013, this scene appears to be in its best health since 1986, and bands like Gama Bomb, are why.

   Gama Bomb are one of greatest Thrash bands of the 21st century. Heralding from Ireland, they have created their own unique sound, while helping to rebuild Thrash back into the world conquering machine it was in the 1980's. Their dedication is truly inspirational, both through their extensive touring and their brilliant studio releases. Gama Bomb even released their third full length album as a free download. Gama Bomb's latest release, The Terror Tapes, is helping to boost them further towards Metal super-stardom. 
   NNMR interviewed Gama Bomb's own Joe McGuigan, post album release to find out how they feel about The Terror Tapes, and what Gama Bomb have planned for the near future.

NNMR: You guys have just released your 4th full length album, "The Terror Tapes", what has the reception been like from fans to the new album so far?
-Joe: "The reaction has been amazing so far, everyone we have spoken to and most of the magazines seem to agree its our best album yet. So far so good. Its a great feeling to know that were on top of our game creatively."

NNMR: What inspires you to create new material and are there any bands in particular that have inspired Gama Bomb's music?
-Joe: "Were inspired by our success I guess. A few months after we make an album we always are intrigued as to how we can top it, so our best songs inspire us to try and better ourselves. As younger guys we wore a lot of our influences on our sleeves, Sodom, Exodus, Anthrax, etc etc. So its been cool to go and play shows with those guys and fulfill a lot of our childhood dreams."

NNMR: What made you guys release your third full length album, "Tales From The Grave In Space" as a free album?
-Joe: "As fans, we consume a lot of older bands albums through downloads. Since you can't go down to your local shop and buy a Nuclear Assault album, the way we found a lot of our favorite bands was through downloading. Being a Irish based band we really wanted to expand our fan-base outside the UK, so we came up with the idea of having the album as a free download with earache records and it worked out great. We got to play a lot of shows in places like Brazil and Mexico, places where our albums weren't available on CD or LP."

NNMR: Will fans get to see Gama Bomb on the road before the end of 2013?
-Joe: "Yea we're on tour in Europe at the moment and will be going to the USA and South America before the end of the year."

NNMR: Many bands have been getting creative with their new releases over the past year. There have been double albums, multiple part albums and significant style shifts. Will Gama Bomb be following the trend? 
-Joe: "We've settled into a format of releasing two 7" singles for each album, so I think were happy to keep on releasing our stuff as 7" LP's and online."

NNMR: Will we be seeing a Gama Bomb, live album anytime soon?
-Joe: "Maybe, we were actually speaking to one of the promoters about that during the tour, maybe after the next album."

   So there it is. Gama Bomb are already giving indication of what they could have up their sleeves. A potential live album after their "Next album". What ever their next moves maybe, fans will certainly be eagerly waiting. We can safely assume that they certainly wont be losing there love for making music, or sense of humour anytime soon....

NNMR: Any last points you would like to make to your fans? 
-Joe: "Cheers for supporting Gama Bomb, go have a beer and a w**k."

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