Turbowolf is one of those kinds of bands that you love to hear again and again and again. Their unique sound is a mix of rock & roll, psychedelia, heavy metal, punk rock, and electronica, and this is the perfect combination to allow you to sit back and mash the “repeat all” button when you listen. It’s that good.
With their second album, Two Hands, released back in April, Chris Georgiadis (Vocals/Synth), Andy Ghosh (Guitar), Blake Davies (Bass) and Lianna Lee Davies (Drums) are established as one of the UK’s most notable upcoming rock bands. But, for this Bristol-based four piece group, there is no time to rest. They already started writing their new album – which will be released when the next solar eclipse takes place! They plan to tour all over Europe and the United States, and their front man, Chris, still found some time to talk with us about everything we need to know about Turbowolf.
Why “Turbowolf”? What does your name stand for?
We drank our way to that name a long time ago. Turbowolf stands for eclecticism, power, noise, freedom, love.
How did the four of you meet, and who had the initial idea to form the band?
Andy and I were playing in other bands and ended up forming the band because we wanted to make something more unusual. We met Blake playing in other bands in Bristol. Lianna was in a band called Pettybone, and once they split, we asked her to join.
You have been active since 2008 and released your debut album in 2011. Since then, a lot of things have happened in a very short amount of time. Are you proud of everything you have achieved so far, and is everything as you imagined it would be?
We are very proud of everyone involved in getting us to where we are now. I try not to imagine the future but try to affect it in the present as much as possible.
Your latest album Two Hands was released on past April, and from the beginning, it received great reviews. Does that make you anxious for your next moves?
Not really. It just makes us excited as to what we might make in the future. It’s a good pressure; we always want to be pushing ourselves forward.
Tell us a few things about Two Hands. What are the songs about, and which is your favorite one?
First off, it’s a work of passion, and I hope that comes across in the listening. We constructed it to be listened to in its entirety. Many of the songs have a positive message, and overall, it is a journey through modern times. One of my favorites is “Rich Gift”; it’s like an inoculation in the way that we let just enough wild get through while keeping it under control…just the right amount of control.
You have already announced the title and the date release for your next album. It is called Quell: The Ever Changing Sorcerer of Past, Present & Future and is supposed to be released when the next solar eclipse takes place, which according to my calculations is on March 8, 2016. Why did you choose that date?
Time will tell.
Where do you draw inspiration for the songs you write?
We’re inspired by change and evolution, progress and experimentation. We want to fill the void we never knew existed.
What do you have planned next, aside from your new album?
We are currently writing, but we do have definite plans to go back to the U.S. in the next year and probably try to tour through lots of Europe.
Turbowolf – Solid Gold (official video)
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Share with your fans a few personal things we don’t know about you. How did you start playing music? Was it always your dream? What was your childhood like?
I love to cook. And doing what I do now was not always my dream… I feel like I just fell into this. My childhood was good… hard to surmise. I guess you had to be there.
If I’m not wrong, and from what I can understand from your last name Chris Georgiadis, you have Greek blood running in your veins. I am from Greece also, and I actually live in Athens. What do your Greek origins give you? Greece after all is the cradle of culture.
I was just in Athens last week. It is such a beautiful place full of human history that is currently being torn apart by the banking system. In the words of Plato, “There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.”
