FAQ's

PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING US THESE QUESTIONS:

1; SO WHAT IS THE KREWMEN'S SOUND?

IS IT PUNK? YES!

IS IT ROCK? YES!

IS IT METAL? YES!

IS IT PSYCHOBILLY? YES!

IS IT RnR? YES!

IN FACT IT IS A MIXTURE OF ALL THESE GREAT SOUNDS!

2; IS TONY THE ONLY ONE LEFT OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS?

YES HE IS THE ONLY ONE, THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE KNOW DOING MANY OTHER JOBS OUTSIDE MUSIC.

3; YOU WERE THE FIRST ROCKABILLY BAND TO COME UP WITH THE HARDER ROCK, THRASHIER, PUNKIER, METAL, PSYCHOBILLY SOUND. HOW DID YOU COME TO THIS SOUND AND WHAT WERE YOUR INFLUENCES?

THE EARLY KREWMEN (1983-84), SOUND WAS PURE ROCKABILLY. BUT TONY COULD NOT SEE A LONG TIME FUTER PLAYING THIS MUSIC. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HE WANTED TO WRITE/PRODUCE AND PLAY HIS OWN MUSIC. THE BANDS MUSIC INFLUENCES COME FROM GREATS LIKE; CHUCK BERRY, ALICE COOPER, ELVIS, THE ROLLIN' STONES, LED ZEPPLIN, JIMMI HENDRIX, and SEX PISTOLS.

4; WHY DO EVERY NEW KREWMEN ALBUM, SOUND A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THEIR PREVIOS ALBUM?

WE LIKE TO EXPERIMENT; ALSO WE WOULD SOON GET BORED PLAYING & WRITING THE SAME OLD MATERIAL. BUT WHAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO BUY YOUR RECORDS, "FOR WHO WANTS TO KEEP BUYING A BANDS RECORDS, IF THEY SOUND EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEIR LAST RELEASE". WE STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY THE KREWMEN HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, FOR OVER 14/15 YEARS.

5; YOUR DISTINCTIVE SOUND PROBABLY MEANS YOU ATTRACT DIFFERENT MUSIC CULTS TO BUY YOUR RECORDS AND ALSO TO YOUR CONCERTS.

IT WAS OUR MAIN AIM WAY BACK IN 1984/5, (WHEN TONY CHANGED OUR STYLE OF MUSIC SO DRAMATICALLY), TO ATTRACT A WIDER AUDIENCE TO OUR MUSIC. WE HAVE PLAYED MANY CONCERS & AND FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD, WERE OUR AUDIENCES AND SUPPORT BANDS COVER ALL CULTS. ON ONE FESTIVAL WE EVEN HAD A WOMAN OPERA SINGER AS A SUPPORT. ALSO OUR WORLDWIDE RECORD SALES ARE BROUGHT BY ALL TYPES OF MUSIC FOLLOWERS.

6; THE KREWMEN HAVE TOURED THE USA SEVERAL TIMES, ALSO CANADA-JAPAN, PLUS MANY TOURS OF EUROPE. WHAT DID THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK WHEN YOU FIRST TOURED THERE?

WHEN WE FIRST WENT TO THE USA IN 1988, THE PRESS THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE JUST LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE EUROPEAN BANDS OF THAT TIME, WHO USED A DOUBLE BASS. PURE "ROCKABILLY" & "A COPY OF THE STRAY CATS". BUT ONCE WE STARTED PLAYING CONCERTS AND APPEARD ON SEVERAL RADIO SHOWS, THEY SOON REALIZED "THE KREWMEN" WERE AN ORIGINAL BAND AND WERE NOT A COPY OF ANYONE". ONE OF, IF NOT THE BEST COMPLIMENTS WE HAVE EVER HAD PAID TO US, WAS WHEN THE PRESS IN THE USA WROTE BACK IN 1989; "SUCH ORIGINALITY, MAKES THE KREWMEN ONE OF THE FINDS OF THE 80's AND A BAND TO WATCH FOR THE 90's".

7; DO YOU GET MUCH ATTENTION FROM MAJOR MUSIC PRESS AND RADIO FROM AROUND THE WORLD?

YES, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SINCE WE HAD THE ALBUM "CURSE OF THE GRAVEYARD DEMON" RELEASED ON THE USA LABEL "SYCLAD". WE HAVE HAD VERY GOOD PRESS AND RADIO PLAY ALL OVER THE USA & CANADA, ESPECIALLY ON THE COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS. WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUPPORT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS FROM THE USA/CANANDA'S NUMBER ONE ALTERNATIVE MAGAZINE, "ALTERATIVE PRESS". ALSO IT HAS HELP A LOT, BY US TOURING REGULARY OVER IN THE USA. IN EUROPE-JAPAN. WE HAVE HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM MAGAZINES, LIKE "SPEK" (GERMANY), "SHARK" (GERMANY), MUSIK EXPRESS (EUROPE), "N.M.E." (UK), "SOUNDS" (UK), "BACK TO THE ROCK" (JAPAN), "SCOOTERING" (EUROPE), AND MANY MORE. IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEAR WE HAVE BEEN GETTING GOOD NATIONAL RADIO & PRESS COVERAGE FROM AUSTRALIA. ALSO WE OWE A LOT OF THANK'S TO FANZINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WHO HAVE GIVEN US GREAT SUPPORT OVER THE PAST 14/15 YEARS. FANZINES LIKE; "STREETPUNK", "FIESTA", "KRUEGER NEWS", "MUTANT CREW", "NECRO NEWS" AND VERY MANY MORE. BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST FACTOR TO US OVER THE YEARS. IS THE GREAT AMOUNT OF LOYAL SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM "OUR FANS". FOR WITH OUT THEM WE WOULD STILL BE PLAYING AT OUR LOCAL PUB"

8; WHAT DIRECTION DO WE SEE THE KREWMEN'S MUSIC GOING?

WHO KNOWS WHATS IN TONY'S HEAD WHEN HE STARTS WRITING A NEW ALBUM, WE DO NOT THINK HE REALLY KNOWS UNTILL HE GETS INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO. BUT WE WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO EXPERIMENT WITH OUR SOUND, UNTILL WE DROP DEAD. "FOR WHO WANTS TO STAND STIL". EVERTHING ELSE CHANGES, SO WHY NOT OUR MUSIC!

9; WHAT ARE THE KREWMEN'S FUTURE PLANS?

TO KEEP PLAYING & RECORDING AND MAKING OUR LIVING FOM OUR MUSIC. WE HAVE JUST SIGNED A FOUR-ALBUM DEAL WITH LOST MOMENT RECORDS. THE FIRST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN 1999. TOURS OF AUSTRALIA AND THE USA ARE PLANNED FOR 1999/2000. ALSO THERE IS TALK OF TOURING JAPAN AGAIN. WHILE IN AUSTRALIA WE HOPE TO RECORD A LIVE ALBUM & VIDEO.

HOWEVER, OUR BIGGEST AIM FOR 1999, IS TO SORT-OUT THE "BASTARD" WHO PIRATED 6 OF OUR ALBUMS.