{"id":1168,"date":"2022-02-28T06:45:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T05:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaosguards.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2022-03-01T06:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T05:35:16","slug":"1168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaosguards.com\/?p=1168","title":{"rendered":"SHAKRA le 28\/02\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On n&rsquo;apprendra rien \u00e0 personne, les hard-rockers Suisses font partie des groupes de l\u00e9gende de leur sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9. Forts de leurs 13 albums studios qui ont ravi les fans, ils continuent leur chemin en proposant une musique certes immuable mais d&rsquo;une qualit\u00e9 incomparable. En route vers un entretien qui nous apprendra bien des choses sur un groupe pas si connu que cela en France\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1- Votre entit\u00e9 existe depuis les ann\u00e9es 90 et pourtant en France vous ne jouez pas beaucoup. A votre avis, pourquoi ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Nous avons toujours aim\u00e9 jouer en France m\u00eame si ce n&rsquo;est pas souvent. Nous souffrons de la m\u00eame chose ici en Suisse. On joue principalement en Suisse al\u00e9manique et rarement en Suisse romande. Nous ne savons pas nous-m\u00eames pourquoi, parce qu&rsquo;en gros nous jouons partout o\u00f9 il y a suffisamment de gens qui veulent nous voir. Et honn\u00eatement, \u00e7a a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 une grande fiesta avec les fans fran\u00e7ais et \u00e7a a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s diverstissant pour nous. Alors tout est ouvert et on peut aussi faire un petit appel ici : s&rsquo;il y a des promoteurs parmi les lecteurs qui souhaiteraient organiser un concert en France, merci de nous contacter. Nous serons heureux de venir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2- Peux-tu m&rsquo;expliquer les raisons qui ont pouss\u00e9 Mark Fox \u00e0 quitter le groupe puis \u00e0 revenir ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : C&rsquo;est une longue histoire avec beaucoup de petits facteurs. D&rsquo;une part, j&rsquo;\u00e9tais encore un jeune sauvage de 20 ans \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque qui devenait une rock star le soir venu. D&rsquo;une part, je voulais vivre les clich\u00e9s du rock. Comme c&rsquo;est le cas \u00e0 cet \u00e2ge, tu penses souvent que tu sais tout et que certaines choses se passent diff\u00e9remment de ce que tu pensais, j&rsquo;ai d\u00fb faire l&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience par moi-m\u00eame et je ne voulais pas qu&rsquo;on me le dise. De plus, je voyais la vie \u00e0 travers l&rsquo;alcool et la f\u00eate comme le contenu de la vie du musicien. Cela n&rsquo;a pas dur\u00e9 longtemps dans le groupe et a r\u00e9pandu une atmosph\u00e8re toxique jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 la fin am\u00e8re. Il a donc fallu couper. Apr\u00e8s cela, je me suis senti libre mais aussi mis au d\u00e9fi et j&rsquo;ai pu faire mon propre groupe : FOX. Ce fut un moment de \u00ab\u00a0retour \u00e0 la case d\u00e9part\u00a0\u00bb qui m&rsquo;a donn\u00e9 beaucoup d&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience que j&rsquo;avais ignor\u00e9e avec SHAKRA auparavant. Apr\u00e8s deux albums avec FOX, Thomas m&rsquo;a recontact\u00e9, ce qui \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s \u00e9tonnant, car nous \u00e9tions des ennemis jur\u00e9s, pour ainsi dire. Il a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 l&rsquo;id\u00e9e que je devrais revenir \u00e0 SHAKRA et j&rsquo;ai accepter sa proposition, cela montre la grandeur de faire \u00e9quipe \u00e0 nouveau apr\u00e8s une longue p\u00e9riode d&rsquo;hostilit\u00e9 et nous pourrions maintenant, avec notre exp\u00e9rience, communiquer les uns avec les autres rien qu&rsquo;avec les yeux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3- Vous connaissiez-vous avant la formation du groupe ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : Moi et notre batteur Roger avons grandi au m\u00eame endroit, je suppose que nous nous sommes rencontr\u00e9s pour la premi\u00e8re fois quand nous avions 15 ou 16 ans. Nous avions l&rsquo;habitude de jouer ensemble dans diff\u00e9rents groupes \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque. Puis il rejoignit le groupe qui a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 appel\u00e9 Shakra en 1993 et \u200b\u200bil m&rsquo;a dit qu&rsquo;ils recherchaient un nouveau guitariste en 1994. J&rsquo;ai h\u00e9sit\u00e9 en premier, mais ensuite apr\u00e8s l&rsquo;audition et j&rsquo;ai \u00e9t\u00e9 extr\u00eamement impressionn\u00e9 par la section rythmique de ce groupe qui fonctionnait super ien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4- Le groupe pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 de chaque membre du groupe ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : \u00c0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque, dans les ann\u00e9es 80\u2026 AC\/DC et tous les groupes de m\u00e9tal britanniques et allemands comme Accept, Scorpions, Priest ou Saxon. Mais aujourd&rsquo;hui j&rsquo;\u00e9coute tr\u00e8s rarement ces groupes. Je suis un grand fan de Rush and Dream Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Aerosmith et Guns&rsquo;n&rsquo;Roses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5- Qui ou quoi t&rsquo;inspires pour \u00e9crire des chansons ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : \u00c7a arrive\u2026 ou pas. Dans mon cas, ce n&rsquo;est pas une mauvaise ou une bonne exp\u00e9rience que j&rsquo;ai eue ou quelque chose comme \u00e7a. Je dois juste jouer de ma guitare toute la journ\u00e9e et souvent au bout d&rsquo;un moment je joue quelque chose, un riff ou une m\u00e9lodie et je me dis : Wow, \u00e7a sonne bien ! Parfois, cela ne prend que cinq minutes et toutes les diff\u00e9rentes parties d&rsquo;une chanson me viennent \u00e0 l&rsquo;esprit. Et parfois, il faut des semaines, voire des mois, pour qu&rsquo;une chanson soit cr\u00e9\u00e9e \u00e0 partir d&rsquo;un simple riff de guitare. Ce qui aide vraiment, c&rsquo;est d&rsquo;obtenir de temps en temps de nouveaux instruments. Une nouvelle guitare peut s\u00fbrement \u00eatre tr\u00e8s inspirante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6- O\u00f9 \u00e9tait ton dernier concert ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : C&rsquo;\u00e9tait au moulin Hunziken, \u00e0 Rubigen pr\u00e8s de Berne en Suisse. Nous \u00e9tions heureux de pouvoir enfin remonter sur sc\u00e8ne. Le dernier concert avant cela \u00e9tait fin octobre, soit dit en passant \u00e0 Colmar, en France et apr\u00e8s cela, tous les concerts ont d\u00fb \u00eatre report\u00e9s \u00e0 cause des mesures Covid, malheureusement. Comme maintenant, apr\u00e8s ce concert, tout doit encore \u00eatre report\u00e9. C&rsquo;est tr\u00e8s ennuyeux mais que pouvons-nous faire? Nous ne faisons que traverser cette pand\u00e9mie maintenant. Parfois, il est possible de jouer, parfois non. Esp\u00e9rons que nous sortirons bient\u00f4t de cette spirale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7-<\/strong> <strong>O\u00f9 aimeriez-vous jouer ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Personnellement, j&rsquo;adorerais jouer sur une de ces croisi\u00e8res m\u00e9tal dans les Cara\u00efbes. J&rsquo;aime le soleil, la mer et les palmiers et si je peux combiner cela avec de la musique, ce serait une grande exp\u00e9rience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : Qu&rsquo;est-ce que je peux dire de plus\u2026. \u00e7a a l&rsquo;air plut\u00f4t cool&nbsp;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8-<\/strong> <strong>Certains d&rsquo;entre vous ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 souffert du trac? Un conseil pour les d\u00e9butants sur la fa\u00e7on de combattre cela?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Le seul rem\u00e8de au trac est la sc\u00e8ne elle-m\u00eame. Il est important de sentir le picotement avant de sortir et de vous lancer. Une fois sur sc\u00e8ne, cela prend une minute ou deux et la fi\u00e8vre est partie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : J&rsquo;en souffre encore un peu apr\u00e8s toutes ces ann\u00e9es\u2026 parfois plus, parfois moins. Et je ne sais pas pourquoi. Mais \u00e7a va, je peux g\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9- Quels groupes vous ont le plus inspir\u00e9 ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : Eh bien ceux que j&rsquo;ai mentionn\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment. M\u00eame si j&rsquo;aime Rush ou DT, c&rsquo;est musicalement quelque chose de compl\u00e8tement diff\u00e9rent de ce que nous faisons. Non, je suppose que des groupes comme AC\/DC ou les Scorpions m&rsquo;ont le plus inspir\u00e9 en termes de guitare. Vous savez, les trucs simples. Sinon je ne pourrais pas les jouer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10- Quelle est la chose la plus \u00e9trange qu&rsquo;un fan vous ait jamais demand\u00e9e ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas : Phuuu\u2026. aucune id\u00e9e\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11- Que penses-tu de tes fans ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Nos fans sont les fans les plus fid\u00e8les qui soient. Ils grandissent avec nous, ou vice versa, et nous donnent l&rsquo;\u00e9nergie et la volont\u00e9 de continuer encore et encore dans ce cirque musical. Sans nos fans, nous n&rsquo;existerions pas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12- SHAKRA \u00ab\u00a0live\u00a0\u00bb en France, c&rsquo;est possible ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marc : Oui, bien s\u00fbr ! Apr\u00e8s tout, nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 jou\u00e9 en France. Nous esp\u00e9rons qu&rsquo;il y aura de nombreux autres concerts dans votre beau pays voisin. Pour le moment tout est assez compliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de la pand\u00e9mie, mais esp\u00e9rons que cela se d\u00e9cantera bient\u00f4t, il \u00e9tait temps !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13- Quelque chose \u00e0 ajouter ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark : Je souhaite \u00e0 tous les fans beaucoup de courage et de force pour traverser ces moments difficiles. Positivez! Cela ne peut que s&rsquo;arranger.. Continuez \u00e0 \u00e9couter du rock dans ce monde de fou !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English version<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"31\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" style=\"width: 50px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaosguards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/union-jack.png\" alt=\"union jack\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1- Your entity has existed since the 90s and yet in France you do not play much. In your opinion, why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: We always enjoyed playing in France and in fact it was not very often. We have the same here in Switzerland. Here we play mainly in German-speaking Switzerland and rarely in French-speaking Switzerland. But we don&rsquo;t know ourselves why that is, because basically we play everywhere where there are enough people who want to see us. And honestly, it&rsquo;s always been a huge party with the French fans and it&rsquo;s been a lot of fun for us. So it&rsquo;s all open and we can also make a little call here: if there are any promoters among the readers who would like to organize a concert in France, please contact us. We will be happy to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2- Can you explain to me the reasons that pushed Mark Fox from the band and then back?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: It&rsquo;s a long story with a lot of little factors. For one thing, I was still a wild 20-year-old at the time who literally became a rock star by night. On the one hand, I wanted to live out the clich\u00e9s, and on the other hand, I also wanted to sow my wild oats. As is the case at that age, you often think you know everything better and that some things go differently than you thought, I had to experience for myself and did not want to be told. In addition, I also saw more and more alcohol and partying as the content of the musician&rsquo;s life. That couldn&rsquo;t last long in the band and spread a toxic atmosphere until the bitter \u00ab\u00a0in-between\u00a0\u00bb end. So a cut had to be made. After that I felt free but also challenged and could do my own thing: FOX. That was a \u00ab\u00a0back to square one\u00a0\u00bb moment that gave me a lot of experience that I had skipped over with SHAKRA before. After two albums with FOX, Thomas approached me, which was very amazing, because we were arch enemies, so to speak. He brought up the idea that I should come back to SHAKRA after all and I credited the step, because it shows greatness to team up again after a long time of hostility and we could now, with a similar wealth of experience, communicate with each other at eye level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3- Did you know each other before the band was formed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: Me and our drummer Roger grew up in the same place, I guess we met for the first time when we were 15 or 16. We used to play in different bands together back then. Then he joined the band that was later called SHAKRA in 1993 and he told me that they are looking for a new guitarist in 1994. I hesitated first, but then went over to an audition and was extremely impressed how well the rhythm-section of this band worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4- Each band member favorite band?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: Back then in the 80\u2019s\u2026 AC\/DC and all the British and German Metal-Bands like Accept, Scorpions, Priest or Saxon. But nowadays I very rarely listen to these bands. I\u2019m a huge Rush and Dream Theater fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: Aerosmith and Guns\u2019n\u2019Roses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5- Who or what inspires you to write songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: It just happens\u2026 or not. In my case it\u2019s not a bad or a good experience I had or something like that. I just have to play my guitar all day long and often after a while I play something, a riff or a melody and I go: Wow, that sounds cool! Sometimes it just takes five minutes and all the different parts of a song are coming to my mind. And sometimes it takes weeks or even months until a song is created out of just a guitar-riff. What definitely helps is to get new gear from time to time. A new guitar can surely be very inspiring!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6- Where was your last gig?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: That was in the mill Hunziken, in Rubigen near Bern in Switzerland. We were happy to finally get back on stage. The last concert before that was at the end of October, by the way in Colmar, France and after that all concerts had to be postponed because of the Covid measures, unfortunately. As now, after this concert, everything has to be postponed again. This is very annoying but what can you do? We are just shambling through this pandemic now. Sometimes it is possible to play, sometimes not. Hopefully we will get out of this spiral soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7- Where would you like to act?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: Personally, I would love to play on one of those metal cruises in the Caribbean. I love sun, sea and palm trees and if I can combine that with music, it will be a great experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: What can I say\u2026. sounds pretty cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8- Any of you has ever suffered from stage fright? Any tip for beginners on how to beat that?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: The only remedy for stage fright is the stage itself. It&rsquo;s important to feel the tingle before you go out and rock out. Once you&rsquo;re on stage, it takes a minute or two and the fever is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: I still suffer from that a little bit after all those years\u2026 sometimes more, sometimes less. And I have no idea why. But it\u2019s ok, I can handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9- What bands have inspired you the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: Well, at least not my favorite bans I mentioned before. As much as I like Rush or DT, this is musically something completely different than we do. No, I guess bands like AC\/DC or the Scorpions have inspired me the most guitar-wise. You know, the simple stuff. Otherwise I wouldn\u2019t be able to play it\uf04a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10- What&rsquo;s the weirdest thing a fan has ever asked you for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas: Phuuu\u2026. no idea\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11- What do you think of your fans?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: Our fans are the most loyal fans there are. They grow with us, or vice versa, and give us energy and the will to go on and on in this music circus. Without our fans we would not exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12- SHAKRA \u00ab\u00a0live\u00a0\u00bb in France, it&rsquo;s possible?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: Yes, of course! After all, we have already played in France. We hope that there will be many more concerts in our beautiful neighboring country. At the moment everything is quite complicated because of the pandemic, but hopefully this will settle down soon, it&rsquo;s about time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13- Something add?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark: I wish all the fans out there a lot of courage and strength to get through these hard times. Cheer up! It can only get better. Keep on rockin&rsquo; in a Mad World!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On n&rsquo;apprendra rien \u00e0 personne, les hard-rockers Suisses font partie des groupes de l\u00e9gende de leur sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9. Forts de leurs 13 albums studios qui ont ravi les fans, ils continuent leur chemin en proposant une musique certes immuable mais d&rsquo;une qualit\u00e9 incomparable. 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