The Great Southern Brainfart has issued a new interview with HOLY GRAIL Frontman James Paul Luna. The following is an excerpt:

Q: So at what point did the music bug bite you and make you realize that this is what you wanted to do?

A: "Music has just always be a big part of my life. My dad was always into THE BEATLES and LED ZEPPELIN or classical music. He always had music playing. When I was five years old, I was obsessed with this miniature acoustic guitar and then once I got into junior high I got my first electric guitar. I always played in bands and was just always obsessed with music. I didn’t actually start singing until a couple of years after high school. I was playing bass for a 70s hard rock type of band and we had trouble finding a singer so I ended up being the singer and we got another guy to play bass."

Q: I feel like when you split from WHITE WIZZARD, we got two great bands. Was leaving White Wizzard a hard move for you or was it a necessary move to make in order for you to grow into your own direction?

A: "It was hard but at the same time it just felt like it was never going to be what we wanted. Jon (Leon) the bassist is the leader and he really wouldn’t let go of the reins and wasn’t willing to bend. He’ll even admit it himself that he’s really strong headed about what he wants. We wanted to incorporate thrash metal and some RACER X type stuff or even some TROUBLE, some heavier stoner metal. He is very much about IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST and it had to be sounding like that. Although we love that, we didn’t want to be a one trick pony. We wanted to add more variety to the sound and he wasn’t into it so we left and started Holy Grail."

Read the complete interview here.

Holy Grail released their Prosthetic Records debut, Crisis In Utopia, on October 26th. Crisis In Utopia is produced by acclaimed producer/remixer/musician Danny Lohner (NINE INCH NAILS, A PERFECT CIRCLE) and features cover artwork by Andrei Bouzikov (SKELETONWITCH, MUNICIPAL WASTE).

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