FIREBALL MINISTRY Uncomfortable With “Stoner Rock” Tag!
December 5, 2003, 20 years ago
In a recent interview with Electricbasement.com, FIREBALL MINISTRY guitarist Emily J Burton responded to the band's "stoner rock" tag.
"To me, 'stoner rock' proper implies a certain amount of ‘jamming’ which usually turns out to be a bad thing. I think what's awesome about stoner rock is the emphasis on great tone, but I also think a lot of stoner rock bands forget to write songs. A 10-minute song should not have only one riff. I do think it's pretty lame that all the stoner rock bands get called 'retro' in a negative sense like it's 'your dad's music' but bands like JET or KINGS OF LEON are fucking hailed as the New Era of Rock. CREAM did it 800 times better 35 years ago."Read the entire interview at: http://www.electricbasement.com/
As previously reported, Fireball Ministry are currently on tour, supporting URIAH HEEP and BLUE OYSTER CULT in Germany. Remaining dates on the tour include:
December
5 - Stadthalle - Saarburg, GER6 - Festhalle Durlach - Karlsruhe, GER
7 - Capitol - Mannheim, GER
8 - Stadthalle - Memmingen, GER
11 - Muffathalle - München, GER
12 - Fabrik - Hamburg, GER
13 - Neue Stadthalle - Tuttlingen, GER
14 - Stadthalle - Lichtenfels, GER
16 - Löwensaal - Nürnberg, GER
18 - Filharmonie Filderstadt - Stuttgart, GER
19 - Stadthalle - Nordenham, GER
Fireball Ministry released their new album album, The Second Great Awakening, through Nuclear Blast on November 3rd.
