Today I have an interview of Adam Jang of a band named Yeti. I met Adam in a group called Long Haired Men and we became friends on FB outside of the group. Adam is a wild and crazy guy with the mouth of a sailor crossed with a trucker. LOL! He has loads of personality and a great sense of humor. Rock star to the max.
CWQ: When did you form the band Yeti?
AJ: I formed YETI in 2012 in Vancouver BC, Canada.
CWQ: Where is the band primarily located?
AJ: We are located everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Mars, the moon, your anus, I mean Uranus, everywhere.
CWQ: Did you go through a lot of members before finding the right dynamic?
AJ: I have to hire a different rhythm section in each part of the world that I tour because I am an independent artist, unsigned to a major label. So unfortunately, I will always have a revolving door, or at least until I do score a big deal or some kind of outside funding; maybe a Mexican drug cartel or something. That would be super. My current drummer is awesome and I really hope that he comes with me everywhere. He's the best drummer in the world, Yoshito Akamine.
CWQ: You seem to dabble in a few different genres. What type of music do you like to play the most?
AJ: I like to play Rock music. Rock, since it's conception, has always been the result of a slurry of different genres, blending into one thing; the blues, gospel, country, etc stuck together was the beginning of rock n roll. since then, a lot more styles of music have come around. some stuck around, some didn't, but some traces of all of them find their way into Rock's great always inviting feminine folds. For this newest record, it's essentially a Heavy Metal album, which I consider to just be yet another form of Rock. It's just meaner, faster and a little hairier than usual.
CWQ: How many countries have you done gigs in so far?
AJ: I've played in 9 different countries. They were all fun, except for Cambodia. Cambodia sucks. Don't go there. F**k Cambodia.
- England
- Canada
- America
-Australia
- Thailand
-Vietnam
- Japan
- Sweden
- Cambodia
CWQ: Do you think you will come to the USA in the near future?
AJ: Yes, I will come to America as soon as possible. You guys are f**ked up but that is the birthplace of Rock and it's been too long since I've been back, so I'll see you there real soon.
CWQ: What was the hardest sacrifice you had to make so far on your musical journey.
AJ: My entire life that which was not directly a part or result of Rock has been sacrificed for Rock. Everything.
CWQ: You have a new album coming out. Would you say it's different from your previous work?
AJ: YETI IV, Party Tonight In Valhalla, is a concept album about a Viking who dies with dishonor and goes to hell where he is tortured for hundreds of years. He must escape the depths of his doom and kill Satan in order for his soul to enter Valhalla.
Every album that I write is a concept album. This is the forth installment of our story. Musically, it is the heaviest thing that I've ever made. It is my departure and farewell to 70's / 80's based Hard Rock. You'll hear the drums on it right away and notice a significant difference.
It is more 4 dimensional than anything I've done in the past. Lyrically, it is much darker than what I usually write.
CWQ: What do you enjoy most about being a musician?
AJ: The thing that I enjoy most about being a musician is being a musician is being my own boss and being handed industrial sized crates full of naked women, accumulated over years. "Get your money for nothin and your chicks for free".
At the same time, I dislike being my own boss on occasion when I have to make hard decisions and separating friendship from business. It's hard, sometimes.
CWQ: What is your main goal for the coming year?
AJ: My main goal for this coming year is to get the f**k out of the indies.
YETI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yetijams/
YETI website: https://www.yetirocks.com/…
YETI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/YETIROCKBAND/
YETI on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/YETIOfficialBand
***Photo credit: Ken Bradshaw Photography***
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