HAILMARY @ Wallapalooza June 2015

Photo Credit: Eric "Chowie" Chow

Just 1 week has passed since the release of HAILMARY'S new video clip for “My Song”, and the guys are overwhelmed by the attention it's received on You Tube from all corners of the globe.  "My Song" has recorded over 1500 views since the release, which is the 5^th track from HAILMARY'S latest EP “Navigate the Sunrise”.  The video is a timely accolade, and to celebrate they are hitting the road for the Wallapalooza Festival - FOR ALL FIVE DATES on the East Coast.

The guys were kind enough to answer a few questions and gave us some interesting insight into their world.

Tell us about how the band formed, where you’re from and how long have you been together? Are you all original members?
We are based out of Perth with bass player Mick living in Melbourne, the Band really didn’t start going until 2008, the band has different members now from the beginning so the how we got together story is a very long one

How would you describe the band’s style and who are your influences?

Hard Rock, lots of riffs and melody, we are influenced by everything, especially 70’s and 90’s great rock bands

What inspirations do you draw on? 

Generally just write to support the melody of the song so lyrics can be broad, most of our music has a certain energy to it so we just generally we love a good riff and hook

Tell us about some highlights or low points of the bands career? 

Highlights have been recording our first full length album “Choice Path Consequence Solution, I think every musician dreams of making a album so doing that was such a sense of achievement, lowpoints? I cant really think of any

Are the songs a collaborative effort or does the band have a main songwriter. How does the music affect the lyrics and vice versa? 

Singer Kevin Curran is the main songwriter, the song majority of the time is structured before jamming with the band and the band will suggest changes and add coloring, the lyrical direction is based of the mood of the song

How would you describe the evolution of the band’s sound?
Its Evolved to a more full sound with a lot more textures to when we started out being a riffy raw rock band

What’s different in the music industry today compared to when you first started and what would you do differently if you where just entering the industry today? 

There is a lot less venues than there was when we started, I think rock music has a even smaller platform than what it did when we first started, I couldn’t imagine being a rock band coming out now, it would be hard to get out there I could imagine.

Which of your song/s are the most fun to play live, or which songs are you most proud of?
Yellow Light of Death is always fun to play live, also Good To Go off our very first EP works everytime and we haven’t been able to drop that song off the setlist, currently I’m most proud of the song “Navigate The Sunrise”

What should we expect from the band in 2015, or what’s the plan for the band moving forward?
We have a new record coming out later this year as well as a national tour, we are in the works of organizing our first Europe tour, so just playing to new crowds its what we are looking to do

Name some of the bands you grew up listening to?

Kev (Vocals/Guitar) – Deftones, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden etc

Paul (Guitar/Vocals) - Thin Lizzy, Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones, Vdelli

Mick (Bass) - Led Zeppelin, pantera, Metallica, Sepultura, Tool, Kyuss,

Vas (Drums) - Paul Simon, Frank Zappa, Beatles, Midnight oil, Nirvana, NIN , Tool


If you could play in any other band, who would it be? 

Kev - I don’t think I would want to intrude on any bands that I love, I think I would make them worse

Paul – Thin Lizzy

Mick - Ugly kid Joe or Faith no more

Vas - Sting or NIN

Who did you see at your first ever concert?  

Kev - Everclear was the first band I ever seen, I was underage and I was squished and pressed again this chick with big boobs bouncing in my face all gig, I knew from then on I wanted to play in a band haha

Paul – Billy Thorpe

Mick – Metallica

Vas - Beaverloop

What album do you have on repeat in your stereo/ipod? 

Kev – Mastodon – Once more around the sun was the last album I really loved

Paul - Thin Lizzy's 'Live And Dangerous'

Mick - Temple of the dog – self titled

I Mother Earth - quicksilver meat dream

In your opinion, which local or Aussie band/s should we be watching out for, or who do you think are genuine standout’s at the moment?

Kev - Been around the country touring ive seen some great bands, Brown Study band in Perth always blow my mind, Ragdoll is another band kicking goals, In Melbourne King Of The North are killing it and we seen a young band called Tusk in Brisbane that were awesome

Paul - Midnight Boulevard, Ragdoll, Vdelli, Legs Electric,

Mick - King parrot, Wadeye, Fuck the fitzroy doom scene

Vas - cicadastone