\nCHARLIE: Hi I\u2019m CHARLIE (g), I like Hard Rock and Blues, That\u2019s the kind of music I like.
\nVocalist KEI likes Visualkei and also HIP HOP music. He has 2 cats.
\nMASAYA (g) is kind of a maniac about all of ROCK, he\u2019s little bit \u201cold school\u201d like my father. *laughs*
\nyu-ta (dr) has a lot of experience in this music scene and he gave me all the time to get inspiration for the activity of this band.
\nAnyway everybody loves drinks and Rock n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n
AVO Blog: How did you guys meet each other and how did you decide to form the band?<\/strong> AVO Blog: Can you tell us about the concept of X Made Alcoholic Santa and talk about why you have chosen for the band name X Made Alcoholic Santa? Is there any special meaning behind it? Do you have something with the celebration of Christmas?<\/strong> AVO Blog: It\u2019s been more than a year and a half since XMAS started activities. You have accomplished a lot (concerts, new album, collaboration with fashionbrand KUSTOMSTYLE), what has been your greatest accomplishment so far?<\/strong> [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DpNlCtNM_Eo]<\/p>\n AVO Blog: Let\u2019s talk about releases! In November 2014 you released your first EP named \u30a2\u30ea\u30d0\u30c0. What song would you recommend the most to your listeners and why?<\/strong> AVO Blog: In the music video of \u30a2\u30ea\u30d0\u30c0 you are all in black from top to toe (also your body is painted black). What is the reason behind this?<\/strong> AVO Blog: Have you decided your next release yet?<\/strong> [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FhCjKg3SJ7A]<\/p>\n AVO Blog: As far as music is concerned, what are some of your influences (Japanese and worldwide) and why?<\/strong> AVO Blog: What is your favourite part of being in the band? Making new music, performing on stage or something else?<\/strong> AVO Blog: It has just been announced that you will go on an European tour with REALive. Why did you decide to go on a tour outside Japan?<\/strong> AVO Blog: What can we expect from your first European tour and the shows?<\/strong> AVO Blog: At the moment (when we have this interview) there are no dates announced yet, but are there any specific countries or cities where you would like to perform?<\/strong> AVO Blog: Talking about alcohol. What are your favourite alcoholic drinks? Are there drinks you want to try out in Europe?<\/strong> AVO Blog: We are unfortunately at the end of the interview. Do you have a message for the Dutch and Belgian readers?<\/strong> More information about their upcoming European tour can be found here<\/a>. Don\u2019t forget to check out the OHP<\/a>,Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> of X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus. I want to thank CHARLIE for his time, REALive for making this interview possible and the guest bloggers of AVO for their help! <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus announced their first European tour, it was reason enough to interview this new Heavy Rock\u2019n\u2019roll band! Who is X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus? What can we expect from the upcoming European tour? Time for an introduction interview. AVO Blog: X Made Alcoholic Santa exists since Christmas Eve 2013, so it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3067,3085],"tags":[3007],"class_list":["post-19995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-interviews","category-musicians","tag-2015-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19996,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19995\/revisions\/19996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"X](\"http:\/\/avo-magazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/xmas2015.png\")
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\nCHARLIE: Before xmas of course we all had activities in other bands, but everybody left \u2019cause it was not satisfiying. So we became friends and went out for drinks and we talked music and band visions we had ourselves.
\nAnd finally we noticed that when we play together it\u2019s very naturally.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: I love X\u2019mas season very much. That mood, feelings. And my target was if I made my next band, I wanted put that X\u2019mas feeling.
\nSo I think about it when we were together. We are drunk rock guys so I decide on the name for this band, X Made Alcoholic Santa was perfect!<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: We have performed at many places in Japan these days.
\nAnd we released first single \u201cArribada\u201d last year with a good quality Music Video, maybe you know it already.
\nMy activity for \u201cKUSTOM STYLE\u201d is fashion model and also I design some costumes with that brand.
\nBut most important is that our activity is having fun and drinking every day. *laughs* I don\u2019t remember when but we had a lot of crazy experiences like when we were very drunk and bought 20 hamburgers for each person on that night.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Anyway everybody please, please listen to our first impact \u201cArribada\u201d.
\nAnd \u201cFighters\u201d my guitar solo!<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: \u30a2\u30ea\u30d0\u30c0 (Arribada) means sea turtles.
\nThis line \u201cThe greatest work of one\u2019s life time\u201d was used in the lyrics.
\nHow to say\u2026 This title means we do something for a special moment like a ritual. so we decide to have black faces in our Music Video. It\u2019s like a \u201critual\u201d
\nspawning.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Yes. We just finished our first album for this first European tour.
\nNow we work on the cover design and a new Music Video. (rev. It has been announced that they will release the album Nouveau d\u00e9part at the start of their European tour. The new music video has been just released.)<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Everybody listen a lot of different styles.
\nBut everybody listens to Deftones , TOOL , LUNA SEA , THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS , L\u2019Arc~en~Ciel , hide etc\u2026
\nEspecially my favourite bands are BACKYARD BABIES and GUNS N\u2019 ROSES.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: I like this music style (Loud&Heavy, Irregular meter, Japanese) and of course performing LIVE!<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: The Japanese music scene is difficult for us hahaha, sometimes they choose shitty boring ways.
\nAnd I had dreamed about playing in the EU when I was young, it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Amazing rock n\u2019 roll show like a hell!<\/p>\n
\nFrance, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden.<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Beer beer beer. And BEER.
\nIf you know some interesting alcoholic beverages, please give me some information. We\u2019ll try them all! *laughs*<\/p>\n
\nCHARLIE: Merry X\u2019mas n Let\u2019s enjoy the show!!!
\nWe are looking forward to meeting everyone!<\/p>\n