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Music Interview : Tommi from Rainbowcrash   When and how was your band created? We have played together since we were kids. Me And Teemu started to play Nirvana covers in the early 90's. The story why the three of us started to play together was kinda strange. In 1998, Me and Teemu were offered a big arena sized gig in Kuopio and we needed a bass player. That's how Markus joined the group. The band was called Operation spirit back then. I think Rainbowcrash was formed somewhere during year 2000. Last two years have been the most busiest and musically creative, definetely. Where is the name of the band coming from? Our former bandmate, Heikki, came up with that one day. Don't know the philosophy behind that :) Maybe it got something to do with the crash of promises or dreams... What musicians or artists did have a major influence in your life / work? Well, we all lived our teenage years in the early 90's so the influences from that period can't be denied. To me, the biggest influences have been early 90's Seattle rock bands. As a trio, we all have very different kinda influences which is cool thing when you are in a band. Allways three different perspective on things... What are the positive and negative aspects of being a musician in Finland? The road of a musician is very rocky here. We are short on venues where to play. Only few clubs per city here so it's quite hard to get gigs, especially for the smaller bands like us. Another negative thing is the radio stations which are very commercial. Therefore  it's hard to get your songs on air. How could you define your style of music? We are melodic alternative rock. We like to paint pictures with our music. During the years how has your musical style changed? I think it's getting more melodic and experimental. We are very openminded what comes to producing songs and trying new instruments. In the early years, we considered ourselves only as a loud guitar-rock band but nowadays we have cellos, sax, samplers, keyboards and whatever that suits to the mood of the song. How do explain these changes? Listening to all kinds of music has opened our eyes, probably. The world is full of awesome instruments and worth trying. And when you grow older, you start to see things with new eyes. What are topics you treat in your songs? Most are about people and their lives. There's so much interesting stories out there waiting for the songwriter...Some songs are just about the mood I have during the songwriting. What is your favorite song in your repertoire and why? Tricky question because they all are very personal and important to me. And the favorite song changes from time to time. Maybe new song called "Dead orchestra" from coming EP is my favorite now. The song is about the orchestra of sinking ship, playing the concert 'till the end despite of certain death. We managed to catch right mood to the song. Do you actually prefer performing your music live or in a studio? Live, for sure. The people in the audience is the reason why we are doing this. You see their reaction to our music immediately During the process of making a song, what is the moment that you prefer? I usually sit in my room, playing and suddenly something useful comes out. I have no special moment or mood when writing songs. Some songs have written after long jam together. That's always great feeling to  write songs by jamming together. A stupid question but... what is among all the songs you've been listening in your life the BEST song? Nutshell by Alice in Chains. There's some magigal in it... What is your opinion, as a musician, regarding internet? In my opinion, internet should be considered as a great opportunity for musicians. Arctic monkeys from England is great example how you successfull you can get by sharing your music in internet. What "image" do you have of French music? Techno music with accordian and lyrics what I don't recognize :) Is there one French song that you prefer? I like the band "Air" and their songs. Very nice indeed! Interview by Vincent Lefrançois - 2006

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