"A Word" With Kaiser Kuo !

Kaiser Kuo is one of China's greatest Metal Veterans,
back in the late 80's along with his band Tang Dynasty they popularized the heavy metal genre and introduced their combined elements of traditional Chinese music with British heavy metal to create their sound,
Lately, Kaiser is rocking out with his new band Chunqiu (Spring & Autumn)
they are currently working on new material and "getting ready for a 10-city tour"
Between performing with his band and his work as Director of Digital Strategy,
He blogs about his interests and his activities...
Kaiser is also a proud Father of two young headbangers !
"I've got a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son -- both of them Metalheads in the making"
Kaiser is also featured in the new heavy metal documentary "Global Metal" directed by Sam Dunn, where he talks about the rise of heavy metal in China, his role in developing the scene and alot more.
Got the chance to catch up with Kaiser and ask him about today's metal scene, whats going on with his band Chunqiu, his musical background, and alot more !
Heres how it went :
AB: Whats going on lately with Kaiser ?
Kaiser: Trying to keep a lot of balls in the air. By day I'm director of digital strategy at a big ad agency. I also serve on quite a number of advisory boards for Internet-related start-ups. I'm trying to find time to write regularly, and of course there's my band, Chunqiu, which has been really active of late: We're working on new material and getting ready for a 10-city tour. Meanwhile of course there's my very top priority, my family: I've got a four-year-old daughter and a two-year-old son -- both of them Metalheads in the making. They love watching YouTube videos with Cookie Monster headbanging to Cannibal Corpse or some other Metal band.
AB: Which bands are you currently listening to ?
AB: Can you tell us about your musical background ?
AB: Hows everything going lately with Chunqiu ?
Kaiser: We're doing great. We've been through periods of low productivity and inactivity, but in the last six months things have really changed, due in part to new management. We signed with a company called Pilot in Beijing and they work really hard to promote us. Our rehearsal schedule has been stepped up considerable. We've been gigging a lot. In September we played a solo concert in Beijing at a popular live house and completely packed the place. We played at one of China's biggest music festivals, called Midi, and we just played an unplugged set the other night at the 8th year anniversary party for China's premiere Metal magazine, Painkiller. We're hitting the road on November 13 to do a three-week, 10-stop tour that will take us mostly across Southern and Northwest China. And we're finishing up a bunch of new material that we hope to record early in 2009.
AB: Can you tell us a bit about your new band's sound ?
AB: What do you think of today's Metal scene with all the sub genres emerging like (Deathcore and Metalcore for example) ?
I'd like to thank Kaiser Kuo for taking the time out of his very busy schedule to answer my questions,
Check out Kaiser Kuo's:
Homepage
Also check out this video of Kaiser performing live with his band Chinqiu the song "Spring Waters Flow East"
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