Interview By Lindz Riot

A Manzana a day keeps the doctor away! All the way from Finland comes a band with a fresh look on rock and punk music that is heavily based on the golden years of the 90’s rock revolution. With a ton of touring and writing under their belt they are a non stop train of passion that should soon be dominating stages everywhere. Here at Femme Metal we’ve the chance to talk with their sassy lead singer Piritta and hear how their Journey has been so far.

Welcome to Femme Metal Webzine Piritta! Thanks for taking the time to do this interview with us. To start off how long have you been in Manzana and how has your experience in this band been different from you past projects?

I have been in Manzana for 7 years, and it has been different in a way that we have made three albums and 4 European tours and been in the media, so it is the band that I have got to taste a bit of the real rock ‘n roll life. My other bands, except for Villieläin, have been more like artistic projects, just doing the kind of songs we happen to feel like. Manzana is more like work, even tough the writing part is still fun and very creative.

Good stuff. So regarding those big festivals and tours that you’ve played the past while, how do you find the touring life and being in the road? Is it fun or hectic?

Being on the road is like a drug. It is so hard to come back and look at the walls, you just miss it all immediately. On the road you feel alive every minute and you never know what happens next, people talk and laugh and show their emotions, cry, have fun, fall in love around you. The normal life seems so dead, after you start liking the peace again. It is also very tiring, especially if you get the flu for example, its hell counting the shows, trying to rest when everybody’s partying around you, and fearing of loosing your voice. After first longer tour, nobody is the same, it’s a big thing.

From what you have seen so far, how has the response been to your newest release "Industrial Hippies" been?

Pretty good, people say it’s musically our best album and I agree. This is the first album for me, when I knew exactly what I wanted to sound like. And I think the punk touch and more easy going songs, but rough sound is the best for us now. We’ve had good reviews and frost tattoos on lyrics also done! I got them by mail. It warms my heart so much that the songs mean so much to someone.

As a group you all have stated that you are heavily influenced by 90’s music. What are some of your favourite artist of that time?
 
I think the common ground for us is definitely grunge. We all loved Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pear Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More and all those bands. For me there is also Skunk Anansie, Guano Apes, Hole and 4 Non Blondes. But it’s not like we listen to grunge every day anymore but the big starter influence was definitely in those bands.

Are their any artist from the 90’s that you would consider guilty pleasures?

Well, I have to say I also liked some hip hop by then because it was not mainstream then and I also hung around with some people with loose pants by then but then I turned it into liking skate punk like Pennywise hahaha.

Do you think a big musical movement in rock will happen again like the one we saw in the 90’s?