INTERVIEW WITH KISSIN' DYNAMITE'S LEAD SINGER JOHANNES BRAUN

In December 2007, some music journalists discover a 4-track CD in their Christmas mail by a combo hitherto unknown to them, called Kissin’ Dynamite. Gripping hard and riff rock professionally produced and influenced by Mötley Crüe, Whitesnake and AC/DC – reminiscent of NWoBHM sounds by the iron pioneers themselves, and an anthemic pathos HammerFall and Manowar could not pull off any better-, lets expectations towards the entire record by these nobodies rise sky high. In July 2008, the Kissin’ Dynamite debut album "STEEL OF SWABIA" was a fact! In 2010, the band released their second effort which was titled "ADDICTED TO METAL". It was again a solid album full of attitude and some very good songwritting that prooved that this band has a lot to offer to this scene!
Nowadays and Kissin' Dynamite it's going to release their third opus. The band's lead singer Johannes Braun, is talkin' to Heavy Paradise about the band's "Addicted To Metal" album, Udo Dirkschneider and, of course, their new album! Enjoy!

heavy paradise : Hello Johannes and welcome to Heavy Paradise for this interview!

Johannes : Hey man! Thanks!

heavy paradise : Firstly, can you tell our readers some words about the 'who is who' of Kissin' Dynamite?

Johannes :Kissin Dynamite, thats Jim Müller and Ande Braun on guitars, Steffen Haile on bass, Andi Schnitzer on drums and me as vocalist! The band exists since 2002! The final lineup change we had in 2007.

heavy paradise : In 2010, you have released a really solid album, "Addicted To Metal". The reviews from all over the net were really great! So, Johannes how much addicted are you to metal?

Johannes : Oh man I can´t tell you in words! Since I was a kid I always listened to bands like Accept, Judas Priest, Maiden and AC/DC. I used to steal these records from my father! For me there was never ever any other music that kicked my ass in a way metal did! So I am definetely addicted to it!

heavy paradise : How did it came up the collaboration with the 'Metal' man Udo Dirkschneider?

Johannes : He saw several Kissin Dynamite festival gigs from the stage side. He told us later that he wanted us to be his support6 band on the Dominator tour. And in fact we did some shows together! That´s when the idea came up, to do a feature!

heavy paradise : How can you describe the sound of Kissin' Dynamite? Do you accept the labels when it comes to music?

Johannes :I would say Kissin Dynamite fits best in the Sleaze Metal scene. Maybe you could say Mötley Crüe meets Judas Priest. Music is so different, I think you cannot have a name for every kind of music, but you can compare bands to others and approach a label.

heavy paradise : So, a brand new video clip, "Money, Sex & Power" and a new record later this year! That's really cool news! So, what are we going to hear from your new album?

Johannes :Oh, this is definetely gonna blow your mind! You gonna hear the best Kissin Dynamite record so far with lots of catchy sleaze metal songs. It comes out March 23rd. I promise you will sing along if you hear it the first time. And we will also release a second single with another videoclip.

heavy paradise : Are there any changes regarding of your two previous releases?

Johannes : It goes back a little more to Steel of swabia when it comes to catchy hooklines but the sound is fater than ever before.We especially focused on the much deeper guitar sound and the vocals.

heavy paradise : A record deal with AFM Records seems to be a good deal. How difficult is for a band to get a good record sign nowadays?

Johannes :There are so many good bands outside and the most of them can´t get a deal because nowadays „good“ is often net enough! You have to be outstanding if you want a deal... This is a problem but I would advice every band to at least try.For us AFM records is the best label we could have!

heavy paradise : What are your plans for live performances?

Johannes :We will go on tour in April with our new record and maybe we also do a support Europe tour. We will play a lot of new songs and plan great showacts as well. Check out our homepage http://www.kissindynamite.de/  for all the information!

heavy paradise : At this point, I have to thank you for this interview and to wish you all the best for your future plans!

Johannes : Thank you!