CANDIRIA INTERVIEW
September 7, 2002


Ed Martin for Prophecy21.com: How's the tour goin so far?
Carley Coma lead singer for Candiria: So far the tour has been going very well. It's only been goin for a few days now, but the attendance has been very good. Tonight should be even better. It seems like every night the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger.

P21: How have the crowds been reacting to the new material?
CC: They've really been digging it a lot. Especially like I said in previous interviews the C.O.M.A. Imprint is basically is basically a re-released, re-mixed, re-mastered album of our old album called Beyond Reasonable Doubt. It has a few new tracks on there as well though. So to some people who have the old album its not new material, but to whoever just bought the new album or just got turned on to Candiria its new to them. But, everyone has really been diggin the whole set.

P21: What do you guys plan on doing after this tour?
CC: Hopefully we can keep touring 'til the end of the year, but if not then were gonna start working on a new album like very soon.

P21: Who are some of your favorite bands you have toured with in the past?
CC: Clutch, Neurosis, VOD, Scarhead, Hatebreed, Earth Crisis, those are some of our favorites. And the Cro-Mags too.

P21: What are your favorite places to play?
CC: Irving Plaza, New York City. The Trocadero, Philadelphia. The Key Club, Los Angeles. The Chance, Poughkeepsie, New York. Everything else besides them is still cool though.

P21: Any shows in the past that stick out in your memory as being a great show or not so great?
CC: Three of the greatest shows that we ever played would have to be; when we played the first New Jersey Metalfest that was really really phat, and then we have when we went over to Japan to play the Beasts of the East show that was with Pantera, Slayer, Biohazard, Kittie, like a whole bunch of us played in front of like 7,000 people that was great, and the other show that really sticks out in my head is a show at the Trocadero that was the first show we ever headlined and it was cool cause we stepped out on stage and they were screamin, like we did the stick count guitars then there was a break in the song that we played and you could just hear all these kids goin ahhhhh and screamin and it was just amazin.

P21: How do you guys go about writing and arranging your music?
CC: Well it depends, sometimes one of us will come to the studio with a riff and we'll all just start building from that. Sometimes any one of us will just be sitting at home and have most of a song written and come to the studio with it and whoever wants to add anything they can ya know. So it varies, it's like a natural evolution. It all just builds ya know. Some songs can take a whole year 'til we feel we've got it right and have completes the mathematics of it, but then sometimes take only like a month.

P21: Do you have any plans to change the direction of the music, like, go more rap, or more jazz or metal or do you plan to basically stick with the formula that you've got now?
CC: I can't even comment on that really. I'm not sure ya know, it's a natural evolution. To say that this is what we're gonna do, this is where were gonna go is somethin I cant really do. I tdepends on how we're feeling when we're writing. We basically let our emotions dictate how we write, what's goin on in our life at that time. If it comes out more rap that's what happens. If it comes out more metal that's what happens. If it comes out more jazz that's what happens.

P21: What made you guys decide to go with Lakeshore Records after Century Media?
CC: Basically, Lakeshore offered us the chance to start our own label, they would supply the funds for that. By them doing that we would get a bigger piece of the pie, so to speak and we have more control. So, that really gave us something to look forward to. You know being in a band is more then just making a record and going on tour we're business-men as well. So, we looked at it as a good opportunity to take advantage of.

P21: What bands have you been listening to lately?
CC: I've been listenin to the new Eminem a lot. Angie Stone I listen to her a lot. Not much metal, I really don't listen to metal too much. Like, if I do it'll be like a friend's band like Poison The Well or Hatebreed or something like that. If I do listen to any kind of rock or metal it'll probably be whatever is on K-ROCK I don't really listen to WSOU since the format changed. I don't even know if they are still playing Candiria.

P21: What do you usually draw from for your writing?
CC: Just like my past experiences, like what's been going on in my life. Might be like spiritually or things going on in the world or with the government. Things that I as well as other people may be battling. Also, like the good fight what makes a man better, what defines your character. Cause those are things like studying human nature like finding out what makes a person tick, what makes them lie, what makes them cheat, what makes them do the things they do. It's all observations.

P21: How did you come up with the name Candiria?
CC: Candiria is something that Eric, my guitar player, made up. It means absolutely nothing. It could mean big red shoe. But, I think that's the cool thing about it, because sometimes people have a hard time putting us in a category, they don't know what to call us; rap-rock? Metal? Jazz? So by calling it Candiria when people are like what kind of music do you play I can be like, "I play Candiria!"

P21: That's all I've got, is there anything else you would like to add?
CC: Yeah, if you make pancakes you should try it with some cinnamon, some white chocolate chips, and some butter on top. It's a nice little recipe, it'll taste real good.