Posted on January 19, 2010 - by Mark Zonda

Kings of a free mp3 world: Helmut & The Call

It happened quite often I found myself arguing with some friends when Weezer will get back to make a great album just like the old days. I’m still personally a fan, and I keep enjoy each of their new fresh and poppy realeases, still my friends tell me I’m not (a fan) and Cuomo is just capable of digging its way in new levels of dull garbage the band should be only ashamed of. Tired to wait for redemption?  If you’re not satisfied with Rivers new collaborations with the international pop new r’n'b jest-set you’d better start to look around for new stuff. Where? Try Kiev! Me and some friends of mine recently stumbled upon a band called “Helmut And The Call” (in the brand new trand of the “and the” band names). They just started to promote themself, armed just with a MySpace and a Facebook fanpage, but they sure look like they’re gonna show some fun arond. I had the chance to ask some friends to gather some questions for Helmut Nevsky, their guitar player und singer. Here they are

Mark Zonda: Helmut and The Call. How did your project started?

Helmut: Well, I guess just like for every other band in the World. I really dig music and I wanted to have some fun. Ok, I was bored. I started playing and old balalaika when I was really young, but I never thought about singing and write songs. I’ve got a terrible voice! Then something happened. I met Nicolaj Stolypin at school, and he started to pass me some interesting records to listen during our long and cold winters. Nicolaj and Iggy Pop spoiled my life! Soon enough we met the other and we tried to started a band. Let’s see how long we will last

Mark Zonda: Helmut, believe it or not, with just one song and a video, you still got a fan base. I’ve collected some questions from fan. Are you ready?

Helmut: Go head!

Mark Zonda: Here’s the first one:  Not considering T.A.T.U. you’re the first Russian band to be internationally famous. What do you have in common with them?

Helmut: That we like women! T.A.T.U. was a great act moved by a western goldfinger producer, that is Trevorn Horn. So there’s no Russian magic at all. Still we love’em. Great tunes and legs! A shame that Zemphira and Glyuchose hadn’t the same luck! If  Mark Ronson would be aviable I’m sure it would do a great job with our would be album. He was great on last Kaiser Chief works!

Mark Zonda: Here’s another one. Was it intentional to name yourselfs so closely with an ex german chancellor, is there a chance of a collaberation with Angela Merkel?

Helmut: It happens that Helmut is my real name! Not kiddin’! I found it funny and interesting to mock a most famous personality. You know… I’m a little bit ironic. Ok. A lot! And I think it’s in pop nature to make cosmopolitan references to notorious items in which anyone can project a part of our universal imaginary, just like in Andy Warhol works. Angela is not qualified to be pop. I don’t know about her voice skills, still I think that Ksenia Sukhinova would be a better looker.

Mark Zonda: Were did you get those fancy Russian outfits?

Helmut: E-Bay.

Mark Zonda: Who is your inspiration?

Helmut: We’re focusing on Weezer, Iggy Pop and Boston Spaceship. As for the lyrics we’re aiming to make a pop version of Bulgakov “The Master and Margherita”, still I’ve got already some killer tunes haunting my head that has nothing to do with it. Am I  doomed?

Mark Zonda: Your album is supposed to be called “King of the Wasteland”. Is Helmut And  The Call going to take over the world?

Helmut: Absolutely. It was written in our last card since we managed to the defeat the Red Army!

Helmut And The Call – “Fucking Byrds”

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