Your cd is a great melodic rock album. You mix modern sounds with classic attitude. can you tell me something about the songwriting and lyrics?
Dean: Well, Marco wrote the bulk of the material and I contributed several tunes for consideration, as well. We selected one of mine for this effort, with the others being shelved for future use, as they didn't quite fit into the
style of the rest of the record. Could there be a "solo" disc from me in the near future? We'll see...hahaha. We did use an outside writer for the ballad, "Leap Of Faith", a tune I really dig,and Marco sounds great on it. All of the songwriters involved have a history or influence that dates back into the 80's, so there's that flavor in the tunes.

Marco: The way I normaly right is with an acoustic, easy to full around, there’ s acoustics guitars in every corner of my house : ) I like to bring a little of that 70’s QUEEN and the 80”s approach of Robert “Mutt” Lange. With BIG vocals and guitars all around the mix. I have a good idea of how’s the final mix should sound, so I demo in my home studio.Then I give it to the guys and they add their fine touch. It works. I guess because we are so into the kind of music we play, that when we jam the songs the sounds just come right in place smoothly.

Have you any point of reference in rock scene?
Marco: I love bands like Def Leppard, Journey, Harem Scarem as well as some of the progessive bands like Venturia ;-)

Dean: Again, you are what you eat so there's a trait of producing songs that have hooks and singability in them. As Marco and myself are guitarists, we put guitar solos on everything, anywhere we can! Hahahaha! It's wacky to me to be afraid of playing solos in each cut on the record, though it's not norm for most bands, nowadays. If it's good playing and adds to the song itself then it deserves to be there-'nuff said! We'd never solo just to solo...

What about the cd cover art?
Dean: John Kivel worked with Blackseed Designs,they did that stuff and sent us samples along the way, asking for opinions/thoughts. As a whole we dug it all, so we didn't really need to get involved that much. It does have that Rush "Permanent Waves" feel to it, which I think is cool but haven't a clue as to what it's really about! Cool is cool...

Nowadays how is the rock scene in USA?
Marco: To be honest, I don’t listen to radio, or watch VH1 and MTV. Here and there I hear some good new bands in some Jukebox. As far as melodic rock/metal, our favorite bands seems to be hitting the road more and more, WITH BIG BALLS!!!! ROCLAHOMA made to some major papers and magazines exposure. And so did MELODICK ROCK FEST. There’s a demand and I guess the bands (Old or new) out there playing are delivering.

Dean: As always there are bad & good bands peddling their wares to the masses.
Hopefully, we're part of the latter. It's no secret that the record companies, as a whole, as scrabbling to find ways to make money, with downloading being as rampant as it is. As a result they aren't as loose with their funds as they were 10 years ago, which means it's tougher than ever trying to get their interest in your band. Do we want eveyone in the country do know who we are? Of course! John's got connections that he's made through prior releases on his label, getting stuff around the world, which is helpful to our effort, to be sure.

But the rock scene in the USA is still a niche market-quite frankly, all styles of music have turned into the same. It wasn't always like this, but has become so through the recent years. The good news? I also teach guitar when I have the time, and see kids that are 13 years old who love "classic" rock, like Zeppelin, AC/DC, Kiss. That shows me the if you make a good product, you'll never have to apologize for it. Do I miss the 80's? Yes, but simply because it was a good time all the way around. One upside right now: I don't need to spend my hard earned dough on hairspray anymore! In a nutshell: rock music is doing fine, where it exists...the cycle keeps coming 'round.

Can this kind of music return to be a reference for the music biz in your opinion?
Marco: I don’t know, I haven’t seing any major change on the music industry in years, the bands are starting to repeat themselves. But you see, Bon Jovi can have a song on ZROCK radio in NY, but sells out 10 nights in a New Jersey stadium just a few miles from Manhattan. So who the hell knows : )

Dean: I don't get into the "doom and gloom" of a lot of the newer bands. I enjoy life, so I want music that reflects that. I do still listen to my Iron Maiden & Judas Preist CD's-I love that stuff! But I also dig the new Feist
tune, "1234"...weird, eh? I want to feel good, period. While Nirvana wrote some great stuff, I never bought into the depressing nature of it all-depression sucks, now doesn't it? Enjoy music-it's audio sunshine (I think that I just came up with an album title!).

How is to work with Kivel records?
Marco: They are hands on. Totally devoted to Melodic Rock.

Dean: John's (Kivel Records) has been good to work with, though we've bumped noggins a couple of times, debating which way to take something. That's a natural thing, not a negative thing and I look forward to the things to come.

What about the near future?
Marco: Try to book more shows to promote our CD. There’s plenty material ready for the studio.

Dean: We've talked about starting the new GOODBYE THRILL effort in March, which may only be the writing process... There's talk of doing a DVD release with some acoustic stuff, interviews, behinds the scenes & live footage, ect. We always dream big, lofty ideas and do our best to make them materialize. Our thoughts are as to what would we, as fans of the band/music, like to see?
That's our perspective on it. Of course we want to do lots more shows, and kick butts from NY to CA... and BEYOND!!!!!

I read about a dvd release of an acoustic session, is it right?
Marco: We just played a acoustic show for the people invited to the GBT cd release party.I think we sounded good that night and I’m glad we have that on video. There are plans for a DVD release of the night along with other band footage/

I saw you in Southbend and you have a great live attitude. what can you tell me about that experience.
Marco: Although Thrill is a new band, we all share a big baggage of life gigs.
M.R. fest was our first show, and I was looking forward to play those tunes with the guys on that particular stage. We were all excited to be there among such great talented people.

Dean: Going back to a previous answer, music should be fun. Part of performing is to show the audience that you're having a blast and they should be doing the same. A smile goes a long way... Not staring at your feet or guitar the whole time should be musically law... and STRICTLY enforced... hahaha! The INDY show was fabulous and was our very 1st show! The crew were accommodating (thanks Dave-stage manager extraordinare!) and the other bands were super. Everyone got along fab and that's what makes a "festival" type show run smooth and a
pleasure to do (they aren't always such the case).

The Marti Peters Group came all the way from Denmark to do this show, but had to leave their guitars/amps at home, due to our work permit codes. As a result, we let them use ours, which was our pleasure to do so-they are great guys and highly recommend that your readers check them out. As a fanboy myself, I was loving life hanging out with the guys from Night Ranger, Nelson, Slaughter, Mr. Big, Rainbow & Survivor-all were super cool! We've got video from the show and tons of pix, thanks to new
friends that I made at the event-I still talk with several of them, actually!

What about your live show?
Marco: It’s high energy, we all love playing live. You have penty to see if you are in our show, having Dario and Dean on each side of the stage, we keep your eyes busy while we rock some tunes.

Dean: It's pretty high energy, just like the music. I record albums so that I can perform live, I must admit. Live is the fun part-the studio is enjoyable, especially when you have the right engineer. I had David Powers with me this time, who's an excellent guitarist, and he made my life as easy as possible. I sure that while people enjoy the studio effort, it's the live show that brings the music across the best and gives them a visual memory that they can relate to down the road...

Do you think it will be possible to see you in Europe?
Dean: There is talk of Spain, early next year...so we'll see...

Marco: There’s some talk about, and I think it should take place sometime early 2008, most likely Spain. I’ll be playing a few acoustic shows in Switzerland where i will be playing a bunch of THRILL tunes.

What are you listening now in your mp3 player or in your cd car?
Marco: Winger, Pull and IV, Devin Towsend – Ocean Machine and infinity, Harem Scarem – I made a collection with the bad ass songs. Tonic – Lemon parede, Dishwalla - All, Starbreaker - Starbreaker, Adagio - Dominate, Badlands - All , Audioslave - All AC/DC – Most of… Venturia - Venturia John 5 Iron Maiden – Powerslave Deep Purple – All mark 3 cds Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry Motley Crue – Motley Crue

Dean: Brace yourself! My iPod's been blaring out The Cars, Backstreet Boys, Amy Grant, Alice Cooper, Fall Out Boy, Britney Spears...I have NO shame!

Do you want to say something to our readers?
Marco: Yeah, go to our www.myspace.com/goodbyethrill and give us some love!!!!

Dean: Yep. Thanks to those who've already picked up our CD and have thrown your personal support behind it-it's appreciated more than you know. I always say, "Vote with your dollar-if you like something, then buy it!". I hope that we're worthy of such support. We look forward to delivering more ear candy to you in the near future, and making your world just a tad funner to be in. If we're playing your area we hope that you'll attend the show, and say hello! If you wish to do so, please drop me a line and say hello at: deancramer@aol.com.
Updates on all things GOODBYE THRILL are posted at: www.myspace.com/goodbyethrill. Peace to all-D!C!