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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Andrew Hooker of The Uneven

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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?

We are a rock band that draws heavily from 70s blues rock and the 90s grunge and alternative metal. We always make sure that there is some form of blues rooted in the sound. We arrived at this approach because the blues is primal, raw, and most importantly, honest.

Describe your first musical memory.

I remember being 5 years old and my older brother who is 9 years older would spin records of Kiss and make me dance on his bed for his friends. First real musical memory that grabbed me was my aunt playing a vinyl record of Billy Squier. I was maybe 6.

Describe your best musical memory to date.

1990, B.B. King live in Tupelo, MS, at the Oleput Festival. (I was around 13 years old) I was frozen in my shoes absorbing the visceral and emotive way that he played guitar.

When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?

Any time I get a pass on a piece of music I believe in and know is good.

Where do you feel artistic progression leads?

I believe it feeds the soul of the creator, and hopefully the people who consume it.

How do you define success?

I know it sounds cliché but waking up each day and doing what you love. Being able to use this daily passion to feed yourself and your family.

What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?

Lost in Translation – hate that movie.

Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.

An audience that listens to our album and hears a record that has a collection of songs that could all stand on their own and have no filler tracks. We believe we have created that, and we can’t wait to release the whole record so that we can share that.

What do you believe is the most essential function of art?

To make people feel. To birth something that lives on its own and gives to your creative self and other people.

Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?

Shaking a stranger’s hand without the fear of Covid 19.

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