David (drums): Our band started with Igor und Andy.
Igor (vocals): I used to play the guitar with Andy as my teacher, but after some months I decided to take over the vocals because the guitar wasn’t going too well.
David: I joined FBIS two months ago when Igor asked me to play the drums. At first I was hesitating because usually a band takes a lot of time. For example: The guys from Disposed to Mirth. They are always on the road, playing shows everywhere almost every weekend. I have a son at home, so I don’t have that much time for being in a band. Igor and I made a deal that I would give it a try and I’m happy because it seems to work out.
Peter (guitar): I lived in Russia for some time and when I came back to Germany I decided I wanted to play the guitar in a band. Vladimir from Disposed to Mirth is a good friend of mine and introduced me to Igor. I joined the band and after that came David.
Ricardo (bass and backing vocals): I met the band on a concert of Disposed to Mirth. On the way back home FBIS asked me if I wanted to play the bass and I simply said… Yes!
Did you expect to win the voting contest?
Andy (guitar): Really? Yes. (looks very serious at first and then starts to laugh) Of course not, we didn’t expect this at all, especially because the other bands in the voting contest were much bigger. The first days after the contest started we got lots of votes already. In the end we won with 100 votes more than the band that we were most competing with.
Igor: Maybe so many people voted for us because Münster is our hometown. First Blossom in Spring started in 2010, so we are rather a small band. That is what made it so hard to believe for us.
Peter: It is the second time we are involved in such a contest. There are lots of bands here in Münster, but we try to shine out and spread the word about our band. It seems to work out because we didn’t win last time, but we won this time.
You have planned to release a split –EP with Icarus Downfall this summer.
Ricardo: Yes, we are recording right now, but plans have changed.
Igor: You easily get compared to each other when two bands are on one EP and since we are still looking for our own sound, we decided it would be better to make our own EP now. We also made t-shirts and will do a release show in November. Icarus Downfall is a band from Münster and are friends of ours. Their music is great, but we think a split- EP is just not the right thing for new bands to do when you still are looking for your own sound.
What can we expect from the EP?
David: World conquest. (laughs)
Igor: we are still in the phase where we are looking for our own sound. Hardcore/metalcore. We cannot really describe the genre we make, we are influenced by several music and sounds.
Ricardo: We are influenced by for example August Burns Red, Parkway Drive, The Carrier and Escapado. Each of us of likes other music and it is the combination of all our individual interests that makes our music what it is.
Tell us some more about your ambitions.
Andy: We don’t have big goals right now, we would like to play more shows and let people hear our music. What must come will come. We try our very best and we would be glad to move on with our music, but we won’t die when it turns out we cannot get any further with it. There are so many bands in Münster and that makes it hard to shine out.
Igor: want to make music with friends, we don’t want to be the biggest band ever. We just want to have fun, play shows, have fun with the audience, we don’t want to become a big band. it’s all for fun.
What are you most proud of that you have achieved until now?
Igor: we have been support for the Italian band Awaken Demons thanks to Mario from Disposed To Mirth. We have played in Münster with them and even did a small tour. We have also played park concerts. We are proud that we had the luck to do these things already.
I was desperately looking for info and music of you guys online, but I could barely find anything and there was no music
Ricardo: That is because our music is sooo underground.
Igor: We are not very active on facebook yet, but we will upload songs after we are done with recording and try to be more active there.
Let's get to some serious stuff now: Two girls one cup or one guy one horse?
Peter: What? Uhm… (thinks). I haven’t seen it before, but both sound disgusting.
David: how long did you watch two girls one cup?
Uuuhm.. let’s say I watched it sort of… entirely. Come ooon it looks like chocomouse and I think it might be fake. And it's funny!
Band: Ooooooooohhhh grose! (all making ewww-sounds through another)
Igor: Let’s say I like two girls one cup because of the girls. (laughter from the band)
David: Well, he is a shouter anyhow!
Another one: Xbox or Playstation?
Ricardo: Wii!
Andy and David: Macbook!
Igor: Xbox, because it’s more fun.
Peter: Fifa is great.
Ricardo: And Final Fantasy.
Igor: Yes, but only the old Final Fantasy games are good.
Peter: Super Nintendo is also great.
Thanks for the interview guys!
First Blossom in Spring will play at the Sputnikcafé again at 23th July.
Check out their EP, it will be out soon!
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