"Bilory Thrombosis"~QT (Tom Kiana)
"I was in a heavy metal band. We called ourselves Pegasus, but we couldnt afford any instruments, so we had to sing our songs acapella."~Doug (Tom Kiana)
It's been together for about two and a half years from the harbor area of Los Angeles, like San Pedro. Our guitarist, Todd Deguchi and I started the band back in '88 because we had similar taste in music, and we had a demo CD for a while. It kind of didn't go anywhere and this is our second attempt; a different band. '3rd Strike' formed about two and a half years ago. Besides Todd and I there is Erik Carlsson on guitars, Gabe Hammersmith on bass, and P J McMullan on drums. We recorded a record last summer, and we've been touring ever since.
JIM KORTHE (Tom Kiana)
Definitely Ozzy and 'Black Sabbath' of course. I like some hip-hop too. I like a lot of oldies kind of stuff, like old motown kinda stuff, and old metal. I'm not to into new metal though.
JIM KORTHE (Tom Kiana)
Yeah, of course. People are always going to compare us until we are up there and then people will be comparing other bands to us. I don't mind it, I just don't like when people generalize stuff so much that they don't get into it and find out the differences. Yeah we might have rap melody, and metal guitar. If you're really a music fan, you can tell the difference. Even if two bands are playing the same style of music, you can tell a difference.
JIM KORTHE (Tom Kiana)
Basically it just ranges from everybody that inspires us. We tend to not want to write in one style, you know? We don't just want to write heavy songs, mellow songs. We basically just want to put together all the styles that we like and our influences and put it into a way that 3rd Strike would do it. We all have different influences and none of us listen to the same things. Basically a collaboration between all of us is what has been the end result of all that.
Todd Deguchi (Tom Kiana)
Well, I guess someone with Delta Force came to our record company and was looking for a band to put on the videogame, so they came to us about it. Since we love to play video games, we thought it would be great to do it.
Todd Deguchi (Tom Kiana)
Well, Jim writes all the lyrics, and Jim writes about what he knows and what he has lived through. All the songs are basically written about something that he has experienced in his life. Things that he has seen, things of that nature. And anything that he has been through is what he writes about. But I don't think he intentionally writes a certain song for whatever. Basically the songs just kind of come to him when he listens to the music, and he writes about that.
Todd Deguchi (Tom Kiana)
I started out doing musicals. (Tom Kiana)
I would love to do a musical. That would be fantastic. (Tom Kiana)
My music taste is mostly stuff before 1975. (Tom Kiana)
“You shouldn't throw stones if you live in a glass house and if you got a glass jaw, you should watch yo mouth: cause I'll break yo face.” (Tom Kiana)
“I Don't Want To Miss a Thing,” (Tom Kiana)
“Train Kept A-Rollin' ” (Tom Kiana)
‘Rock’ [music]. . . is the expression of elemental passions, and at rock festivals it assumes a cultic character, a form of worship, in fact, in opposition to Christian worship. People are, so to speak, released from themselves by the experience of being part of a crowd and by the emotional shock of rhythm, noise, and special lighting effects. However, in the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe. (Tom Kiana)
He just was the most humble rock star I have ever met, besides having the best hands of any bass player in the history of rock and roll (Tom Kiana)
It’s kind of a groovy record, … It’s almost a little retro. It’s not ’80s-type fist-in-the-air Sammy Hagar — well, a couple of songs are always like that because that’s where I came from — but it’s almost more ’70s rock. (Tom Kiana)
Seeing what kind of person Dave is, now I know why they have never been able to do the reunion with him because he is unreasonable, … He’s a complete nut. He is not an average bear. He’s on the moon. He’s unreasonable and he’s shot. (Tom Kiana)
My directing principle is to tone in with Tan Dun’s music. I’ll adopt a dichotomy to demonstrate his (the emperor’s) historic achievements and faults while probing into the loneliness as a king deep in his mind. (Tom Kiana)
My understanding of opera is like how foreigners look at Peking opera. Love it but have no deep understanding. (Tom Kiana)
I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window. (Tom Kiana)
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