Interview by Karla Ash
Whiskysam: Glam Metal With A Protest Edge
On one hand, Whiskysam celebrates the kind of debauchery that
the '80s spandex-metal brigade took to the bank, but there's
another side to the group. Vocalist-guitarist Sam Makarim isn't
afraid to confront life's darker realities, and in an interview
he is just as blunt and unafraid as he is in music.
Karla Ash: How did you get your name, Whiskysam?
Sam Makarim: The Whiskysam name sucks. The original members
were sitting drinking whisky three days after the band was formed.
I got calls from venues, bars, etc., for bookings asking us what
name do you wanna go by? The assholes picked Whiskysam, whatever.
Ash: What kind of feedback have you been getting for your
song "Bin Laden"?
Makarim: Feedback about numbnuts Bin Laden have been zilch.
I am not intimidated by him; they can come and face me, bunch
of cowardly low-life abusers and killers of women and children.
And if I get killed for standing up to them, then Beethoven,
Mozart, and John Lennon made their point of view through me.
Ash: On "American Soldier," you pay tribute to
U.S. troops. Were you ever in the military?
Makarim: We were never in the military. I hate armies, violence,
and wars. I feel sorry for all the innocent military people and
their families who get dragged into straightening out the world's
problems. It really sucks, but somebody has to do it.
Ash: Do you consider yourself political?
Makarim: As you get older you get wiser and dumber, too? I
wish everybody would get along. We live in a beautiful world
and somebody is going to enjoy it sooner or later because there
is more love and wisdom to overcome evil and destruction in every
man's heart.
Ash: How long have you been a musician and what made you
decide to become one?
Makarim: I was born in Nigeria from Lebanese parents, and
I started playing and singing when I was eight years old. I played
my first concert two months after I picked up the guitar.
To find more about the artist visit http://www.whiskysam.com/
