LUNARMILE Record Demo At TONY IOMMI's Studio

Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Tom Williams of LUNARMILE (Photo#1, Photo#2, Photo#3),the British band featuring frontwoman Toni-Marie (daughter of BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi) and bassist bassist Alex Hill (son of JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Rockdetector.com: OK, the "famous Dad" part of the equation. You seem to be keeping that as low key as possible but surely everyone knows about the BLACK SABBATH and JUDAS PRIEST connection now?

Tom: "We've been getting a lot of press about it just recently, but Toni-Marie and Alex can't choose who their parents are. We'd rather get known for our music but of course we do know as well that we might get a second look just because of who they are. I guess it gives us an advantage if we wanted to use it but we would like to just get our music known because people think it's good, not because of who it is."

Rockdetector.com: Is that not a bit unrealistic though? Surely the band wants to make it big time and therefore having those connections will get you up the ladder a bit faster. It's not just the family connections in the business though is it because obviously Tony Iommi and Ian Hill can give you guys some unique inside advice on a whole range of things to do with the music business.

Tom: "That's true. It is a difficult question. We do know it's going to be used and it could be helpful to us. It could go the other way though, which is why we're not shouting about it. We still play a lot of shows where people have no idea and they still really like the band and come to the next gig. I think more people know about Toni-Marie and Alex around the world because of the internet than they do in Birmingham!"

Rockdetector.com: If you had to put LUNARMILE into a genre box where would you place the band?

Tom: "We like to call ourselves 'female-fronted classic modern rock with attitude'. We've got that '70s and '80s vibe, everything from LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH, VAN HALEN and WHITESNAKE but with influences from newer bands like TOOL and MUSE. That's one band we all really like. It makes us a bit more interesting than all the indie and emo bands out there. I haven't found anyone around here who are doing the same kind of thing as us."

Rockdetector.com: What are your plans for future recordings?

Tom: "We've just done a four-track demo. We recorded it at Tony Iommi's studio. We're going to start promoting that soon and send it out to record companies and see what happens."

Read the entire interview at this location.