METAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Interviewed By NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO
July 30, 2009Guitarist/vocalist Jason Simms of METAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — the Portland, Oregon-based four-piece which takes the stage in Elizabethan garb, delivers stage banter in "Fakespearian" dialects and sings scenes from the bard's works while playing power metal — was recently interviewed on New Hampshire Public Radio's "Word Of Mouth". The chat is now available for streaming at this location.
To Simms, power metal and Shakespeare go together like peanut butter — and more peanut butter. He quotes the line in "Macbeth" that describes a Caesarian section: "From his mother's womb untimely ripp'd." "That's about the most metal way to describe it," Simms tells the Willamette Week newspaper. Metal and theater are "all about the victory of warriors and stuff like that," and the two share similar visuals. "If you look at old MAIDEN videos, they're wearing tights and high-tops just like we do."
The group's new name underscores what it's about, Simms says. "If you're in Boise and you see a flier for the METAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY,' you don't know what that is," he says. "But you know you're getting two things: metal and Shakespeare. We could be the only metal Shakespeare company in the world!"
Watch METAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY's video for the song "To Bleed Or Not To Bleed" below.
For more information, visit MetalShakespeare.com.
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