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Seismic Secret Fan club would like to thank the publishers and authors for their kind permission to reproduce the articles listed below:
From the entertainment supplement, Havana Sunday Post, Wednesday 3rd September, 2006. Abridged from an article by Jose Alonso, translated into English by Raoul Masummit:
The music industry is not noted for it’s interest in cosmology, despite making a significant profit from Eric Idle’s Galaxy Song following the Monty Python film Meaning of Life. When scientists recently confirmed the existence of a nearby Black hole and subsequently identified that it broadcasts a single continuous note of B flat 57 octaves below middle C, industry executives largely did not pay attention. Those who did notice yawned quietly and returned to the gig section of Kerrang! hoping to discover the next big thing.
Unknown to them, the next big thing had already began it’s move, forcing it’s way upwards like a new continent breaking through the crust of the Earth in an otherwise empty ocean. Seismic Secret’s release of Submarine Symphony astounded the world by selling two million – yes you read it right – two million CD’s online in the first month of release. Submarine Symphony composer Dan Earthquake suggestion is that the success of the album is due to the nature of it’s particular sympathy with
the super dense Black Hole at the centre of the Universe. There might be something in his claim – as I write this, I know that I have listened to the CD. I’ve got an online receipt and my bank account has been credited – but I can’t find the disc anywhere. So I paid again, and downloaded the track onto my MP3. I played it, and mysteriously it’s erased itself, and I still can’t recall how it went. I suppose we’ll have to take Mr Earthquake’s own interpretation of his creation at face value:
“Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung was before it’s time, a remarkable piece of music. He knew the seismic secret of the universe, and that it was built around the sound of B Flat. Something was missing though, and he never got the acclaim he deserved – I rate him as composer of the millennium, just in front of Nigel Self and Francesca Davies. Submarine Symphony follows on from that, but it took extreme manipulation of a Yamaha PSS460 at a quantum level to reproduce the exact sympathetic resonance. The sound invades the listeners very being. They can’t resist it, can’t get enough. What’s significant is people are buying the album unconsciously, and don’t even know they’ve got it. Sales are increasing at an expediential rate, so much so that I reckon we’ll soon hit the one billion mark. About midnight next Wednesday, I reckon.”
Seismic Secret are playing at Free in the Air Nightclub in Havana City Centre tomorrow night – some tickets will be available on the door.
Hampshire Drummer’s Weekly, Summer edition - Vol 6, issue 9
Reporter Rich Gallagher
Hampshire Drummer’s Weekly caught up with Seismic Secret’s drummer Trevor Moore outside his home in Tipton yesterday. In a brief interview, he asked us to call him Trev.
HDW – What do you intend to do with your share of the band’s estimated yearly income of £2.9 Billion net profit?
Trev – I s’pose I’ll book myself in for a haircut a bit more often – might go to the convention this year and stay in a good B+B – one with a bog and TV in the room.
HDW – Dan Earthquake has sited you as providing inspiration for two of the band’s number one hits: Who is Mick (and what’s the secret?) and Dave Gauder ate my sandwich. How did that come about?
Trev – You know Dan, loves to talk. Don’t know what he’s going on about most of the time. I was just making conversation, when I could get a word in, and he must have picked up on something I said.
HDW – Dan has claimed that you are actually 89 year old and was part of the so called Philadelphia Experiment. What do you say to that?
Trev – Like I said, you know Dan, loves to talk. He probably believes it.
HDW - You seem totally relaxed despite being the world’s most successful drummer. Has the band’s global success sunk in yet?
Trev – No. And do you mind not parking there, I’m expecting a visitor.
Alderney Parish Newsletter September 2006
It was with some trepidation that the Parish Council agreed to stage an evening of musical entertainment featuring Seismic Secret. There were reservations, but the clamouring of the public and the protests of the youngsters prevailed. 200 people crammed into the village hall, shawls pulled tightly round them as the boiler was on the blink. The band started it’s recital with a shortened version of Submarine Symphony, only to be interrupted ten minutes in by a rumbling and crashing noise – Harry Kane and Richter Scale’s power chords had dislodged a considerable amount of snow from the roof, which in turn demolished the porch. The band played on, and continued their entertainment. During the ragtime instrumental of Webwalk, Rev Arnold Webber proclaimed the band to be “Agents of the Devil,” citing that their presence on the island was the beginning of the end of the world. The band seemed unfazed by this, Tex Tonic belting out “Who is Mick and what’s the Secret?” as Rev Webber set fire to the stage. Constable Delarge had to restrain the churchman who escaped arrest by turning into a hare and bolting from the room. Despite the distractions, the band played on to a rapturous applause from the assembled community.
In a post concert interview, Seismic Secret drummer Trev Moore said “I don’t know where Dan found the guy dressed as vicar, but he was very convincing, especially when he threw that petrol bomb.” I tentatively asked the band if they would be returning in the near future following the unfortunate incident, but they seemed to be in good spirits. Promising a return next year former Punk frontman Harry Kane said that he “had enjoyed a good Alderney reception,” and that it had bought back to him the bygone era of his youth.
The bands World Tour continues next week in Tasmania.
Jacques Monserrat, Mayor of the Island.
Tasamanian Daily Record, Arts and Media guide, August 26th 2006
“The GState Arena was the first venue for the Oceanic leg of Seismic Secret’s world tour. They’re an unusual band for sure - the shielas went mad when they arrived on stage – a good combination of baldies and hairy monsters, just about what you’d expect from the Pommies. The youthful looks of Jake Enup attracted the most attention, with the girls screaming “Jake for Home and Away” between the songs. Casting agents for the famed soap have today confirmed that they have approached the bassist for a regular part, but due to tour commitments say it is more likely that Jake will just do a cameo appearance on one or two shows.
Highlight of the night had to be Arthur Shock, appearing for one night only. He’d flown out from England to join the band, and had turned up late. Arriving by parachute during the introduction of “Ideas Man” to rapturous applause, he sang with his back to the audience. A stretch limo pulled onstage at the end of the song and Arthur got in. Fans later said that they had expected him to return, but it turned out that he had been driven straight to the airport and was en route to LA for a one day gig with his principle band James Deans Car. (James Deans Car are booked for two nights next month at this venue. Ring arena booking office for details, number in rear of this publication) Seismic Secret are returning to the continent at the end of next month for a one night gig in the Sydney Opera House, see their website www.seismicsecret.com for details.
Reactors shutdown NOT due to band stunt - claim
Rumours that the band Seismic Secret were responsible for the shutdown of two nuclear reactors were dismissed as nonsense by official sources last night.
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show on Radio Earthquake last Tuesday were asked to vote to send a member of the band back to the stone age to star in a reality tv style show called “Drumming with Cavemen.”
Reportly, the band’s keyboard player Dan Earthquake was selected by the voting public. On attempting to transport him back in time, half of Southern England experienced a power failure and two nuclear reactors had to be shut down. Early reports are suggesting that it will be a number of months before the reactors will be able to reconnect to the national grid.
Meanwhile, Seismic Secret’s live concert broadcast yesterday from the summit of Ben Nevis was noticeably different from previous line ups with just four musicians showing up – Richter Scale, Harry Kane, and Dan Earthquake announcing that the rest of the band had been sucked into a time vortex and Andreas Volt would be playing drums for the forseeable future. The concert was broadcast around the world live via the Radio Earthquake satellite.
From the magazine:
Atomic Energy Today, October edition, article by Dr. Marie Rathbone, pHd.
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