Vahshi Band: Interview, Biography

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So, I Have A Breakup Before I’ll Tell You About Puzzle. Cuz There Isn’t Much Info About Them Just Like Puzzle. I Just Know These Guys. I Don’t What’s Up About Them. Anyways, Last Night, I Was Having Another Interview On Yahoo! This Time Is Took Me More Time. The Interview Was With Two Members Of A Local Band Called Vahshi. Vahshi Means “Wild” In Persian Language.

Vahshi Was Formed In Azar, 1384 (December 2004), When 3 Three Colleges, Elnaz, Drummer, Negin, Vocal, And Nina, Guitarist, Finally Found Themselves A Bassist Called Raha. They Turned The Parking Lot Of Nina’s House To A Dead Room. At First, It Wasn’t Serious For Them. They Just Covered Songs From Pink Floyd And Radiohead. Tough All Of Them Love Gothic Metal. But Then, They Got The Chance To Play In A Goodbye Party. And They Started To Work Out Very Fast. Nina And Raha Both Lived In The U.S For Most Of Their Life. They Wrote English Lyrics About Death And That Love Is Fake And Other Stuff. But Negin Liked The Band To Be A Little Different. So She Started Writing Farsi Lyrics Which All Of Them Loved. So They Decided To Put Farsi Lyrics On Gothic Songs. None Of Them Were That Good At Writing Music. So They Just Put Negin’s Farsi Lyrics On Gothic Songs. Now They Have One EP Which Has 4 Songs. But Elnaz Decided Not To Have Me Put Their Songs On My Blog.

The Lineup:
Negin S. – Vocals, Piano, Keyboard
Raha – Bass, Acoustic, Back Vocals
Nina A. – Lead Guitarist, Rhythm Guitarist, Acoustic
Elnaz – Drums

Here’s The Interview. I’m A, Elnaz Is E And Negin Is N. The Bullshit Between The Parentheses Are The Info I Give To Non-Iranian People.

A: First Of All, Introduce Yourselves.

E: My Name Is Elnaz, 21. I Play The Drums For 5 Years.
N: My Name Is Negin, 20. I’m The Vocal And Pianist Of Vahshi Band. I Write Most Of Our Songs. I Play Piano Since I Was 6. I’ve Been Working On My Singing For 7 Years.

A: Introduce The Band. Anything You Want To Say.

E: The Band Is Called Vahshi. Formed 2 Years Ago. We Have An EP Called How To Die In 30 Minutes. It Has 4 Songs, All Of Them Farsi. Three Original And One Of Them Is “Otagh-e Abi” (The Blue Room) From Sohrab Sepehri.

A: Favorite Bands?

E: Anathema, Pink Floyd, A Perfect Circle, Immortal, Forest Of Shadows. In Iran, I Liked S.D.S. Their Drummer Is Very Good.
N: Anathema, Death, Deicide, Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson. In Iran, O-Hum.

A: Favorite Original Songs?

E: I Love All Of Them, But “Varooneh” (Inside-Out) Is One Of The Bests Cuz It Has Drum Solo. If Covers Count, I Think One Last Goodbye From Anathema.
N: Well, Definitely Elnaz Is Right, But I Like “Holocaust” More Than All. Cuz I Think, It’s The Best Poem I Wrote. I Like The Transacoustic Cover From Anathema.

A: Well, Most Of Vahshi’s Lyrics Speaks About Materialism. Aren’t You Scared About It? I Mean If You Become Famous, Or Something>

N: Well, Forming A Girl Band In This Country Is Scary Enough By Itself. And Yeah, Add That One Up, Too. But We Never Want To Be Famous. Not Because We’re Scared, But Because We Don’t Want To Be Whores, Like Any Other Girls Who Did Something In Iran.

A: You Played Live. What About That?

N: Yeah, But All Them Were Our Friends. And There Weren’t More Than 30 People There.
E: I Think We Are One Level Lower Than Underground. We Are In The Shadows. I Don’t Think 50 People Have Our EP.

A: Some Of Iranian Bands Spread There Album Outside The Country. Did You Do That?

E: Most Of Nina’s Friends Live Outside. They Spread Our Albums.

A: So You Never Want To Make Money Out Of Music?
E: Well, No. We Just Do It For The Fun.
N: Yeah, We’re Just A Bunch Of Girls Who Wanna Be Different Than Others. We’re Being A Family. And Our Friends Worship Us.

A: If You Could Get Out Of Iran And Spread Yourselves And Become Famous, Would You Do That?

E: I Won’t. All My Friends Are Here. I Can’t Even Imagine Being In Another Country.
N: I Would. But Our Lyrics Are Farsi. How They’re Supposed To Work?

A: Give Us Some Info About What’s Going On In The Band?

E: Well, We Gave You The Bio. To Add Up, The Leader Of The Band Is Negin. We Were Together In University. And We Met Raha In A Party. She Is The Only One In The Band Who Played In Other Bands. We Saw Her Live With “The Missing”, In An Underground Festival. We Have A Good Access To The Underground World Of Tehran.
N: Actually, I’m Not The Leader. I Mean We Play Songs In Our Houses. Then Come Together And Play It. Everybody Complain And Everybody Talks. It’s So Fun Sometimes. Especially When It Gives Raha Migraines.

A: Elnaz, You Said You Guys Have A Good Access To The Underground World Of Tehran. Why Don’t You Manage Some Lives?

E: Because We Don’t Even Wanna Be That Famous. In A Restricted Country Like This, The Underground World Is So Big. I Mean “ZedBazi” (The Most Successful Rap Band Of Iran, In My Opinion) Is Underground, Too. But You Can Hear Them Anywhere. On A 10 Years Old Boy’s Cell Phone, Or On A Stereo Of Some 23 Years Old Madman, Or On A Party Of 14 Years Old Girls, Which They’ll Die To Sleep With Those Guys. We Don’t Want That Much Fame. And It Can Be 100 Times More Dangerous For Us To Be Famous.

A: You Said Earlier, Negin, That You Are Far From Underground. Why You Are Interviewing With Me At First Place?

N: First, Because You Are Young, But You’re Doing Good And I Liked Your Blog. Second, We Don’t Gave You Much Info. We Just Wanted People Know That Iranian Girls Exist. You Know What I Mean?

A: Well, Yeah. But I Can Ask You Anything. This Is An Interview.

N: And I Can Refuse To Answer.

A: Okay. How Can Someone Play Both Rhythm Guitars And Lead On A Live Concert?

E: Nina Didn’t Do That. For Song Recording, She Does It Track-per-Track. On Our Concert, One Of Our Friends Called Arash Did It.

A: Last Question, Will “Vahshi” Ever Comes Out Of The Shadows?

E: Maybe. How Can You Tell? Maybe One Year Later, There’s No Islamic Rebulic Anymore.
N: Yeah, Right.

A: Rate My Blog, Interview, Anything.

E: You Seem To Be Damn Cool Kid. I Rate “Anything” 8 From 10
N: Well, Comparing You With The Experts Gives Us A Bad Result. But For A 16 Years Old Boy In The Heart Of Iran, I Rate You 10.

A: Last Words?

E: I Wish Luck For You And Your Band And Every Other Bands In Iran. I Wish Someday Iranian Bands Can Come Out Of The Shadows, Too. And I Wish, Someday, I Could Walk The Streets Of Tehran Without Wearing A Scarf.
N: I Wish Iranian Bands Can Go Further Than Any Other Countries. I Wish There Can Be Lots Of Iranian Bands In Every Festival. Rocking Together With Metallica, And Green Day, And Pain, And Everyone Else.

Well, Guys, I’m Waiting For Support. Till’ Next Time.