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expect at a Bombay Black show? in Texas, South Dakota, Illinois,
Rob: Loud and heavy melodic Indiana and working on stops in
music played as closely to the way Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri,
it was recorded as possible. We Ohio and Iowa.
tend to stick to the script. We Rocknation: Thank you for
realize people are there to hear taking time for this interview and
what’s familiar, not our “live inter- last words to the fans.
pretation” of the songs they like. Rob: As usual, we would like to
Rocknation: Tell us about what thank all the people who allow us
bands you have played with. to do what we do: Fans, wives,
Rob: The list is almost too large. girlfriends, etc. Without the inter-
I mean we’ve been active with est and support we wouldn’t be
playing festivals and
shows like that since
2004. I’ve taken to
counting bands we
have played gigs with
on multiple occasions.
I think LA Guns(if you
include both versions)
tops the list right now
with 4 times. It’s nice
to show up at a show
and bump into Tracii
Guns back stage and
it’s like “Hey man!”,
and he doesn’t think
Interview with Rob McCauley you’re a stalker or
by Tom Mathers something. lol. We’re
really stoked to be
Rocknation: Hello Rob and a process in place that’s really sharing the stage this
welcome to Rocknation, and working for us. summer in South Da-
congrats on your new CD release Rocknation: You have worked with kota with Cinderella.
“Love You To Death” on Kivel platinum producer Beau Hill Personally, I haven’t
Records/Triage. Please fill us (Warrant, Ratt, Kix, Winger) please seen them since
in on the recording process and tell us about that. high school, so I’m
songwriting. Rob: Fantastic learning experi- pumped!
Rob: Erik handles most of the ence! Beau is a great guy, he did Rocknation: What
song writing, both musically and the final mixes and production on plans do you have for 2011. able to do any of this!
lyrically, although when he hits a Psycho Magnet. He was also very Rob: Summer is coming and For more info:
wall we do chip in. The song New helpful with the actual recording we’re gearing up for some good myspace.com/bombayblack
Psycho on the new CD was a team process even though we did that road trips with dates confirmed reverbnation.com/bombayblack
effort lyrically. He was complain- in our home studio. He was very
open with information CDS NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL FINE CD STORES
on how to improve
what we were doing
on our end. A lot of BOMBAY
the changes we imple-
mented can be heard
on our new CD Love BORGOGNA BLACK
You To Death, as well
as a stack of CD’s that
Ty has been producing
for other bands. Ty still
talks to him on a regu-
lar basis.
Rocknation: Bombay
Black is the name for
a type of East Indian “Love You To Death” CD
Hash, is that were you
got your band name
ing about a lack of ideas at the from?
time and since so many of his Rob: Yeah, we kinda found that
songs are “relationship” based out after the fact. It sounds cool
stuff, or more to the point, “bad but we actually took the name
relationship” based, we told him from a color of black ink we saw “Something To Lean On” CD For fans of Def Leppard,
he needed a “new psycho” for at Office Depot. It’s just sounded
inspiration. That led to a series of cool. Hash isn’t really our thing, For fans of Firehouse & Danger Danger. Firehouse & Heavens Edge.
emails with ideas that he was able we’re more into getting drunk....
to run with and, bingo! Erik typi- and hanging out at Office supply more titles available now
cally puts complete songs togeth- stores apparently :-)
er, brings them to the band, then Rocknation: Who are your
they go to Ty when it’s time to turn influences?
them into the produced mixes. Rob: That varies quite a bit from
He’s really in our heads with how member to member but it’s any-
he writes too. I’ll get demos with thing from Kiss or Motley Crue to
drum parts on them that are laid Pantera or Hinder. Erik typically
out with fills and stuff that I would likes the more melodic stuff, Jim
naturally play that way. I think out and I like the heavier stuff and BOMBAY BLACK BOMBAY BLACK BOMBAY BLACK BOMBAY BLACK
of all the songs on the new disc Ty only likes whatever it is if it “Psycho Magnet” “Mercy” “Junk Food ” “Anger Management”
we changed 3 or 4 drum parts was produced well. lol! Seriously
total, between demo and final though, if the production isn’t up Produced by Featuring melodic 3 studio 2nd melodic
mixes, where I said, “What I’d to par, Ty probably won’t listen to Beau Hill rock guitars and tracks and rock release
like to do here is...” and we made it no matter who it is :-) BIG vocal
the changes. We’ve definitely got Rocknation: What can someone (RATT/WINGER) harmonies. 11 tracks live. from the band.