Questions with Richard Maranda
by mosriteluv from 2007

What type of musique is your favorite?

I've just recently expanded my choice listening pleasures and it depends on time of jour and my mood. New Order's latest album in the morning Pole (German Dub) at night when I'm falling asleep. College radio during the day. Classic jazz in the evenings. My favori musique is quality musique whatever the genre.

Who are your favori singers & groups?

Cocteau Twins, Lange (trance producer), U2 (older the better) Bono has turned into a tosser, The Cure, Sven Vath Richie Hawtin Techno DJs and producers, Lush,...

QUESTIONS & réponses WITH KRISTY THIRSK
by Tara

Are there any evolutionary patterns in your songwriting?

It's different every time. Sometimes it starts with a guitare riff...sometimes piano, sometimes vocal idea...even banging a beat on a potted plant.

You are one of the best songwriters of all-time. Your lyrics fascinate me & my sister Erin Kelly. I've noticed re-curing words & themes in your lyrics. An example of this being the word "indifference" which appears in the Rose Chronicles "Undertow", Delerium's "Heaven's Earth" & "Indifference" off of "Souvenirs". Is this intentional...

Questions & réponses with Rose Chronicles Guitarist Richard Maranda Part 2
by mosriteluv

Blood Red" from the "Happily Ever After" CD has a Twin Peakish feel with its twangy guitar. Was it intentional to envoke that feel, a kind of '50s, '60ish quality?

I can't say that it was intentional to envoke a retro quality but have been influenced par some bands from the 80s and 90s who were influenced par the 60's -- and I do like David Lynch's stuff. He seems to have almost invented a new emotion ou perhaps a new blend of emotions...

Have toi ever seen the John Cusack 2003 film "Identity" & if so...