Hailing from NYC, soon-to-be-known everywhere,
Caverns is a progressive pychadelic melodic rock
band pushing tons of harmonies and layers atop
multifaceted scripts.
Just when progressive rock seemed to be deluged with classics, Caverns rise up and challenge the genre
going for broke by pushing all of the stereotypes to
the next level. As far as legendary rock/psychedelic
bands such as Chili Peppers/Pink Floyd have come,
Caverns goes one step further, pushing the
limitations of their own unique brand of varied
musical styling not only with trippy riffs, smoothly
blended with lyrics that push you to another
dimension, but a tremendous amount of musicality to
radiate their messages of positivity to another
level.
You can hear “Ten Feet Tall” from Caverns here:
Caverns debut EP “Tounche” has made significant impact even after only a few months since the release with already over 30,000 plays on Soundcloud.
During NYFW, Caverns added edginess to the pinache
of the Orchastra, led by Brian Newman on the
trumpet, during the Marc Jacobs runway show this
season at the Ziegeld theatre. Minutes before the
show, I sat down with the band on the
spectator-lined red carpet to learn more about this
band which i call “musically addictive.”
Nicola Wincenc – Guitar and Vocals.
Nick Katz – Bass and Vocals
Russell Holzman -Drums
How did you meet?
Nicola: We all are from muscian families, and went
to high school together in NYC. We started playing
together at the end of high school and the band
formed a couple years after that.
Where are you from in NYC?
Nicola: Katz and I are from the UWS, and Russell is
a good ol Bronx boy.
How has your music progressed?
Russell: It started out pyschodelic and now it’s
fucking Rock and Roll.
Who are your influences?
Katz: Rage Against the Machine, Chili Peppers, Pink
Floyd, Radiohead, Zepplen, old R&B. Really just all
the music that we know and love. We try to combine
them and the genuine excitment that the music gives
us in ways that we feel is interesting and
innovative and we try to push the envelope a little
bit.
Nicola: It’s about the music, not the show. I think
that all of us have grown up being surrounded by
good and bad music, and we finally found the
platform to get out all our fucking emotions.
As a model, Nicola, you walked a lot of shows this
season including Anna Sui. What do you feel are the
differences in the art form of Modeling/Creating
image versus Music/Creating sound?
Nicola: I feel that given the opportunity to play
during the Marc Jacobs show has, for me, bridged the
gap of what I’ve been doing and what I really love
to do. I appreciate creative designers and blending
the two–rocking out while looking good.
Do you feel that visually fashion plays an influence
while you perform?
Nicola: Totally. We all try to embody all types of
psychodelic vibes–super grungy to whatnot. Today we
are going to be dirty ass mutherfuckers in nice
suits.
Do you prefer East or West Coast shows?
Nicola: The West Coast is really great for people
who wana go out and listen to good music, but now
all this is happening on the East Coast which is
really good exposure for us, so I think it’ll be a
bit different when we go out West and come back to
the East.
The Marc Jacobs show should be incredible visually
and musically.
Nicola: Yes this is going to be awesome, a rock band
and a big Jazz band at the same time.
Russell: We are going to fuck that shit up.
Katz: Get ready for the bass baby.
Russell: And the rhythem section at the same time
muthafukas.
Nicola: we are a 3 piece band with 18 other guys
standing next to us at the same time so we will see
how it goes.
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Interview by:Roya Butler
