Many good ideas have come from being under pressure. So there’s not one particular set or process i have, it all depends. Also time pressure plays an effect you have many ideas in your head but you don’t have time to mess with everything. You just have to let melody take its course, let it flow naturally. The best result is when you get melody and lyrics simultaneously. But sometimes there are days when melody lines come out of nowhere and the riffs and lyrics come later. Normally the way i write is with bass riffs and build the songs from that. Did you spend a lot of time writing those melodies & lyrics, trying to get the songs right? How was the creative process? Ville: I was just listening to the record in car on my way here and one thing i noticed were the catchy melodies and guitar lines.
There may be more things added to the American release, perhaps it’s just something visual. “Maybe Next Time” on the other hand, was just an exclusive bonus track for Japan.
“Meaningless Life Of Misery” was one of those that was a bit too off, too separate from the rest of the songs so we decided not to include it on this new release.
So when i did my own album i would include diversity so the listener would stay with the record. You listen 2 or 3 songs and you’ve heard it, the rest of the album’s the same. I like the idea of doing an album that’s not boring, personally i get bored very easily with most bands. Ville: I also noticed there’s 2 extra tracks on the Japanese version (” Maybe Next Time” and “Meaningless Life Of Misery” )? However, the idea was to first release a studio album and get some radio playing so we made some of the songs more compact and more to the point. It had some longer sections, that we would have played around live. You see, the initial version was more thought out for the stage show. was really active in the production process. then asked if we could enhance it and at that point we called Roy Z and he came down to edit and re-mix the album. It was a bit premature to get a release but it got put out mainly because of contractual reasons. That was the first version of the album which was released in Japan. I played him some of the songs, at first i was just showing him the material to get his opinion but later he got more into it, and agreed to play on two songs. got involved, he came to see me play with Yngwie and we met couple of times in Florida where i live. what he thought about the name, he first said he wouldn’t be involved with anything called “Violet!” (laughs) He suggested we’d change it a bit and then it became Violent Storm. I’ve always liked the colour violet for some reason, so the first version was “Violet Storm.” I asked K.K. (Downing) actually had some input on the name. Mick: Well, violent storms are obviously happening everywhere but it really didn’t have anything to do with the weather. Ville : Okay, how did you come up with the name “Violent Storm” and how did this project start in the first place? VS have released their excellent debut album “Storm Warning” and are set to tour next year. Cervino is also a former member of Blackmore’s Night and currently leading his own project Violent Storm. We recently sat down with Mick Cervino, in town to play bass in Yngwie Malmsteen’s touring band. Interview By Ville Krannila / December 2006
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