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Having relocated to the UK, Swedish rockers Tantrum To Blind<\/strong> have been a roll since settling on these shores and are currently on tour with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus<\/strong> and Rat Attack<\/strong>. The female fronted four-piece blend electronic elements, soaring melodies and crushing melodies which has seen the band succeed in their homeland.<\/p>\n Now with a new EP in the works and touring relentlessly in the UK, expect to hear plenty more about Tantrum To Blind\u00a0<\/strong>in the coming months.<\/p>\n Drummer Mike Cicero recently spoke to Already Heard<\/strong> for our regular “If I…”<\/strong> feature. Cicero told us about his love for Sum 41 and Rufio, headlining a festival in Vietnam and more.<\/p>\n If I could re-record one song it would be…<\/strong> If I could re-live one tour\/show it would be…<\/strong> If I had the chance to play one venue it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with one band it would be…<\/strong> If I could play with any person living or dead it would be…<\/strong> If I could bring back any band that have split up, it would be…<\/strong> If I wasn’t playing music, I would be…<\/strong> If I could play a different genre it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any song it would be…<\/strong> If I could have written any album it would be…<\/strong> If I could headline any festival, it would be…<\/strong> If I could organise my own festival, the bands playing would be…<\/strong> If I could play any other instrument, it would be…<\/strong> If I could give one piece of advice to a new band, it would be…<\/strong> Tantrum To Blind<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Having relocated to the UK, Swedish rockers Tantrum To Blind have been a roll since settling on these shores and are currently on tour with Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Rat Attack. The female fronted four-piece blend electronic elements, soaring melodies and crushing melodies which has seen the band succeed in their homeland. Now with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8181],"tags":[62,122,6164,13077,13076],"class_list":["post-30169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post","tag-already-heard","tag-feature","tag-if-i","tag-mike-cicero","tag-tantrum-to-blind"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Mike Cicero: ‘Big City Silence’ from our debut album, the recording of this song included a lot of technical difficulties and there was no time for preparation. <\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: When we headlined Tiger Translate Festival in Vietnam in Spring 2011. That was pretty surreal. We went from playing 250 cap. venues in Sweden to headlining a festival in Vietnam in front of 4000 people. A feeling I won’t forget.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mike: There are probably many, but one would definitely be “Budokan” in Japan! Simply because it’s legendary and many of the live dvd’s I own are recorded from that venue.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: My overall favourite band since I was 11 years old is Sum 41, If I could play with them my life would be complete… sort of.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: That’s a tough one… there are a lot of drummers that would be cool to play with like Josh Freese, Mike Jimenez and Josh Eppard. A cool guitarist to jam with would be Tom Morello!<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: That must be my favorite skate band of all time – Rufio.<\/em><\/p>\n
: A professional skateboarder, definitely. It used to be my big interest other than playing music anyway!<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: R n’ B is great live. Would be nice to try sometime.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: ‘Science Fiction’ by Rufio, simply one of the best skate songs ever written.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: One of my favorite albums of all time is ‘Chuck’ by Sum 41. A big part of my youth right there, had I written any album this would be the one.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: That would have to be Warped Tour, it’s any bands dream to get on this tour so that would be pretty rad!<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: A few would be Sum 41, Coheed & Cambria, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Rage Against The Machine, Comeback Kid, Paramore, Billy Talent, Avril Lavigne… and to throw a couple of skate bands in there why not The Vandals, Lagwagon, This Is A Standoff and Bad Religion.<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: When I was little I wanted to be a guitar hero, but that quickly changed as soon as I sat down behind a drumkit. If it hadn’t been for drums I’d definitely be pretending to be Slash right now<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike: Just the usual I guess. Stick to your own natural flow, don’t set a limit to your creativity. If you adjust to trends you’ll eventually put yourself in a box.<\/em><\/p>\n