{"id":33046,"date":"2012-09-10T12:13:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T12:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-if-i-with-spineshanks-mike\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:34:38","slug":"feature-if-i-with-spineshanks-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-if-i-with-spineshanks-mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: “If I…” with Spineshank’s Mike Sarkisyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After a six-year hiatus Spineshank\u00a0<\/strong>are back and with their new album ‘Anger Denial Acceptance,’<\/em> it’s clear the Los Angeles metallers haven’t changed a bit. With\u00a0ferocious vocals, and pummeling drums, the bands third album is their most aggressive and darkest to date.<\/p>\n

Guitarist\u00a0Mike Sarkisyan recently stepped up to the challenge and took part in our regular “If I…”<\/strong>\u00a0questionnaire. Sarkisyan told us which legendary bands would play his fantasy festival, as well as telling what he would be doing if he wasn’t in a band.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If I could re-record one song it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Our entire first album \u201cStrictly Diesel.\u201d I think we could make it a million times better.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could re-live one tour\/show it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Ozzfest 2011, hands down the most fun I\u2019ve ever had on tour.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I had the chance to play one venue it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>The Rose Bowl, I grew up a few blocks away from it.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play with one band it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Guns n Roses.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

If I could play with any person living or dead it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Randy Rhoads or Beethoven.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could bring back any band that have split up, it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Guns n Roses<\/em><\/p>\n

If I wasn’t playing music, I would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Either a lawyer or a criminal, or maybe a criminal lawyer.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play a different genre it would be…<\/strong>
Mike: Teen Pop!<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could have written any song it would be…<\/strong>
Mike: ’<\/em>Stairway To Heaven’ imagine the royalties.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could have written any album it would be…<\/strong>
Mike: ’<\/em>Appetite for Destruction’ or ‘Physical Graffiti’.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could headline any festival, it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Download or Mayhem.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could organise my own festival, the bands playing would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>Led Zeppelin, Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Slipknot, Metallica, Skid Row, Scorpions, Refused,\u00a0<\/em>Atari Teenage Riot, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, Deftones\u2026shit this is a hard one<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could play any other instrument, it would be…<\/strong>
Mike:\u00a0<\/em>I play a few but one I wish I was really proficient at would be drums.<\/em><\/p>\n

If I could give one piece of advice to a new band, it would be…<\/strong>
Mike: Quit while you’re ahead!<\/em><\/p>\n

’<\/em>Anger Denial Acceptance<\/em>’<\/em> by Spineshank<\/strong> is available now on Century Media Records.<\/p>\n

Spineshank<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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