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Is that true? What's our Tara Kei Nithi? Hey, Tara, is it that Tara Kei Nithi? Yeah, what's that? You come tell us. Is he the only loyal one? I'm gonna come up here. You can't represent yourself. I told you keep representing your hoods and let me know where your children from. I love Who we're gonna be playing in your request. I have many more of you guys, but we're gonna Be doing that when we come back right about now. Yes, I told you do you have anything else to Say you have some shout outs before to make my interview. No, I'll do it after the interview After the interview and then where do you play for the guys? Yeah, for the guys who want to find me I play all over the country because right now next week I'm playing in Eldorette On a Wednesday and uh, yeah, um this Thursday this coming Thursday, I'll be at Mercury lounge at ABC Yeah, ABC place. Yeah, ABC place. So yeah, I'm gonna say so do this follow him at DJ Max Max to the double X. Yeah, and the Max Jones DJ Max joins on every social media platforms And I chase out right about now. Yo ladies, are you ready? Yeah, we need some drums right here Well, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you I was waiting for you guys to do that You know Okay, I didn't want I didn't want you to feel left out. So I'm gonna say my What do you say? I don't see skin in them Yeah, guys, so like we've told you we have rush in studio I don't know. I wish you guys would just like introduce yourself I think you to to have like some cool away of coming out I had pictured something different in my mind Like I'm going to say this and say that and then you come here and you totally disappears So, but let's go to the studios Right This is your first time here apart from some someone's been here before They refuse to come I don't know I Insisted they come they refused Yes, he's the only one who showed up I was here I was the one holding that camera. The one right there Apologies We always did with soundcheck Okay, just let's come back. I love you. We are gillators All right, so we're gonna do this this rush band, yes You guys but the guys at home, maybe we have some Someone who's never seen you. So just kind of introduce yourself one by one. I'm gonna start Yeah, and what you do for the band? Yeah, I'm the drama Yeah, all right Okay And then we have okay, so it seems like I have to clap before Yes, my name is max and I'm the only one guy without lenses So, yeah But anyways, uh, yeah, so I'm the lead guitarist and uh, yeah, I've been here Since the beginning with this band have a good time with them. So all right, and then go over to some Yeah, as you said some Lead vocalist Lead vocalist. Yes. All right. Love we have Okay, so my name is Colbert and I play bass Bass guitar But I really love basses, but you know when the bass comes on you can't ignore literally You you always get the attention of everybody when the bass plays, you know, I like that So welcome. Now that we're all caught up. Yeah, welcome to our studios. First of all, so I'm gonna start with that We don't really shake questions. We have to ask that for the people who don't know you So I'm gonna start from the beginning. So it's about rush How it came about like when when how by who like What's a baba? Hey, they make me they make me sound like like the eldest guy Okay, so, uh, what I can say about rush. It's that uh, we started back in 2013. Yeah, 2013. Yeah, um Basically, uh I really ever really wanted to to have like a rock band With our former rhythm guitarist, right? Um So we started this project with him and then my brother came in on board as a bassist then I bet he suggested a drummer In the shape of this guy, yeah, and uh a singer in the shape of this humble guy right here Who's actually like his vocals are On point pretty on point. Yeah, pretty on point. Yeah No, you have to be fair to what's fair and then after that, uh, yeah, we've been having a bit of uh, you know Going forward and backwards with uh with a few of our bandmates. Uh, and eventually we got this, uh This really nice of a guy and Also a very skillful bassist and guitarist. He's also a really good guitarist as well Colbert. Yeah, so yeah That's how rash came about Awesome. And Komora Komora is not here. Yeah, shout out to Komora. He's uh, the youngest Okay, not like in terms of edge, but the the newest the newest member Yeah, so speaking of uh Who Komora is he the one who took Yubu's place and where is Yubu? Shout out to Yubu first of all. Yeah, well, uh Something came up and yet to go to Memphis So we were like Life must go on at the end of the day. So yeah, and then Komora came in Yeah Dove and what about the name who came up with the name rush and what has that what does it mean apart from the rush winner it's uh, it's um Okay, the answer is basically at the point in which we started jamming with the the former rhythm guitarist Uh a baby our our former rhythm guitarist Saw me that basically I had a rush here. Whoa from the from an aerobics Nairobi fly I think yeah, that's number one fact number two is that we were like, uh, our music sounds Uh You know, you can't when you hear one of our our tunes like you can't get rid of it. Basically It was like a rush. Yeah, basically. Yeah Even though you might not really like that much it's still there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So who doesn't like rush though Like everybody loves rush So yeah, everybody loves rush if you guys don't know about them We're going to be playing some of their songs so that you get to you get acquainted. Yeah, but now Rush amazing people coming some have left and you're still stuck with your style. Tell us about that Okay, even how would you describe yourselves? What's your style of music? Yes, it's rock And then what what style of rock I think when we were starting out we wanted to be different Yeah, you know, we wanted to bring something that is That we would be identified with Because we didn't want to sound like just any other rock band, you know, right So we decided to like bring something that people had tried before But it hadn't been rubber stumped, you know So the aspect of singing with Swahili not so many. Okay, some bands before had done some songs in Swahili, Kinamafiz flow, Kinamplg But I think after we came in and like we rubber stumped that Yeah, you like everyone knows rush as the Swahili rock band. Yeah, you know, so I think that's something that has really Been Putting us out there is the Swahili rock band. You know, when someone hears about a Swahili rock band They would want to hear how this band sounds and how they sing in Swahili, right? And I think that has been Like the defining factor for us. Okay. So we we know some bands would like about They'll write about politics And some relationships What do you take us through their writing process some Either writer or who writes who writes for the band Kwanzaa Writing is a collaborative Collaborative process. Yeah, I would put in a little bit of something Yeah, yeah, so marks come up to the it comes up with a melody or if Uh, then we all just throw ideas. Yeah Just throw them out. See I then we just develop the song around Our melody or if yeah, yeah, even sometimes marks can come with a song like I wrote this song and You go through it. Yeah, so it's everybody here is just a key So like writing a song let's talk about new change That's pretty political. You guys were not afraid to talk about that Why that's the one thing people want to do are like when you're talking about politics I was hey Nick's time. I mean way side our to a side out and his keys are Nick's time I you know people are like really really scared of talking about that. Why did you decide to Make a song about that and just go out with the and it actually you got nominated for Fremont because of knitted change Yeah, it's it's one you guys are nomination. It got your name If you believed in this country, you know the dynamics of politics in this country So it figured a point whereby like I'm speaking on behalf of the youth But then we sat down and we were like If we don't take charge No, no Then these people will always control the narrative. Yeah, if you decide you're not going to vote Then they will make sure the one who they want is voted in right, you know So we were like this song whether we want to we we want to encourage people to like not give up, you know Yeah Like I will do it whatever happens. I've played my part, you know, right? Is this something you think you Do like in future you you want to write small songs I think About like about politics the way you did about knitted change like about just the political scene the way it is right now Is this something you see yourself are continuously talking about? I think that's something that needs to be done. Yeah, because at the end of the day it's it's it's something it's a I don't know how to put it but It's something that you cannot Throw away and decide that let's just live life as if nothing is Is affecting us, you know, right so many things are affecting the youth and I think rock music from way before has been a vocal genre, you know, like if you listen to bands even if you listen to death metal and You like google the lyrics the stuff they talk about in the music is actually very powerful It's only rock music that you'll find talking about depression. It's rock music that you'll find talking about Politics and stuff. Yeah, so I think moving forward Depending on how things go I cannot say that this is the last song you're going to do about politics If anything all our songs are very educative and Exactly. Exactly. And we're going to be playing it for you guys call but Yes Hey Is it your real name Can you guys confirm you can confirm Wow So All right, so who would you say are some of your influencers like uh before even going to the band Who would you say rush is heavily influenced by in the music industry that is maybe in the rock scene? Well, um, if you look locally A lot of people came before us. Yeah And some of them are still in the game and they cross a lot of the mini rock genres. You have Muffy's floor. Yeah, you have a righty Yeah, so that's a righty. Yeah Yes, I've been there for long and they've taken us through a lot And funny story um Before I was in rush I was actually in the band called for it of below Yeah Why well since he was in another band when he was doing new guys, did you make him audition? I mean, you're just like are we really know you so He came for the first practice session and we already knew the results. Yeah, we were like I heard so maybe you can Let's see if you can play this where we knew who to stay. Was he like can I stay with you guys already guys like Actually, it's it's more him wanting to stay And he did um, so apart from the kenyan rock scene who else internationally That is a big net That is a big net And narrow it down as much as possible um I think I might even speak for him. Yeah, we play fave rights. So that's okay. We play fave rights So you can pick a band or two. Yeah, very much led zeppelin. Oh Okay, very much. I have my cdc I see okay. Yeah Queen, joey, mechalica Guns and rows I really think he's gonna narrow it down Now he's just like name me. I will leave it at number six. I will leave it at number six I will leave it at number six but side out of our over the people with information out there Exactly. So I know you guys are involved with a lot of other stuff, but you also are in a band You know most bands come together a lot after a while what we call sign us But you guys have been together since 2013 if i'm not wrong and you're still here So how are you guys doing this concert sound you I know you're very busy. You're also involved in another band Which is practice rush also you have other events. So tend to you also need to practice you have your day to day activities How do you even do it all? Balance And how do you work around each other's schedule When are you free and you compromise? Yeah, exactly. You have to compromise sacrifice time and Yeah Sometimes we need you also have to be tough on yourself and each other exactly because you can't just say, you know Because we are tight because you have pearls, you know, you can't come through. It's okay. Yeah Sometimes you have to work comes first. Yeah We haven't met for x weeks or we haven't met for x days Or we need to do this by this day. Wait, so whose job is that? Who does that? Who's the mom of the group? By a long shot Okay, so you are the mom of the group who takes longer to prepare Yeah No, let's say, let's say no wait, you have a gig to get to I love we're like, oh, we're meeting in five or ten Who will show up after an hour? I mean we always find a justification oh, we are the instrumentalists we can maybe sound check first And then when you get here We'll just check the rest and the girls who Mike what do you have to say for yourself? All right I don't know how to speak Swahili that much So maybe you might have to repeat the question I love girls, you know, like okay the ladies at home. Do you know he's really actually into a max million? Do you know? Max million or max million or is it max million? Yeah, I feel kind of so pink. You know, he's kind of maxed a million So anyone call that and then he's right here ladies. Yeah Wait a rush every social media R. A. S. H. Go look for him. So in books. How quick you are R. A. S. H. It depends. Okay for instagram. It's the only exception is R. A. S. H. And let's go bind band five Okay, we're gonna get to that we're gonna get to that we're gonna get to that Band five all together. All right, so five because you're five with you Yeah, all right, so um, but the the rock scene in Kenya is growing which I'm very excited about We even have a rock show on tv. Yeah, very amazing. So who do you guys want to work with in the canyons scene? Like we've already worked with Raph Raph was the former lead singer for parking lot grass. Yeah and seismic and seismic Yeah, he's been here before Raph has been here before. Yeah. Yeah. So we are open to working with people What are you looking for? Maybe maybe even working with my namesake right here I see this let's see what's going on Junyuni names. You know, I'll never find it. I never meet my namesake ever I never met anyone called feline Feline how never and then guys always calling me feline Filii Now moving on now, there is like really pretty fresh. Yeah. What do you want? What do you want to do as Raj? What are your plans for 2020? Plans to use our bomb bow and again True We are working on our second album. Yeah, so you can go on itunes. Uh, see itunes. These are Okay Yeah, we are working on our second album. We also have another project with other Kenyan rock bands. We are doing like we are compiling an ep Oh, I would love to see that like every band will track a song That is specifically for that ep and then we'll build we'll have events to build up to a certain festival that we'll have Maybe sometime in You know, it's got to be a few months and I'll call you guys just to call you We'll look for you. We'll come here. We'll come here and launch it. So there's so much happening There's so much happening and watch out for rock and the 254 for this year. Yeah, this is going to be In Muka rock He's been talking about that in Muka rock. He's been saying that for the longest time He got to the studio. He was the first yet. By the way, time keepers What's the name of the song takes the longest? He got here first. Yeah And I can't I can't give you the good reason why thank you Okay, tell me tell me why because I picked him up If it was a rehearsal we would say maybe But what's the coolest thing about being a rocker and um, actually just doing rock music What do you love most about that? Who's gonna? Okay garko shumongasana and then who's gonna take this gark not garko. She called but yes Yes, what's the coolest thing about being a rocker and actually being a bassist and just doing your thing Yeah, it's been in like four bands. So you can answer this question very well I'm gonna get to talk fishing on this the coolest thing about being a uh musician stroke rock star is the travel free food Travel free food publicity. Oh He means girls. So in other words girls and we're not complaining. That's all Max, what do you like most about that? I think everybody should speak for themselves on this one Some really like most about like just doing what you do just being you doing rock music and just like being on the platform uh being away from Okay, let me see. I'm not an 8 to 5er. Yeah So just doing music is Basically just doing music is just It's fulfilling and uh And it's not like a job So, yeah, see you wouldn't wake up in the morning like uh, and I have to go to work Like it's a 24 hour process. You can't stop doing it. Right Max you get you ever get to your type like because you're in a rock band and then guys are like Oh, rockers are these they are evil Oh, when you're just home like listening to your favorite band or just like playing your music They're like, oh, it's because I'm gonna show tiny or something. Does that ever happen to you guys? maybe maybe not through playing our music but uh Through saying that that, you know, you you have a rock band or a swahili rock band or whatnot Then they I mean people usually associated with like some sort of satanic. Yeah, exactly music genre and But then immediately once they get to know you they they know that your personality Like it's pretty much as average as yeah, everyone else is just like everybody else You're just you're just another human being who's trying to pursue his dreams and stuff. Yeah Yeah, so and then to to add on top of what sam was saying, uh, I mean rock honestly I don't think anyone in the kenyan rock scene and everyone should consider this and no one in the kenyan rock scene really does it for For money or anything that is for passion Passion passion is the key one. It's a key p. I mean they they say it's passion practice And patience practice and patience comes with learning an instrument or learning how to do your specific job. Yeah, that's fine but Passion passion. I think it's uh, it's very specific to rock. Right. I don't know anything else, but It really applies to rock right garkosh When is your match coming out and where can people purchase your match if you already have it and if you don't have it? Why don't you have All those questions Let me say if you want any merchandise from Rush you can hit us up on our social media platforms On instagram at rush underscore band five whether you want a t-shirt whether you want a Is it a cup or a cape? Cup Okay, depends on your English teacher It's a tomato tomato Just you can order from us and then we can be able to make whatever it is that you're ordering from us Yeah, that way it's easier because So you can customize for anyone All right, okay. Cool. You have any questions for them? Oh, oh, yeah, um When is the next video coming out? Yeah, yes This year possibly most likely We'll not tell you which date which month then tell us the month if we knew tell you but No, I'm kidding. But uh But yeah, definitely Before june, we'll have a video out. Yeah. All right. So cool So you have any last remarks any shout out to go now I talk to my salamu what to work I'm like, what would you tell an upcoming um anyone who wants to like Be in a band or someone who wants to play guitar or just what would you tell them or just be an artist being In a band or just play a musician Someone who's at home never got started doesn't even know how to go about it. What would you tell them? That's a lot of things but um first and foremost Being an artist or being whatever it is you want to be is always a combination of factors Yeah, someone will come and tell you work hard and you'll get to where you do Not necessarily. Yeah, there are people who will work harder than you and will be less successful than you There are people who have better talent than you but less successful than you. Yeah, exactly. So it's all about finding your niche So when I say finding your niche, it's okay fine. Um, I'm good at guitar But it is to go beyond that you need to go beyond your talent because um, like she plays drums She plays guitar. He can sing and play bass. That's not enough. Yeah, you need to go and say, okay How do we get our talents out there? So you have to stop thinking about Just my craft and start thinking about how can I make my craft available to the people out there So focus on that. All right So, so your social media handles. I love for your Passover. You know, I still see complaints. So maybe your personal Your personal social media That is if you want I love for open a kilometer to America He said he like he's doing it for the girl After to at pronounced R. U. I At pronounced R. O. Y. Oh, nice pronounced Roy max at max underscore the guitarist. That's uh for instagram everywhere else. Okay. Like let's say facebook is Maximiliano G. E. P. E. That's it Yeah, that's it Yo, I almost forgot the most important part of this interview. What how can you you didn't even This guy's just one a wide bonham the letter arrived So Yo guys, I'm not even talking about ati an award in kenya. No, they won an international award A frima That is very big and you've been nominated each and every year for the last how many years No, the last two years only two years on a row. Yeah, you've been nominated and finally in 2019 you backed the award How did that feel? Yay. Well, actually It was uh, very sorry Did I want you to work even harder? Oh, yeah It does because you know, if you get such an award it actually It it like gives you that indication that whatever you're doing. Yeah It's going to greater heights bringing rewards and awards And which category was that you were nominated for? The best band the best boy band Oh, the best african rock And the needed change was also nominated That change was nominated in 2018 or yeah, but we did in twin. Oh, but now you won for the best African rock with the song grave robbers Yeah, your latest song we love it. We're gonna be playing it right after this. I'm super excited about that And you know, they showed the video at night What? Why would you shoot a video at night? Because I remember they had planned that to shoot the video. We actually went to Nehvarsha Yeah, you shot in Nehvarsha. You see Nehvarsha is pretty cool To around 4 a.m. By the lake by the lake. You're not afraid of hippos Yeah, it was a good experience. It was actually worth it. Yeah, so before we play this song, just tell us about that grave robber That is your latest Single what what was it all about? Well grave robbers is actually it's metaphoric if you Listen to the lyrics Actually, if you go to the video on youtube, we have like posted the lyrics in the description. Yeah, so it's it's it's it's a song about How the it's a song about corruption. Yeah, and how the politicians have become so greedy Yeah, you know, you're robbing people to the grave. Oh, you know, that's actually that's great. Yeah It's super cool. I can't wait for you to go to release New music and come back launch it. Hopefully next time you're gonna play for us live. Yeah You're done with your you set up and play live. We're gonna be looking forward to that. Thank you so much for coming You're so cool. Yeah, and I was like you have any last thing you have anything you want to say before we go Yeah, uh, yeah, uh, hopefully next week We'll be playing at jays. Yes Okay, you guys are going there tonight, right 20 more days are playing. We have to support 20 more days Yeah, yeah, so hopefully next week keep it on our social media platforms. We will update you. All right, we'll be playing there So ladies there you have it our set up. Well, yeah next week jays and even tonight What a popular with tjs. So come through friend to meet max sam garkosh colbert right here You have you're spoilt for two for them if you want So the hashtag is rock tour to pay for keep talking to us at feeling gene at dj max johns with a double x Yes, and of course I'd wait to pay for channel. We're going to be right back with our band a profile But first grab robots guys