Interview with Michael Romeo of Symphony X
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Rock On Stage: Is
this tour "Odissey Through the Underworld" a celebration for 25
years of band or have not you thought about it yet?
Michael Romeo: We are discussing our plans for next year,
and a '25 year anniversary tour' is something we are thinking
about, but this upcoming tour is not really that. We had taken
some time off, and just wanted to get back to playing, so we
lined up a few tours.
We
didn't want this to be a continuation of the Underworld
tour, as too much time had passed since the release of that
album. So we put together a setlist that had a little bit of
everything. A song or two from different albums over the years.
Some fan favorites, as well as a few of our own.
Rock On Stage: Of the nine studio albums of Symphony X
which is your favorite and why?
Michael Romeo: For me personally, its a toss-up between
Iconoclast' and Underworld. I really
like the heavy and aggressive appproach of Iconoclast, but
Underworld has a cool mix of all the things we've
done. It's a good combination of the heavy stuff, the
progressive stuff, and melodic stuff.
Rock On Stage: What songs can not
miss on the set of "Odissey Through the Underworld" and we will
have surprises that can be added? And can you leave a live album
of this tour or will we have a new studio record?
Michael Romeo: Usually, every tour we've done revolved
around the latest release, so most of the time, the setlist is
mostly the new songs. This time was different, and, like I said,...
we decided to do a song or two from many different albums.
We always get alot of
requests to play The Odyssey, and we hadn't played that
one in a while, so that ended up in the set. So, obviously there
will be a few songs from Underworld, as well as
The Odyssey.