Konrad (Closeline)

1.) Statistical Stuff

        - Name:     Konrad

        - Band:    Closeline

        - Birthday:     18.07.1979

        - Sign of the zodiac:     Cancer

        - Place of birth:     Stuttgart

        - Occupation:     student

        - Residence:     Ludwigsburg

        - Shoesize:     11

        - Colour of eyes:     brown

        - Colour of hair:     brown

        - Brothers or sisters:     yep, a lovely sister, she´s 25

        - Girlfriend:     yes

        - Pets:     no

2.) Favourite Stuff

    - movie:     rocky 1&2

   - book:     Bhagavad-Gita

   - animal:     monkey

   - author:     max frisch

   - food:     sabji, chinese and almost every vegan meal.

   - drink:     gatorate

   - t.v.show:     i don't have a t.v. at home

   - brand:     champion, nike

   - actor / actress:     samuel l. jackson, uma thurman

   - number:    5

   - artist:     spice girls

   - flower:     i'm allergic....

   - fragrance:     ralph lauren

   - best record ever:     Youth Of Today - ‘We´re not in this alone’

   - stuffed animal:     fox, maulwurf grabowski

   - band:     Youth Of Today

   - label:     Revelation, Equal Vision

   - song:     ‘Alone in a crowd’ - ‘When tigers fight’

   - country:     I haven’t seen many different yet but i like Holland

   - straigth edge band / song:     Building - ‘Coming through’

3.) Various Stuff

        - Hobbies:     sports, cooking, Closeline

        - First and last record you bought :    Gorilla Buiscuits - ‘High hopes’, Spirit84 - ‘When the first leaves fall’

        - Idol of your childhood / teenage years / nowadays:     Boris Becker, he made me start playing tennis. After that in my skateboarding years i think it was quite a lot different skaters like Tony Hawk, Cab and all this "old" guys. Today as a person who hopefully tries to use his head i don´t have  any idols, but there a definitely a lot of person that give me some sort of inspiration. first of all there are my friends, i try to read  some books where i always find inspiration. i just try to find my way  through life, so there ain´t no space for idols.

        - As a child what did you wanna be when you’re grown up?:     I wanted to be a pilot who controls a big plane, who didn´t dream of that!!!

        - Favourite toy when you were a child:     lego, of cause. There are so many possibilities to put this bricks together, it never turned  boring!

        - Name any 3 persons (alive/dead) that you’d love to meet:    Ian McKaye, Sporty Spice, Eminem

        - Do you consider yourself a spiritual person?:    yepp

        - If you were sent to a deserted Island and you’d only be allowed to take three things (anything, food/water is provided!!!) with you, what would they be?: my girlfriend, a lot of music (i hope it would be a island where monkeys live!) and books

4.) Personal Stuff

        - Your first kiss: when and with whom?:     I was 14, of course with my girlfriend.

        - Your first time: when and with whom?:    17 or so with a girl!!!

        - What do you like in particular about yourself?:     others could answer this question a lot better.

        - What don’t you like about yourself?:     I really get pissed off too fast on things and persons.

        - Where would you like to live?:     I like my home a lot

        - Do you like tattoos / piercings? Do you have any?:     I like tattoos a lot and i have one

        - First and last hc-show ever:    ignite (backnang), southsiderebuilding herrenberg

        - If a fairy granted you the choice between Sporty Spice and Britney Spears to be all yours, whom would you take?:     Sporty Spice and Britney aren´t Straight Edge at all but I like Sporty Spice a lot better.

5.) Musical Stuff

        - How did you get involved with music / sXe?    The boyfriend of my sister gave me some records.

        - Which instruments do you play?    I just started to learn playing guitar but i´m really really bad!

        - Who gave life to Closeline? When was Closeline's first show?   It was me in 1999; we played our first show in feburary 2000 in Ludwigsburg with Absidia, Grace Under Fire, True To Life,...

        - Who writes the lyrics and music in Closeline?     Christian and Marc are working on the music, I'm usually writing the lyrics.

        - Releases? a demotape, a promo-cd and a split7" with Crisis Never Ends

        - Who else is in Closeline?   Marc-drums, Danny-guitar, Christian-bass and Hannes-guitar.

        - What was the best and worst show you've ever played?   Our best show was in november 2000 in Wertheim our worst show was some weeks later in Stuttgart.

        - Is there anything you like in particular about being on stage?   sweating ;-)

        - Anything you hate? smokers, people not being on time

        - What are Closeline's plans for the future? Releases? Tours?   We´d love to play a lot of shows in many different places, finding a label and release further stuff.

        - In case you can think of a good closing statement feel free to tell the world:    use your head

        - Check out Closelines homepage: www.closelinehc.de