Adema

Erin Fox: That's a hell of an interesting album that you guys have managed to come up with. Now, Adema are getting ready to hit the road, what are your plans to support "Planets"?

Kris Krohls: Yeah we are getting ready to hit the road actually. I'm actually in Bakersfield, where we're from, right now and I'm getting ready to head to L.A. this weekend for a jujitisu tournament. Yeah, then Monday, we start practicing up again. We're going to Iraq to play for the troops and then we're touring. Got some dates lined up in April and then June is when we're really gonna hit it hard, you know, we're just gonna go out and play anywhere and everywhere that we can.

Erin Fox: Going to Iraq to entertain the troops must be something you are really excited about. What do you think that experience will be like for the band?

Kris Krohls: Actually at this point, I don't know. We have no idea any of the logstics or anything, we just know that we're going and we're excited to be doing it. Luke is a marine and he's actually got buddyies over there and you know, it's gonna be fun. We're just gonna play some shows for the troops and we're excited about it.

Erin Fox: Is this going to be a show in conjunction with U.S.O.? Will the event be U.S. military personel only?

Kris Krohls: Exactly, it's U.S.O., that's the organization that's bringing us over there, and we're looking forward to it. 

Erin Fox: What are you going to be doing over there, a full headlining set?

Kris Krohls: Yeah, we're gonna be playing, I'd assume, an hour, you know? Something like that.

Erin Fox: Do you know if the event will be held on the ground or will you get a chance to play on an aircraft carrier?

Kris Krohls: You know, I'm not sure about that, but I think it's gonna be on the ground. There's a couple different shows. There's a few different shows, actually. To tell you the truth, I don't know any specific details at this point. I just know that we're going and we're ready.

Erin Fox: Tell me a little bit about what it was like to make your new album, "Planets". Obviously, things are a bit different with Luke fronting the band...

Kris Krohls: Exactly. When we got Luke in the band, that's when everything kind of started for us and we wanted to do something different, we wanted to have no boundries musically. We wanted to do something musically that was the best we've ever done. We wanted to put our whole heart and souls into making the music. Adema in making this record was number one. There were no other distractions for us. This was the priority to us to make a record that we could feel was the best art that we could possibly do, you know? Giving our best and that's what we wanted to do. The thing was, when our old singer left and Earache was completely behind us finding a new singer. Not for one second did they have any doubts or anything, they just said go do it, go find the guy. That made us a hundred times more pumped up, you know, that they believed in us. So once we got Luke, everything just fell into place. There was a three month period there, where we were seaching for him. We tried out about forty guys through phone calls and e-mail and bringing guys into the studio and once we got Luke, it's funny, because the reason we called the album Planets is that, you know it was like this cosmic, magical thing where the planets just aligned. When he got in the group, everything just seems like destiny, you know, and we believe in destiny more than ever now. It's like, If you believe it, and you stick to it, it will happen. You've just got to believe in yourself and believe in what you're trying to accomplish and basically we wanted to make a rock record that had no musical boundries and something that had our heart and souls and passion in it too.