Review Fix Exclusive: One Guitarist Chris Staniforth Talks ‘Worlds Collide’

Review Fix chats with One lead guitarist Chris Staniforth, who discusses the band’s new album, “Worlds Collide,” as well as their goals and influences.

A damn good rock band, One’s sound is one built around solid musicianship and plenty of passion.

Review Fix: What makes this album different from the other work you guys have produced?

Chris Staniforth: Well we have obviously grown since the last album…like anything else writing songs is something you learn to do…with this record we had a bunch of really different sounding stuff. We didn’t try to re-work it to make it sound like a typical ONE song. Which we feel makes for a really diverse sounding record.

Review Fix: Why do you think someone who’s never listened to you, should? What makes you guys unique?

Staniforth: We have always been honest in our message and energy towards making music and putting on shows. People relate to that. We also have something that everyone can enjoy.

Review Fix: How is your sound different live?

Staniforth: We have always prided ourselves on being able to re-create album material. The difference would be the energy. There is something amazing about connecting with people from the stage…that being said the tunes are probably a little more energetic.

Review Fix: How was the song “Worlds Collide” written? Is there a story behind it?

Staniforth: As we were working lyrics for that particular song during the recording, we knew we could make it better. Simply put is about an inner struggle that any person can face when they feel they don’t belong or the world around them isn’t what they want it to be. The working title at the time was Make It Out Alive and we are much happier now with what it has become.

Review Fix: How did your previous albums help in the creation of this one?

Staniforth: Every work we have put out has helped us grow. But we believe that is is on stage that a band really grows and learns the craft.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this year?

Staniforth: We wanna get the tunes out to as many people that we can. Hopefully get to Europe as well.

Review Fix: How do you want this album to be remembered?

Staniforth: The fans determine how an album will be remembered. We hope the it is enjoyed for years to come. That is the sign of a good album.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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