Review Fix Exclusive: SPiN’s Eric Rothenheber Talks ‘My Hysteria’ And More

Review Fix chats with SPiN frontman Eric Rothenheber, who discusses the band’s new EP, “My Hysteria.” Discussing the band’s origin, creative process and goals for the future, Rothenheber lets us know exactly what makes the group and their tunes special.

Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

Eric Rothenheber: Well, Jimmy and I went to high school with Hank’s brother, and Lou… well, Lou may be an alien, no one really knows for sure.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Rothenheber: I imagine it to be very similar to a homeless guy’s creative process.  Sit around, drink and try to think of a way not to be poor. In terms of the writing process, someone comes up with an initial idea and we all wrestle until a SPiN-Worthy song emerges.

Review Fix: What do you think makes this band special?

Rothenheber: You wouldn’t be asking this question if you’d seen a photo of us.  Clearly, extreme handsomeness times four is our main selling point. Other than that, I think the fact that we’re friends first and bandmates second creates a unique atmosphere that focuses on the integrity of the music, rather than a corporate-like structure just generating product.

Review Fix: How would you describe your style?

Rothenheber: I think our music can be pretty versatile, but still comes out sounding like “us”.  We have many different influences and try not to pigeon-hole ourselves into always writing in one particular style – we kinda write whatever we want. We have that luxury being a self-produced band, the luxury we don’t have is a major label paying our rent.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this album?

Rothenheber: Same as always – Sell as many copies as it takes to buy 4 Ferraris.  Seriously though, we write what we feel and our ultimate goal is always that it will connect with a large audience.  We’ve also had previous success in licensing our music to TV/Film and hope to continue that trend with our new releases.

Review Fix: What’s the standout song? Is there a story behind it?

Rothenheber: Probably the title track “My Hysteria” and it’s really inspired by the craziness that is our world in 2016.  Is everyone insane, or is it just me?  The song tries to explore that mental space both lyrically and musically with it’s intense ups and downs.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Rothenheber: We’re almost done a music video for “Someone New” which will be released shortly, and we’re already deep into the process of releasing another EP.

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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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