Review Fix Exclusive: Noiseheads’ Nick Gray Talks Ballad of Me, Myself And I

December 30, 2017 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Noiseheads’ Nick Gray who discusses the band’s newest collection of tracks, “Me, Myself And I.”

About the Noiseheads:

Formed in 2010, Noiseheads’ debut album was featured in several top album lists of 2013 and, alongside their 2015 EP release, has been streamed and sold in nearly 40 countries. The band have toured around the US and shared bills with Fuel, K. Flay, Collective Soul, Murs, SOJA, Psychedelic Furs, and many more. In addition to a television debut under their belt, Noiseheads have been played during drive times on several radio stations across the US, in the UK, and Australia. “When major label execs are calling… and wanting to learn as much as possible about a young band… you gotta feel like something good is happening.” (Soundwerkz A&R)

Review Fix: What makes this album special?

Nick Gray: My favorite albums generally consist of the following: each song is just as unique and strong as the other, the artwork evokes the feeling of the music, and they have exceptional replay value. I’d like to think “Sitcoms for Aliens” has all of those elements, at least that was the intent.

Review Fix: What track are you most proud of?

Gray: I’m proud of every single track on this record.

Review Fix: Is there a story behind it?

Gray: The album as a whole could be interpreted as a concept album, but there isn’t any specific storyline involved.

Review Fix: What are the goals with this album?

Gray: The goal is for as many people to hear it as possible.

Review Fix: Bands often give their albums nicknames, like the Eagles call “The Long Run,” “The Long One,” because of all the time they spent in the studio on it. What would you guys nickname this one?

Gray: This is a really neat question and I wish I had an answer for it. We don’t nickname things very much… but we do eat a lot of cookies.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard you?

Gray: Imagine if The Beatles had sex with Weezer while being probed by Nirvana and drowned in Soundgarden, then Cat Stevens shows up and sings a duet with Michael Jackson.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why must someone listen to this album?

Gray: Because it’s the best album ever.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Gray: Probably nothing. We’ll likely split right after it’s released so we can get together 15 years later once every else catches up to the genius of our catalog and we’re ironically headlining Coachella. By then, we’ll have holograms of all of us so we can tour the world simultaneously, raking in billions and billions of dollars, never to write a new song ever again because people only like something if it’s considered retro. Our drummer will start a side project with Katy Perry and Ben Stiller called The Next Best Thing Besides Nutella Pancakes, and they will be featured on the soundtrack of Avatar 9. The movie will fail miserably.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
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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