Review Fix Exclusive: Tradmrkd’s Eddie Flinn Talks ‘Leanna’ And More

Review Fix chats with Tradmrkd’s Eddie Flinn, who discusses the band’s goals, creative process and more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Eddie Flinn: The band began as a muck about with three mates. Finlay and I were the original members with our mate playing drums and we were terrible. That is the whole point of starting a band, is to sound horrible. We decided we wanted to try and push the band further in 2018; so, we added to our line-up. Brining in Corey Finnie on guitar and James Riddoch on drums. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Flinn: Right now, all the songs have been written by me. We do have some band songs in the works right now and they all came from us just jamming about and figuring out what sounds we like and what works. 

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Flinn: I would say that it is between Leanna and Pendulum. I would have to pick Pendulum. The song is about being really clumsy and trying to do the right thing but end up always making things worse. The song took all of 5 minutes to write but I had no intentions in sharing it because I thought it was no good. I stumbled across the riff when I played a C7 chord and an F. the song is so simple that, that is the whole song. Those two chords.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2020?

Flinn: Our main goal is to release an ep or an album. We have enough material for an album, but it makes more sense at this moment in time to release an ep. Playing more shows as well is a massive goal and gaining much more popularity.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Flinn: I would love for my music to have the ability of helping people through rough times in their life by giving them joy.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Flinn: There are a lot of projects with other bands in the works right now trying to figure out some logistics so exciting things coming up in the near future. Stay up to date with what is happening by following our socials. 

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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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