Review Fix Exclusive: Arcadian Haze’s John Rose Talks Goals for 2021 And More

Review Fix chats with Arcadian Haze’s John Rose, who discusses the band’s origin and goals for 2021.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

John Rose: I had the fortune to get to know both Tye and Nath at work. Tye suggested we had a jam with his old band, it was pretty much game on from then. So at that early stage it was me, Tye and Jamie, with Bartley on drums. After a few months jamming, Nath came down and that changed the dynamic a little bit which was good. Eventually Bartley packed it in and, after that, Gilby came in on drums and it’s all been spiralling out of control from there haha… 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Rose: Anything goes, we all come from different musical backgrounds so there’s a big crossover of influences. We usually try to capture what comes out naturally, either in our own time and space or collectively. It’s generally a natural democracy when it comes to what’s what. Nobody gets molly-coddled and we’re all straight talking men so if it’s not working we’ll say so and then you have to take it on the chin. No throwing teddies out of the cot or any of that puerile, egotistical nonsense. 

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

Rose: Nath once played me a Jay-Z tune I can’t remember which, about a week later, trying to remember the guitar riff, I got it totally wrong but Love on the Dole riff came out of it. That was the initial seed and then we worked it as a band over a matter of weeks or months, we let the idea live for a bit first and didn’t force it. I like the organic approach we’ve got, we might not be the most prolific, but it’s quality not quantity. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?  

Rose: Another EP at the very least. We’ve already got the idea of the concept we want to do, which is quite exciting, if we can pull it off. It will be three tracks again which are already written and ready to go. Surely we’ll be able to play live again soon? To be honest I’d be happy to just be able to go to the pub for a few light ales. 

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

Rose: If they like it, good! As long as its positive, I’m happy. I want it to make them dance, think, laugh, cry and make babies to… I don’t know, I’m not into controlling how people should feel, but I think if we enjoy what we’re doing there’s a decent chance others will too. 

Review Fix: What’s next?  

Rose: Keeping it real. In these times of increasing polarisation, entitlement and intolerance we want to bring people together. We just want to keep churning out the tunes and growing our fan base doing gigs and festivals again, getting out and about making a nuisance of ourselves.

Hopefully see you soon 

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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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