Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2008-06-30


Interview:
We had the honor of sitting down with the guys from Stanfour to discuss their music, their guilty pleasures, and what's next for them. Here's what they had to say:

Now I read you guys formed the band 5 years ago in Germany, can you tell me a little about that. What made you decide to just go for it?

Alex: We all knew each other before from working in the music industry, and everyone liked the same kind of music. It was a good connection.

Are you all from Germany originally?

Konstantin: Alex and I are brothers, and we went over to LA about 5 years ago from Germany. My brother was working as a film musician, and I came a little later. We spent 3 or 4 years there. We've been traveling back and forth a lot recently between LA and Germany.

Was there an album that you all heard growing up that really changed your lives and convinced you all that your future was music?

Konstantin: Definitely, for me it was Queen's Greatest Hits album. It was the first cd that I had bought.

Alex: It was Michael Jackson for me that really brought me into music and even music production.

Is there a certain feeling or message that you're trying to convey with this album? And if so, is there any one song that you feel captures this best?

Konstantin: There's not just one message. This is our first album, and a lot of the songs that we wrote are about love and relationships... and all the steps that you go through. First, you meet and fall in love. Then, you're in a relationship, and perhaps you have problems and break up.

Alex: That was the major inspiration for this album. But we have also tried to have certain messages, positive messages like keep believing and fight for your dreams. That's also part of our song writing.

Is there a certain song you feel perhaps the most proud of? Could you elaborate on that?

Konstantin: Every song is special, but the "For All Lovers" song is doing really well in Germany and Europe as far as people reacting to it. So I think this is a special song for us, many people can relate to it.

Alex: My favorite song is "Sorry". It's a song we wrote almost 5 years ago, and it was kind of a starting point for the whole project. So for me, it's the most important song on the whole album.