Getting To Know ...TROY MASCHENON



Recording or Performing Live?
I prefer performing live. There's nothing better than to hear thousands of screaming fans sing along with you in every song you've written, best feeling in the world.

Morning or Evening?
I prefer the evening cause that's when all the fun starts to happen.

What is your worst habit?
Well for the average person, it takes you only a few minutes to take a poop, I take almost half an hour, not because I have diarrhea or anything, but because I like singing in the comfort room, disgusting but true.

What is your favourite song of the moment?
I'm totally digging in old school stuff right now, specifically Vanishing(Ghost Song) by Quarantine.

What is your favourite song of all time?
King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man, best song ever!

What is your favourite musician/band?
Minfinite

What is your favourite movie?
Inglorious Basterds mo'fcker!

What would be your perfect day?
My perfect day would be sky diving from Mars back to Earth landing on Wembley Stadium to perform with Reckoner to a sold out crowd with fans singing along to every song we sing, someone throws a can of beer at me and we all get drunk. Then on the final song, I'd be riding a helicopter that would fly over the fans as I give some of them High Fives. Later on, I'd skydive to the Atlantic where I will swim my way back home.

What is your best memory of your childhood?
Listening to jazz music with my grandaddy.

Tell us something nobody else knows about you?
Nobody knows? My left ear is actually deaf.

If you could date anyone in the music industry, who would it be?
I'd date Mikki, yeah!

What would be your 3 wishes?
To reunite Reckoner, to have a family, and to be considered a great musician.

Would you rather have worldwide success or true love?
True love would be better, cause that would already feel like worldwide success for me.

What do you think happens when we die?
We all go to heaven

What are your 5 life goals?
To not be underweight, to write a monster hit pop song, to have children, to reach the age of 100, and to play a solo that nobody else can play but me.

Getting To Know … ALICIA LENA!!!



Recording or Performing Live?
Oh, I of course love performing live but for me it has to be recording, I just love the process of creating new songs and watching them come alive in the studio, it’s really amazing when you listen to the finished version of your album for the very first time and you hear those songs that you’ve created.

Morning or Evening?
I’m a fan of mornings, anyone who knows me knows that I like to always have something to do and waking up in the morning is something I’ve always loved with a beautiful blue sky shining through my apartment window, that to me is perfection.

What is your worst habit?
I’m not too sure to be honest. I get told that I work way too hard sometimes but that’s not a bad thing (laughs). So I guess I’m a little restless which is apparently sometimes seen as a bad thing.

What is your favourite song of the moment?
I have to say Cassie Valentine, Wrong One. It’s such a beautiful song, I’m a big fan of hers, I think she’s gonna be one of the greats, I think she’s already on the path towards greatness.

What is your favourite song of all time?
Oh geez that’s tricky. I guess it would have to be something like, A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. It’s just such a beautiful song, no matter how many times it gets covered there is no one that can outdo the original vocal.

What is your favourite musician/band?
My favourite of all time would again be Sam Cooke or Otis Redding, it’s shaped the way I like to create music and definitely inspired my own work. My favourite modern musicians, I guess the list is endless, I think Hannah Beth is as close to a modern day Eva Cassidy as you’ll find. Such a beautiful voice and one of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet.

What is your favourite movie?
Would it be wrong for me to say Bambi? (laughs)

What would be your perfect day?
That would be impossible for me to describe, I think I’m too young to know what my perfect day would be, But I like to think I’m living it right now every day.

What is your best memory of your childhood?
I guess that feeling of having absolutely no responsibilities. I loved that feeling of just being completely free, no bills to pay, no worries at all, just having fun with your friends. So yeah I guess that feeling of complete freedom.

Tell us something nobody else knows about you?
Umm well I guess the biggest thing, although I think some people do know this about me, but I have serious commitment issues (laughs), I guess I bury myself in work because I don’t like the feeling of having to rely on someone else which I guess is why I stay single. Don’t feel sorry for me though because I’ve always been a pretty solitary person ever since I can remember, I’d like to fix that part of my life now though.

If you could date anyone in the music industry, who would it be?
Oh my, Didn’t you read the last answer. (Laughs) I guess I’d like to hang out with Hayden, he’s pretty cool but then again, he’s a Merjos, they’re all cool (laughs).

What would be your 3 wishes?
I wish I knew all of the answers, sadly I don’t. I sometimes wish I could fast-forward in time to see how my life turns out and I guess my final wish would be to leave the world knowing that I’ve made the most of this life.

Would you rather have worldwide success or true love?
Can’t we have both? (laughs) I guess to be honest I’d say true love, I’ve never set out with that thought of having worldwide success or anything like that, my intentions as a musician have always been to hopefully create music that people can relate to and enjoy, if that brings success then so be it, but it’s not something I’ve searched for. So yeah I suppose true love would be preferable.

What do you think happens when we die?
(laughs) Religion is always a tricky subject but I believe that what we do in this life affects what happens to us in the afterlife. It’s either eternal life or eternal damnation, but I guess we’ll never know but that’s what I believe.

What are your 5 life goals?
1. To leave this life proud of what I’ve done and achieved
2. Have a family
3. Still be making music when I’m old
4. To live a long and healthy life
5. To be the best possible version of myself

Here, I'm allowed everything all of the time

Today, Eric Quillington has admitted that he has taken the cold turkey route to kicking his chemical addictions, admitting, "I couldn't stand being a slightly more sane version of Charlie Sheen a day longer, it's killing me, emotionally and physically". Although an intensely private person, the public has become aware of his his drug and alcohol usage in recent months, most notably due to his appearances at the Field Day Festival and the television show Big Brother. It wasn't these image-ruining stunts that convinced Quillington to flush the drugs out of his system, however; he revealed that it was a talk with solo superstar Ryan Ross Hernandez, claimed by Quillington to be one of his idols, that gave him the motivation to take on the challenges of going cold turkey. Because of these new developments in his life, the singer of Infinite isn't expected to be making any public appearances for several weeks.

Fellow band-mates Greg Oldson, Matt Roberts, and the new 'fourth member' Amelia Florentine had no comment on the matter, although it is rumored that the trio will be playing a secret gig for several lucky fans without the legendary frontman. Speculation over whether or not this means Infinite is losing their most vital member has already spread like wildfire in the past few hours. Quillington, however, expects this situation to be over shortly; "I slipped into this, without even being all that aware of what was happening. So I'm going to slip out, simple as that. I'm aware of the attention this is going to cause, the TMZ coverage I'm going to get, but I just really, really, don't care. At all. This is my battle, and I'm going to win. My victory prize will be my health, not some cover story on fucking 'People' magazine."

Despite the new controversies, Infinite's fourth album, Dancing about Architecture, will be resuming it's track-by-track release.