The Krimson are a three piece indie guitar band based in Falkirk. Stevie Thomson, the main songwriter, fronts the band on guitar/vocals, Colin Dickson plays bass while Scott Greig takes care of the drums. This is their stunning and epic debut album release through Matchbox Recordings. Featuring a mix of dreamy, powerful, riff powered Indie rock with a majestic, melodic and timeless drive. featuring the top notch songs "Fall as you burn", "remedy", "All that I want" and more. 

The decision to form up as a stripped down, everything laid bare trio is a reflection of their belief in the impact that their songs deliver even in the simplest of forms. 

Up until recently Stevie was the sole songwriter and brought complete songs for arrangement by the band however since moving into their own studio they've started to write together as a band, with encouraging results. " Erosion " was the first song resulting from this fresh approach.
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After the top track "Comfort Zone" being released on " The Big Indie Comeback", a compilation album featuring the best and hottest new worldwide artists and bands, The Krimson have been signed to Matchbox Recordings for their debut album "Stone Cold Heart"

1. How did you guys meet ? Tell us a bit about the "Krimson" history to date ? Did you all know each other before forming the band ?
  
  Stevie:- "Scott and I met through Scott's through Scott's dad Tom. He's a scottish folk musician and had asked me to fill in on guitar for a few gigs. Scott was drumming for him at the time. We realised there was a fair bit of musical common ground between us - not the folky stuff! - so we decided to put a band together. That was about nine years ago and there have been quite a few line up changes and name changes since. Colin got involved with what we were doing about four years ago. We work together in the Fire Service and initially Colin offered to help recording some demos for us at his home studio, but not long after that our then bass player left to go to music college down south, so we asked if Colin would be interested in filling the vacancy. Although he is really a guitarist, he took up the offer and has been with us since.
  The band didn't become The Krimson until about two years ago when our other guitarist Dave Shering, was offered a job in Manchester which he had no option but to take and although we tried to keep things going, the distance made things unworkable. We tried replacing Dave, but things never quite gelled with the new guy so we decided to go for it as a three piece and although we miss the flexibility of having a second guitar sometimes and Dave's creative contribution to our sound we've settled into the groove now and have no intention of upsetting what, from bitter experience, is sometimes a delicate balance between creative tension and the necessity of getting along when working together in the day to day reality of a band"

2. Who or what are your influences ?
  
  Impossible question to answer completely and we make the effort in our music not to wear our influences too obviously on our sleeves however we reckon a lot of the old school rock bands have influenced us all quite a bit - Led Zepp, Clapton(guitar), Gilmour (guitar), Rush, Wishbone Ash (vibe), Neil Young ( songwriting / attitude ), early Genesis - Gabriel / Philips era ( song structure). This is by no means an exaustive list because we reckon any music we like will have some influence on what we produce ourselves.

3. What modern artists do you like? What's the music scene like in Scotland at the moment ?
  
  Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters have got to be at the top of that list. Snow Patrol write great songs and record great studio albums. We tend to apply the adage that "the song is king" when we're arranging our own material and that applies just as well to the current music scene.... if we like the song we like the song regardless of genre.
  As for Scotland - some great music has come out of Scotland recently. Travis, Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall. The Fratellis are making an impact just now. There's also loads of really good unrecognized talent, but there's also a ton of shit to sift through to find it sometimes, but I suppose thats the same anywhere!


4. If you could choose to record a song with any other artist/band alive or dead who would it be and why?
 
 
  Beyonce, Christina, any or all of Girls Aloud!!! WHY? Let me think???
  
  But seriously,we couldn't decide on one answer that we all agreed on so -
  
  Stevie "It'd have to be Led Zeppelin because no-one has come close to creating the vibe they did."
  
  Colin " As a bass player it's got to be Jon Bonham because it'd good to play with a decent drummer for once! Only joking Scott"
  
  Scott "I think for me it would be U2, because among other reasons their drummer is a better musician than their bass player, just like us! No offence Colin"


5. What inspires you to write your music/lyrics ?

Stevie "Inspiration can come from anywhere, whether it's a chance comment from a friend over a coffee, a news story, an image from a novel..... ("Fall As You Burn" was inspired by a passage from a Salmon Rushdie book "The Moors Last Sigh"), however life itself and the interaction with other people tends to stir up plenty of inspiration to write. Sometimes, for me writing is the best way of venting off the frustrations of life!


6. Name your all time fave track by another band/artist ?
  
  Stevie " Suppers Ready - Genesis"
  Colin "Time Stand Still - Rush"
  Scott " With or Without You - U2"
 
7. What sort of sound can we expect from your forthcoming album ? Tel us all about the launch party we have heard rumours it's on a boat ?

Melodic Guitar Rock??? Too close to it to be objective. See the quote from the Sunday Herald.
  
  The launch party is in Glasgow Friday 24th November at "The Ferry" . Although quite small (650 capacity) its one of the city's more prestigious venues. Formerly known as the Renfrew Ferry the boat started it's career carrying shipyard workers across the Clyde - including the now legendary Billy Connelly - between the Partick and Renfrew districts of the city. After it's retirement it found a new home permanently moored in the heart of Glasgow at Anderson Quay where it now hosts all manner of corporate events, weddings and of course live music events. The night will kick off with a support band "The Heyz" from Liverpool ( featuring our old mate Dave Sherring). We'll play a set from the album plus some other stuff then we'll all have a wee party till they kick us off the boat. Onto the quayside hopefully and not into the river!

8. What are your ambitions for your music. Where do you see yourself in the future ?

Global Domination - what else - or at least making a living doing what we love. As for the future - We'd love to play some of the worlds' iconic venues - we've already played at King Tut's, the Barrowlands would be amazing after that who knows The Budokan, Madison Square Garden??? We'd love to hear our tunes on radio or hear other people covering our stuff, but most importantly is that we want to give our music the time and effort it deserves which until we give up the day job is sometimes hard going.

9. How would you describe your music and what genre do you think it fits into ?

Intelligent contemporary take on old school bluesy rock.

10. Where was your album recorded and who did the production ?
  
  Stevie "The album was recorded in our own recently built studio (Soundsmith Recording) which I built primarily for the band to record and rehearse in, although word has spread and I'm now getting a lot of work from other local bands, songwriters and composers - even got some work from the BBC doing party political broadcasts (not what I envisaged when I built the place, but all good experience).
  We all had a hand in the production of the album and although that was a rewarding experience we'd love an experienced commercial producer to work with us at some point. I've come to realise that making objective decisions about production for other bands and artists is much easier than doing it for ourselves, however we're still happy with the results we've produced.
  
  11. Why " The Krimson" where did the name come from ?
  
  The name came about as we were trying to quantify what made us, as three individuals, different from most of the other musicians who'd come and gone in our brief history. We came to the conclusion that the extra ingredient that was sometimes lacking in others was a passion for what we were doing. We'd do this 'cos we can't help it , we'd do it regardless of any acclaim or financial rewards that came our way - we reckoned it must be in our blood and the colour often used to descibe blood is crimson. We would have gone with that (The Crimson) except that when you google The Crimson all that comes up is references to King Crimson - so we went with the alternate spelling. - The Krimson.
  
  A bit long winded, but you did ask!