The Hooters
// Eric Bazilian, vocalist & guitaristTHE HOOTERS are a rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Amore” (1983) was available from Antenna Records, “Nervous Night” (1985), “One Way Home” (1987), and “Zig Zag” (1989) were all available from Columbia Records, “Out Of Body” (1993), and “The Hooters Live” (1994) were both available from MCA Records, “Hooterization: A Retrospective” (1996) was available from Columbia Records, and “Time Stand Still” (2007) is available from Sony BMG. Eric Bazilian’s “The Optimist” (2000) is available from Mousetrap Records, and “A Very Dull Boy” (2002) is available from Bad Candy Records. Eric Bazilian is a founding member of The Hooters, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and singer-songwriter who has worked with Clay Aiken, Eric Andersen, Belinda Carlisle, Lauren Hart, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mick Jagger, Cyndi Lauper, Ricky Martin, Willie Nelson, Taj Mahal, Patty Smyth, and The Band. Eric Bazilian has also co-written many popular songs, including Des’ree’s “Supernatural” (1998) available from 550 Music, “Destination Anywhere” (1997) available from Polygram Records, Journey’s “Arrival” (2000) available from Sony Music, Billie Myers’ “Growing Pains” (1997) available from Universal Music, Joan Osborne’s “Relish” (1995) available from Mercury Records, and Robbie Williams’ “Old Before I Die” (1999) available from Capitol Records.
Websites: www.hootersmusic.com and www.ericbazilian.com
Photo: The Hooters / HootersMusic.com
Interview:
I am not a spiritual person. I don’t have any “beliefs”. The whole concept of “belief” to me is nothing more than humanity’s desperate attempt to reconcile its own limited consciousness with the unknowability of existence, to find some “purpose” in what is, to the rational eye, totally devoid of purpose. I wrote “One Of Us” as an attempt to deal with my own question; “What happens when one is faced with undeniable proof of something that completely changes one’s worldview?” This could mean any number of things; seeing “God”, meeting an extraterrestrial, meeting Mickey Mouse, for that matter. But the implications…
If the Judeo-Christian God exists the way “they” say “he” does, then what does that actually mean? And whose version of the story turns out to be “right”? Is there a Heaven, a Hell, angels, demons, or Satan? I don’t think there are any easy answers. All I know is that sometimes I hear music that shakes me to my core, that makes me feel like I understand everything, if only for a moment. Sometimes I make music that feels like what it might have felt for a “god” that was creating a universe. If that’s spirituality then there’s your answer.
“Sometimes I hear music that shakes me to my core, that makes me feel like I understand everything, if only for a moment.” – Eric Bazilian, vocalist and guitarist in The Hooters
