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Alex Scheibe's review of 'Waterfall' in the February 1999 issue of Raw 42

Stefan Prydderch is one of GRIEF's guitarists. He's been with the band for nearly three years and plays on both the band's "How We Used To Live" album and the follow up "Waterfall" Ep. Currently working on the band's second album and rehearsing for the band's summer tour he took time out to answer a lot of impertinent questions. Alex Foster did the asking....

AF - You've been in GRIEF for a couple of years now, how did you first get into music?

SP - Well I stole my younger sister's Guitar and discovered Hendrix. After touring Portugal with an ageing Rock 'n' Roll band called the Pink Cadillacs I placed an ad in Melody Maker nd joined GRIEF. The rest will be history!

AF- What are your main musical influences?

SP- Well Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan but also Joe Satriani. I know what you're thinking, but behind the technical exterior he plays with feeling and has a wonderful sense of melody. I also like Beethoven. Now you're confused but I love his music. There is something ethereal about it. Just listen to 'Moonlight Sonata'.

AF - What's your favourite non-musical form of entertainment then? Keep it clean if you possibly can.

SP - Reading Science Fiction and frequenting curry houses. I also like rubbing baby oil on barbie dolls but I don't know if you'd count that as 'entertainment' or list it as therapy.

AF- So you're a Reader? What would be in your top 10 list of books then?

SP - Well it's mostly science fiction although my favourite book is Henri Charriere's Papillon. It's got courage and humour that comes through against all adversity. After that I'd have to go for Arthur C Clarke 2001, 2010, 2064 and 3001. Even though they are fiction there's a great plausibility in his writing. I also founf James Redfield's 'Celestine Prophesy' to be a great mind opening book.

AF - What's the worst book you've ever read and why?

SP - Well I haven't read one yet, or at least nothing truly terrible?

AF - Surely you must have a worst film?

SP - That's got to be 'True Lies'. Arnie just takes the piss a bit don't you think?

AF - Are then any films that you're particularly fond of then? What would be Stef's all time top 10.

SP - Number 1 is 'The Blues Brothers' (possibly the best film soundtrack of all time. Number 2 would have to be 'Leon' (Jean Reno is superb) then after that I'd say..'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest', 'The Deer Hunter', 'Enter the Dragon', 'The ShawShank Redemption', 'Frankenstein' (The Mel Brooks version - it's hilarious), 'Heat' (Pacino and De Niro together - thank you lord!), 'The Good The Bad and The Ugly' and finally 'Serpico' - Pacino's finest hour!!

AF - No lightweight comedy then? Fair enough. Finally what's your favourite quote?

SP - "The World is a stage, but the play is badly cast".

AF - Thanks a lot..

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