Fen Ikner of Knife Crazy
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Ah, Rhode Island Street, it’s a colorful place really. Home to the Essex Street Pub, Left Bank (on the same block, honest!), and Delicious Delicious Audio, our second stop and favorite hang of Fen Ikner from Knife Crazy. The studio is just as unpredictable and entertaining as the street it resides on, and its owner for that matter. Buffalo Rising: Where are we?
Fen: This is my studio; it’s called Delicious Delicious.
Buffalo Rising: So you’ve tasted it? Fen: Yes, two times! I like to record rock bands here. Um… should I name rock bands? Can I name rock bands? Buffalo Rising: Yes please!
Fen: Ice Cream Social, The Czeck Mates, Light Box Therapy…god, who else?... Joe Molhollen, Knife Crazy… millions and millions of other artists. Bon Jovi…
Buffalo Rising: Bon Jovi?
Fen: Yeah, Bon Jovi
Buffalo Rising: (laugh) So tell me about the band. How long have you guys been playing together?
Fen: We have been playing together …uh… two years. Something like that. Buffalo Rising: Cool. So how did that happen?
Fen: Just by accident… there was a big explosion in a lab and uh….. Knife Crazy was born. Buffalo Rising: Awesome! Can you tell me what some of the bands favorite Buffalo venues to play are?
Fen: Hmm… Pizza Hut on Bailey, Mohawk Place--that’s one of my favorite venues to play in Buffalo. Kenmore Lanes Bowling Alley, I like that a lot. I’d like to expand to other bowling alleys... eventually perhaps opening my own bowling alley .... and playing in it nightly.
Buffalo Rising: Mohawk Place. A lot of bands seem to like it there, why?
Fen: Well, the bowling is not very god there but… the mohawks are.
Buffalo Rising: You are hilarious! So how did you hook up with Artists and Models?
Fen: Steve Baczkowski... he has a lot of constants in his name. I’ve known Steve for years as has everybody else in the band so… he likes the way we rock.
Buffalo Rising: Well I hope we like the way you rock…
Fen: Yeah, I certainly hope so
Buffalo Rising: What can we expect from Knife Crazy at Artist and Models this year?
Fen: Poses! A lot of posing… um, strutting, catwalks. Actually we’re going to set the catwalk on fire…with our rock! Buffalo Rising: This should be interesting...
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bluefools
Wow. Fen, you've come a long way! Awesome to see that you're on to other things san-daCession. I'm totally impressed and happy for your success :)
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