UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM JADA PINKETT-SMITH ON HER HARD-ROCK GROUP, WICKED WISDOM.Byline: David Carr For the former AIDS sufferer, see . David Carr (born July 21, 1979 in Bakersfield, California) is an American football quarterback in the National Football League. An accomplished alumnus of Fresno State, Carr entered the National Football League as the first overall pick of Correspondent ACTRESS JADA Pinkett-Smith will be in Long Beach on Saturday, but she won't be promoting a new film or waxing philosophical about her role in the ``Matrix'' movies, ``Collateral'' or being the voice of a hippo in ``Madagascar.'' She will be hitting the stage at Vault 350 with her heavy-metal band, Wicked Wisdom Wicked Wisdom is a nu metal band featuring Jada Pinkett-Smith (also known as Jada Koren) as lead vocalist, Pocket Honore on guitar, Rio on bass, Thomas Pridgen on drums, and Cameron "Wirm" Graves on guitar and keyboard. . Pinkett-Smith is the lead singer/frontwoman for the hard-rock group, and the vocalist, actress and mother has plenty to say about her band, her love of metal music, this past summer touring in the Ozzfest, being the underdog in her quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the heavy-metal domination and what her husband, Will Smith, thinks of her head banging. Q: What prompted you to start a heavy metal band? How did this take shape? A: Three and a half years ago, I started to put together what would become Wicked Wisdom. I always wanted to start a band, and I grew up on hard rock and heavy metal. I have a strong love for the music, and it just made sense. For three years, we went through some transitions and different lineups and sounds. We tried a bit of a Soul/Rock thing, but I just wanted to go heavier than that. I met Pocket (guitarist for Wicked Wisdom), and we both had the same musical sense, which was very heavy music with melody. Everything seemed to fall into place after that. Q: So you have been a fan of metal music? A: I was a child of the '80s. Back then, metal truly seemed to rule the world, especially on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . It may be surprising to some but I have always listened to Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been many shifts of personnel , Ozzy and Guns N' Roses, and my aunt and uncle loved Queen, Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (1948–80). and The Who as well as reggae reggae, Jamaican popular music that developed in the 1960s among Kingston's poor blacks, drawing on American "soul" music and traditional African and Jamaican folk music and ska (a Jamaican and British dance-hall music). and jazz. I come from a very eclectic musical background. Q: How did the band get on the Ozzfest tour? A: Sharon Osbourne Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English music manager and promoter, television personality and presenter. She came into public prominence after appearing in The Osbournes (wife and manager of Ozzy Osbourne) saw the band at the Viper Room Coordinates: The Viper Room is a nightclub located along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. It was opened in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp until 2004. in Hollywood. At that time, a band scheduled to play the festival had to drop off the tour. Three days after the performance, we got the call asking us if we wanted to do the tour. At first we thought it was a bizarre request. We had to ask ourselves if we were heavy enough to even do the tour. In the end we decided to go for it. Q: What was the response from the crowd? A: The first six shows were really rough. We had a steep learning curve. Those first few shows, the fans were brutal. By the time we got to show No. 7 the audience started to come around. By the end of the tour, during our last set, we had three mosh pits mosh pit n. An area in front of a concert stage in which audience members mosh. going while we were playing. The crowd was truly with us. Q: How much of the backlash against Wicked Wisdom was based on race? A: I honestly have to say race was a very small issue throughout the whole tour. The biggest issue was the fact that I was an actress and people thought I had no business being on this tour. On a certain level, I can understand that issue. That was the work that had to be done. We had to prove ourselves. Q: Was there a lot of camaraderie among the bands? Did you all feel welcome? A: Oh yeah! I made so many friends. I think we all had a few preconceived notions Noun 1. preconceived notion - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession , but it was great. I miss my boys from the tour. It really was like one big heavy metal summer camp. We treated each other like one big family, and I try and see these bands now when they are in L.A. Q: Has your husband been supportive of your new career? A: Will has been very supportive. He was a bit concerned at first because this whole scene is really new to him, but he came with me on tour and he brought our kids, and we all had a great time. My kids now ask if we are going back to Ozzfest next summer. Q: What's next for Wicked Wisdom? A: Our first full-length disc is set to be released Jan. 31 on Suburban Noize/100% Woman Records. The first single, ``Something Inside of Me,'' will drop in December. We are on tour now, and we will be on tour to promote the disc in January. We are the real deal. Too much of my heart and soul is in this for this to be a pet project. I love the relationship we have with our fans. Q: What is the best part of doing something like this? A: The best part of this is being the underdog. People come to the shows and don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to expect. When we take the stage and the music hits, I can literally see jaws dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. the crowd because they just don't expect it. I love going off and surprising people with this band. The best part about the experience is we are having a good time and surprising people and impressing people with what we do. It is a tough position to be in but if you can take the pressure, it is also the best position to be in. WICKED WISDOM Where: Vault 350, 350 Pine Ave., Long Beach. When: 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $15. Call (888) 808-2858 or www.vault350.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Wicked Wisdom, from left: Fish, Pocket, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Rio and Korel. Teresa Faye Hill |
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