Mad About Rock

Tempest are a metalcore act from Eastbourne, South Coast UK. They recently headlined a new local festival to help revitalise the scene as it has been in decline in the area, but thanks to the guitarist in the band, Steve Collier he is on a mission to make the scene what it used to be again, as he is the one who formed the first Deep Water Festival, along with a promotions and bookings company called Deep Water Bookings. Now is an exciting time for the South East scene and for Tempest, so I caught up with Steve to discuss all this, what lies ahead for the band and more... Can you tell us about your formation in 2013? Alex, Adam and Ross were in the band prior to Tempest starting. One of their guitarists left and I originally just filled in, as I was in a different band at the time. I got on with the guys pretty well and ended up becoming a permanent member. Since then another guitarist left, where Ross then moved from bass to guitar and Mike joined us on bass. How did...