Name: David Bonk
Instruments: guitar, piano, vocals Date of birth: 06.02.1988 Place of birth: Neumünster Zodiac sign: Aquarius Place of residence: Hamburg Height: 1.78 m Eye colour: blue Hair colour: black (natural: blond) Hobbies: well, the only hobby that I had before was the music...And now that is my job. |
Favourite:Colour: blue Food: Italian Drink: KiBa Place: Hamburg Animal: tiger Author: Tolkien Actor/actress: Bruce Willis Movie: Scrubs Singer: Frank :p Band (at the moment): Joshua Radin Song (at the moment): Dreaming of You (The Coral) Instrument: Piano |
One or another?Black/white: white
Up/down: up Day/night: day Summer/winter: winter Phone/internet: it depends on what I need it for...for communication phone. For information internet :) Coffee/cacao: cacao Blond/brunette: that doesn't matter, it's not so essential! :) City/nature: it depends on the mood...at the moment rather nature :) Mp3 player/CD player (discman): Mp3 Moon/sun: sun |
How do you spend your time before a performance? Are you really nervous?
No I'm not nervous. I used to be, but I overcame the stage- fright and I occupy myself with other important stuff, food for example. How long have you been playing the guitar? I've played since….hmm? I don't really know. I don't know how long. It was a smooth transition, one day I just grabbed a guitar and started to play. But I have never taken a lot of lessons and that's why I'm not sure. I think about seven years. For which band would you like to be a support act? If we could be a support act for the '"Die Toten Hosen", then I would be very happy. How often do you visit your MySpace profile and the Panik forum? I'm almost daily on my MySpace profile and check for messages and so. I can't always answer them, but I give my best. And on the forum, unfortunately not that often, because I mostly just don't have the time for it. Do you all live together in a shared accommodation? No, we don't live together in a shared accommodation. But we together have a house in Hamburg, that we use for rehearsals and pre–production. If you write a book, about you or Panik, what would the title be? That would probably have the title…..emm…..' A book about me and Panik'. Have you ever had a dream that became reality? I definitely had a déjà vu, but to dream something and that then become reality, no. What kind of music do you not like? That's what you can hear here. I find that incredibly unattractive. I mainly don't like electronic music. Everything that's somehow natural I think is quite cool. What do you think about having mainly female fans? Would you like to have more male fans? I think it's wonderful that we have so many female fans, because I really like female fans. But if we would have more male fans, then I would be also happy. Could you imagine to advertise organisations such as PETA? Definitely. We support PETA and Greenpeace, and if I can do anything for them, I will. What's your favourite beer? I don't drink beer, I don't drink alcohol. How old were you when you wrote "Ce Pia Ali"? 19, I was 19 when I wrote "Ce Pia Ali". Is it possible the notes for "Ce Pia Ali" to be found somewhere? No it's not, but on the next album there will be something similar to this piece, so it's definitely going to be used again. Just slightly but something similar at least. Are you able to cook? If yes, what's your favourite dish? I'm able to cook a little, but not so good as Frank. That's why I rather ask him to cook something for me, I can do the standard stuff, but that's all. Who would you like to be in your next life? Preferably something that involves music, because that's basically my life…..but maybe…..definitely something that involves music. What do you always take with you? My necklace. In some other countries, pupils are not allowed to dress like Emo, Rocker, Gothic, etc. What do you think about that? That's a pretty tough question, I only know about England with the school uniforms for example, and I don't really think it's wrong, but I don't think it's wrong either that everyone in Germany can wear what they want. But I think we have to tolerate the people no matter how they look like. What' do you think about violence? Would you be able to beat someone up? Yeah sure, if someone kidnap my child, and I could find out where he hides, then I would beat him up, yes. How long do you need to style yourself? About eight seconds. Show us. Ready! Do you believe in mystical things? Yes, I do. What does it feel like if fans from other countries come to see you at your concerts? Wonderful. I think it's incredible that someone from Madrid is standing in front of the house to get an autograph, that's incredible. And I don't really know how to say thank you for that, that someone travels so far just to see our concert. Which word or sentence do you mainly use? To be honest... What are your favourite names? One favourite name is, Andrea. And that's one of my favourite names, because you can use it for males and females. One of the waiters in our favourite restaurant is called Andrea. What do you mainly do on the tourbus? Sleeping. Because I'm mainly on the tourbus after the show, to sleep. When we arrive I get up and get out, that means mainly to sleep. |
What would you say if someone write lyrics for "Ce Pia Ali"? Why not? :-) I like people being creative :-) Have you ever played on a real organ? Yep. :-) In a church, indeed :-) Which of your songs you like the most: Ce Pia Ali, Hilf Mir, #4, Our Story? It’s hard to say, because behind each of these songs stands an incredibly big history. I can’t give the opinion myself, because I’m too emotionally involved. For me, they are more like my processed attitudes and feelings than songs. How do you see the future? Are you going to tour in foreign countries? (for example, Italy, Spain). Yes...I am sitting in China now, in a hotel in Shenyand and answering these questions, it seems funny somehow :-) We are going to tour abroad, yes. Would you like to play at a big stage? (Rock am Ring, Rock im Park etc.) Big stage? :-) We have played already at many big stages - but of course we would play with pleasure at Rock am Ring! Do you believe that you will have more success with the new album than the first one under the new name? That remains to be seen. To be honest, I haven't really thought about that - above all, I personally hope that you will like it :-) What do you think about the idea to make a concert with an orchestra and perhaps chor, something like Metallica – S&M or Within Temptation – The Black Symphony? Super idea! And what do you think about the idea to make an unplugged concert, like the MTV Unplugged concerts? On MTV - gladly :-) How many videos, that you shoot for the Kyteplayer, you didn't upload at the end and what's the reason for that? I would say that we upload every 3rd video, that we took. We don't want to clutter you up too much :-p Do you feel a big difference between native and foreign fans? Were there any moments, when you felt uncomfortable just because of performing in other country? No, normally it's suprisingly comfortable to play in other countries!! People are treating us with very, very big respect and take care of our health. I really like playing in countries, I have never been before - but I will never forget, where I come from ;-) Do you listen to bands that sing in language different from English and German? Japanese, French, Polish, Russian bands for example? Yes. |