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Metal Band in Bagdad.
The interviewer gave a brief background on the band Acrassicauda and why they had to be relocated. The were not allowed to make music under the Saddam regime but since the American invasion they have received more death threats and forced to move. Started off with trying to find the background on Heavy Metal in Baghdad. lead into the movement to Syria and that is where they made their first record and how their lives were put into their first album. Asked good questions that lead to the bands explanations of why they wrote their music. The band was very straight forward and did not try to avoid any questions from my point of view. The interviewer was very educated about the band and their history. The connection between the interviewer and interviewee is one of wanting the band to open up and share their story. She ws trying to guide the band to inform and share their stories. The interviewer was good about quoting the band and making them comfortable by having previous knowledge. The interviewer had good excerpts from the band's songs and used them to explain their views and past experiences while connecting it with the music. The interviewer was trying to make the band out to be victims of the social norms in Baghdad and that is why they now live in the United States. The interviewer was very good at cutting down dead time. I think there was only a few moments that had any sort of dead time. I learned that being prepared and doing homework on your interviewee is very important and promotion is also a key part. Every couple minutes they would reintroduce all the people being interviewed and also the cause of them being there.