NOVA CYCLE INTERVIEW 1) Q: During Listening Your Debut
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NOVA CYCLE INTERVIEW 1) Q: During listening your debut album, I really got into your music and found a lot inspirations of Down, Corrosion of Conformity or even Brand New Sin? Do you agree with me? If yes - Which band is your favorite one? If not… SCOTT: I would agree. You could also mix in The Sword and some High on Fire…I was really going for some pounding riffs with a little grease and groove. CLINT: I haven’t heard much Brand New Sin but COC and Down hit sweet spots in my musical palate. I’ve had a long standing love for Monster Magnet. I love the way Dave Wyndorf uses words. I love Sabbath. The way Iommi and Butler transform riffs into epic journeys is the core of my view on songwriting. There’s a local LA band called Saquatch that have put out consistently great records for close to a decade. The guitar tones always destroy me. I love, Orchid, a new-ish band from San Francisco. They’re like the second coming of Sabbath. I think there are so many influences that it’s it becomes overwhelming trying to identify them all. It all filters into my writing somehow. When I say I’m into The Sword it’s kinda like saying I’m really into a band who was influenced by Iron Maiden who was probably influenced by Thin Lizzy and so on. I Love metal. I’m influenced by the old and the new. 2) Q: I would describe you as a good southern rock/metal band with some psychedelic influences… SCOTT: I guess being a fan of bands like Down, COC, and Pantera comes across in my playing. I also learned a lot of blues based classic rock when I first started playing. The psychedelic part is probably a result of some long rehearsal nights. CLINT: Ha! Scott definitely brings the southern and blues influence, but I’m pretty sure the psychedelic aspect comes from me. That’s always been appealing to me. Heavy and epic, spacey and epic, those are all hallmarks of the bands I love. Sabbath, The Cult (Love era), Monster Magnet, The Black Angels. I love technical playing in music but I also love opening up space to allow for epic heaviness. I feel like sometimes that’s where the real magic moments happen. 4) Q: Could tell us something about you? About your daily life? How it looks like? SCOTT: Pretty mundane. Unless you want me to lie….. CLINT: I bartend at night. I work out during the day. I’m a recovering addict so a good portion of my time is spent maintaining that. My daily life is a much better read when I’m in active addiction but I’d be in know shape to share it. 5) Q: You’ve already signed contract with polish label ‘Via Noctruna’, so…are you planning some kind of ‘European Tour’? SCOTT: A tour would be ideal CLINT: We definitely have our eye on playing in Europe. We’re doing everything we can to work towards that goal. 6) Q: As for the label…How did they find you? Or maybe you’ve reached them? SCOTT: I defer to Clint… CLINT: They found us. We made a record and published it through bandcamp.com. Via Nocturna contacted me a few months later. This is a new relationship and things seem to be going well. 7) Q: If you had to compare your music to some feelings. Which one it’d be? What were you thinking during recording this album? I heard about some Katharsis… SCOTT: For me it’s mostly anger and discontent. Playing music is the thing that has kept me sane over the years. CLINT: Frustration. Obsession. Disillusionment. Pain. Loss. Acceptance. I write about my experience and sometimes my observation of others experiences. It’s probably cathartic but sometimes if I stay in the feelings to long the perpetuate their own existence. Judging where that boundary can be tricky for me sometimes. 8) Q: Do you have some favourite bands from the European Scene? And the same question with your local scene. SCOTT: I’ve been listening to a lot of Graveyard, Gojira and Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats. CLINT: I love Gojira!!! I love a US band called Pallbearer and Orchid. I mentioned them earlier. 9) Q: ‘Can’t have no highs without the lows’? SCOTT: Sometimes you have to go to the darkest depths of your mind and soul to get the vibe right. Then use the music as a vessel and navigate out of that head space. CLINT: Agreed. It’s weird how the same emotions that caused me great stress or pain in their moment can bring such euphoria when channeled into a riff. 10) Q: The most inspiring person that you’ve already met is… SCOTT: I would say people. Clint and Chuck. It’s easy to lose yourself to a lack of confidence and self doubt. Playing with a couple guys who share your vision and have a great musical ability and sensibility can really drive you and push your playing to the next level. That’s when things start coming together and you walk out of rehearsal feeling pretty good. CLINT: Well Fuck. How do I answer after that?? Ditto. 11) Q: How do you treat the lyrics? It’s just a part of the composition or something more important to you? SCOTT: I have to let my mind wander to a certain time or situation where i felt a certain way then try to draw on those feelings. CLINT: Lyrics are very important to me. I have to feel like I’m saying something that connects to my truth. Sometimes it’s literal and obvious to anyone. Sometimes its abstract and only I know what it means. My hope is to connect emotionally with a listener whether they are relating to my words or just feeling their own experience triggered by my lung power. 12) Q: Imagine the situation that you’re going on island and you can take only…3 CD’s with you. What would you pick (with short description and explanation why, please)? SCOTT: The Beatles. Abbey Road. Because…….it’s The Beatles. And Abbey Road is a masterpiece. Come Together is the original “grease and groove” riff. I have about a thousand choices for numbers 2 and 3. Probably Crack the Skye from Mastodon…… another perfect record. CLINT: This is tough. Can I bring an iPod AND 3CD’s? No? Ok. Sabbath. Because…IT’S SABBATH! It’s a tie between “Sabotage” and “Master or Reality.” I thing Sabotage has more great songs on it but how could I live without Into the Void. That’s the greatest fucking riff of all time. Judas Priest’s “Sad Winds of Destiny,” Monster Magnet’s “God Says No.” 14) Q: Do you have songs which are based on personal experiences? Could you tell us what’s the story/stories behind them? SCOTT: For me it’s more of a general feeling. Not a specific occurrence. CLINT: All the songs I wrote on this record are personal. They are absolute personal experiences or a composite of my experience and others with a similar or relatable experience. Metropolis may be the one exception although it is based on my feelings and observations of the current state of affairs in the US. Thanks! .