the fly... 1950s or 1980s which do you prefer?
also the thing or the thing from another world?
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The 1980's was the most visceral era for movie making and music making. Everything now tries to be as hard but falls flat on its Twitter-obsessed, ugly duckface. Cat memes and hollow pop music are all this generation will ever be known for. At least everyone can now print out a gun and shoot themselves for being so stupid. Hopefully?
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Dismantled's aesthetic was always electronic music with a rock edge because I was raised in America and had friends that listened to hardcore and metal bands. So even my first song "Purity" off the self-titled album where I was trying to praise Front Line Assembly had a breakdown. Psyclon Nine when I first saw them also had that metal edge in their music that was very American and that none of the other bands had at the time. I value that over the bland synthpop horseshit that I hear being praised in this scene and 90% of the bands that come up with it. Having said that, I am now a black sheep. Black sheep tend to gravitate toward other black sheep. The metal roots in P9 and Dawn Of Ashes are much closer to my musical aesthetic than any other band in the scene that I've encountered and that's why I want to support them as much as possible. I will also be doing a guest appearance at the Dawn Of Ashes show this Saturday in Hollywood. Dismantled is banned from ever playing there, BTW. :D
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That is definitely one of my favorite movies, bro. The Insecthead song was inspired by serial killer Richard Chase and the way I perceive people as insects, using what they need and then leaving. That is why everytime I encounter an annoying fly in my place, I hit it with something but then leave it outside. Although it looks dead at that point, it always comes back to life and starts functioning in about 30 minutes because it is merely stunned. They always fly away. I find humans to have the same simplicity, except with more details and complexities. Insects have lived on Earth longer than us and the dinosaurs and when the end comes, they will devour our corpses. Just some information to chew on.
How You see Dismantled? Gary Zon or BAND and why? You produce all tracks or band members help You?
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I see Dismantled as an amplifier for my broken social development and the deserts and ice fields I saw in place of the warmth and attention everyone else encountered instead. The War Inside Me had help from both Jon Siren (drummer) and TZA (keyboardist) because I wanted some live elements on the album. But ultimately, it's a closed operation with me being the only one tortured to write this shit.
Why did you parents move to the USA? Did they like the taste of freedom? :P
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So I could open this FanBridge account. In Russia, FanBridge open you.
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Yes, I was born in Novosibirsk and I know a few people from Estonia that are fans of ours. "Shift" was about copying my favorite band when I was 19. It was called Front Line Assembly. I'm not into my first album anymore so your question depressed me. Now you have to listen to "Insecthead."
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I have a condenser microphone that I use for vocals. I record the vocals in a corner of the room. "Whole Wide World" was recorded in a closet at my dad's house in San Diego. Some of the vocals were recorded at Jon Siren's drum studio in LA where I used to live for a few months. It's easy if you try. Really. It is.