A Repost Of A Old Dread Interview

With the new CD finally out i thought it fitting to repost this great interview done with the members of Dread back in 2007.Yes its out of date but still relevant,the interview was conducted by Derek Edward Kellington. 1.What is your name and occupation in the band as well as the other members? John: My name is John and play guitar. Paco: My name is Paco, I also play guitar. Andy: Vocals. Salmon: Drums 2.How did the band come to be? John: Trying to get back into music and I wanted to do a band with Salmon, Andy, and Paco. Paco: Got the call, heard the stuff, and said yes right away Andy: John said he liked my vocals and asked if I would want to do something with a band he was starting up. Salmon: John and I worked together on a few projects many years ago. He asked if I would play drums for this project and I immediately accepted. 3.What is the common favorite artist among the band? John: My guess would be Black Sabbath or maybe Kildozer. Paco: Those two definitely. I'm sure we could come up with quite a list. Salmon: Sabbath and Kildozer for sure....but as Paco said, there are probably more 4. What is the basis of the band's sound? John: Black Sabbath. Paco: I'd bet Andy would sound like that even without Black Sabbath! But that's the starting point. Andy: The basis of the sound is the riff, first and for most. After that I can work my vocals onto it. People seem to dig it so it must work. Salmon: Gotta be able to lounge behind the kit. Heavy and slow for sure 5. Are there any side projects by members of the band? If so, what band? John: We all do other stuff. My other projects are Post Mortem, Ernest Borgnine, and hopefully the Electric Sinners when I have some time. Paco: I've done alot of different music but right now I'm focused on total DOOOOOM! When we're not ruining everyone's day, me and Salmon do a thing called the Golgi Apparatus Andy: I have a one man crust punk sludge band called Spoiled Humanic Waste, but I agree with Paco DREAD is my main focus. From the second I wake up till when I pass out all I think about is DREAD and how I can use what I have to create something that's fulfilling to me. Salmon: There is always something in the works though Dread is my main focus...gotta have the doom. Paco and I have the Golgi Apparatus which satisfies another side of me 6. Do you rock out with your cock out? John: No, isn't that against the law? Paco: No, but I've been known to pass out with my ass out.... Andy: I've been doing interviews for a long time, I also write for underground fanzines under a different name… this is by far the most ridiculous question I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. Salmon: Ever wake up with a fist full of rubbers hanging out of your asshole? 7.What was the first album you ever bought? John: I think it was the Beatles red album collection, actually my mom bought it for me. Hmm, the first album I remember buying, with my own money, was probably Aerosmith's Greatest Hits. Paco: I saved up six bucks and bought Kiss Alive. I was probably 8 years old and it fucked me up for good. Andy: I can't remember right now... Salmon: Can't remember...have piles of 'em now and the pile keeps growing..... 8.What was the last album you bought? John: Ashley Tisdale's "Headstrong." Paco: That shit rocks! She's no Hillary Duff, but then who is? I recently picked up Rembrandt Pussyhorse by the Butthole Surfers (Highly recommended!) Andy: Last CD I bought was unfortunately Mastodon, that's the most over rated shit I've ever heard. Salmon: Domenic Cortese's "Accordion Continental" 9.What is the most important album you have ever heard and why? John: Many LPs are important to me, all early Sabbath, Dr. Know, Bastards, and all the albums I play on (for selfish reasons.) Paco: Probably Colon on the Cob's "16 songs for your 2 Bucks" or Kilslug's "Answer the Call". because both records made me realize that everyone can go FUCK themselves if they don't like it. Andy: Black Flag- my war Salmon: Never Mind the Bullocks...changed my life when I was 13 10.What band turned you onto Doom Metal? John: Black Sabbath Paco: Sabbath definitely. I wasn't aware of anyone else doing what could be called "Doom" 'til the early '80's. I might have missed something in between but the next stuff I was aware of was Kilslug, Upside Down Cross, and Post Mortem. Andy: band that turned me on to doom- PENTAGRAM, vitus, sabbath i could go on, but, pentagram was the main one. Salmon: Sabbath for sure and it still does it for me... 11. Name an obscure Doom Metal Band that people should be aware of. John: Hmm, Electric Sinners, Kilslug, Nude Dudes on Ludes, or maybe Full Blown Aids. Bands I only became aware of recently like AoG and Moss have interesting sounds. Paco: Anyone who's into Doom needs to check out Upside Down Cross. Andy: kilslug is the shit, moss is ok. Salmon: I agree with John on the Electric Sinners...the Cross for sure. 12. Name a band that is not in any way metal for the people who are wanting to look outside the box. John: My fav's are Colon on the Cob and Guaranteed Katch. Paco: Butthole Surfers. Andy: The Doors. Salmon: The Golgi Apparatus, Lustmord, Caroliner Rainbow 13. Do you feel there is a nation with a stronger underground scene, and if so which nation? John: Probably and no idea which nation. Paco: I dunno. I'd guess there's little pockets of weirdo's in every nation Andy: The US has the best underground scene because it's so fuckin diverse! Right now I think the south has the best scene, especially in the deep dark sludge filled parts. Salmon: who knows....the underground is everywhere and loaded with more talent than you can shake a stick at 14. Do you feel you were born too late?(sorry had to bring out the Vitus quote) John: No :) I have been doing this since the early 80's. I am wishing I was born later! Andy: YES always have felt that way i guess... go vitus Paco: I always wished I had been born about ten minutes earlier..... always felt like I mighta missed somethin'.... Salmon: I would like to see something different for a change..I too have been involved for a long, long time and it seems the same crap gets recycled over and over again. It would be great though if Paco were 10 minutes older. 15.Do you think Doom Metal will ever break the mainstream like Black Sabbath did so many years ago? John: I am still surprised that bands with low tuning have any fans at all. Andy: Well Down is doin good and they have some doom elements in them (kirk and jimmy for sure), but I think that any kind of sub genre of music will never be "huge" because it's not designed to be. Paco: I don't think anyone who does this kinda stuff is thinking about breaking the mainstream, It seems like they (we) just CAN'T NOT do it. Whatever happens after that....who knows? That being said: yeah, Dread will be the hugest band on earth in about 7 months. Salmon: Don't care. It makes me feel good. If I wanted to break into the mainstream I would have been Bon Jovi 16.Would you ever consider covering a sickingly mainstream song to the style you play?if so which song? John: I personally hate doing covers. I would consider doing a Spoiled Humanic Waste cover or an Electric Sinners cover. Andy: Oh yeah, I don't know what song it would be but I'd do it. Paco: We're currently working on a version of Christina Aguilera's "You Are Beautiful" John: Hopefully, we can do it justice. Salmon: Covers are a waste of time. Why the hell do I want to play someone else's stuff? 17. What is your opinion on bands like Wolfmother breaking the mainstream? Do you feel this will help the Stoner/Doom Community break through (as kyuss did in the early 90s) or just give it a bad name? John: Never heard of Wolfmother or kyuss. Andy: Wolfmother fuckin sucks dick!!! I hate that shit!!! that's not doom that's not stoner that's nothing but one hit pop wonder fag shit! Fuck them!!! "woman your like a woman"???? are you kiddin me? My words might be lost in screams but I'll never write that kinda shit! Does it help? Fuck no, it makes morons think they are a part of something there not. If High on Fire goes platinum then I'll say that wolfmothersucker helped to make people aware of slightly down tuned shit but come fuckin on! wolf mother??? I'll beat the shit out of that singer if I ever find him. John: I get the sense Andy is not a fan of Wolfmother. Paco: I agree with Andy, Wolfmother aint doin' us any favors. They're more about a shirt and a haircut than anything else. I don't care about them one way or another but I'll show up to watch Andy kick their ass! Salmon: Don't know who they are and don't care. 18. What is your favorite Black Sabbath album? John: VOL 4. Andy: First 3. I can't choose. Paco: My Fave Sabbath Album is Master of Reality. Side 2? C'MON!!!!!!!!!!!! pure fuckin' doom - I'm gonna go put that on right now!!!! Salmon: Hard to say. I usually listen to them all at the same time. 19.Do you have sex the same way you play music? John: Not sure, I'll ask my wife…be right back… Andy: You mean get drunk while listening to EYEHATEGOD, and then go ape shit without thinking? Paco: No, these songs last way longer than I do. Salmon: Doom metal has left me withered and useless 20.Ive recently heard kids who are into thrash metal and death metal talking about Sabbath sucking and not being metal. What is your view on this subject? John: To me Black Sabbath is one of the inventors of metal and metal sub genres, I doubt they intended to create metal, but, I think they were a big part of it. Andy: Sabbath not metal? This shows how fuckin stupid people really are! You get a 13 year old kid who goes out and buys a Lamb of God CD and they think they know how all the shit fucks! I don't consider myself to be an expert on metal, there's so much out there I don't think anyone can say they know everything but the basis of loving metal is knowing your fuckin history. Post Mortem, Kilslug and allot of Boston bands were doing down tune before the Melvins before Crowbar but history seems to skim over that. What a shame. Paco: Sabbath sucks? Who fuckin' said that!?? They're next after Wolfmother!! Seriously, I'm a little bewildered.... I've never actually heard anyone say that Sabbath sucks. These kids obviously missed the point or just don't like music. Whatever... there's nothing you can do about peoples taste. I understand "anything old sucks" but Sabbath?.... Salmon: Don't care 21.Name an album that is a sinful pleasure(an album you dont normally admit to liking) John: I love Aly and A.J.!! "Into the Rush" and "Insomniatic" are amazing. Aly and AJ are the only act I want to see live. I answered this wrong, I normally admit to liking this. At this point in my life, I am pretty comfortable admitting I like what I like. Andy: Ziggy Stardust Paco: I've been listening to "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Band. I'm like John too though, in that I'm a sucker for chick pop singers; I've been a lost cause since Britney's first album came out. Salmon: I've got nothing to hide. Who cares what I listen to anyway? 22.What is the band up to at the moment and what are the plans for the future.? John: We are creating new songs for our upcoming CD on MTS records. Hopefully we'll be able to take this show on the road and do more CD/LPs/7 inches/8 tracks/ etc. Thanks for the interview and all that you do to support doom bands!! Andy: I want to tour, we will see what happens with the CD. Paco: I can't wait to ball this thing up and roll it down the highway! We've been writing and recording and having a lot of laughs actually. Andy and I drink alot, so we get drunk and then John and Salmon laugh at us. It can be a pain in the balls puttin' a new band together and recording an album, but with these guys it's been a total fuckin' blast! Salmon: Recording this CD has been really great. We all get along really well and the music keeps coming out of us. It would be great to take this on the road as soon as possible. We really appreciate all the support we have been getting. It makes it real easy to keep doing what you love to do when you get real sincere people digging the music. Thank you!