One reason is that if we continued doing this, we just wouldn't feel it anymore and it's better to quit before things get messy. Rather than continue doing this and gather fans who are into the thing we're doing now, we might as well drop it before it gets old because, really, at some point it will. And that point wouldn't go over too well, what with our thousands upon thousands of screaming men pulling off their Misfits t-shirts to show us their Misfits tattoos and gelling their devillocks being upset that suddenly Doofus, the greatest horrorpunkohmygodsospooky band since the 'Fits sounds like THE CURE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
(I'm kidding, we're not that cool and we're not the Cure)
That's one reason. Another thing is that we don't want these "Danzig is God" guys following us around and being the only people who like us. It's just not a cool audience. Neither is strictly hardcore kids. Nothing against you hardcore kids (that much) but we're just not your new idol, I'm sorry, it worked for a day but it's time to move on. We want to appeal to people like us, and the easiest way to do that is by simply being us.
Really, though, when it comes down to it, we're just not really feeling it anymore. It made sense at the point of time we did it. We were violently angry and lost and desperate and found comfort in horror films and writing dark songs. At that point, my step-dad of 6 years got arrested for alcohol abuse and domestic violence towards my mother only to shoot himself in the head with a nailgun and survive, and become a night terror. Todd had some other nonsense going on that I'm not gonna put out there because I don't know how comfortable he is with me talking about his personal like to dudes we've never met, but I'm cool with it.
Okay, so there's two reasons, which should be plenty, but I'm gonna give you more.
Remember that anger that I was talking about? Well it goes deeper than that. My anger lead to me alienating people and sent me to dark places. I'm lonely, and I'm bored, and I'm upset, but I'm also happy occasionally and I'm entertained, and I have three dogs now, and I'm still angry but for different reasons, and there's more to life than remembering some dick who shot himself in the face one time, so I'm not going to bottle everything else up to satiate the rage-thirst of all the kids who know our music as...well... rage-music. At this point, it just makes more sense to explore the other things we feel.
I'm sorry I can't exactly word this right now. You know when you're falling asleep and you think of all the awesome things you're gonna say, and then when you try to write it down the next day you sound like an ass? That's me right now.
Anyways, three reasons down, more to go.
Influences. We were listening to Joy Division and Sonic Youth. It's cool if you, personally, wanna just sound like a bad mesh of some bands you listen to, but we're more interested in sounding like us. Like, yes, inspiration, good. Influence happens whether you want it to or not. But we don't want to be a derivative band and we don't want to be conscious of the things that are influencing us, we just wanna go and see what happens. I still listen to Joy Division and Sonic Youth. I also still listen to the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. What's your point? ...oh right, I'm the one who's supposed to be making a point..
Well, anyways, you get the picture sort of?
That's not every reason, but that's a good amount.
For those asking "BUT GUYS, WHAT WILL YOU SOUND LIKE, I NEEEEED TO KNOW!!!"...
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| I like to imagine you look something like this |
Alright, thanks for bearing with my rambling and all that stuff. You're a cool cat.
-E.
