{"id":885,"date":"2014-02-27T05:23:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T05:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2014-02-27T05:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T05:23:56","slug":"mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/interviews-2\/mast\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Mastodon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mast-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39129\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>by james wright <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now I need to get away from it,\u201d says an exhausted Brann Dailor. Brann is exhausted because his band, Mastadon, is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to \u201cRemission\u201d, which was critically acclaimed by fan and press alike. \u201cI\u2019ve just been listening, listening, listening and it makes it easy to lose perspective when you hear something so many times. I will go over my shit with a fine tooth comb and hate it, then go over it again the next day and love it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving the extreme noisemakers, Today Is The Day in 1999, drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher opted to move to Atlanta and quickly started a band. After merely three weeks of searching, the band completed their line-up and began writing for what would become Mastadon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mastodon - The Motherload [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWFWazj7Ud8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After cutting a quick demo, the band soon found themselves signing with Relapse (Today Is The Day\u2019s record label) and were shoved into a van and onto the road alongside the likes of Cannibal Corpse and Clutch. In October 2001 Mastadon recorded their epic debut LP \u201cRemission\u201d, a complex venture in violent vocals, intricate guitars and brutality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the pressure is on to deliver a successful follow-up. With Metal Hammer claiming Mastadon as one of \u201c50 Bands You Must Hear\u201d, Alternative naming them as one of \u201c25 Most Important Bands in Metal\u201d and being named one of the \u201c25 Greatest Live Bands Ever\u201d by Revolver magazine, it must be hard not to get some kind of inflated ego. The heavy praise from the press only manages to bring a smile to Brann\u2019s face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDid you see we\u2019re a better live band than Kiss?\u201d he says jokingly. \u201cI\u2019m happy that they choose us, but come on, Kiss? They fucking blew shit up! I think as a band, we play really intensely and we put our heart into each song along with our blood, sweat and tears. It\u2019s hard to comment on things like being one of the best live bands or whatever, because I\u2019m in the band and I just think of us as four nasty white dudes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being darlings of the press like Mastadon have been recently, you would think that the \u201cbenjamins\u201d would just be rolling in, but they are not. \u201cIf we stayed touring constantly then we might be able to send some cash home to live but right now, if we\u2019re not on the road, we need to find day jobs,\u201d Brann states honestly. \u201cThere aren\u2019t a whole lot of metal bands out there right now, that make a living off their music. I think kids would be surprised if they knew how big your band has to be in order to make a living off of your music.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Living on the road is something Mastadon have become accustomed to until their recent stint in Seattle while recording the follow-up to \u201cRemission\u201d. Touring with everyone from Queens of the Stone Age to Morbid Angel has given Mastadon a devoted fanbase from a wide range of musical backgrounds. Many of those fans were made from Mastadon\u2019s 45-minutes on stage each night, destroying everything in their path. His thoughts on touring&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiving in a fart-box or a giant refrigerator on wheels,\u201d he laughs. \u201cSleeping on people\u2019s floors and shitting in truck stops may sound glamorous but its not. Usually you try and stay with a girl, not to sleep with her, but because her apartment will be well kept and she will probably have a nice fluffy couch to sleep on,\u201d Brann confesses. \u201cThe drugs and booze will always be there for you but the big fluffy couches aren\u2019t always going to be there,\u201d he laughs. \u201cWhen you stay at an 18-year old dude\u2019s house, that shit is gonna be fucked up. It\u2019s gonna have a piss infested floor and the kid will keep you up to 8am playing the latest and greatest in death metal at full volume.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MASTODON - &quot;Iron Tusk&quot; (Official HD Music Video)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U__QulYyo0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We ended the convesation with Dailor\u2019s thoughts and expectations on the new album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt sounds huge and bad-ass. It has some classic rock type singing on it, which is cool because the one thing that was criticized about \u2018Remission\u2019 was the vocals,\u201d he states emphatically. \u201cWe admit that the vocals on that record were an afterthought because we wrote the songs and at the time we had a vocalist but we got rid of him. So the vocals were up to Troy and Brett to do vocals here and there. This time around we concentrated on the vocals and made sure they were kick ass. Mastadon is definitely on the search for the ultimate riff and we got a few of them on here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastodonrocks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mastodonrocks.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by james wright \u201cRight now I need to get away from it,\u201d says an exhausted Brann Dailor. 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