So last week I was able to get Lloyd from Warbrain to answer some questions for me. This band is easily one of my favourite Australian groups at the moment. They have only got a four song demo but when this 7'' happens I will buy the shit out of it. They are that good.
My names Lloyd and I sing in Warbrain. Umm, well, pedophiles get arrested for trying to chat up innocent children on the internet all the time so I guess the answer would be yes....
Who else makes up Warbrain?
We have Josh on drums, Kain on bass and Tim on guitar.
Warbrain is a pretty new band. I caught you guys for the first time about a month ago in Morgan’s basement. How did you guys get together?
Yeah that show was a lot of fun actually! Basically Josh, Kain and I started writing some riffs trying to do something a little different from what we had been doing, and perhaps closer to what we grew up listening too. Tim was almost an automatic in because I had always wanted to do a band with him, and we have all been mates for ages.
Tim has Hopeless, you play guitar in Carpathian. The other guys, I don’t actually know anything about. Do they have any other bands?
Yeah Josh also plays in Carpathian, and Kain has filled in for us from time to time. He is now also playing in the Melbourne Straight Edge band Frozen Over.
Comparatively speaking, Warbrain and Carpathian are really different bands and the riffs that Tim writes for Hopeless are quite different to what he writes, for you guys. What made you guys want to go out and do something different to the music you were already doing?
Well like I mentioned before we have all talked about doing a band like this and it kind of just happened that we were all in the right place to do a new band at the time we started Warbrain. And that being said, if you listed to bands Tim and I have played in previously, its not that much of a transition.
What made you want to do vocals instead of guitar?
Josh and I were originally both going to play guitar, but then we had no drummer or singer so Josh put his hand up for drums which was cool because he fell right into it. We still didn't have a vocalist after a while and couldn't think of anyone we wanted so I said I'd give it a go because it was always something I'd wanted to do. I demo'd some vocals, everyone was into it and we went from there.
When you listen to the demo you can hear two guitar tracks, is there a plan to maybe add a second guitar at some point?
Yeah, I think there may be, but its hard to find someone who will fit in with us and be able to commit to putting 100% into the band. So we'll keep it a 4 piece for now.
What is the overall goal of the band? You guys have got some pretty important stuff on outside of Warbrain. So are there going to be more recordings and more shows? Or is this just a bit of fun?
We all have a common goal for this to be full time when the other bands aren't doing anything. So as soon as Carpathian gets back from europe we are pretty excited about going in to record some new songs for a 7" that will be out hopefully by the end of the year or early 2011.
A week or so ago you guys posted on your Facebook that you would be playing your last show for while. Whys that?
Because both Carpathian and Hopeless will be on tour over the next month or so its a little hard to try fit in any shows. We probably won't be playing again until mid September, so its not that long really, hahaha.
Just some quick questions to finish up with man
How good are Legions?
Legions are sick. I haven't been that impressed by young band with such good influences in a long time. They have a really positive attitude toward hardcore and are just stoked to play whatever shows they can. I respect that. They can only get better from here as well.
How do you find writing lyrics as apposed to riffs?
It depends how you look at it. I can spit out riffs like it's nobody's business but that doesn't meant they're good, hah, so it's nice to be able to take my time on something, and on top of that I really enjoy it.
Have you read John Joseph’s (of Cro-Mags fame) new book ‘Meat Is For Pussies’? I ask this because heaps of people have said its shit. I haven’t read it yet.
No I haven't and I haven't heard any reviews either. I usually like to decide on things like that for myself.
So that 'last show for a while' has been and gone. So I guess you will have to till Carpathian are back from Europe till you can see Warbrain again. If you haven't already done so. Go to there Myspace and download their demo from Mediafire. Pretty sure they have shirts up for grabs as well. So message them about that. Enjoy.
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