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Eight Questions for Danny Cruz of Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth
1. How did FDOME originally form as a group?
We formed five years ago at the Brick House in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. I met Coco at an open mic with the band Moscow Mule. They joined the band and then everyone else did over the next two years. We are the rock innovators of the Turners Falls land.
2. As the bandleader of a large, and at times chaotic, group you seem to offer direction with a natural ease and confidence that leaves the other players free to explore, yet under an umbrella of distinct vision. Is it ever difficult to control such a riotous ensemble?
I feel like we have some buddhist enlightenment. I feel like we have some inverted GG Allin backwards riffs. I'm doing buddhist meditation, that'll do it. I asked to be called the musical impresario of the infinite space universe. J.R.R. Tolkien bleeds. We are the musical orgasmic inner child.
3. If you could say one thing to Kurt Cobain what would it be?
Kurt Cobain, never encourage anyone to do heroin! Another thing: tell him, enjoy FDOME, enjoy happiness and get a little stoned. Have a little alcohol and marijuana but no hard drugs. Don't get drunk, smacked out of your ass! We're tired of always getting smashed.
4. If you could say one thing to G.G. Allin what would it be?
EAT YOUR ATTITUDE, don't be a jerk. I have to say I enjoyed your studio stuff, but I never like your live stuff particularly.
5. On your LP, "The Seed Of Contempt", you comment on capital punishment, and recently the state of Georgia executed Anthony Scott Davis, a black man, for supposedly murdering a white police officer - however all of the evidence implies that he was innocent. What are your thoughts on this?
I believe the black guy was innocent. I believe the black man will bring fire and Armageddon on December 21st. I believe this. I feel like execution is not the answer. You should not do it. It's stupid. It's kind of a racist act, killing somebody. It's racist to blacks.
6. A lot of your lyrics are very politically charged ("Philadelphia Riot", and the mind-crushing rendition of "Power To The People" as obvious examples). What do you think about the "Occupy Wall Street" movements that have swept the nation recently, and the fact that in the United States such a miniscule percentage of the population holds the majority of it's wealth?
"Philadelphia Riot" is an anti-riot song. It's kind of about an apocalyptic 2012 riot. End of days. It's about December 21st. The Occupy Wall Street's a good thing. And fans, you should unite with it. That's stupid that the rich have all the money. The rich should help out the poor.
7. For those that don't already know, how does "Mudlightning Metal" differ from other forms of metal such as black metal, doom metal, heavy metal, etc.?
It's better, it's more free jazz, more muddy (but still good) more classical, more avant-garde, meets evil, meets God, meets scumfuck with coffee in the hand. {At this point, Danny's personal care assistant says that he can't swear in the Teen Center. "I made a mistake, I'm sorry for swearing...can I change it to 'scumfreak'?" Danny asks. I tell him it's okay, he can say "fuck" in print. The interview resumes}. Mudlightning Metal is metal mixed with all kinds of music. It's space rock and all kinds of improvisational genius meets the Picasso of avant-garde. FDOME has a plan for a new album called "Fulfilled Prophecy" that's gonna be parental advisory. Warning fans: it's gonna be edgy.
8. It's now the year 2012 and you've commented frequently about how it's not the end of the world, so what are FDOME's plans for this era of "new consciousness"?
FDOME's plan is to become famous and outsell bad music and, like, take bad emo away. Emo-apocalypse! That means all the emo turns into Mudlightning and they don't even know it exists anymore. FDOME fans: don't become scumbags, be always nice people. Don't believe in the end. Don't believe it. The part about the black man raining down Armageddon was for shock value. I don't really believe this. In my opinion, FDOME fans, it may happen, it may not. It's hard to know until we get there.
― scott seward, Thursday, 7 March 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
two years pass...