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Beauty to Ashes
Hello there and welcome to an interview that I just recently did with a band by the name of Beauty to Ashes. They are a hardcore band that is currently on Salad Dressing Records. Here is waht came up from the dust of the interview.
Choking Hazard: Lets start off by giving the readers of Choking Hazard A little history about Beauty to Ashes. When you started, whats going on with the band, etc?
Beauty To Ashes: Well, beauty to ashes first formed in January of 2000. Me and the guitarist Alex had been jamming and it was around January that we decided we wanted to pursue a project together. We both knew we wanted to do a spiritually driven and creative hardcore band. After playing quite a few shows, and a couple line up changes, we didnt finish the main line up until about 6 months ago. We've recorded two demo's and we've appeared on numerous compilation albums nationally and internationally. We just recently added a new rythmn guitarist named Jason, who came to us from a metal\punk band. He's really brought a new edge into our style. Right now we're making plans to put out a full length record and start promoting it. If plans change, we will still definately have either an ep or a split ep out on SD records later this year.
Choking Hazard: What inspired all of you to start a band, was there a specific reason or what is the story behind that?
Beauty To Ashes: We're a spiritual band...our main inspiration is God... both I and Alex knew that we wanted to do something spirit filled.. so we hooked up with some other Christian musicians who were into the same things. There's alot of kids who think, "Oh man..Christian hardcore sucks...all they do is preach preach preach", we tend to get that reaction alot at our shows before kids even see us live..then after they see us live, there's alot of non-christian kids who respect the dedication we have to our beliefs, and respect the fact that we're so open minded, and the way we don't pass judgement on others. So all in all, things have been going great so far...if I would have to classify our sound, I'd say we're metal\punk influenced hardcore music. Kind of what would happen if Fat Wreck Chords mixed with Victory Records.
Choking Hazard: If someone wanted to learn a more on who you guys are and what you are about, where would they go?
Beauty To Ashes: Check us out on the web at http://www.beautytoashes.cjb.net or goto: www.sdrecords.com .
Choking Hazard: If you dont mind, can you tell us a litlle about how you got hooked up with Salad Dressing records?
Beauty to Ashes: Well, we basicly sent nils our demo...he really dug it..so he asked us to become a part of the SD family. Nils is a great guy, who's been supporting us. We've made alot of friendships through this band..there's alot of people who have been giving us unconditional love and support.and God keeps on blessing us..so you better keep on the lookout for
beauty to ashes in the near future.
Choking Hazard: What kind of Gear do you guys use?
Beauty To Ashes: Our lead guitarist uses a mesa boogie stack, our new rythmn guitarist uses a marshall stack. Our bassist has an SWR set up..he bought the cabinet from a band called broken cedars. I use premiere xpk drums.
Choking Hazard: Who would you say influences you guys on a musical level?
Beauty to Ashes: The list could go on forever..but here's a few: gorilla biscuits, youth of today, refused, zao, strung out, smashing pumpkins, bowie, bane, the smiths, no use for a name, snapcase, h2o, hatebreed etc. the list goes on and on.
Choking Hazard: Is there anything that you as a band would like to leave with the readers of this zine?
Beauty to ashes: Wether your Christian or not.... the best way to approach life is not to judge anyone...based on looks, beliefs, or anything. Racism or ignorance is no way to pass through life...and whatever you decide to do in life..wether it be professionally or spiritually, make sure you follow your heart, and your always true to yourself.. if you have any
questions about us..our beliefs..or anything at all..e-mail us at: [email protected] Thanks for reading.. and thanks for interviewing us!
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