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Tankt's Dave Foreman chats
to Zoog for FIEND Magazine. q. the ep sleeve describes you as a 'riot grrl with a vocoder and a cyberpunk with a distortion pedal'... the live show demonstrates this and more... i found myself wanting to know all about you... Zoog: well I'm an Aquarian who was born in the year of the Rat. I like quite walks in the park and warm nights infront of the fire. My interests include reading, roller blading and cannibalism but I still like vanilla. In my spare time I like to work with the She-Psycho and make music that will inspire people to insanity.
q. what's the reaction to angelspit been like so far? Really good. But we were hoping for something more violent. The kiddies are downloading it, Djs and radio are playing it, but the Christians and conservatives aren't protesting against it, so I feel we need to fuck it up a bit more…
q. how has living in Sydney influenced you musically? Sydney is
full of beautiful caring people and a loving and nurturing work
environment. This overwhelming possessiveness can be seen in our
music. Our lives are holistic, healing and calm. Lyrics such as
"Which part of Fuck-Off don't you understand" and "Heathen
Pesticide" reflect this. …someone, kill me now…
q. i get the impression that you two are not to be messed with! the 'nurse grenade' ep is a real in-your-face blend of huge beats, machinegun guitars, and catchy vocals... what are you trying to achieve with your music? i mean, lyrically, for example, you take no prisoners... The lyrics
were based on Religion, capitalism and cannibalism. We use offensive
ideas and phrases along side things that we believe in. They are
all glued together with the visual inspiration of H.R.Giger and
Jole Peter Whitkencen.
q. you're not adverse to the odd f-word... do 'obscene' words still carry the same shock value of old? Yes, FASHION is a very offensive word. We use it heaps - but frankly, I couldn't give a fuck.
q. the male vocals remind me of that ace sydney hi-nrg industrial act jekyll switch... what's the story? They kicked out the vocalist who you refer too because he's a highly strung angst bucket.
q. that was an explosive debut live performance! can you explain to those not able to get to the newcastle show a bit about what you do on stage? It's kind of like therapy. We just let it out and get lost in the music. Destroy X uses a bit crushing distortion unit to screw up her voice, and I use a vocoder. We try and focus on performance over musicality. No-one has ever come up to us and said "hey, I really like the way you moved from that Ab diminished 7th into that D suspension" - they only say "you went off" or "you suck". Music is just the vehicle for the attitude, and the attitude is just the vehicle for the merch.
q. although the ep is very brutal and relentless in its sound, the tracks themselves are extremely catchy... you can pretty much sing-along after two listens... to me you are writing 'real' pop songs... is this a conscious approach? Speaking as an 'alternative', POP is the most offensive word out there - and that's a good reason to use it.
q. what's the track 'nurse grenade' about and why did you decide to name the ep after it? It's about
the medical theme thing - and we've got heaps of clothes that
are in that fetish line, so we decided to form a band so we could
wear our clothes.
q. production-wise, you guys are pushing the envelope... there is so much detail in each song... is going to that much effort really important to the whole angelspit ethos? Graham "Von Rock" Kent from Grand Fatal blessed us with his famous "Three Layers of PHAT" guitar sound. He's THE MAN - we had to get him drunk though. Any musician how plays for alcohol is truly on our wavelength...plus he's got very cool tats so he looks like he sounds good….and he sounds like he looks good. So he has achieved ROCK…or something. We're also nerds who like to twiddle knobs and strive for detail to the point of insanity. Once we were finished, we gave it over to Julian Higginson from Bleepin J. Squawkins (www.bleepin.com) to master it. He also ROCKS!
q. you've now done remixes for ikon, the crystalline effect, and anxiety whispers... fun? Very. Those bands, and all the other bands involved in Crash Frequency (www.crashfrequency.com) are AWESOME. It's easy to remix a song that is a gold nugget.
q. tell me about the mix of 'Psychic Vampire' you did for ikon... was it a bit daunting to give such a big name in the goth scene such a radical industrial shake-up? It was a real honour to be approached by Ikon. They are so respected here and internationally. We wanted to give them a remix that was truly offensive. DestroyX decimated their bassline and worked it until we had something that we were confident could make the sinners dance.
q. you are the only band i know who can make a vocoder sound tuff! what's the secret? Noise + distortion + chaos. Plugin synths are the enemy. They're clean. A real analogue is going to spit out stuff you don't expect - they go out of tune and die for no reason. FUCK FASHION is built on one of our old synths dying. MEAT's main theme has another old synth completely out of tune. When we play live I beat the keyboard and don't care what notes come out, DestroyX crushes her voice to achieve the lowest quality possible. Cleanliness is next to Godliness…but Satan's gift is distortion
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