** Interview
conducted by Darren Brandt of Adrenalin Fanzine - January 2006 **
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** Interview
conducted by Darren Brandt of Adrenalin Fanzine - January 2006 ** |
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III: My parents divorced when I was about 2, so my mom did a good job on raising me. I lived in Atlanta and I lived in North Carolina for a little bit, but that had nothing to really do with the music. When I got to be around 16, I got a lot more serious on the drums and finally finding some people to play with around town and doin the tri-state area tours, and just kept messin' with it. I had a pretty normal childhood. I went to public school and everyone knew "well, there is Shelton (III), Bocephus is his dad, but he is pretty laid back once you get to talk to him or whatever", they could tell I was on their level.
ADRENALIN: Sure, sure. So how did you get into say the darker or heavier side of music? Was country music, the way and lifestyle pushed down your throat so much that was a way for you to rebel? III: Uhhhhh, no not really. It was kind of the farthest thing... When Slayer and all the death metal came out, that is when I started rebelling more. At first, I had like a nazi christian mother that was burning my records, and taking me to satan seminars and thinkin I was
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gonna kill myself and all this crazy shit. So, on top of the legacy, I had this mother and stepfather that were fuckin all my music up. If you had a black t-shirt on, you couldn't even walk in our house. It was awful. I was using Black Flag and Dead Kennedys... when we lived in Atlanta, 88.5 was always like playing Animosity by C.O.C. and Black Flag, Dead Kennedys and you know, you could hear fuck on the radio back then and all kinds of stuff. That's what really hit me hard. I had my drum set, and hearing that kind of energy, it took me to another level. Plus it was super rebellious, with the lyrical content and all that shit.
You know I still to this day feel like I am 17. I still listen to the same kind of stuff. The heavier it is the better it is for me. I still have my acoustic side that I can mellow out a bit and stuff like that but I have always been into the troubled or darker sounds, it has always been a part of me for some reason.
ADRENALIN: How do you come up with album material? Is it composed here and there, just jotting down ideas? Or do you get into a crunch mode and power them out in sessions?
III: Most of the time, I just hit record and start playing the guitar. Sometimes it flows better than others. Then I usually take a pen and go back and write lyrics.
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