PIG DESTROYER's Blake Harrison - "We're Way Bigger Than We Should Be"
June 12, 2009, 15 years ago
Justin M. Norton of About.com recently interviewed electronics guru/programmer Blake Harrison of Pig Destroyer before a performance at the Maryland Deathfest. Excerpts follow:
About.com: What have you been working on lately? Are you writing new material?
Norton: "We’re starting to soon. We don’t tour too much, so we did Australia and a few one-offs and blind dates in Atlanta and Seattle. This (the Deathfest performance) and a New York date is pretty much it for the rest of the year and then we’ll start writing."
About.com: All of you hold day jobs. What is it like to work and not do the “road warrior” thing a lot of these other bands do?
Norton: "We like it. It gives us the opportunity to be passionate about our music. It doesn't become a job. We don't rely on it. It s not ‘we’ve got to play more shows because I can’t pay my rent.’ We want to do this because we’re playing with bands we want to play with or because it’s a cool show. It’s more fun for us."
About.com: Each album seems to get a bit more of critical bump. Does any of that come to mind when you start writing or do you try to work in a vacuum?
Norton: "We try to do just what we like. We don’t want every record to sound the same because that’s boring to us, too. It takes time."
Read the full interview at this location.
