DEATH ANGEL Singer Mark Osegueda - "I Think That Maybe We Pushed The Envelope A Bit During The Frolic In The Park Era"
February 16, 2011, 13 years ago
Darryl Smyers from DC9 At Night conducted a Q&A; with DEATH ANGEL singer Mark Osegueda recently. A few excerpts from the chat follow:
DC9 At Night: In the past, you've talked about regretting having the name Death Angel because so many people associate it with the death metal genre. Does it still bother you some 20 years later?
Osegueda: "Back in the day, it was more about being pigeonholed in the whole death metal thing, which was the polar opposite of what we were. We respect the bands in the death metal genre, but we didn't belong in that category. It was definitely wrong."
DC9 At Night: Do you think your sound is too diverse to be commercially successful?
Osegueda: "That all depends. I think that maybe we pushed the envelope a bit during the Frolic In The Park era, but I think now that the diversity makes us stand apart. I think it will work in our favor. We're not going too far out there. We have our vision of what we want the band to sound like and that will always be different from what other bands are doing."
DC9 At Night: You guys have a strong sense of humor running throughout your music. Is such missing from most metal bands?
Osegueda: "I know there are a lot of metal bands that take themselves too seriously. In thrash, that's not usually the case. We are pretty much a bunch of lighthearted guys. When we play, we get to take out our aggressions. Over time, the subject matter of our songs has gotten a lot more serious and I think that reflects the times in general."
Read the entire interview here.
