Interview . It Dies Today . w/ Jason Wood (vocals), Chris Capelli (guitar), Nick Mirusso (drums) and Mike Hatalak (guitar).
interviewer: Laura Schriefer . 03/01/2010 . Hafenklang . Hamburg . Germany .
Punk76: Starting up with a typical question: where does your band name come from and what's the meaning of it?
Chris: I found the bandname when I was 16 or 17 years old. I was surfing in the internet, I was on AOL messanger and some kid had the screenname "It Dies Today" so I asked if it was his band and he said no and then I was like "okay, may I use it for my band?" and he was like "sure, go ahead". And it turned out to be a songtitle of a song by an american band called "Adamantium" and that's where it came from. It's just a stupid name, we were young..
Punk76: But you stuck to it and never thought about changing it?
Chris: Yeah, we stuck to it. And now we can't change it, it's too late.
Punk76: You've played shows with so many great bands like Alexisonfire or Bleeding Through, which band was your favourite to be on tour with?
Chris: Right now, "Kittie" is one of our favourite bands to be on tour with. Not only because they're in the room... (smiles).
Jason: We toured with them in 2007 and it was a really great tour and they're great girls to hang around with. Actually they're more like dudes, like guy-friends.
Chris: Machine Head was very cool to tour with.
Mike: And Papa Roach.
Chris&Jason: Yeah, Papa Roach was very cool.
Punk76: Let's talk about your recent record "Lividity", did it come out exactly how you wanted it to be?
Jason: Mike probably wants to answer this question because he produced the record.
Mike: I think what we accomplished with this record is an honest record. Something that wasn't overproduced like our last two albums and I think it totally came out how we wanted it to be.
Punk76: How long have you worked on this record?
Chris: About a year or so.
Mike: I think the total time of writing and recording was about 4 months but spread out to a year and a half.
Punk76: Which of your songs is the most fun to play live?
Jason: I have the most fun playing "Sacred Heart".
Chris: And "Severed Ties" [Severed Ties Yield Severed Heads]
Jason: Yeah, right.
Chris: "A Threnody For Modern Romance" is always fun, people are always really into it.
Punk76: So almost all of them are fun to play, right?
Mike: Yeah, there are only two of them that aren't. No, just one. "Reckless Abandon" is a pain in the ass.
Punk76: Alright, that leads to my next question, your song "Reckless Abandon" is featured on the soundtrack of the movie "Saw 6", is this a movie that you would like to watch in your free time? To you like horror movies?
Chris: I haven't seen the sixth part yet.
Jason: It was really brutal. Like kind of disgusting. People getting shot in the chest with shotguns and I don't know.. but I guess it's good to have a bunch of metal bands on that.
Punk76: You're going to play the "Soundwave Festival" in Australia this year, are you excited?
Chris: Very excited.
Mike: Not at all. (smiling), no just joking of course I'm really excited.
Jason: It's gonna be awesome, we're going to see Faith No More playing live like 5 times.
Punk76: Is it your first time playing the Soundwave Festival?
Jason: Yup, first time in Australia. Every band that we've talked to that has been on Soundwave Festival said that it was one of the best experiences they ever had.
Punk76: if I would give you 100 Euros right now and you'd have to spend them within the next 20 minutes, what would you buy?
Chris: I'd buy the finest rose that I can find in Hamburg and give it to you!
Punk76 (laughing): That was probably the worst answer I've ever heard in my entire life!
Jason: I think I'd go to the Reeperbahn.
Chris: How many Euros?
Punk76: 100
Mike: I'd buy a flashlight. Sex toys. Or a prostitute maybe?
Punk76: But for a hundret Euros?...
Jason: That's probably gonna be really bad.
Chris: In Amsterdam the Standard is 50 Euros.
Jason: Well...
Punk76: Chris, where do you know that from? (smiling)
Chris: One of my friends... (smiling) or I'd buy a gun.
Jason: Yessss!
Chris: A gun and a kevlar vest. And then we could shoot eachother in the kevlar vest, so we wouldn't get hurt. Maybe break some ribs or so.. or I would buy lot's of jelly and to a wrestling match in a little bathtub..
Punk76: Okay, stop it right now! We're doing the next question now. Are you going to play some german Festivals this year?
Jason: Hopefully..
Chris: To my knowledge: no.
Jason: We aren't booked for any until now.
Chris: But we'd like to!
Punk76: There are a lot of good german Festivals.
Jason: Which are the best?
Punk76: The "Hurricane Festival" and the "Rock am Ring/Rock im Park".
Punk76: And the last question: please complete the sentence "if I could be anywhere in the world right now I'd like to be in..."
Chris: In red pyjamas.
Nick: In German Elvis.
Jason: What? You want to be IN German Elvis?
(laughing)
Chris: I'd like to be in.. a beautiful woman.
(laughing even more)
Punk76: Good, I think that's all.
Chris: I think we're the worst band to do an interview with..
Punk76: No it was a lot of fun! Thanks a lot and good luck for the show tonight!
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