POLLUTEME/POLLUTED EZINE/Interview with Sub-Method PART 1
Interview with Sub-Method
written by: Jacob Robison
I have been waiting patiently at the club for the band members to arrive; one
by one they finally make their appearance. Travis is the first one that I see;
his longish blonde hair hanging in his face. He is the drummer. He is wearing
blue jeans, boots, a white shirt and a dark-colored jacket. He informs me that
the rest of the band will be arriving shortly, and then we could get down to the
interview. Tyler (guitarist) arrives next, nearly a half-hour after Travis. He
is dressed in his usual garb; jeans, t-shirt, and white shoes. His greyish brown
hair is short- cropped and semi-spiked, almost like he had rolled out of bed and
forgot to comb it. Nathan appears next; his image matches his singing style:
hard to describe. His shorts are hanging past his knees. He is also wearing a
t-shirt with a shirt overtop, shoes and a hemp chain that swings well below his
shorts. His hair definately makes his style; the only way to describe it is like
an old-fashioned troll doll. The vast amount of ear piercings and stretched ear
lobes that Nathan has also adds an interesting element to his style. The only one
who had yet to arrive is James, the bassist; Travis tells me that we can start
the interview without him because he hardly talks anyway. Travis and I sneak
our beers out through the front door (his in his coat, and mine in my pants'
pocket - thank God for JNCOs). We walk around to Club Hysteria, where Nathan
and Tyler are fiddling around (The Outer Limit won't open the doors to Hysteria
for another hour and a half, forcing us to take the long way around). We all
file into the backstage area, were the interview proceeds.
PM: First question is, how old is everybody?
NE: I'm 19.
TB: I think Jamie's 20.
TH: Tyler, go ahead.
TB: I'm 24.
TH: And I'm 25.
PM: And how long have you been together?
TH: A year and ... a month or two months.
TB: This time last year we had just started writing music. We hadn't even played a show yet. We played our first
show last April...late April... April 21.
TH: Uh-huh.
PM: Who are your influences?
TH: As far as... PM: Individually and musically.
TH: Individually as far as drumming it would be absolutely Tommy Lee. And as far as musically, of course Motley
Crue. I love the new filter record. Not the old one, but the new one. And I like old Louie Dawson, Buddy
Wench. Big Band stuff.
NE: You like Big Band stuff?Ah dude, cool. Big Band is cool.
TH: Dude, if I could make the money... the possibilities to make the money and the recognition for being in big
bands, because big bands are basically all drummers, so...
TB: But it's like Dave Weikel, dude. They write all the music. Jazz infusion.
PM: What about you Nathan?
NE: Mike Patton is the god of all rock singers. Basically every rock singer will tell you that.
TB: You should listen to that Mr. Bungle.
NE: Yeah, dude. Let's see... who else? Um... I think Raymond Vermienke does, but he's just a Mike Patton, you know?
TB: Big time. Same with dude from System of a Down, man.
NE: Yeah.
TB: It's all a big ploy. Everyone wants to be Mike Patton.
NE: That's basically it man. I try to do my own thing, you know? I look up to people who can do amazing things with
voices. I mean I guess people like opera singers, to like raging, hardcore screaming. They all have their talents,
and they're working hard at it. Musically, I like everything man. I like a bucnh of different rock; I like hardcore.
I like Vision of Disorder...
TB: You like Clint Black, and all that stuff.
NE: I don't know if I'll go that far. But I like James Taylor and Tori Amos and all that crappy folk stuff that people
don't like. And I like rap, and drum and base. I like a bunch of party music, like trance and house and stuff. DJ
Dara and Aphrodite... that's about it.
PM: And you, Tyler?
TB: Vision of Disorder, Dillenger Escape Plant, Fear Factory... anything old, heavy. Anything new and heavy. I love
heavy music. I love music in general. There's a lot of stuff that's really influenced me. Even stuff like movie
soundtracks and things like that. Anything that's really tastefully done, and anything that is well done.
PM: Who did you play with before Sub-Method?
TH: I was in 12v Negative Earth.
NE: Tyler and I were in Community Spoon together.
TB: And James, our bass player, was in No Consent.
PM: How would you describe your sound to someone who hasn't heard you play before?
TH: An experience.
TB: Faith No More meets Slayer.
NE: It's the most melodic hardcore your going to find. It's definatley hardcore, but its...
TH: Tasteful. It's something that Nathen described it best as a crossover crowd. "Cause you have your Beavis and
Buttheads, then you got your party kids, and then you've even got your college kids. It's just....
NE: It's real weird. I mean hardcore kids and moms all like us, you know?
TH: I guess the best way to describe it is a crossover type of music.
TB: Everybody's heavy band.
TH: With Nathan... the way that he sings and portrays his music, I mean... he gets aggresive, but he also sings.
NE: The thing that I hear the most is "I don't like heavy music, but... I like you guys'. That's always really cool.
PM: Who are your influences?
PM: What about you Nathan?