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FIRST COAST NEWS INTERVIEW WITH GABRIEL SCOTT
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ROCK MY MONKEY INTERVIEW WITH GABRIEL SCOTT
Rock My Monkey: Hello, you are listening to the Rock My Monkey netcast on RockMyMonkey.com. Today we are speaking with Gabriel Scott of the band The Bleeder Project. How are you doing today, Gabriel?
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MEDIA COMMENTS:
"Combines dark danceable grooves, thick guitars, provocative lyrics and lush vocal melodies effortlessly" ~Indie Press
(Gabriel Scott:The Final Days of Gabriel)
"The album's brightest spot is the Prince-influenced ballad "Sinking." His high growly voice fits the song's soulful feel, and the arpeggiating acoustic solo near the end supplies the disc's finest musical moment."
(Burning Orange)
From headlining gigs at venues of all sizes to support slots on larger bands tours (and one offs), to underground parties, and private events.
We are ready and able to travel anywhere in the continental US and Canada* or even overseas**.
We have experience performing in everything from very large stadium size venues and out door festivals to underground rave type parties, to college and private house parties and everything in between.
Including art galleries, benefit concerts, and even stripped down versions (i.e. unplugged or even Gabriel solo acoustic) in small college venues and coffee houses as well.
We're working to build someting special from the ground up, that remains accessable to everyone!
No matter how big or small the party is.
Press and Media
Recent Reviews
BY: PAUL POP
Gabriel Scott has been rather busy over the last decade. He's released five albums, two ep's, been on TV, toured, written a movie soundtrack, collaborated on a live dance performance and more recently worked under the moniker of the Bleeder Project.
A combination of all Gabriel's previous experiences and influences over the past ten years, the Bleeder Project is the sound of controlled chaos being run through a twisted mind. The band's album The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity is a surprisingly good blast of industrial metal that harks back to the days when Ministry and Nine Inch Nails were conquering the universe.
Heavy on the outside and slightly gothic on the inside, The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity is crunchy and aggressive while maintaining a beating heart suitable for all the darkest dance floors. The Bleeder Project sounds like an angrier Trent Reznor in a fight with a fog machine and drum machine and the cast of Metalocalypse. In other words it's unstable and hostile, but seriously good stuff.
From the opening note of, "Ascension," to the Gary Numan-ish "SONG 4" and the scenester track, "Thick Girls and Pretty Boys" The Systematic Subversion of Fear and Insecurity is socially conscious, threatening, subversive, and always aware of a groove. It's a solid record that really doesn't falter at any point.
BY: MARK CARRAS
[Pod cast available here]
Gabriel Scott:
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me.
Rock My Monkey:
Since most of my readers and listeners will be new to The Bleeder Project, if you don't mind, let's start out by having you tell me how all this got started?
Gabriel Scott:
Well, I've been doing a lot of songwriting and recording for years. I was in a band called Burning Orange a number of years ago, with people like Mike Smith who went on to be in with (Limp) Bizkit, and Henrik Ostergaard who was in several bands popular in the 90's. I was groomed in those projects, and started working on some of my own stuff, and I realized I wanted to do a heavy, electro metal type of project. I figured-putting a band together in the San Francisco Bay area is almost impossible I find, so I realized I was going to be doing this pretty much alone. So I decided I was thinking like "the bleeder" is kind of the outcast kid, the misfit that doesn't fit in anywhere, and nobody wants to play with that kid, or they can't for that matter. So I decided The Bleeder Project kind of fit me, so I started writing some songs, and working on the material, and suddenly people started to seem kind of interested in it. So I just ran with it, and that's led to the cd coming out. We're on tour now for it. That's kind of how it got to this point, in a brief nutshell.
Rock My Monkey:
The band's MySpace says that half the band comes from San Francisco, and half the band comes from Tokyo, Japan. How did that come about?
Gabriel Scott:
There's been a number of different members who've come through the band. I do all the writing, programming, and sort of mastermind the project. There's sort of a revolving door of different people who perform with me. Several of those people have all come from Tokyo, Japan. And I spent a little bit of time in Japan, myself. There's a similarity-a lot of people here in The States aren't familiar with a lot of the Japanese visual K and shock rock bands over there. But there's sort of a common thread between all of those acts and some of the people who perform with the live version of show.
Rock My Monkey:
What is the inspiration behind the title, The Systematic Subversion Of Fear And Insecurity
Gabriel Scott:
When I started working on the album, I noticed that a lot of things were-I was really inspired by a lot of political and social things that are going on, obviously. A lot of people are aware that San Francisco is a highly politicized area. I'm very influenced by what goes on in the city, and what I'm exposed to there. I really, I was working on all these songs that kind of were, sort of dealing with anger and fear, and just the way fear is used to sort of manipulate people. So I was working with those types of concepts, and the album was originally called just Fear And Insecurity. Well, right before I finished the album, I started looking at the overall as it finally started to take shape, and realized that that was a really negative, a really negative connotation to the whole idea. I didn't want the first thing you hear about The Bleeder Project is something negative. It's all upsetting, and it's forlorn. I wanted there to be a sense of positivity and hopefulness to this, because that's exactly what I'm trying to do with this project, is bring some kind of hope, bring some kind of information and inspiration to the heavy music. I looked around and saw that so many bands and so many people are all as gloomy as they can be and as unhappy and as miserable and-don't get me wrong. There's a definite dark side to my personality and to the record, but I didn't want that to be the title that encapsulated the whole thing, because I want it to be about a celebration, and people-what am I thinking?-I want it to be, I want people to think about the positive of all of those types of things. There's the political side of things and you can get caught up in fighting against it, or you can get motivated to work towards something positive that undermines that. So that was sort of my thinking, to keep it positive and the Systematic Subversion Of Fear And Insecurity is kind of just what it means. The political system and the power structure uses fear and insecurity that keep us all separated from each other, and keep us afraid to speak up or stand up for ourselves, or try something new, embrace the freak that's sitting in the corner. I wanted to try to start working towards something that's a little bit different.
Rock My Monkey:
So would you say that this album is a declaration of war against the stereotypical negatives that usually are associated with this style of music?
Gabriel Scott:
Well, I have to say, I really like the way you just put that, but I'd say not necessarily a declaration of war against it, but maybe a somewhat frustrated declaration of love for the people that are abused because of it, if that makes sense?
Rock My Monkey:
Okay. What song on this cd do you think has the chance of being your Ace Of Spades, the song that fans are going to demand for decades to come?
Gabriel Scott:
That is a very tricky question. I juggled that one the whole time I've worked on this album. When we were in the final stages, I brought in some people to do the mixing and mastering, and really spent a great deal of time on three songs in particular. I think 'lscensionis probably the most powerful of all the songs on the record. And for me, the most personal. I think it has the most to say and the most possibility of affecting people. The song, T Girls, or Thick Girls And Pretty Boys is a slam against the advertising system, and people seem to really be eating that up. Or Dacryphillia is a just a great, heavy dance number. So I honestly don't know if I could even answer that. I'd say, I guess if I had to choose one, I think "Ascension" is probably the most powerful of them all, in my heart.
Rock My Monkey:
What makes The Bleeder Project unique in the industrial scene, and what do you offer fans that no other industrial band does today?
Gabriel Scott:
Well, I first of all don't necessarily think that we're industrial. I mean, I agree that there are vast similarities because of the use of the drum machines and the heavy beats and the D-Tuned tuned guitars and screaming and whatnot. But I really enjoy that type of music, but I don't necessarily feel like that's exactly where I'm at. I think we've endeavored to make it more or less a party. It's colorful, it's fun, it's kind of silly, it's playful, and it's heavy and it's aggressive and there's angry moments in there. It's really the kind of thing, as difficult as this is on a first tour for a band, it's really the kind of thing, you don't quite get it until you see it live. I think the music, I think some of the music is, if I can pat myself on the back at all, is pretty strong. But I think it's when you see it live and in the show with the energy that it's presented with that you really can get the true picture of what we're doing. So I guess the live show and the aspect of having some fun and dancing and partying with it.
Rock My Monkey:
What is Toystaar Records, and how did you hook up with them?
Gabriel Scott:
Well, actually Toy Star is my own imprint. I started that when I made my previous solo record. I had shopped around for labels for a little while, and I really wasn't getting any bites. The couple of people who did express an interest, I just felt like it was totally off in the wrong direction for me. So I decided that in this day and age there's so many tools available to independent artists that you can put out a cd, you can promote it and publicize it through numerous avenues that don't necessarily require an established record label. So I began just putting things out through Toy Star as my own entity.
Rock My Monkey:
When people see you guys live, what can people expect from your live shows? Is it more of a stripped down kind of thing, or what kind of theatrics do you add to make it more of a show?
Gabriel Scott:
Well, at this stage it's a pretty stripped down affair in comparison to what a larger band, a major label band with a lot of backing and a crew that can really support an act like that. But I've got numerous effect lighting, and lot of things that are triggered through midi to sync up with the music in the live show. As odd as it may sound without seeing it happen, there are certain choreographed parts of the show, some dance moves, some playfulness and some silly things that come up in the different songs. Like I say, a lighting show that goes along with it. As of right now the tour consists of myself and my current DJ who runs all the drum machines and lighting and samples and whatnot. It's a pretty stripped down affair at this point.
Rock My Monkey:
So right now you guys are doing a two man show, pretty much?
Gabriel Scott:
That's right.
Rock My Monkey:
Wow.
Gabriel Scott:
Technically a one-man show because the DJ is a young female named Azi right now. Anybody that goes to MySpace can see her and see who she is. As I said, there's sort of been a revolving door of different people who work in numerous projects, and if they have the time and availability to do some shows, we work them in. Otherwise it's usually myself and a DJ at the core of the whole thing, because like I said I wrote and programmed all of the music and the lighting cues and everything. I need somebody, like a human octopus back there to keep it all running and triggered at the right time.
Rock My Monkey:
What song on here is the most personal song on the cd for you, and why?
Gabriel Scott:
That is a good question. That kind of catches me out of left field. I'd say pretty much all of it is very personal. That's one of those things I really strive for in my writing is to create something that people can relate to, but really comes from the heart with it. I think that at times I may be too personal with some of the songs. And I think, I'd have to say that probably again "Ascension" would be the one song that is probably the most personal. That really, really comes from the heart, and that song really means a lot to me. And I really feel like that is sort of a call to the universe for help, and an inspiration for myself to become something more, something that I wish everybody could strive to be. When I look at myself and see my own failures, I wish I could be more, and I wish I could grow to that, so it's kind of a call to help to the universe to help me be that better person. So I would say that "Ascension" is probably the most personal of all that record.
Rock My Monkey: Now is the time of the interview that I like to call the Lightening Round. I'm going to name something in popular news or popular culture, and you sum up your thoughts in one short sentence.
Gabriel Scott:
Alright. let's try it.
Rock My Monkey:
Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul.
Gabriel Scott:
Best of the lot.
Rock My Monkey:
The NBC show Heroes.
Gabriel Scott:
Never heard it. don't watch television.
Rock My Monkey:
The iPhone.
Gabriel Scott:
It looks very cool, but I heard it's got some glitches.
Rock My Monkey:
President Bush.
Gabriel Scott:
(laughs) Okay. Simply just the figurehead for a much deeper, and broader problem, not the problem itself.
Rock My Monkey:
Fox News.
Gabriel Scott:
Propaganda at its purest and most intense form.
Rock My Monkey:
Recording Industry Association Of America.
Gabriel Scott:
I don't know if I can even respond to that. I have nothing of value to say.
Rock My Monkey:
I do have one final question. Every year we do choose one final question that we ask every single band from classic rock legends to the most extreme death metal bands at the end of every interview, partially to stump people, but also to see who wusses out and won't answer. This year I'm asking people to look into their crystal ball and predict what political figure, world leader, musician, celebrity, anybody world wide famous, who do you think might die before the end of the year?
Gabriel Scott:
Whoa. Well, I guess, I guess I'd have to say you're stumping me. I can't see anyone in particular. I'd say if it were anybody, one person who speaks out the most against the system, but who that might be, I don't know. I avoid pop culture pretty heavily.
Rock My Monkey:
I thank you very much for doing the interview, and anybody that's listening to the audio version can go to RockMyMonkey.com for the full featured version with clickable links, readable text, and many more wonderful features. I guess people can go to your website to pick up the Systematic Subversion Of Fear And Insecurity by The Bleeder Project. I do hope to see you guys up on tour in the Northwest sometime soon. I notice that I did miss you guys when you came by a couple of weeks ago, so maybe if you come back I'll hopefully get up there. And I thank you very much for your time.
Gabriel Scott:
Thank you for giving me this chance. I really appreciate it, Mark. It means the world to me.
Rock My Monkey:
Alright. Thank you. Talk to you later.
Gabriel Scott:
Take care.
"Calls to mind Bowie, Prince, NIN, yet retains a sound all it's own"
~SF guide to the underground
"Smart, sexy, and powerful...a new breed of electronic rock"
~New rock review
PAST REVIEWS:
WEST COAST PERFORMER:
"The drum machine dominates, but can't compete with Scott's tortured vocals."
"Scott's moody collection of vein-popping epic alt-rock ("Rituale," "Not Like You"), sullen acoustic ballads ("February"), and dramatic spoken word recitations ("Scarecrow," "4 am," "Frozen City")"
PAST REVIEWS
ROCK PICKS BY GAVIN REPORT:
BURNING ORANGE Taar (R.W.)
SHOWCASE ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE:
Burning Orange delivers an aggressive CD that's highlighted by Scott's impressive vocals. Instead of yelling, screaming, or growling, this guy actually sings. You may or may not be familiar with this Erie, Pennsylvania based band, but if you carefully scour through your mail stacks, you'll undoubtedly come across Burning Orange. After locating the CD, throw it on immediately and immerse yourself in the lush melodies and gyrating rhythms Burning Orange has to offer. Comprised of six members who hail from different parts of the country including California, New York, and Maryland, Burning Orange delivers a hard rockin' sound that's as diverse as the backgrounds of each player. "Pale Face Hole," "Never Saw It Coming," and "The Passing" showcase a unique blend of hard rock and metal elements, while "Run," "As God As My Witness," and "Pure" delve into a world of blissful melodies and vibrant harmonizing vocals. The band's strength is its originality and ability to write and play songs that will attract both commercial and college rock listeners. A guitar-heavy edge that occasionally flirts with metallic elements is just icing on the cake. Give it a chance, and Taar will weasel its way into your regular listen pile. Call Rockworld Productions' Mike Wilson, who has taken on this project, for your copy at (212) 996-****.
THE UNDERGROUND PRESS:
Burning Orange played a showcase at CBGBs in New York City in late January. A Geffen rep was there to see them. "The guy at Geffen had heard us before at an on-the-couch kind of thing and dug it. He thought the band was super tight; he liked the songs. But he wanted to see the band in front of an audience," said Ostergaard. Burning Orange has the potential to break much bigger. The band learned that much when it played a showcase gig in New York in Early October at the request of Geffen's Jack Thompson. Ostergaard said RCA has also expressed interest in the band and its finished nine-song debut, but they haven't signed with anyone yet. "Our manager comes back from Europe (on Wednesday)," he said. "We're going to sit down and figure out exactly where we're going to go with it." JET-102 will feature a Burning Orange song this Sunday on "Planet Jet." (Baltimore's influential 98 ROCK is already playing "As God Is My Witness.") After appearing at Sherlock's on Wednesday, Burning Orange hits the road for a month with dates in Harrisburg, Rochester, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Raleigh.
THE PA MUSICIAN:
Burning Orange has signed with Rochester's Mirror Records. It looks like Taar will be released the second week of January. The album will contain nine tracks in the hard alternative vein, which were recorded at the Carriage House in Stanford, Connecticut. After performing in Harrisburg this weekend, they'll appear at Sherlock's, 508 State, on December 30th. "As God as My Witness," one of the band's catchier songs, is already receiving airplay at some regional radio stations. Mirror expects big things from the band, and there's still a chance that they'll get picked up by a major label. Taar heads to New York City at the beginning of January to showcase for A&M Records.
UNDERGROUND PRESS:
Rock World Records announced today that American Indie rock band "Burning Orange" has signed with London, England's "Music for Nations" label, for the release of their new album entitled "Thirteen". It will be a collection of several remixed songs from the critically acclaimed "Taar", released last year through "Mirror Records", and some newly recorded material. It will contain the hit single "Blurr" which is already receiving airplay throughout Europe. The street date is yet to be announced but it is expected out by late spring. Negotiations are also rumored to be underway with "Geffen Records" for the release of an American version of "Thirteen" later this year. Representatives at Geffen declined to comment until an official announcement has been made.