SINS OF THE DAMNED

1.What is the name of your band and how did you come up with it?

What is your name and what do you do for the band?

The name of our band is “SINS OF THE DAMNED”,we took the name from a song included in the album “master of disguise” from one of our fav 80s speed metal bands “SAVAGE GRACE”.

Here is M.A.OT. and I play the lead guitar,drink a lot and make a lot of noise.

Here is NOIZEMAKER and I try to play bass guitar.

2.Tell us where you are based and describe the scene. How do you think where you are located influences your sound.

M.A.O.T. : Well, we are from SANTIAGO (CHILE),there are a lot of bands and shows here and there,big and small shows ,too much people making music,some for passion and others for fashion,some are good the others I don’t know …and the rest…well I prefer not to say anything about.

NOIZEMAKER: Santiago is a very hostile place to live,behind the mask of the most “developed country of south america” hides the cruel face of drugs,poverty and violence,theres a lot of corruption from our politicians,justice is here is a cruel joke and theres a lot divisions between the people.

3.Who influences your sound that would surprise people?

M.A.O.T. : obviously our sound is influenced by all those bands we like and enjoy like MOTORHEAD ,IRON MAIDEN,TYRANT (GER),PILEDRIVER,the early RAZOR,SODOM and KREATOR…but the place where we grew up influenced us too ,in the way we see the world and what drive us to make music this kind of music,the hardships of life,the anger and that rebellious spirit of the streets is embodied in our music.

NOISEMAKER: well,we never think about in how to surprise people,we make the music we love and the way we like it, we don’t care about how to surprise to anyone,if people enjoy our music…that’s fine..but we don’t care much about it.

4.Are you endorsed by musical companies , if so who , and if not who would you like to

be endorsed by?

M.A.O.T. ; yes ,our first full length will be released by SHADOW KINGDOM RECORDS, everything is working well,it’s a good label and we feel good there.

 

5.When you started what was your ultimate goal? And how close to the goal are you now?

M.A.O.T. :when we started ,our only motivation was to play our music loud and fast,to drink and having a good time rehearsing and recording our material,now we have many plans and we are working on them.

6.In today's digital environment it takes creative strategy to keep things moving. What creative ideas do you have to keep your band relevant over time?

M.A.OT. : well,that’s a hard question because we never think about it, we are more focused on continuing composing and do some live shows.

7.We've all seen a terrible live band that is awesome on CD. Is that cool with you or do you lose respect for bands that cannot pull it off live?

M.A.O.T. : well ive seen a lot of bands performing live that sounds incredible on physical format,but I respect the attitude of some of those bands.

NOISEMAKER : ive seen some bands performing technical and intrincated music whose live shows are terribly boring,I think it’s a complicated theme.

8.Tell us your “core” are you Metal , Rock , Punk , Pop etc because people just have to categorize these days you know?

M.A.O.T. : i hear too much music,many styles and personally Im always searching some new material,new bands or something that can I can enjoy ,I hear soundtracks from italian horror movies from the 70s too,I don’t know…I only hear music that I can enjoy and I don’t care much about people who categorize music,that’s an old thing.

NOIZEMAKER : mmm…I don’t know why people try to categorize music,I like to hear country music from 30s and that’s doesnt make me a hillbilly…60s garage bands are called proto punk nowadays ,maybe the punk labels just want to increase their catalogs….who cares? Fuck the people!!.

9.This is a tough question but a very real reality, Is your band actually talented or just popular?

Many bands make it with a cliche or publicity stunts etc. Would you accept fame even if it was just because of being the “ in” thing or is it actually important to you that you gain favor with talent?

M.A.O.T.: we only make our music in flavor of our own enjoyment, and personally I think popularity is for pretentious people,there are too many bands trying to be famous using “marketing strategies”,and if our band becomes popular…that’s good,great but we don’t care about it ,we started to play this music only to satisfy ourselves,the rest…its only destiny.

10.Tell us what to expect from you live. Nothing is more boring than watching bands stare at the floor and bob their heads to music nobody but the band knows. What can your band offer in a live setting that people will remember?

M.A.O.T. : we got the speed and the rage,obscure and fast raw music and well give it all to the crowd.

11. What releases have you put out , When will we see something new?

M.A.O.T. :well, shadow kingdom its about to release our first full length,its called “strinking the bell of death”,and we are working on new songs…we planning to do another SINS OF THE DAMNED album,also with noizemaker we are still working in the first album for CRIME,it will be named “second crime”.

12. If you have videos where can we see them?

NOIZEMAKER : on youtube theres some videos from SINS OF THE DAMNED rehearsing with me on drums circa september 2013 ha ha ha.

  

13.Everybody has Bandcamp , ReverbNation , Soundcloud , etc

Why do you think this is so important? Doesn't it seem like everyone is giving everything out for free?

M.A.O.T. : well, we don’t think its important,but it helps when people from remote places wants to know about your band and music.

14.Best moment of your career so far?

M.A.O.T. : everytime we play and drink or record something,I really enjoy what I do.

15.Your message to the fans?

M.A.O.T. : live fast,die old! buy or steal “striking the bell of death”,and play it loud ,it will you’re your heads off mutherfuckers!

NOISEMAKER : drink and fuck all you can,play fast music and remember that life is short.

Bonus Question who do you bring back

Dime , Cliff , Dio , Lemmy , Randy

M.A.O.T. : of course …LEMMY,he is the spirit of rock and roll.

NOIZEMAKER : LEMMY of course .