1.What is the name of your band and
how did you come up with it? Death
Plague, Dam Kel (founder) has always been a bit curious with the
whole black plague and how it still to this day has never been fully
contained or wiped out, so we thought at the start let’s go with
“Death Plague” as we are not going away, we are still growing and
we will plague this earth with our songs are try to sustain life as a
solid, full on, strong, powerful band, that will never give up.
What is your name and what do you do
for the band?Dam Kel (Damian Kelly) I’m
a song writer/vocalist within Death Plague
2.Tell us where you are based and
describe the scene. How do you think where you are located influences
your sound. We are based at the
Glasshouse Mountains of the Sunshine Coast in Australia 45 min drive
from Brisbane. It’s a small town, no one really ventures out, the
local pub closes at 8pm on a Saturday night!!!! So all you can really
do is be creative or be boring. So we spend most of our time being
influenced via bands we listen too or upcoming acts in Brisbane city,
you can find influence anywhere if you seek it. Unfortunately the
state government has these nasty lock out laws to try and limit so
called bindge drinking which ultimately impacts live music so we do
struggle but we get there.
3.Who influences your sound that
would surprise people? That’s a tough
question!! Wow… I like to think influence for Death Plagues music
is another mix, I mean we have all the mainstream influence and a bit
underground influence but a surprising one for us would probably be
more a genre so early punk and early thrash metal. So slayer, sex
pistols, stuff like that, we all have our own influences and it would
be hard to just point to one in particular.
4.Are you endorsed by musical
companies , if so who , and if not who would you like to be endorsed
by? No endorsement yet!! I know the
drummer would love a Sabian cymbals and DW endorsement, and guitars
would probably be ltd, or Ormsby endorsement, also mesa.
5.When you started what was your
ultimate goal? And how close to the goal are you now?
When we started our ultimate goal at the time was to play shows which
we have but now our ultimate goal is to push Death Plague as far as
we can and we are nowhere close to how far that could be.. a lot of
ground yet to be covered.
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?
Oh… we have ideas.. lots of them.. however we don’t want to be
the spoiler, nobody likes the spoiler. One hint I can give though is
definitely keep an eye out for little oddball shows and songs we do,
it will always be something behind it that has a bigger outlook then
what you see that will expand your mind in thinking.
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? Personally,
and this is a tough one. Although it does suck seeing a band live
that can’t live up to their own expectations on stage , get a
grip, sometimes the live experience is better then the recording .
People have grown to this whole new digital era where everything has
to be so proportionally perfect and in place. A live show is ment to
be fun. Put away your cell phones, move around, get drunk, get
violent even, but Jesus aged Christ god forbid the Guitarist
accidentally left out a harmonic bend that you wanted to hear. So as
for not being fully perfect I have too say that some things are
better natural, that’s why no one can mimic someone like Jimi
Hendrix, it’s all natural and part of the experience.
9.This is a tough question but a
very real reality, Is your band actually talented or just popular?
Well… I think hard work comes to mind,
if talent is that your band members actually actively show up to
shows and jams then yes it is definitely a talented band. But I will
share with you that truly I have a band backing me at every moment
1000 percent, they are the best musicians I’ve worked with and each
of them are hardworking and they have really made this band what it
is… that’s an understatement… people will see results due to
our hardwork and that is the talent of it.
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?
Good question, I think you definitely do need to earn it to
appreciate it and anything is good in they way of publicity, just
don’t take it for granted. But in this world it’s dog eat dog,
you have to strive and be prepared for hardwork.
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? You
know what!! I see this every single time we play a show. Bands
standing there, no interaction, no ethic, you have too be
entertaining. Off you can’t set a scene for your band and for what
you stand for then I’m sorry, wrong industry. Death Plague although
only fresh have evolved and we are now adapting and incorporating a
live energy, we want to use props and theatrics and really drive home
a quality show. We are interactive, the more violent it gets the
better we sound!! We want people getting crazy with us, we have had a
few issues of people being kicked out but they have had fun, we try
to make sure nothing too full on happens but we need the crowds to
join us and be a part of the magic that is a live show.
11. What releases have you put out ,
When will we see something new?
We released an
Ep/Demo early 2019 called “Smear Your Blood”. We are currently in
the middle of writing more songs which hopefully you should start
seeing releases popping up every month but just depends on how the
writing process goes.
12. If you have videos where can we
see them?we have a music video which was
just released in July for our song “parasitic homicide”, you can
catch that on Facebook or YouTube, just search Death Plague Parasitic
Homicide.
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? It’s definitely important to
reach out to fan base and it’s so easy to do so these days with all
the tech and social behind it which can also be very hard for a small
fanbase band to extend their reach and get more fan base.. but
everything is worth doing and sometimes unfortunately you just take a
loss with it. However it is what it is.. it is advertising and it
should only be used for that. You can try to bypass it but you risk a
lot of exposure but if you learn how to be creative with it you can
certainly save yourself and promote with healthy levels so you are
not loosing as much.. it’s a catch 22 I’m afraid..
14.Best moment of your career so
far? Would have to be Definitely
releasing a video clip!! We have been very lucky to have done this
and it has really worked for us.. and look forward to the next one!!
15.Your message to the fans?
We would not be here without you all!! We will continue to create
music and grow as a band, we find you all as important as Death
Plague. You make us strive and push further then anything!! Stay
heavy and dark for us!! And when you see us next come have a drink
and party!!
Bonus Question who do you bring back
Dime , Cliff , Dio , Lemmy , Randy
Definitely
Dine. Mate.. he is so full on with his riffs and smashes the mark
every time!! Heavy as fuck riffs and sic harmonics!! The guy is
definitely a legend and a big part of metal went with him.. RIP “
whooa it’s heavy”
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