they’re inventive style has helped
characterize their genre of metal hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with As I Lay Dying
we just like to start with the origin
stories of the bands that we interview
so tell us how as I went dying
originally got together
take it away Tim all right well the band
first started in back in 2001 and it was
uh Jordan the drummer and myself was
really the only I think committed
members at that time we had an original
guitar player who’s with us we did our
first recording after being a band for
two months and then we wanted to go
become a full-time bass we just started
hittin the road finding little we could
to you know fill in the gaps so he could
be a full-time touring band why did you
join the band okay did that hurt such II
don’t know the exact date no I’m just
kidding you arey 2004 yeah yeah uh Phil
came in the end of 2003 and I came in
the very beginning in 2004 we were in
the same mindset that these guys worries
and we wanted to commit our lives food
and work as hard as we could to see
where to go and so it was people that
felt the same way for me I’m sure for
them and it’s been us for for you know
for since then and then we have Josh our
current bass player and backup vocalist
and he’s been in the band for three
years
how do you think that the music has
evolved from album to album system it’s
it’s the old five heads are better than
one you know like on the van first
started even as far as some of the
original songs I present them to
Jordan’s are like okay here they are
even on the very very first recordings
you know he was getting involved and now
it’s not just Jordan and I it’s actually
the five of us and there’s more
diversity to our music I think which is
a big strong point under new album
now the genre question As I Lay Dying
has been described as a metalcore band
do you agree with this end I mean do you
like being in a genre the name itself
doesn’t really bother me as long as
people are willing to listen to our
music and judge judge our music you know
the title of Melkor or whatever title
people may give us is the way I think is
gonna save their breath not you know
have a good twenty word explanation but
at the same point I have a hard time
finding the the core elements I guess
you know what while like I grew up I I
love taco vans coming up in those with
the kind of shows that we first played
as a ban I don’t think I really hear
very many you know though those hardcore
kind of like four chord progression kind
of kind of songs you know I don’t think
you have any actually another fact that
I noticed comes up a lot when talking to
you guys is the fact that you’re all
quite religious tell me are you sick of
talking about it no I think it’s you
know sort of similar to the previous
question as long as people are judging
this for the music they hear rather than
maybe a label that’s been given to us if
that’s someone’s name for it but they
still have an open mind for like you
know I guess giving the band a chance I
think that’s cool but if if they hear
either the term metalcore Christian and
automatically decide that like they
don’t want have anything to do with it
then I I don’t have a problem with that
I just think that’s kind of kind of weak
on their part for for anybody to right
right the quality of something off
because they think they know what the
band is about or sounds like even with
just metalcore back in 2005 or 2006 when
that was actually like you know genre
that was you know happening I know a lot
of like true metal dudes would wouldn’t
even give the band a shot because we’re
like now like they’re metalcore bands so
like those dudes look like this can’t
play their instruments you know like you
know just all these stereotypes that
went along with it and so I I definitely
saw the man in and a lot of times those
were the same people that didn’t want to
give the band a shot because because
they were rural Christians so
how does your Christianity affect your
music you know lyrically speaking it
affects Iran the most I don’t I don’t
think we get together you know in in the
rehearsal room and think of like holy
riffs or anything yeah yeah I try to
write about what’s closest to my heart
and naturally if there’s somebody you
know says their Christian that should be
one of the order or the most important
thing in their life so you know it’ll
always come across the way that I write
but uh I don’t necessarily write like
strictly within that framework but uh
you know I think anybody who’s looking
to dig deeper and just to see that in
our music can find it thanks very much
guys awesome thank you
characterize their genre of metal hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with As I Lay Dying
we just like to start with the origin
stories of the bands that we interview
so tell us how as I went dying
originally got together
take it away Tim all right well the band
first started in back in 2001 and it was
uh Jordan the drummer and myself was
really the only I think committed
members at that time we had an original
guitar player who’s with us we did our
first recording after being a band for
two months and then we wanted to go
become a full-time bass we just started
hittin the road finding little we could
to you know fill in the gaps so he could
be a full-time touring band why did you
join the band okay did that hurt such II
don’t know the exact date no I’m just
kidding you arey 2004 yeah yeah uh Phil
came in the end of 2003 and I came in
the very beginning in 2004 we were in
the same mindset that these guys worries
and we wanted to commit our lives food
and work as hard as we could to see
where to go and so it was people that
felt the same way for me I’m sure for
them and it’s been us for for you know
for since then and then we have Josh our
current bass player and backup vocalist
and he’s been in the band for three
years
how do you think that the music has
evolved from album to album system it’s
it’s the old five heads are better than
one you know like on the van first
started even as far as some of the
original songs I present them to
Jordan’s are like okay here they are
even on the very very first recordings
you know he was getting involved and now
it’s not just Jordan and I it’s actually
the five of us and there’s more
diversity to our music I think which is
a big strong point under new album
now the genre question As I Lay Dying
has been described as a metalcore band
do you agree with this end I mean do you
like being in a genre the name itself
doesn’t really bother me as long as
people are willing to listen to our
music and judge judge our music you know
the title of Melkor or whatever title
people may give us is the way I think is
gonna save their breath not you know
have a good twenty word explanation but
at the same point I have a hard time
finding the the core elements I guess
you know what while like I grew up I I
love taco vans coming up in those with
the kind of shows that we first played
as a ban I don’t think I really hear
very many you know though those hardcore
kind of like four chord progression kind
of kind of songs you know I don’t think
you have any actually another fact that
I noticed comes up a lot when talking to
you guys is the fact that you’re all
quite religious tell me are you sick of
talking about it no I think it’s you
know sort of similar to the previous
question as long as people are judging
this for the music they hear rather than
maybe a label that’s been given to us if
that’s someone’s name for it but they
still have an open mind for like you
know I guess giving the band a chance I
think that’s cool but if if they hear
either the term metalcore Christian and
automatically decide that like they
don’t want have anything to do with it
then I I don’t have a problem with that
I just think that’s kind of kind of weak
on their part for for anybody to right
right the quality of something off
because they think they know what the
band is about or sounds like even with
just metalcore back in 2005 or 2006 when
that was actually like you know genre
that was you know happening I know a lot
of like true metal dudes would wouldn’t
even give the band a shot because we’re
like now like they’re metalcore bands so
like those dudes look like this can’t
play their instruments you know like you
know just all these stereotypes that
went along with it and so I I definitely
saw the man in and a lot of times those
were the same people that didn’t want to
give the band a shot because because
they were rural Christians so
how does your Christianity affect your
music you know lyrically speaking it
affects Iran the most I don’t I don’t
think we get together you know in in the
rehearsal room and think of like holy
riffs or anything yeah yeah I try to
write about what’s closest to my heart
and naturally if there’s somebody you
know says their Christian that should be
one of the order or the most important
thing in their life so you know it’ll
always come across the way that I write
but uh I don’t necessarily write like
strictly within that framework but uh
you know I think anybody who’s looking
to dig deeper and just to see that in
our music can find it thanks very much
guys awesome thank you
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