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\n\u201cIf people like it, that\u2019s great, that\u2019s awesome, I make music for my fans, I make music for myself first, but I wouldn\u2019t work so hard of it if I didn\u2019t want to get it out to the world. I just do not care if there are naysayers or there\u2019s the people that don\u2019t like it or do like it, I\u2019m really comfortable with that now.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: The career of Joey Jordison is one that, by any measure, stands among the most creative, and impressive in the history of modern American rock and metal.\u00a0 It is a career that really has been many careers \u2013 musician, songwriter, and producer \u2013 from small town beginnings to global stardom.\u00a0 Jordison\u2019s journey has included an extraordinary string of hits, 11 platinum and 40 gold records, <\/strong>and a Grammy Award with Slipknot <\/strong>as well as numerous industry accolades for his top tier musicianship and, above all, an immeasurable influence on countless fellow artists and passionate fans around the world. Now with Scar The Martyr<\/em>\u00a0we see Jordison treading in new sonic territory and expanding upon his already remarkable abilities as a songwriter and performer. \u00a0A searing rock record that draws elements from post-punk and industrial music to create an immersive and modern\u00a0attack,\u00a0Scar The Martyr creates a menacing and enveloping palette of surging synthesizers layered under heavy guitars and Jordison\u2019s trademark precision drumming.<\/p>\n

We chatted to Joey about Scar The Martyr, the album and the band as well as the future, not only for this band, but that other band he\u2019s in you may have heard off called Slipknot\u2026<\/p>\n

Thanks for your time today, Joey, so to start off, what was the idea behind putting Scar The Martyr together?<\/strong>
\nIt actually started with my just demoing a bunch of songs I had, I went up to the same studio that we did Slipknot\u2019s \u2018All Hope Is Gone\u2019 and I went up there as I just had so much material and I was writing in a direction that I hadn\u2019t really experimented before, so I was just up there with no plan, no real idea of what I really wanted to do, and I just started writing from scratch. There was like fourteen, maybe fifteen or sixteen songs, I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s all a blur now, I had a lot of material and I started moving in some different directions that I\u2019m known for, I wanted to go heavy, but at the same time kind of like use some post-punk influences and some industrial influences as well and make the record. I wanted to expand on my song writing, period.<\/p>\n

Are there nerves when essentially introducing a new band to the world?<\/strong>
\nWell you know what?\u00a0 Really at this point not only in my career but in my life and the way I look at things, I\u2019m not trying to impress anyone anymore you know? When I was younger it was all about that and you were in your first band and stuff, I don\u2019t worry about that stuff anymore, I write for myself, I write for the better of the song, I think about my fans for sure, and ultimately I\u2019ve got to satisfy my creative urges, so I really don\u2019t worry about repercussions anymore. If people like it, that\u2019s great, that\u2019s awesome, I make music for my fans, I make music for myself first, but I wouldn\u2019t work so hard of it if I didn\u2019t want to get it out to the world. I just do not care if there are naysayers or there\u2019s the people that don\u2019t like it or do like it, I\u2019m really comfortable with that now. I\u2019ve been doing this for a while, when we first came out I\u2019d like to say I didn\u2019t care what people thought, of course I did, I was young, I was coming out and luckily Slipknot came at the right time and all that stuff, I\u2019m at a point in career that I write music for myself and I\u2019m lucky that\u2019s there\u2019s people out there that want to hear it and see where I\u2019m coming from so I couldn\u2019t ask for anything more, man.<\/p>\n

How did you approach the writing of these songs and what if anything was the inspiration behind them?<\/strong>
\nIt was kind of like that time and place of where I was in my life. I left all the lyrics up to Henry the vocalist because I trusted him, not only does he have an amazing voice and his lyrics and I like and there\u2019s no reason, and I write a lot of lyrics but on this album I really wanted to have a singer that really made his stamp, I didn\u2019t want to find a singer and say \u2018hey sing this\u2019, I had to find somebody that was completely unique and showed every type of strength that I was looking for. These qualities Henry has and could do everything I wanted vocally, but his lyrics are great, theme wise you\u2019d really have to ask him as I don\u2019t want to step on his toes. The lyrics for me when I listen to them from my perspective is I get a bunch of different meanings out of them, and his lyrics are really open and direct, and there\u2019s kind of a dichotomy and there\u2019s so many things you can get out of his lyrics and maybe it\u2019s not exactly what he wrote, what he was thinking, but I get a great meaning out of it, you know what I mean? That\u2019s the beauty of lyrics.<\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t short songs either, I think only a couple clocked under 5 minutes, what was the idea behind these longer tracks?<\/strong>
\nYou know what, I didn\u2019t even know they ended up as long as they did *laughs* the reason they ended up that long is because I was having fun. That shows you right there, if they were all clocking in around 3:30 people would be like, really, he\u2019s following a formula. You can tell with the different times, one song is four minutes, then \u2018The Last Night On Earth\u2019 is clocking in at like nine minutes or whatever, there was no preconceived type of things with this record I kept writing until I thought the song was complete, I didn\u2019t try and shorten songs, or try and make it radio friendly in a three \u2013 three and a half minute format, I was writing jams because the songs were just writing themselves and I was having so much fun writing in the studio and you know what I\u2019m not going to worry about radio or whatever people say about that you need short songs to get on the radio, I really didn\u2019t care man. You know what? I\u2019m not going to compromise whatsoever with what I want to do with the record, so that\u2019s what it took to get the songs to the right headspace and however long they turned out was when I knew the song was done.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Recording wise, you took on many of the duties in the studio, how did this differ for you compared to previous recording sessions?<\/strong>
\nIn The Murderdolls when I did that thing I did bass and guitars as well, so it wasn\u2019t that different, the music is completely different\u2026 but I have kind of an advantage, I\u2019ve played guitar for so long, it\u2019s the same right hand that\u2019s the right hand that\u2019s on my hi-hat or my ride cymbal, so I can walk in really well if that makes any sense, I know it\u2019s the same person playing and I know exactly how to lock in exactly to my drums. When I was laying down rhythms, I didn\u2019t have Jed or Kris at the time, so when I was looking for lead players, that\u2019s how I ended up with Jed and Kris and I\u2019m not a lead player like them, I was looking for not only lead players that can truly shine and I thought would really compliment the music, but also guys I could really get along with and respect as lead players as well. I\u2019ve known Jed from Strapping Young Lad, I\u2019ve known him for man, since 2000, and Kris on the other hand, I\u2019d never met at all, he came recommended by James Murphy, me and Henry, he\u2019s like a mutual acquaintance and I work with James on ‘Roadrunner United’ on a song called \u2018Annihilation by the Hands of God’ and so it\u2019s all kind of a little circle. Chris was recommended by him and he came in and we hit it off, he was super cool and super talented, we just got done with rehearsal five minutes before this call started, and just watching them downstairs, these guys are just amazing guitar players, it was awesome.<\/p>\n

Do you go into a new project to try and differentiate yourself musically from what people know you as from say Slipknot or Murderdolls?<\/strong>
\nYeah, that\u2019s why this album is completely different, it\u2019s another chapter in my life, it\u2019s another musical endeavour and it\u2019s another challenge for me, and that\u2019s what so fun about the new record, I\u2019m completely just starting from scratch again, that\u2019s what I loved about forming this thing, everything\u2019s new, so everything was wide open, there was no, \u2018we\u2019re going to be like this\u2019 or \u2018I want to write in this style\u2019.\u00a0 We kind of let the songs write themselves by me just being in the studio and just trial and error and whatever riffs I was hooking on and drum beats and all this stuff, I was just vibing in the studio all by myself where there was no outside influence, I wasn\u2019t listening to any music at the time, I was just by myself in a studio, locked in and lived there and got in this headspace and just took myself there. I wasn\u2019t thinking about Slipknot, I wasn\u2019t thinking about management or labels or really anything man, and it was just me in there and I had the freedom and I wasn\u2019t thinking about anything, and that\u2019s the beauty of the record, I was just sitting down there jamming and we were sitting there playing the song \u2018Never Forgive, Never Forget\u2019 and I was playing and drifting off into a different mindset, I was just thinking away I remember sitting there writing this song upstairs on my couch watching some random thing on TV and I was just recording on a handheld record and now we\u2019re down here jamming it ten months later, so it\u2019s just cool to look at that kind of evolution.<\/p>\n

Touring wise you\u2019re out on the road now, how are the shows going?<\/strong>
\nActually we\u2019re not out right now, we\u2019re going out right now, in a way we are on tour, we\u2019re in last rehearsals. We did the Danzig tour, this is our second tour we\u2019re going out on right now\u2026<\/p>\n

So I have to ask, when can we expect to see Scar The Martyr out heading to Australia?<\/strong>
\nYou know what? We are actually in talks about that right now, so hopefully if all goes according to my master plan *laughs* it\u2019ll be hopefully the beginning of next year\u2026<\/p>\n

I have an idea of what you might be talking about\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah I think I\u2019ve been down there before around that a few times.<\/p>\n

Well you would be a great addition\u2026<\/strong>
\nThank you man, we hope so.<\/p>\n

Do you mind if I ask about the status of Slipknot?<\/strong>
\nNo not at all, the status of Slipknot is exactly how we left it. Everyone\u2019s good, everyone talks to each other all the time, there\u2019s material it\u2019s just a matter of time of when we get around to it because everyone\u2019s busy with other projects now. We\u2019ve been doing Slipknot, well since I\u2019ve been involved since \u201995, and we\u2019ve done so many amazing tours, four amazing album and in a way Slipknot is not like a normal band you know what I mean?, it\u2019s so intense and it takes so much energy and not only is it a band, it\u2019s now like a business, it\u2019s crazy. We\u2019ve been doing this band like I said since \u201995 and when we do a record, once we get through an album cycle, we\u2019re so drained, it\u2019s so hard to just put yourself into it, we\u2019ve made a record that is mind competing to get everything done to make the record, then you go out on tour and we\u2019ve got the heavy coveralls, we\u2019ve got the masks, we\u2019ve got the crazy tour schedule, we\u2019ve got all the pyro we use and all that stuff, it\u2019s a huge show and I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. So when we do about fifteen months it\u2019s almost impossible to get right back in there and make another Slipknot record, now these days, we did that right after the first Slipknot record we literally went right back in and did \u2018Iowa\u2019, \u2018Iowa\u2019 is still my favourite record *laughs* because at that time we came off the first record we did eighteen months and we were working on material on the road the entire time, actually did you know that we wrote \u2018People = Shit\u2019 actually in Australia, there you go, there\u2019s a little trivia for ya, we were working on that at sound checks when we did our first tour of Australia. So we still toured all that year until October, so we were working on material all that time so we pretty much had that record ready to go as soon as we got done with the first album tour.<\/p>\n

What does the future hold for Scar The Martyr?<\/strong>
\nWell right now we\u2019ve done one tour, the record comes out in a few days and right now is just touring like crazy, we\u2019re trying to tour as much as we can on this first record before I go back to Slipknot because Slipknot is going to make a monstrous record and we\u2019re going to be out for a while, so we\u2019re going to try and be out for a while, and it\u2019s not just me as not everyone\u2019s ready to go back to Slipknot right now, but what I can say is there is material and we will be making another record.<\/p>\n

Well, at the moment let\u2019s hope to see Scar The Martyr in say, hmm\u2026 February and see how we go\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat sounds awesome dude.<\/p>\n

Essential information<\/h2>\n

From: <\/strong>Iowa, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 Joey Jordison \u2013 Drums, Henry Derek \u2013 Vocals, Chris Vrenna \u2013 Keyboards, Jed Simon \u2013 Guitars, Kris Norris -Guitars<\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> Scar The Martyr (Out Now \u2013 Roadrunner Records Australia)<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/www.scarthemartyr.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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