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Matthew Montgomery interviewed Waxwall Afterglow, a band from Henderson, Nev.

Waxwall Afterglow - “Floating Family Tree”

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How would you describe the music you create?
Very intimate. The music we write strikes very deep roots for me. I’d say it’s the closest thing to self therapy for me. Whether I’m writing about the monotony of everyday life that I see people living or about the end of the world or space both lyrically and musically, it’s all pretty much communicating my feelings about how I envision life and the universe. Weaving in and out of sci-fi and real life instances, and then there are just songs about people. I guess to sum it up, I just want to write the soundtrack to the world and universe.

Matthew Montgomery from MusicGeek.org interviewed Drew Danburry after a March 14, 2007 concert in Santa Clara, Utah. Danburry talked about his experience performing in the French Alps, his musical influences, and his thoughts about live music.

Could you start off by giving a brief history of Night Runs Red?

We actually started out in the spring on 2004 as more of a metal hardcore style band. Dan and Cameron (vocals and drums) were among the original members, But the original line up had a different Bassist and Guitar player. We worked really hard for a year and put out a demo and we then were ready to record an EP and had shows lined up. Unfortunately personal Issues came up just days before going into the studio and only a week before our first show. Dan was almost ready to call it quits until Cameron convinced him to give it another go. We spent the next year picking up new members and writing new songs that fit the style we wanted to play which was more toward traditional hardcore. Since then we have been going strong with TJ and Shonn on Guitar and Chris on Bass.

Your sound manages to encompass a number of styles. What are your major influences, and how do you manage to combine them?

We have a lot of of influences, mainly swedish melodic death metal, experimental rock, post metal/post hardcore, stoner rock, some dark pop bands, and electronic music (electro, drum & bass, deep, minimal…), but we don’t ?copy and paste? all that styles in order to compose a song, if you combine them as puzzle pieces you will only get a copy of a band, style or sound. To compose we only use the feelings that cause inside us all music styles we like and we show our own point of view with our musical language.

Matt (musicGeek.org): Okay, so, why “Three Month Sunset” for a name?

Gabe (Three Month Sunset): there’s not much of a story to tell about that… my friend was always coming up with names for bands and I kept that one in the back of my head. i liked the dreamy abstraction of it. and also the sound of the vowels together…

What sort of music was present during your formative years?

My early influences in the mid 80’s were bands like Joy Division, R.E.M., The Fall, Velvet Underground, and The Clash. From there I started listening to different genres of music from Soundtracks to 60s French Pop to Speed Metal. I like select cuts from almost every genre.

What have been your musical influences growing up?

As strange as it sounds I was heavily influenced by new school punk growing up. It’s definitely not apparent in our sound and isn’t what I listen to anymore but I think I’ve kept a lot of the ideals that punk introduces you to. The idea that independent music not only exists, but is actually better that what you hear on the radio or see on MTV. That music is being made that leans more towards art and less towards commerce. That it was possible to write and track your own records. All of these ideas were heavily influential to me at a fairly young age.

What type of music did you listen to growing up?

Rocky:I bought my first album when I was six, It was piece of mind by Iron Maiden. After that I liked Guns ‘n’ Roses for while. When I was eight i started listening to Nirvana, and then stuff like the Pixies and Radiohead and the Boo Radleys. I didn’t really get into keyboards or electronica until I was sixteen. I saw three bands, Mina, Salaryman and To Rococo Rot, I thought ‘I have to get a Moog’