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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
ake a shot of Injected
md brings its live show to Texas A&M via MTV Campus Invasion
By Lycia Shrum
I THE BATTALION
LW//kMflwJ onversations are kept light by interjecting
wWI* nces w i t j 1 humor, probably the only thing
'zatiotl of, at keeps Danny Grady sane
, if he talk ^‘ s ent ^ ess 30-minute
J lie interviews.
Irady, front man for the band
- Stan Bedlinolted, along with guitarist Jade
ar terroristanc| ons ’ bassist Steve Slovisky and
Jimer Chris Wojtal, are on the
supporting their debut album
tngton, a W // Black, which has helped steer
s' 11 analystwitiB awa y f rom the often heard
'ubaydahscap se “p 0 p/rock”
ajor victory,i: j ts jjght lyrics and hard-hit-
ictorysofar. I guitar sounds mixed in with just
enow the oigas Lgh melody. Injected has found
lida, it he lai I works. But Grady said he is con-
;aid. "Osamj led about staying focused and not
taster piannet ig sight of what is important to
lade some con band: the songs and their lyrics,
(for a majorl individual instrumental capability,
irsuit). If A “A song can have as many layers
as privy to ilou want.” Grady said. “Not to say
t obviously he; I any of my songs already have
; possibly whir levels of proficiency to them, but
iden would go.'Jean lyric writing should be good
ugh so that it can be interpreted on
; nany different levels. It can be as
pie as you want it to be, or it can be
■*aHH!WBB om Pl ex as you want it to be.”
IUhIUMH Injected has managed to create
Taps graphic ft igsthat are not weighed down like
ie April 2 issue ne music. Grady said some artists
vas incorrect, ttoo many words in their songs, or
n Page, a soph liter too many meaningless words
:ural developmef lothesongs. He said keeping a song
tored at theApnl; impact, simple and meaningful is
e correctgraph/his e key to writing. So what kind of
i. wsic accompanies these thought-
rovoking lyrics?
W lotced to describe Injected’s
style of music, Grady said it would be straight-up
rock ‘n’ roll.
“It s just straight up, no frills and that’s it,”
Grady said. “I don’t know any other way to
describe it. That’s what I think when I sit down
to write. I don’t think ‘Oh, I’m gonna write
something that’s a cross between Soundgarden
and Van Halen.’”
Grady said the music is about the moment,
which makes it worthy to be called rock ‘n’ roll.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
“Rock ‘n’ roll is about youth,” Grady said.
“Rock really is a youth culture phenomenon, and
youth is about the moment. All good records are
just a moment in time captured for posterity.”
Burn It Black, an album that took Injected only
three weeks to record, holds on to that
certain moment and incorporates it
into the music.
“Spending eight months to make a
rock record, that’s just completely
ridiculous to me,” Grady said. “It took
us three weeks to record Burn It Black,
and that’s long by my standards. You
should know exactly what you’re
gonna go do, and you should capture
the excitement and the energy of that
moment. Taking eight months to do a
record is completely contrary to cap
turing energy and excitement. You’re
not being spontaneous enough.”
It is not only in its music that gives
Injected the right to call itself a rock
band, but also in its performances.
Grady said one of the most important
things about rock music is that it needs
to have a certain degree of spontaneity.
Not only in the recording process, but
also in live shows.
“The fact that our shows are com
pletely not planned ensures it will be a
different show every time,” Grady said.
Grady said a live show is one of the
crucial aspects of rock ‘n’ roll. A live
performance can sometimes make or
break a band, Grady said.
“When you go see a rock band,
there’s a distinct possibility that it is
going to kick the record’s ass and that
it’ll be even better than the record,”
Grady said. “It’ll be completely spon
taneous and not planned out. That’s the
thing that keeps rock vital — the live
show and the spontaneity of it.”
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