One thing I'm massive into is discovering musicians, I LOVE discovering a new band or track, recently I discovered David Flood, a young, brash drummer thats become something of a personality in the world of Social Media.
After seeing him recently do an interview with another site I thought it'd be great to see if he'd be awesome enough to do the same for us, and luckily he did!
Before I get to the interview, I just want to say how amazing David was, communicating with him was so easy and fun and he was legit excited for this to happen. I hope nothing but great success for this dude and hope he can take over the alternative music scene very soon!
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Having been a big fan of Monkeys Are MachineGuns when I started following Joe and Bobby on their Social Media sites and profiles your name was coming up quite a bit. Seeing that you had Joe’s face actually tattooed on your leg was something I couldn’t get over, such a great sign of respect and of a clear friendship between you two.
Then I saw that you had gotten Bobby’s face tattooed on the other leg, and again I just couldn’t get over how awesome a gesture it was, so I finally started following you and actually paying attention to you and your work.
When I saw that you had recently taken part in an interview about your drumming and saw your Motionless In White cover I was totally sold and had to try and get an interview with you, and amazingly you agreed.
Questions;
You’ve rose to fame through a combination of Social Media and your friendship with Joe Letz, both of you guys creating as much havoc on Social Media as possible. How and when did you actually meet Joe?
I was at the Rammstein show last year i believe and i had no clue who he was before that. He opened and played his set and i completely fell in love with it. I was like this is fucking awesome and I'm standing there in the crowd just rocking out. i immediately thought to myself this guy can fucking put on a show. I didn't know who combichrist was either until about a week after the show then i looked them up. we would talk on the social networks and just small chat here and there then back in may i went out to new york for a couple days and he had just gotten home from europe and we hung out that night and it was awesome. checked out the grit n glory shop that his clothing line Fuxleep is featured at, grabbed some dinner and just talked. really nice dude. if someone doesn't like him then they must be off in the head or some shit. nothing but respect for that guy.
As well as having fun at Social Media’s expense you are also heavily involved in Joe’s clothing line FUXLEEP; for those that aren’t aware could you maybe explain what it’s all about and has this involvement affected you personally?
hahaah i love this. Fuxleep is a lifestyle. i embrace it to the fullest everyday. Its just about what people wanna do just party and have fun. when he told me about the relaunch i could just tell he was on to something and he was…its on a whole different level. I'm starting to see it more and more. i just saw a dude on TMZ wearing the "BLACK PEOPLE" shirt and was just blown away. its awesome seeing people succeed. thats why i believe in Fuxleep. started with a small vision and now its a reality. I got the fucking logo tattooed on me because its something i stand for. i promote it daily, i fully support it and i love everything about it. and personally it just made me realize life is too short to just not have fun and just sit at home all day/night and do nothing. its definitely taken over and i wouldn't have it any other way!
Your also involved in music, namely drumming, and I just wanted to ask, with you being fairly young (a year younger than me haha), are your influences from the current stream of bands or are you more interested in bands that came before?
many influences for sure. from The Rev (A7X), to Joey Jordison (Slipknot) to Joe Letz (Combichrist/Emigrate) to Brandon Rage (Motionless In White) to Christoph Schneider (Rammstein) to Daniel Erlanddson (Arch Enemy) definitely huge into metal. recently though its been a joey/brandon influence. I went to some music school for awhile and everyone was basic. could not stand it. They don't move no rhythm no nothing. then i saw the rammstein concert my sophomore year ofhigh school on dvd and was blown away and you could imagine me seeing joe play for the first time. i instantly tried to mimic the windmill style the best i could and it just naturally progressed into something of my own. i just go hard when i play. i throw things its just cool from my perspective and it draws a lot of attention. I'm known around here for a very free flow style of playing. stick flipping and spinning is something I've been good at since i was younger and i just always have sticks in my hand when I'm at home just practicing different flips and shit for when I'm on stage
Recently you put up a video of a drum-cover you had done of Motionless In White’s “America”, musically is drumming the only thing you’re interested in pursuing or would you want to delve into other areas (singer/song-writer)?
to be completely honest singing would be rad as hell. but i don't enjoy making little kids cry so you probably won't see me with a microphone in my hand anytime soon. song writing would also be pretty sweet but i would probably only write about breaking things or yeah i really don't even know what i would write about. but i definitely see myself doing drumming as my primary focus and maybe get back into some producing in my spare time
As I said above you’ve got Bobby Schubenski’s face tattooed on your leg, how do you feel about his recent massive rise with BlackCraft Cult and his incredibly positive outlook? Has his positivity rubbed off on you due to you being close(r) to him?
Bobby Schubenski…love him to death. i know he is going to lead a successful life because he believes in it and envisions it. BlackCraft has come a long way. His positive outlook has definitely rubbed off on me. positive thinking is amazing. just having your goals and working towards them everyday is so easy! all you really need is to just do little things daily and you will be successful in no time. I'm really happy I've become friends with both bobby and jim. they are just amazing human beings and they inspire not only me but others as well and its just a rad feeling for sure.
What can we expect in the future from you; a proper full-time band, a larger role in FUXLEEP, or even something totally different?
i plan on doing a TON of things in the coming months. i turn 20 next month and personally i think I've done a lot for someone who is my age. and I'm hungry. i want success more then anything. i crave it daily. i literally have the same vision almost everyday as to how my drums will be set up, how i will look, how the stage will look and its sooooooo real. its the most real daydream ever and i know it will come true because i believe in myself. I'm trying to figure out this whole band situation. i want to tour. i wanna meet fans. be in a different city everyday its just something that i wanna do. i love my role in Fuxleep right now! i love promoting it, so much fun! who knows what the future holds but if things continue to go the way they are going you will hear NO complaints from me ;)
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I had so much fun with this, being around the same age and into the same scene it was slightly different, more relaxed than any other interview I've done; different but as always just as fun.
Like I said above, I hope David gets huge, and frankly I think he can with everyone around him being so positive and achieving their own goals, it might be a case of it being near impossible for David NOT to succeed.
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