The complete Caustic Truths interview 4/2003
Questions answered by Brian Daniloski
Latest album or what is about to come out?
"Days of Fire". Due out in the next couple of months.
Current label? Current members and what they do?
Label: At A Loss Recordings.
Members: Brian Daniloski-guitars, vocals
Jason Daniloski-bass, vocals
Drummer position-currently open. We hope to have it filled by the time you read
this.
How would you explain your sound to anyone who has never heard you?
We're no good at this so we had to get outside help. Here's what we've been told noisy, heavy, dissonant rock that doesn't ignore melody plus unconventional song structures. Our label says that if you dig Melvins, Unsane or Zeni Geva then you'd probably dig us.
Any interesting touring experiences? We really like groupie and hippie stories.
We've got a lot of stories. There's probably better ones, but here's one that comes to mind. We did a show in Memphis, TN. We were invited to crash at the band Filthy Diablo's place afterwards. Somehow this drunk, older lady (40+) that was at the show got invited to come too. I think our drummer at the time may have invited her but who knows. Now the sucky part is that I missed all of this. I was real tired, so I just crashed out in the van while everyone else partied. At some point I'm woken up by our projectionist J.R. who's rummaging around in the van looking for his video camera so that he can "tape this crazy drunk lady with crunchberry nipples who's spouting poetry". I thought that was one of the weirdest things I'd ever heard come out of his mouth but I was tired and a lot of weird shit happens on tour anyway so I went back to bed. Anyway, sure enough we've got a video of this drunken lady trying to talk Emily Dickinson to a room full of drunken (and probably high) rock and roll guys who are just giving her the hardest time. She remains unfazed by everything. Oblivious would probably be a better description. She just keeps going on persistently trying to get across whatever point she's trying to make, which even seems elusive to her at times, but she is passionate about it. One of the better quotes of the night came from one of our Memphis buddies who tells her to "shut up you Picasso talkin' bitch!" The high point (or low point, depending on your perspective) of the evening is her taking off her shirt (hence the crunchberry nipples), reading a horrible poem that she was inspired to write after hearing us play, naming herself Wolf Pussy, humping a bicycle and licking a dog's ass! Nobody could get rid of her but at some point after everyone crashed out (presumably from listening exhaustion) she got rid of herself because she wasn't around when everyone got up. We never heard anything about her ever again.
How many days of the year are you on the road? Does your family still know you?
Thanks to recent frequent lineup changes, not nearly as much as we'd like to be, but we hope to be hitting it hard again real soon. Because of this our families do still know us.
Anything missed or things readers should know?
If interested check us out at www.meatjack.com.