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By Don Sill Professional Murder Music, a four-piece from Los Angeles whose self-entitled debut album on Geffen Records was released on May 22nd, is a metal band with digital, electronic grooves mixed with aggression and rage that lashes out against main stream culture and modern day society. Reminiscent to Korn and Fear Factory this band has been touring with the likes of Monster Magnet, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000 and Buckcherry and earning their stripes within the underground rock market. Their first single, "Slow" is expected to become a huge hit within the metal circle as they look to change the face of rock music forever. I recently spoke with Guitarist Brian Harrah backstage after a show on Long Island and he spoke very candidly about the direction of Professional Murder Music, how they plan to change the world and the entire music scene in general. BALL BUSTER: What is the bands driving force? BRIAN HARRAH: Our object in life is to change music from the way people know it right now. We're sick and tired of hearing the same things on the radio, and everyone else is sick and tired of it too. We want to make pop music into a new thing. BB: What's wrong with pop music now? HARRAH: Just the fact that music today, the way that we look at it, sucks! We're sick and tired of hearing the same damn song, different chords, different singers, but it's the same fucking thing and we're doing something different. We want people to wake back up and realize that music is about individuality not about being the same. It's not what your name is or how many records you sold, it's about what you believe in and that's what we're behind. BB: So, what makes you guys so different? HARRAH: We're not rap-rock.. That's what it comes down to. We're sick and tired of every band that comes out sounding exactly the same as the other band that just came out. We want to do something a little bit different and we feel that people who feel how we feel are out there then they're gonna understand where we're coming from and there gonna want to join our ship and what we're doing. BB: So, What exactly are you guys doing? HARRAH: What are we doing? The message is to be an individual and not conform to what society wants you to be. Everyone should try and be as much of an individual as they can and at the end of the day make sure that your happy with what your doing. And do what you do just because someone tells you to do it. BB: Good point.. So, how would you describe your overall sound? HARRAH: What I like to tell people is that it's heavy-electronic-groove music. BB: What are some of your musical influences? HARRAH: Oh my God, Everybody! We have influences from hip-hop to The Cure to heavy metal. I mean, we take a little bit from everything. BB: How has Professional Murder Music evolved through the year? HARRAH: As a musician, you learn over time and you develop, just like any instrument, over time you learn new things. Through all of the time we've been together we've learned new ways to write together. We've learned what not to do and what to do and at the end of the day all that matters is the song. BB: Tell me about your stage show? What can your fans expect to see at one of your shows? HARRAH: Our whole point is that we want to open a tiny little window that's left in their brain and we want you to except something new and except the fact that we're actually trying to do something different. We love everyone of the people that are into what we do, it doesn't matter if you like one song or if you like ten songs, we're in it for the long run and regardless if people are into it or not, we'll be here till' the end of time. This band will definitely be around for the amount of time that thins kind of music is being played. BB: How important is MTV and commercial radio to you guys? HARRAH: That's a hard question to answer, I mean MTV is important in a sense.. Obviously it's important, we're gonna be doing a video next month for our next single. But, in the same sense, if MTV's there or not this band will persevere regardless. MTV is basically a stepping stone and if they don't wanna be there then we'll step right over them. BB: What's more rewarding for you, the studio or the road? HARRAH: Personally, I'm a road guy.. I've been a road guy since I was about twenty years old and I'' twenty-five now. I love the studio, but they're totally two separate things, you can't compare the two. Being in the studio and doing a record is a very, very depleting, very physical thing, it takes a lot out of you. Where as the road is also a very physical thing at the same time, but it's completely two different feelings and when your in the studio all you wish is that you were on the road, and when your on the road all you wish you were doing was being in the studio. BB: What's next for you guys? HARRAH: World domination. We're gonna take over the whole scene and we're gonna change the way people feel about music and the next time we play here fifty percent of the people that are here will be here to see us. The next time after that we'll be headlining.
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