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Dead C Interviewed By Foxy Digitalis.

Fox Digitalis recently posted a great interivew with Bruce Russell of the pioneering New Zealand free-rock noise band the Dead C.

" FD: How have you dealt with times of artistic self-doubt, if you’ve had them?  How has perseverance played a role in creating art for the band?  What are your views on writing for posterity?

BR: I’ve had less and less self-doubt over the years.  Initially I was very unconfident in what I was doing, but as I realized I could get away with more than I ever imagined, I became much more confident.  At a certain point I started to deliberately play ‘worse’ than I had before, because I found it more natural and more interesting to me to do that, to see what could be done wrongly.  As for perseverance, that is our ‘oeuvre’.  Persevering is what we do, it embodies our art.  And everything we do is for posterity, we’re very conscious of having made a legacy, which is the effect we have produced in our listeners, and the influence we’ve had on other artists.  After 25 years that has to be a big part of our motivation I think, otherwise we would simply rest on our laurels."

Read full interview HERE.

Explore extensive Dead C catalog HERE.