{"id":49734,"date":"2016-10-27T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=49734"},"modified":"2016-11-20T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T16:07:55","slug":"feature-brant-bjork-10-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/feature-brant-bjork-10-16\/","title":{"rendered":"BRANT BJORK – Luvin\u2019 Stoner Life (October 2016) | Features \/ Interviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRANT BJORK – Luvin\u2019 Stoner Life<\/strong><\/span>
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\nPalm Desert, California-based stoner rock musician Brant Bjork, formerly the drummer of Kyuss, spent roughly nine months authoring and co-penning tracks for September 2016 solo full-length studio album Tao Of The Devil<\/em>. Brant and company sifted through batches of compositions, selecting those deemed appropriate to record for the follow-up effort to November 2014 foray Black Power Flower<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it was all about organising the band and also the studios that we were gonna work at, the engineers, and the production concept,\u201d Brant remembers, vocalist and guitarist of the namesake solo outfit. \u201cThen we just had a batch of songs, and used them to kind of get ourselves in shape; to see what was working, what sounded good. A lot of the songs, we put on the shelf. Some of them made the record, so it was a long process.\u201d<\/p>\n

These aforementioned leftover compositions will likely be resurrected in future. \u201cThere\u2019s some that we\u2019re thinking about revisiting for the next record, which we wanna quickly follow up with another one next year, so yeah,\u201d the singer confirms. \u201cWe were stoked on all the material, but it wasn\u2019t about just presenting songs. It was about presenting a vibe and a sound, so we just kind of went with whatever worked with what we were trying to achieve with this record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helping the axeman achieve his aims was fellow axeman Bubba DuPree. \u201cBubba and I co-produced the record, and we did a lot of writing together,\u201d he accredits. \u201cWe have a really good musical partnership, which we discovered when working on the first record that we did together \u2013 Black Power Flower<\/em>. Our goal was… We love late 60s and early 70s rock; that seems to be the era that we both cherish the most. We wanted to kind of capture that spirit, but in the context of being contemporary, modern \u2013 the way we\u2019re living now. Using analogue gear but also using a little bit of digital technology. We wanted to kind of make a record that sounded good, but sounded organic and raw at the same time and yet not too polished and not too hi-fi and not too low-fi. We wanted something right in the middle, which is what we came up with.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Brant and company came up with was in contrast to predecessor Black Power Flower<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s an entirely different record,\u201d he discerns. \u201cThere\u2019s a different mood, a different mindset. I think Black Power Flower<\/em> was the sound of frustration; I just kind of wanted to spit that record out, and I did. It served its purpose. I feel like we bonded as a musical unit with that task, and then we were rewarded with the opportunity to get back into the creative process together and create this record. This kind of represents getting through that first go-around.\u201d<\/p>\n

That first go-around was birthed in the wake of a lawsuit surrounding the Kyuss moniker, the lyricist in collaboration with vocalist John Garcia having been touring under the Kyuss Lives! banner. \u201cObviously, I had just gone through some massive frustration, resulting in the lawsuit regarding Kyuss and all of that stuff,\u201d he laments. \u201cIt was a very painful time, and so I was excited to get back to my solo work. There was a sense of kind of returning home, and I was surrounded by my good friends who were great musicians, and also my band. They helped me to kind of, like I said, flush, get rid of, and express all of that energy. Black Power Flower<\/em> was just a ball of energy that I needed to kind of blow off some steam, so that was what that was all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tao Of The Devil<\/em> is perhaps resultantly a more positive record in comparison to Black Power Flower<\/em>. \u201cYeah,\u201d Brant thinks. \u201cThey\u2019re both positive. I think all of my music is positive; it\u2019s all about getting to that positive place and maintaining that positive mindset, but life is meant to push you around and it certainly does. There\u2019s room in my music to talk about the good times, and the bad. I think that\u2019s what art and music is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tao Of The Devil<\/em> will inevitably be critiqued against the frontman\u2019s solo catalogue in general, as well as Black Power Flower<\/em>. \u201cThere\u2019s two elements to my solo career,\u201d he explains. \u201cThere\u2019s the part where I\u2019m kind of by myself recording records or arranging music, and then taking that music and later on putting it in front of a band and taking it to the stage. The other part of my solo career is where I actually have a band that I involve in the creative process and the recording process. I love working by myself because I have complete control, but I was born into playing in bands. I love the spirit of playing with a band and I love the collaboration, and that\u2019s where I\u2019m most happy. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter all these years of doing this, this is the band that I feel like I\u2019ve rewarded myself with for all of the hard work. I\u2019ve got the band that I\u2019ve always wanted, and so I took the freedom of being a solo artist and kind of put myself back into the band format. That\u2019s kind of what I choose to do with my freedom as a solo artist (laughs). That\u2019s to kind of inject myself back into the band situation; that\u2019s what this record and this band represents, and I\u2019m very content.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band situation naturally sees Brant leading a horde of like-minded musicians. \u201cBubba DuPree is the lead guitar player,\u201d he begins. \u201cLike I said before, he helps me arrange. We write together, and he co-produced this record with me. He\u2019s just one of my heroes; he\u2019s one of my favourite guitar players, and it\u2019s an honour to play with him. We have a great musical connection. The bass player is Dave Dinsmore, and I\u2019ve played with Dave many times over the years. We\u2019ve been dearest friends for over 20 years; he\u2019s one of my favourite people, and definitely one of my favourite bass players. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThen we have the young guy on the drums, Ryan G\u00fct. I manifested this guy, if I may say so (laughs). He came from a small town up in northern California, but what I was really interested in is I wanted to get back to having a drummer that had swing capability. I got directed to this young man, Ryan G\u00fct, who is actually jazz trained, and so I was very, very excited to play with him. The first time I jammed with him, I knew immediately that he was my guy. He has chops and he has jazz skills, and so I\u2019m able to able to keep that swing and keep that groove in my music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tao Of The Devil<\/em> is solely accredited to the composer, whereas Black Power Flower<\/em> was accredited to Brant Bjork And The Low Desert Punk Band, although any differences are difficult to decipher. \u201cThere are a little bit, but not really,\u201d he clarifies. \u201cI\u2019ve always had a respect for my collective musicians. I\u2019ve always kind of given them a name, to give them their own kind of identity out of a place of respect. That was certainly the case on the Black Power Flower<\/em> record. I called those guys The Low Desert Punk Band, but that\u2019s all rooted in kind of good fun. We all had a sit-down though, my band members and my manager, and we just all agreed that it might be unnecessary for this next record and maybe records to come. It was just unnecessary, and everyone was definitely okay with that. It\u2019s not super-important, and it might just confuse people and get in the way, so we just went with my own name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Irrespective of it being released solely under the Brant Bjork entity, Tao Of The Devil<\/em> is nevertheless still a Brant Bjork And The Low Desert Punk Band affair. \u201cYeah,\u201d Brant admits. \u201cIt\u2019s the same band as last time, except for the drummer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stepping behind the drumkit previously had been Tony Tornay. \u201cTony Tornay is a person that I grew up with in the Low Desert,\u201d the axe-slinger remembers. \u201cWe grew up together since we were kids. Tony is a great guy, and we knew going in that even though we had been friends for many years, we had never really played serious music together. We kind of always knew that our styles weren\u2019t super in-sync, but we chose to work together mostly out of just friendship. He was going through some hard times and I was going through some hard times, and so we looked at it as almost like a support group. In the end though, nature kind of took its course, and what I kind of always knew definitely surfaced. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great drummer for what he does and what he does in his other bands, but I knew in my heart that I needed a certain drummer to get to a certain place with my music. I\u2019m very grateful to have played with Tony on that particular record and it served that record for sure, but I knew that I needed a different kind of drummer to get to this different place that I was planning on going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Composite elements form the lyrical content featured on Tao Of The Devil<\/em>. \u201cAll of the lyrics on my records are kind of a combination of reality and fantasy,\u201d Brant elaborates. \u201cSome of my songs are about the world that I live in and some of the songs are about the world that I wish I lived in sometimes, but that\u2019s generally speaking. My words are always kind of about relationships with human beings, and love, and frustration with the ways of the world (laughs). I don\u2019t know what to say. They\u2019re just kind of like… I don\u2019t know. Just my life, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, title track \u2018Tao Of The Devil\u2019 delves into the mainman\u2019s life. \u201cThat\u2019s like a blues song,\u201d he describes. \u201cThat\u2019s like me singing the blues. It\u2019s about me; about being a young kid in the desert, and just being kind of frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of Tao Of The Devil<\/em> was recorded at Brant\u2019s home studio. \u201cI had my studio assembled out here at my house in Joshua Tree in the desert, and that\u2019s where we did all of the live tracking,\u201d he informs. \u201cThen Bubba took some of the tracks up to Seattle, and did some post-production work up there. We also did a little bit of work in LA, but mostly it was done in the desert, yeah.<\/p>\n

\u201cBubba co-produced. I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to do creatively with each record. He has more technical capabilities than I do, so it\u2019s great because there\u2019s a great balance. He understands where my creative direction is and what it is, and he technically has a good idea of how to get there. So yeah, it\u2019s a really good combo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201creally good combo\u201d of the vocalist and Bubba DuPree penned the majority of Tao Of The Devil<\/em>\u2019s compositions. \u201cDave wrote a little bit; that\u2019s the outro jam on \u2018Dave\u2019s War\u2019, hence the title,\u201d he acknowledges. \u201cBubba wrote \u2018Biker No. 2\u2019 and \u2018Humble Pie\u2019, and I wrote the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albeit authored by several individuals, Tao Of The Devil<\/em> is very much a collective offering. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to showcase anybody, or any particular thing,\u201d Brant underlines. \u201cIt\u2019s all about just the music and the body of work, and having really a seamless vibe. That\u2019s what allows me to work so closely with Bubba and this band in particular, is that we do create an organic, seamless musical thing. It feels good for people to get recognised for their contributions, but it\u2019s not something that\u2019s necessarily spotlighted or needs to be. It\u2019s really a collaboration on every level, and the songs just are what they are. Whether I wrote them or Bubba wrote one, the songs are what they are because of the result of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tao Of The Devil<\/em> was predated by a studio opus sandwiched between itself and official predecessor Black Power Flower<\/em>. \u201cWe recorded a whole record before this one, using a different engineer,\u201d the guitarist divulges. \u201cWe were trying different things, and that record\u2019s still sitting on the shelf. I think we only used a couple of songs, like maybe one or two off of that whole record. So yeah, there\u2019s definitely some great stuff on that. It wasn\u2019t exactly what we were trying to achieve, but it\u2019s still respectable in its own right. Whether or not we ever release some of that, I don\u2019t know right now, but it\u2019s definitely right there in the icebox so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe icebox\u201d contains additional material, besides the aforementioned. \u201cI\u2019ve got quite a bit, yeah, as far as my solo work goes,\u201d Brant discloses. \u201cI\u2019ve got a couple of live records mixed which just need to be mastered from 2008. I have numerous live recordings \u2013 I mean, many, many live recordings from throughout the years. I\u2019ve probably got about two solo records\u2019 worth of material that are on the shelf, and my Jacuzzi<\/em> record. I\u2019ve got quite a few records backlogged. It\u2019s hard; it\u2019s hard to get them all out, especially now that I\u2019ve been working with Napalm Records. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a serious record label that likes to take one step at a time, and they do well taking one step at a time. So, I don\u2019t throw too much at them, but my manager and I are talking about trying to make an effort to going backwards and seeing if we can… We\u2019re just waiting for the right time and the right avenue to start distributing some of my archive, but we feel confident that that\u2019s something that\u2019ll probably be happening pretty soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The distribution of the singer\u2019s archive will likely be devoid of Napalm\u2019s involvement. \u201cI think it\u2019ll probably be more of an independent thing,\u201d he agrees. \u201cI think Napalm does a good job at just concentrating on a formal release, but as far as my archive, that\u2019s probably something my manager and I are gonna wanna oversee in an independent fashion or maybe with another label that specialises in bulk releases. There\u2019s some research to do (laughs). We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Napalm Records is involved in the issue and promotion of Tao Of The Devil<\/em>, whose front cover consists of a photograph by Karl Hahn. \u201cKarl Hahn is a good friend of mine, a very dear friend,\u201d Brant enthuses. \u201cHe\u2019s a professional cinematographer. Actually, that\u2019s his trade. He shoots film, and TV, and movies, and stuff, but his hobby is shooting photographs \u2013 still photographs \u2013 and so he took that shot. He was very sick when we went out on that photoshoot together (laughs). He was physically having a hard time, but he snapped away some fantastic shots. I think it\u2019s a great shot, and he\u2019s taken many great shots of me. So, I\u2019m very lucky to have Karl involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staring at Tao Of The Devil<\/em>\u2019s front cover, one wonders as to the message which the axeman hoped to convey. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t any specific detail or concept with anything on the record,\u201d he stresses. \u201cIt was all kind of a general vibe, just anything that kind of represented or captured the vibe that I felt we were really going for. The photo is just a picture of Twentynine Palms, and that\u2019s where I\u2019m currently at right now. I\u2019m literally looking at the same landscapes right now, as we speak. That\u2019s on the front cover, and it just represents an environment that I come from. I like that it\u2019s at night, because a lot of people might identify with what the desert looks like during the daylight hours. At night, the desert is an entirely different kind of beast, and I think that\u2019s what that kind of represents \u2013 when the sun goes down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tao Of The Devil<\/em> sports an emblem which includes a cannabis leaf at its epicentre. \u201cI designed that with an artist,\u201d Brant shares. \u201cA very, very well known and respected artist from Los Angeles, and he goes by the name of Axis. We together wanted to come up with what we consider to be a classic rock, kind of timeless, shameless, tongue-in-cheek, rock \u2019n\u2019 roll kind of image. It\u2019s important to me to start… I\u2019ve been more blatant with my use of the cannabis leaf, because I\u2019m definitely an advocate of cannabis culture and marijuana in general, and have been since I was very young. I\u2019m not really into politics, but if I was, I would have to say that marijuana is probably where my politics begin and end. In the current state of affairs, to me, I think it\u2019s important to put the beautiful leaf as a stamp on what I do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wordsmith favours sativa-based cannabis strains. \u201cI\u2019ve got kids, so I can\u2019t smoke too much indica or I won\u2019t get up in the morning,\u201d he chuckles.<\/p>\n

And as well, specific cannabis strains exist which Brant especially favours. \u201cI have a handful of people in my area that have been taking care of me for years,\u201d he mentions. \u201cThey kind of know what I need to feel, and so they always kind of point me in the right direction. I do enjoy a strain that I was referred to out here called Green Dragon. I do enjoy the Green Dragon, for sure. It\u2019s like a sativa \/ indica blend, which is quite common because of the yield factor. It\u2019s always a nice, little combo, but it\u2019s a sativa-dominant plant, and it\u2019s good. It helps me focus, and it doesn\u2019t put you on the couch. I\u2019ve got a lot of stuff going on in my day-to-day life, so it\u2019s nice to have something that can help you get through the day, but also be pro-active and work, and get a lot done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smoking cannabis but additionally being pro-active is important for the frontman. \u201cI went through my recreational years when I was younger with marijuana, and then started to understand the medicinal properties of it and what it does for me,\u201d he states. \u201cI\u2019m definitely a person that could use the assistance of cannabis to kind of get my day going, so I kind of have more of a medicinal perspective on it nowadays and less a recreational, party thing. That\u2019s another element to my being more open with my marijuana and my marijuana support, especially in the context of stoner rock. As much as I\u2019m a part of this, I want to make sure that there\u2019s also the idea that marijuana is something important. <\/p>\n

\u201cMarijuana is very important for our mental and physical health as people, and not just something to party and be mindless. I think this is where marijuana sometimes gets a somewhat compromised stereotype; as something kind of novel and kind of adolescent, or just a party drug that makes you kind of passive and dumb. That\u2019s just simply not the case, so if there\u2019s anything I can do… I feel like I\u2019m doing what I can to enlighten people to the real qualities that cannabis have to offer. It\u2019s far beyond a party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Generally candid, Brant is nevertheless coy with respect to how he personally uses cannabis. \u201cI have my own little ways of…,\u201d he laughs, stopping short. \u201cThere\u2019s certain things I\u2019d just like to keep private, if you don\u2019t mind, actually. Generally speaking though, I think it\u2019s pretty well known that I am a supporter of cannabis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Returning to the topic of Tao of The Devil<\/em>, two music videos were filmed to promote the effort in the form of \u2018Stackt\u2019 and \u2018Luvin\u2019\u2019. \u201cThat was my manager and one of his other partners that he works with for this custom fan magazine here in California called Rolling Heavy,\u201d the songwriter notes. \u201cThey together came up with that concept. Part of the reason why he\u2019s my manager is I trust him, and so he just put it together. It was a good time; we had a lot of fun. He came up with the concept, him and the director, and I said \u2018Yeah, alright. This sounds good.\u2019 I\u2019ve never been super-excited to do videos. I\u2019m more focused on the music, but videos serve a particular purpose. I thought for what videos are, it was a pretty pleasant experience. I had a really good time. I\u2019ve only seen them once, but they seem to be pretty cool, and I hope people are enjoying them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Stackt\u2019 and \u2018Luvin\u2019\u2019 both hearken back to older musical flavours. \u201c\u2018Stackt\u2019 is just kind of like what I would consider a good old-fashioned American blues tune,\u201d Brant judges. \u201cIt\u2019s just about celebrating the female species, and I think that that\u2019s the only track of the record that I pulled from the icebox, as we were saying. I pulled one out; it\u2019s a demo I had from probably about three years earlier. I just felt like where the band was at at that particular moment, it might make sense to take a crack at that song, and it did. It came out great. The other song, \u2018Luvin\u2019\u2019, that\u2019s another tune celebrating the female species. I have kind of a shameless love for 70s FM rock. I love Kiss, Alice Cooper, and shit like that, so that\u2019s kind of me tapping into my more nostalgic influences from when I was a kid.\u201d <\/p>\n

Further video clips might be created to accompany the release of Tao Of The Devil<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s a good question,\u201d the axe-slinger ponders. \u201cI do have some friends that are interested in doing kind of like their own concepts and getting creative with a couple of songs, but we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see how that pans out.\u201d<\/p>\n

A successor to Tao Of The Devil<\/em> is already in the works, meanwhile. \u201cWe\u2019re already kind of in pre-production for the next record,\u201d Brant imparts. \u201cWe\u2019re in the pre-production of pre-production (laughs). So, we\u2019re in discussions right now about how, and where, and when, and what. We\u2019re asking those questions right now, so the next record has already kind of officially begun.\u201d<\/p>\n

A musical direction for the forthcoming platter is yet to be revealed. \u201cToo early to say,\u201d the mainman reckons. \u201cI have a couple of ideas, but I\u2019d rather not say yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the forthcoming platter\u2019s musical direction will make itself known in due course. \u201cWe feel like we\u2019re on kind of a creative roll, so we want to strike now,\u201d Brant figures. \u201cI\u2019m hoping to release something next year. If not next year, then early 2018, but I\u2019d like to get something out next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout November 2016, the vocalist and company will be gracing European shores in a touring capacity. \u201cWe\u2019re actually out here in the desert rehearsing for that right now,\u201d he affirms. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna leave here on Monday, Tuesday I believe, and we\u2019re doing three weeks. We\u2019re doing one show in the UK; we\u2019re playing London (Garage, the 7th). So yeah, we\u2019re excited. I think it\u2019s the first of a handful of tours we\u2019ll be doing around the world to support the new record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brant\u2019s setlist will comprise a conglomerate of material, but have a central focus. \u201cI do have quite a catalogue, but I\u2019m really focused on what I\u2019m creating with this band \u2013 the Low Desert Punk Band, as some would refer to it as,\u201d he highlights. \u201cThat would be the Black Power Flower<\/em> material, the Tao Of The Devil<\/em> material, and then of course we have a couple of my old classics that we\u2019ve kind of tailored for this band that we celebrate quite often. So yeah, it\u2019ll be a little bit of those three offerings, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

A live DVD has yet to document the guitarist and the Low Desert Punk Band in full flow. \u201cI don\u2019t know how exciting a live DVD would be,\u201d he confesses. \u201cWe don\u2019t have much of a stage show, and we don\u2019t really jump around and do flips. Maybe a live record \u2013 I would definitely be interested in a live record. That is something we\u2019ll talk about, yeah. We\u2019ll see how that pans out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tao Of The Devil<\/em> was released on September 30th, 2016 via Napalm Records.<\/p>\n

Interview published in October 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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