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Interview by Emmanuel "El Perra"
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Inner Surge, you guys have been rocking the stages in the Canadian Underground scene and breaking every rule there is,tell us more about your stage & off stage action & a brief history of the band?

We feel as if we have a vendetta before going on stage, like we have to right a serious wrong, and it's the same way we feel when writing songs.
We're into full on uncomfortable, confrontational honesty and that comes out more in the live shows than anywhere else. We'd have more of a selling point I'm sure if we adopted a getup or joined a scene of some sort, but if that were the only option I'd rather just not play music. So the best way to sum up the shows is that we mean what we say and the performance is seen differently because of that. Sometimes it can work against us but there are also times when everyone "gets" it. Our CD release for "Signals Screaming" was perfect in that sense.
The band came to be in 2001, and 2 albums were released between that time and 2004. In 2005 the current lineup was solidified and we wrote "Signals Screaming". We're currently working on preparing our DVD release, as well as writing for the next album and other projects.


Your last cd Signals Screaming is a total masterpiece to me,its very explosive,dynamic,it hits you in your fucking face,the music is well composed,the vocals are fantastic,the production is very cool tell us more about it?

Thank you very much. It's an album that captured who we were at the time. We didn't want to be afraid to do something different and the writing all came naturally. Of course, we made sure we broke our own rules and patterns as much as possible at the time. Songs like "Wolves and "AzurA" are a completely different genre than "When the Door Locks" and "No Profit in the Cure", but they all go together as part of the expression. There are some themes we explore on the album such as the Rwandan genocide(Wolves), the worldwide "corporatocracy" as John Perkins would call it, privatization and branding, the media, and of course, determination and justice. The album was recorded by Casey Lewis at Echo Base Studio, and we are planning to record our next album at Echo Base as well. He's a great artist himself - if you listen to his band the failure you'll get an idea of his songwriting and musicianship.

You guys have been compared to bands such as Glassjaw,Rage Against the Machine & Tool among others,how do you guys feel beign compare to such great acts?

We're very honored when people liken their experience of our music to some of the bands we admire. The good thing is, when those comparisions are mentioned the next comment is usually "but it doesn't really sound like that" or "but different". This is a good thing because we're focused on blazing our own path, though we definitely admire bands like Tool and Rage against the Machine. I think the comparision to Rage is more of an energetic and at times thematic one, as the music is quite different, so we like hearing that. Zach de la Rocha is someone I admire very much. With the Tool comparision, we definitely have the musical influence, though the hardcore elements of our sound end up changing it dramatically. We're all huge fans of Tool and have been for a long time.

Are you guys writing new material,can we expect maybe a new e.p.,full length or anything from your hands?

Yes, we're currently writing new material and working on 3 projects in 2007. We will be recording a followup to "Signals Screaming" this year and it will be a full-length. The music so far is much more progressive, heavier, more dynamic and simply much better.

We will release a DVD in 2007 that will include music videos, live footage, interviews, new music, remixes and behind-the-scenes footage. The DVD will correlate with our new music video for the single "Wolves". We're still gathering material for the DVD and are basically trying to include as much material as possible for our fans. We want it to be something we would enjoy ourselves. It will be released through our artist Shaun Friesen's company Free Zen (www.freezen.ca)

Also, we will be working on another project that we'll announce on our site shortly. It will involve a collaboration and should result in an e.p actually. I'm also working on other material which can be heard at www.myspace.com/postdeathsoundtrack
Bryan and Scott from Inner Surge will most likely play on some tracks of the Post Death Soundtrack album as well.


You guys should go and play in the U.S.,are there plans of going down there and showing the fans out there who is Inner Surge?

Yes, at this point we're trying to get the word out there as much as possible so we can be supported in doing just that. As soon as we get some help over there, we'll be there.

Are you guys in plans of touring maybe booking an awesome Canadian tour or opening for big acts that go to Canada,has the oportunity found you guys or not?

We were looking forward to our Canadian tour with Paul Di'Anno last Fall but the Canadian leg of the tour was cancelled. We're currently working with Cyclone Records to secure tour dates for 2007. Our main priority is releasing the DVD and writing the next album, but we will take any dates, especially opening for acts we respect.

Are you guys gonna keep making business with the same record label that is distributing "Signals Screaming or are you guys gonna search maybe to land a deal with a U.S. label like lets say Interscope Records or Roadrunner Records?

I'm sure we will continue to have a business relationship with Cyclone Records.
That being said, I'm not sure what the future will bring, but we're open to the best opportunities. We're not going to say no to what's right for us.

Do you guys thing you are getting great response by your fans in the myspace page,your official page & live as well,tell us more?

The response has been great and we appreciate everyone who takes the time to write us. This is what we live for, so we work hard to release good material that people will know has some weight to it, and hopefully spread it around and tell some friends. That's starting to happen.

Any plans of appearing in any compilation cd,maybe making new merch too keep the band rising more & more,any plans for all that?

Yes, we'll be appearing on the "Greatest Underground Show on Earth Vol. II" metal compilation to be released by Cyclone Records. It will be a demo-version of a new song. It looks like there may be a few others in the works, and we'll post the info on our sites as we hear the news.

You guys work real hard I can tell that,but is all this work worth it are you guys getting the exposure an act like yours deserve in magazines & radio stations in your country & around the world?

Yes and no. It's very difficult to get people to hear this stuff, as music is still going through a "scene" phenominon. The hardcore bands still sound the same. A lot of the metalcore acts and emo acts sound the same (and look the same). It's a bit eery. That being said, we have a new attitude. We're going to play the music we want to play, and it's going to be different. In the end, it matters much more to us to put out good art than to belong to something that means nothing. We'd rather have our little group mean something. The press interviews are all planting seeds, and you never know who's going to read it or hear about it. That's exciting. Thanks for talking to us, All Access! Much respect,

Inner Surge