Did you ever consider putting the Powerman 5000 name to bed and continue in that stripped-down direction?
Not really. I want to be able to take chances with the band without feeling like it has to be an entirely different group. Not to mention once I stripped it down I knew pretty quickly that it was time to build it back up. You’ve returned to that classic PM5K sound on this new album. The material has that pulsating, industrial tempo running through it. When you’re writing, do you use loops and write riffs over that? There is no formula. Sometimes it will start with the electronics and sometimes we build off guitars and add the fun stuff later. You have a song called “V Is For Vampire” which is really timely. Were you inspired by the pop culture craze around the Twilight books and movies? It is timely but purely by accident! That song was the first song we wrote for the record and it was right before the whole vampire craze. Though, if a legion of tween Twilight fans want to become Powerman fans it’s OK with me! Who is playing in the band now and how heartbreaking has it been that you’ve
