What does Elect the Dead have in common with The Bedlam in Goliath?
RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Everything starts with attitude and involves the search for truth, the search for things coming from the heart. TANKIAN It’s all about honesty and a sense of exploration in an honest way, not in a pretentious way. Does a new band that plays unconventional music face a greater challenge getting noticed than a more mainstream group? BIXLER-ZAVALA I don’t think so. I think kids are hungry for something new. In the information age, you can study all you want and discover the past in order to rediscover the future. Nowadays, I know more kids that don’t want simple stuff. They crave bands that push it. Is it discouraging to see straightforward bands like Seether and Three Days Grace topping the charts? TANKIAN Without commenting on any specific artists, there has always been unoriginal music ever since the beginning of musical recordings. The real question is, why do people buy this? And not just that, why do we buy Fox News and all of this homogenized shit that’s not deep an
