Shred Flintstone – Interview – Thanks for Asking!
Written by Staff on October 16, 2024
Shred Flintstone – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny.
RRX: Music genres are difficult for some artists. Some strictly adhere; others not so much. What is your perspective on the genre you play, or the genres you hover around?
SF: I don’t keep Shred Flintstone limited to a specific genre. My music taste is all over the place and so are my creative inspirations. Some days I want to play heavy loud attitude driven rock music, other days I want to make sad melodic emo music. I think people limit themselves by feeling the need to adhere to specific genres. I mean, if that’s your thing and you’ve found a niche that works for you, that’s awesome, you can build a career on that. But what has always motivated me is wanting to do something completely unique.
RRX: Our style comes from the extension of our influences. It’s like an evolution. We’re influenced, and it inspires us to influence. What can you say about your influences, and what you feel you’ve done with their influence as a musician or band? Have you extended their work?
SF: What influence me varies depending on changing phases of my life. I’m influenced by minimalists usually. People that make huge impactful songs and performances with very little. The Ramones were kings of minimalism. The Stooges. The Hives. It’s all just power chords and attitude. At the moment, those are really the only bands I’m drawing influence from in my writing. No offense to all the other music out there but I only want to be influenced by the best of the best, and right now I’m on a rock kick. I also love great minimalist painters. The more childish the painting, the better usually. Our subconscious minds are so powerful, the best artists know how to get out of the way and let that channel speak through them. David Choe has this great YouTube channel I’ve been watching, he’s been inspiring me to paint.
RRX: Artists, musicians, we immortalize. We set it in stone. Is there anyone who has passed that you feel you have immortalized in your work? If so, can you tell us a little about them?”
SF: Jimi Hendrix. I don’t know what universe he came from. But in the brief amount of time he was here, he completely changed the way an entire instrument and genre of music was played. I think about him often, particularly in live performances. We both play left handed too, I’ve always felt some unexplainable kinship to him.
RRX: What do you think is the most poorly understood thing about music, or the music you play?
SF: I don’t think the collective realizes how important music is to our survival. We take it for granted, it’s just there all the time, everyone knows music and hears it every day. But do we fully comprehend how important it is to us? Like what would the ramifications be if the world did not have music? I think we are musical beings. It’s in our nature somehow. It’s inseparable from us. It pains me to see the vast extent to which music can be commodified and made into a soul-less product in today’s world. We’ve completely normalized and accepted it, but it is wrong and it has to change. I’ll just keep doing my thing and playing a part in making that change.
RRX: We all get a little support from those around us. And we also can be impressed by our fellow performers. Who do you admire in your community, and why?
SF: Right now, I really admire my band mates Caitlin, Lucy, and Taylor. They’re so good at what they do and are each creative power houses in their own respects. I feel incredibly fortunate that they choose to give their time to this project. They’ve kept it going.
RRX: Let’s talk about your next project, your next few. Just not the ones you’re working on now. The ones you have your eyes on for the future. What’s coming to us?
SF: We’re going to make a really badass rock record, like no messing around type beat. Full throttle to the wall. All killer no filler. We’re coming for everyone. It’s going to blow people away, don’t sleep on Shred Flintstone.
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