There’s only so much room in a print magazine, and there’s always great stuff that’s agonizing to cut. The following quotes might not be earth-shattering, but nevertheless it’s a part of the story I didn’t want to cut.
Sometimes I wish I would have taken an editing class at UT. But another part of me is glad that I get so attached to words that are important to me. It’s hard to cut some of these things. I praise God for the vehicle of this website, where we can sort of add extra content.
“I think, to a certain point, when we first started and made the first couple of Superdrag records, we didn’t know anything. Prior to that we recorded on 8-track cassette. On the second record we tried to make this epic studio album. We recorded it with Jerry Finn, who passed away this past summer. That’s why we dedicated this record to him. He used to call us ‘HIGS’ – Huge Industry Giants. It was super meticulous and I think we squeezed some of the vibe off this record. We told Jerry we didn’t want to fix anything in Pro Tools, which was foolish. But he was like, ‘Okay, you’re just going to keep playing and keep singing until it’s as precise as I can make it in Pro Tools.’
“Ever since then, I think I’ve tried to work in reverse to make it more and more immediate – sing it once, maybe twice, and just don’t lose the fire.”
[Where the reunited band is now…]
“It’s kind of like the end of the rainbow. We went through this whole mess and lived. The first song is called ‘Slow To Anger.’ It’s like the book of James meets Superdrag. There’s a lot of thanksgiving. The other guys wrote songs for the record and they totally jibes. It’s not like we’re butting heads.”
Lord willing, I’ll put some more of this interview in a future HM Magazine Podcast. Look for it here.
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