The American band Between the Buried and Me is about to land in Brazil with a tour celebrating the group's 20-year career. With only one show in the country, the progressive metal band will play at Fabrique Club in São Paulo on March 15th – tickets are still on sale at the PixelTicket website .
While preparing to perform in the country for the first time, bassist Dan Briggs had a quick chat with Wikimetal . Check it out below.
Wikimetal: What are your biggest influences and how do they come through in the band's sound?
Dan Briggs: My biggest influences are the films of David Lynch, a day in a contemporary art gallery, quiet days in the woods near my home, a good cup of coffee, and long car trips.
WM: You guys have a very eclectic sound, can you tell me more about the creative process?
DB: I think we choose the situations that expose us, but from then on we have no control over how that information will be processed and whether it will influence each member in the way they write. We are always evolving and with each album, a band member shares something that surprises me, which is incredible after 20 years.
WM: What I really like is the heaviness the band has and how that heaviness blends perfectly with the lighter songs. Is that something you take into consideration when you go into the studio?
DB: Our songs are 100% ready when we go to the studio. Some bands might show up at the studio and write everything there, but the style of music we write and the way we work isn't like that, and that's okay. So our dynamic is always changing; all the demos have already been re-recorded and worked on several times before going into the studio.
WM: You guys have 20 years of history, that's quite a lot. Do you see any changes in rock and metal today?
DB: We are fortunate not to follow any trends and to have different collaborators at each stage of our career who still accompany us on this adventure.
WM: The band's name was inspired by the song "Ghost Train" by Counting Crows, right? How did that idea come about?
DB: First of all, this is a great album [ August and Everything After , from 1993], it's a classic of its time. Adam [ Duritz , founder, composer and vocalist of Counting Crows] is very poetic with words and I think the phrase touched Paul [ Waggoner , guitarist of Between the Buried and Me] and it's something that should make people stop and think.
[“I took the cannonball down to the ocean / Across the desert from sea to shining sea / I rode a ladder that climbs across the nation / Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me” and in a free translation: “I took the cannonball down to the ocean / Across the desert from sea to shining sea / I climbed a ladder that climbs across the nation / Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me”]
WM: You'll be coming to Brazil for the first time. What are your expectations for here?
DB: Lots of sun and soccer balls.
WM: And what can fans expect from the shows?
DB: No soccer ball and songs from all phases that make up the band's 20 years.
SERVICE : Between the Buried & Me in São Paulo
Facebook Event
Date: March 15, 2020
Time: 6 PM (doors)
Location: Fabrique Club (Rua Barra Funda, 1071 – Barra Funda, São Paulo/SP)
Tickets: R$ 110.00 (1st Batch, promotional half-price, upon delivery of 1 kilo of food on the day of the event, and student)
Physical sales: Locomotiva Discos – no fee, cash only (Rua Barão de Itapetininga, 37 – SP/SP)
Age rating: 16 years
