SplatterTribe: Introduce us to the band - Who are you guys and how did God the Robot come together?

Brian: The band consists of myself (Brian) on guitar, Tim St. John on vocals and guitar, Dan Egan on bass, and Bill Nacewicz on drums. We have all been friends on one level or another for some years now. Bill and Tim played in Novella together. Bill and I played in Shoot The Dancing Bear and Continuum together, and Dan plays in another band we are pals with called Hot Black. In April I believe, Bill was looking to start a new project and had been hanging out with Tim quite a bit and they discussed making music together again. They needed a bass player and a guitar player, so Bill

gave Dan and I a call to round out the line-up and we started jamming in May. My band at the time was on its way out, so I saw it as a great opportunity to make music with some talented people.     SplatterTribe: Tell me about God the Robot, what is the message he has for us humans on earth?

God The Robot

Brian: God The Robot has the following messages for you people:

a) Don't call Taco Bell Mexican food.
b) Put your money in low interest stocks. They'll never see you coming.
c) a shoe lace is only a shoe lace if its actually in the shoe.
d) Creed albums come with a free sample of herpes.
e) Listen to our music and you'll feel like you're getting a backrub.

 

(Tribe Note: I agree about the Taco bell thing. It cracks me up every time people call it Mexican food. I mean, it is obviously Hispanic food, not Mexican food. Concerning the Creed albums....I did not know that.)
 

SplatterTribe: "Thought it was alright now, but its happening again", man, I couldn't think of a more applicable description to things that have happened in my life, tell me about the song "Again".

Brian: Tim is the man behind the lyrics and I know the meanings behind his songs are not always quite what they seem. I suppose its better to be allowed personal interpretation of the lyrics so that the song becomes the listener's more, anyhow.

 

(Tribe Note: Sounds like he's speaking of some sort of flare-up to me. Did he buy any Creed albums?)
 

SplatterTribe: I see you MySpace page was tampered with recently, any message for your fans that may have been tricked into thinking it was you and please...please..leave a message for the douchbag that hacked you.

Brian: I just got home for a business trip of sorts yesterday, so my knowledge as to the extent of the monkey business is limited, but I believe everything that has occurred has been sorted out. Whomever hacked us, I don't blame you for your choice to cause mischief. Some friends and I once set a couch on fire that has a bunch of bees in it, so I get it.
 

 

SplatterTribe: I see from your MySpace page that you guys have connections to a few bands that have been around a while,( All That Remains, A Perfect Circle, Foo Fighters) seems like you're not exactly virgins to the music scene, multitasking? Brian: Dan was the original bass player for All That Remains and at one point Tim lived in California and apparently charmed everyone with his pretty voice, so he recorded some vocals for a project with guys from the Foo Fighters and APC. People really like Tim's

voice. In the spirit of Jeff Buckley, "everybody here wants him." What they want him for remains to be seen. I personally want him to cook me spaghetti.
 

(Tribe Note: Spaghetti = Awesome)

 

SplatterTribe: God the Robots ranks are members of other groups and music related fields, can you give us a little info on Shoot the Dancing Bear and Novella? Tour managers? You guys really have your hands full.

Brian: Shoot The Dancing Bear and Novella are simply old bands of ours from the western mass area. As far as my life goes, I have a degree in guitar building and repair, so, when the opportunity presents itself I go on tour working for other bands as technician and stage manager. I actually just got home yesterday from a tour with Madball and Suicidal Tendencies.
 

(Tribe Note: Crazy? Who the Hell are you callin' Crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eatin' Froot Loops on your front porch!)

 

SplatterTribe: The music scene in the Louisville/Indy area where I dwell, is fairly well, Tantric, Hurt, Sevendust all have connections here, I would personally love to see God the Robot tour in our area, what are the tour plans and how can SplatterTribe fans help you guys out?

Brian: We would love to tour, it's just a matter of having enough merch and buzz, I suppose, to justify taking on the financial gamble that is touring. We are still a fairly young band and are trying to get our footing a little more locally before we can stretch out and hit all markets. On that point, we aren't getting any younger and hopefully 2009 will yield us the opportunities that we are working towards as a band.
 

SplatterTribe: I'm really liking the sound that you guys have, but cant really pin it on any one specific style, what do you attribute your originality to and who influenced you?

Brian: We all have common ground and we each listen to things that the other guys in the band don't. Tim and I are both huge Tom Waits fans. Bill loves Pearl Jam more than life itself. Since Dan never invites us over, I can only assume his cd collection consists of recordings of trains in the 1920's. As far as general influences in one way or another, I would have say (speaking for the band as much as I can) David Bowie, Soundgarden, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Quicksand, Radiohead, The Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley (my personal hero), Shudder to Think, Editors, Dredg, booze, and personal failure.
 

SplatterTribe: The question I ask in all my interviews, in the war of rock versus rap, what do you consider yourself in the rock army, a general, an officer, or a private, and please elaborate? Brian: We aren't in either army. We are the liaisons that beg for peace between warring countries. Rock and rap are both equally brilliant and mundane.

 

SplatterTribe: Barak Obama - Leader of a new America, or the Final Nail in the decline of western civilization?

Brian: The final nail in the decline of western civilization consists of the following:

a) reality TV
b) snuggies (those blankets-turned-momo)
c) Toby Keith
d) fast food
e) the kidz bop recording of "I'm so alive" by P.O.D.
 

SplatterTribe: Suck shit you ass fucking shit suck prick bastards - I said it - out loud - in a British accent - kids looked at me funny, but I enjoyed it, who is that for???? (this was a blog posting on the God The Robot MySpace page.)

Brian: The children of America. We just want them to have a better future.
 

SplatterTribe: As always I leave the last comment , God the Robot, tell us something, teach us something, what are we missing that our new savior can enlighten us on? and remember, we don't censor.

Brian: Don't ever buy an album by that band Cute Is What We Aim For recorded. I had all their posters on my wall. I went to see them. I was so excited. I wore a new dress that my mother had just bought for me. So, I arrive at the show and the tour manager sees me and says "hey, you're pretty. The boys in the band would love to have you backstage." So, glowing like a light bulb, I go back stage and the band proceeds to touch me in ways that my young feminine body isn't prepared for. When I asked them to stop, they called me very racist things. So, the moral of this lesson is: Buy Tom Waits Albums!