OC Music Magazine

Michelle Richardson

    In the town of finicky critics anddiluted metal, Seven Dirty Words refuses to let these obstacles standin their way of being true to themselves and their music. The bandbegan when Nathan and Brian came together from other projects, decidingthey were bored with the “watered down fake bands and wannabe rockstars” of the current generation. They desperately “needed to do theirown thing” to add some original elements to the mix. Silvio and Joelwere soon to join the project, creating a group with incredibly diversegeographical backgrounds. Brian came from the east coast (Philly to beexact), Nathan from Ventura, Joel from Santa Ana, and Silvio all theway from Italy.

    Despite being brought up in entirely different worlds of rockcultures, the four seem to have the same major influences in theirmusic including Peter Pan Speedrock, Supersuckers, and Iron Maiden. Allof these influences are fused together to create the hard hitting, eardrum pounding, in your face rock that you hear today. While some mayconsider them to be pioneers of southern California metal, they humblystated that they are “not reinventing the wheel, just trying to bringback the rock.” A feat that proves to be incredibly difficult intoday’s society of Britney Spears and American Idol contestants toppingoff the charts. True metal seems to have faded off years ago and it isrefreshing to find musicians that are fighting for it to come back,ignoring all of the hurdles that get in their way. “I’m proud as hellof our songs and what we’ve accomplished so far,” Nathan proudlyadmitted, speaking of what he feels this project has done for thecurrent metal scene. “We do it for ourselves. If we can get a paycheckout of it: Bonus. But we’re going to do it either way.”

    The bandproves this is true by remaining constantly on the move. While mainlytouring locally, they also frequent Vegas and Philly, hold onto a dreamto someday tour Europe, and admit that they prefer to play outside ofOrange County. While it is a difficult economy and they find it hard toget people to shows at times, they have also noticed the ease inpacking houses in locations such as Vegas, where hard and heavy musicis more appreciated. “We play loud enough that your balls jiggle,”Brian described. Despite the rocky local support, they do not let ithinder their appreciation for their fans. They say that “one good showmakes up for all the BS that you put up with” and that “even one personcomplimenting you at a shitty show makes it worth it.” Joel jokinglyadded his thoughts on what he hopes their shows make the crowd feel,“If you’re a dude, go out, get a muscle car, drive fast, have sex. Ifyou’re a chick, have sex with me.”

Their appreciation for each otheralso shone through during our interview. “I couldn’t ask for a betterthree guys to play with and road travel with cause they’re all cool ashell,” Nathan stated, “I would rather play with these three dudes causethey’re cool, than some assholes that are making money that I can’tstand to be around.” They all value each other’s diverse backgroundsand even admit that Silvio is “better than the band” and that he“shreds with melody and story.” Brian brings his love for country musicto the table in regards to lyrics and song structuring and they givehim kudos for becoming the singer, as he had never done it before inhis previous projects. They refer to Joel as having an “old soul” andbeing “born in the wrong era” with his musical influences being “stuckin the garage days.” And with a history in art, he is also the one incharge of all of the artwork for the band, which is esteemed by all.The band truly is a family, appreciative of everything that each otheroffers, and sticking true to the common goal of “reformatting the sissyrock of their musical competitors.”

Currentlydealing with challenges in areas such as promotion, connections, showlineups, and salesmanship, the band is working hard towards a bettertomorrow. They are currently in search of a like-minded agent andmanager, and they have a goal of releasing a full length album by theend of the year. They hope that they can get the message across to“support music in general,”  “be as diverse as possible,” and to“listen to music for what it is.” They are very passionate about theirvision and their enthusiasm about society rediscovering metal will aidthem in succeeding in a long musical career of “revolutionizing rock inan age where watered down music prevails and hard working bands neverseem to get the credit that they deserve.”

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