AidEN.::.interview
    Not long time ago Seattle`s horror style punkrockers AIDEN released their second full 
    length called "Nightmare Anatomy"... catchy punkrock tunes, with modern elements you 
    know from different bands, but it isn`t emo` and it isn`t screamo, it`s just good rock 
    music... punkrock music! Last year they did the UK together with Silverstein and they 
    kicked asses. These days Aiden just arrived to play a few shows around here` with 
    the guys from the Hurt Process. So we took chance to talk with singer Will... about the 
    band, about style and blablabla... read! 
 

fRk: Guys, first of all... the normal standard question... tell us who you are, why you are and what you are, please;) We are a rock band from Seattle Washington called Aiden, we got together because we  love playing music. We want to see the world and put out records.

    fRk: Actually you guys seem quite deep into that horror style scene... is it only because 
    you like the look or from any deeper beliefs or thoughts? 

    I have been a big horror movie fan my whole life, I like the style and the look. I have also 
    gone through some pretty rough times with drugs and alcohol. I think when the two is mixed 
    it gives off a darker look both inside and out.

    fRk: Do you think "style" is important?!

    If you define style as the way we look? A little yes....I think style may well be better defined 
    by the way we live and act. I mean I don't buy my clothes from the Gap or Urban Outfitters. 
    I get them from second hand stores and from ma and pa shops.

    fRk: Read that you got your name from this psycho horror movie called "The Ring"... 
    I think that was a character in the film, wasn`t it?! 

    Yeah it was the little boy, Aiden.

    fRk: So then... what are your favourite 5 horror movies?;)

    That is such a hard question.....
    1 Bram Stokers Dracula with Bela Lugosi
    2 Nightmare on Elm St
    3 The Ring
    4 Dawn of the Dead
    5 Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    fRk: Besides from all that your music appears a bit different from your style. I think it`s quite 
    melodic and that surprised me somehow. Nice punkrock tunes in modern shirts! Would you 
    consider it to be "emo", too?! I suppose not...

    No not emo. But your definition of emo and mine are probably a little different. Ha ah

    fRk: Well, however... musically you`re not that typical Victory band. No oldschool hc 
    melodies, no people screaming they`re lungs out etc. ... seems that they got more open 
    minded throughout the last years. So how did you catch their attention?!

    We played our fucking asses off. Last year we played over a hundred shows with two of our 
    guys still in High school. We built a fan base around the northwest and did some small diy 
    tours , Victory noticed what was happening and signed us. It all happened really fast. We are 
    really grateful for everything that has happened. 

    fRk: "Nighmare Anatomy" was your debut on Victory... also your own first full length release?
    Just read that you`ve been through some line up changes, that you played bass first and AIDEN
    had a different singer...

    No we released a full length in 2004 called "Our Gangs Dark Oath". Nightmare is our second 
    full length. When I joined the band, I joined as the bass player and 2 weeks into it, the singer 
    quit. Leaving me to do the singing. We got nick about 5 months after the band had been 
    started right before we recorded Our Gangs

    fRk: Did you use to sing before, like background vocals or whatever or did you just try and it 
    worked?! ... well, that it worked, we can hear now;)

    Yeah I did backgrounds and stuff. I had sang in a different band right before I joined Aiden 
    so when the singer quit It felt natural for me to assume that role.

    fRk: Ahhh, you`re from Seattle... wasn`t that the "grunge" capitol?! I think it was;) so what 
    about the music scene there nowadays... did it change or is it still the same?!

    Grunge? What the hell is that?!? Jokes.... No the "Grunge scene" has been dead for some 
    time now. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. The scene in Seattle has changed quite a bit 
    since the mid 90's, there are a whole bunch of different kinds of bands now. Its awesome.

    fRk: Last year you did the UK with Silverstein (or was it Spitalfield?! Sorry, forgot;) 
    and people said you really kicked asses... maybe even more than the headlining band. 
    When people say that, propbably the mean you`re a good band... but how do you deal 
    with it?! Is it like... okay, we have come so far and established ourselves in the scene, 
    doesn`t matter what`s next... or do you still think you can "learn" and get better?!

    It was with Silverstein, that tour was so fucking rad. We had a blast. I guess when people 
    say stuff like that we take it as a compliment. We are not sure if it's true....We know that we 
    can always improve on a lot of things. There's still a lot of learning to go.

    fRk: Right now, you`re just doing some european shows (especially in Germany)
    with the guys from Hurt Process... everything going well?!

    Yes everything is going awesome, we played in Koln tonight it was a lot of fun. Europe is an 
    amazing place, it's somewhere I have always wanted to come. Now I am here and I want to 
    stay longer. We will return in april for another tour, I can't wait for that.

    fRk: And right when you`re back it goes on and on with touring... somewhere I read that 
    you`re still in school... well, it said 2004... but have you finished or still off?!

    Yeah Jake and Angel Graduated just this past June and we have been on the road since. 
    I imagine we will be on the road for the next couple of years. That's something I have always 
    dreamed of. I am fucking stoked!!! 

    fRk: By the way, how old are you guys then?  

    18 19 21 23 23.....You guess who's who.

    fRk: So let`s get to the end... AIDEN, what`s next (when touring finished;)

    New record and More touring!!!!!! HA hA fuck yes!!!
    ...thanks!!! 

    text: frankie