Ivan and Chris of Pop.1280
New York's Pop.1280 is prepared for the apocalypse. Its full length debut The Horror on Sacred Bones will be a fine companion along with your Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide. Get your survival kit on January 24.
» The songs that led them into the apocalypse.
Gary Numan, "I Die, You Die"
Nitzer Ebb, "Let Your Body Learn"
Chris Bug: I tried to channel some of Douglas McCarthy's vocal style for The Horror. Nitzer Ebb's vocals are so off kilter and choppy but with the right bass line, it forms a kind of throbbing pulse that suddenly turns into a really heavy song.
Cop Shoot Cop, "Shine on Elizabeth"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Green River"
Chrome, "Armageddon"
Ivan Lip: Third from the Sun is my favorite Chrome record. It's pretty creepy.
Butthole Surfers, "Cherub"
Ivan Lip: I kind of hear some of the ideas on this song and the Chrome song on our record. We ended up writing longer songs that had more layers, and spent more time with pedals, synths, vocoders, a power drill, etc.
Posted on January 18, 2012. More on: pop1280, sacred bones, gary numan, creedence clearwater revival, the horror lp
