Newboy

Greg:  I grew up playing in punk bands and started experimenting with electronic music in my early 20s.  Eventually, I came onto music from Throbbing Gristle and Regis and my whole landscape changed pretty quickly.  I could understand this whole other way of communicating through music that had felt unintelligible to me before.  It always seemed to me that an attitude and an outlook are more important than genre and I certainly found a lot of what I was looking for in industrial music.  
Greg:  HFF and DIN are both done with other people, so naturally it involves a lot of playing to your strengths and partner's weakness and vice versa.  There is a lot of give and take that goes on working so closely with other people.  It can be very hard but also incredibly rewarding.  HFF was with a great friend of mine, Sue, and I think we worked really well together.  What we accomplished together in a handful of years is something I am very proud of.  DIN is a long-term and slowly evolving project with my wife Josie and I.   Working together in a creative capacity adds an interesting and fun element to our relationship.  We actually just finished a new album in January.  Newboy is done by myself, so all of it sits solely on me.  In a way it feels far more vulnerable than any of the groups I have played in because I can't rely on anyone else to make up for my imperfections or shortcomings.   At the same time, it is also very liberating because I find myself very free to try anything I can think of.
Greg:  "Funky Bullshit" came out of time of personal disillusionment.  I wasn't sure about what I was doing any longer and wanted to try something new.  I used all my gear differently and gave myself two hours to make each track. So it came together as loose and experimental and pretty open ended.  I wanted something that felt free and had room to grow;  I wanted to work fast instead of at my usual slow pace. Overall, I am proud of that release and grateful to Night Gaunt for putting it out.
Greg:  This release is self-titled because it is more intentional, deliberate, and in a way definitive.  I like where this is at right now and I hope to keep evolving it in the future.
Greg:  The main image of me was made by my coworker.  He was experimenting with 3D scanning and I think his original idea was to make a 3d print of my head.  We opened the file and it opened up flat and I thought it looked cool.  The drawing and text were done by me and everything else was laid out by my wife Josie.  
Greg:  Yes, you are right on.  I have always had an interest in mythology and heard about and read the book a few years ago.  

Greg:  I like 'Rain Clouds' and 'Florida' best.  They were the most fun to make.
Greg:  I have only played one show with these songs and it was the last show I played in November of 2019.  I can't wait for live music to happen again.
Greg:  Aside from this release, Din just finished a new album.  I am very proud of it and excited to eventually share it.  Thanks!

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