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Written by Ryan Christian

Friday, 28 March 2008, 5:08am

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Ryan asks them about Zoothorns, brushing elbows with the superstars, and how it feels to create while performing nightly screaming, drum murdering sets of awesome for today's youth.

I recently had the opportunity to see both HEALTH and Crystal Castles play a show out in the extremely rural town of DeKalb, IL. A city you only see a good band once because they are unlikely to return. The music was very classy. After the show, I hung around some of the handsome young fellows from HEALTH to ask them about Zoothorns, brushing elbows with the superstars, and how it feels to create while performing nightly screaming, drum murdering sets of awesome for today's youth.

Who is HEALTH? Who does what?

JOHN: HEALTH is BJ, JAKE, JUPITER and JOHN. BJ drums. Jake sings and plays guitar and zoothorn. Jupiter plays guitar, percussion, zoothorn and keyboards. I play bass, zoothorn, electronic percussion + other noise stuff.

How would you describe your sound to someone whom has never heard you guys? What's HEALTHnoise/HEALTHdisco?

JOHN: Oh fuck, I dunno. Loud? Abrasive? I never wanna say experimental cuz that equals SUCK in my brain. Most applicable adjectives equal SUCK in the average brain, so I'm looking for the right thing to say. HEALTH//NOISE is the band, the music. HEALTH//DISCO is the remixes, for the club. HEALTH//FASHION is the clothes, the merch, the "lifestyle", (sorry giggling now). Love Angel Music Baby.

There is definitely a unique vocal structure to a lot of HEALTH's music, how do you go about structuring that when creating a song?

JOHN: Its very difficult. When we started discovering our sound, one of the hardest things was adapting Jake's vocals to it, as originally there was a clash. Over time Jake developed the vocal style he has now to the music.

The Crimewave cover that Crystal Castles did really blew up. How did that whole thing develop?

JOHN: Internet Luv. We heard CCastles on 20jazzfunkgreats years ago and shit a brick, we emailed them and started talking about doing a split or a remix. They were down for both. Our courtship continued via the Internet for the next year and a half. Now we're on tour together and its mega-fabulous.

What are major influences to the band, musically and otherwise?

JOHN: Biggest influence is all rock and roll from like 1960 to now +some electro shit. I'd say the chief influence is music. We've stopped taking direct influences from bands at this point. But Ex Models were a direct influence on the band in the early days.

You guys use a Zoothorn, what does that thing do? Also, respectively, what are your favorite pieces of equipment/instruments?

JOHN: The zoothorn is responsible for all the wierd sounds and all noise on the record. Speaking for the guys. Jake's is his vintage Music Man amp. BJ is his Gretsch kit. Jupiter's is the junky keyboard he got from BJ's mom, and mine is my Behringer mixer, not because of the gear (it sux), but because of the feedback loop.

Favorite venue to play? Favorite act/acts that HEALTH has toured with?

JOHN: The Smell. Though we love Rhinoceropolis in Denver, that place is awesome. Favorite band we've ever toured with is also our favorite band, Crystal Castles. Also playing with Dan Deacon was completely magical, we also love playing w/ Captain Ahab, Anavan, Kyle H. Mabson.

Why the heck was Ron Livingston at your performance in LA?

JOHN: Oh, he was shopping at some boutique, and we happened to be playing next door outside for this dublab project (VisionVersion) at materials and applications in Silverlake. We were all, "holy shit its the guy from Office Space!" I hoped he watched it. Our only other celeb encounter was that Tim Roth saw us at the El Rey and took pics. That was rad.

Anything coming up in the near future for the band besides an ass load of tour dates?

JOHN: A new record, as soon as we get off the road we want to write and record. The HEALTH//DISCO record coming out soon. Another 12"single + 7". Some collaborations I can't reveal just yet.

UPCOMING DATES

Mar 25 2008 8:00P
STUDIO B w/ Crystal Castles
BROOKLYN, New York

Mar 26 2008 8:00P
MERCURY LOUNGE w/ Crystal Castles
NEW YORK, New York

Mar 27 2008 8:00P
MUSEE JUSTE POUR RIRE w/ Crystal Castles
MONTREAL, Quebec

Mar 28 2008 10:00P
CIRCA w/ Crystal Castles
TORONTO, Ontario

Mar 29 2008 8:00P
BUG JAR
ROCHESTER, New York

Mar 30 2008 8:00P
SUNY PURCHASE
PURCHASE, New York

Mar 31 2008 8:00P
KNITTING FACTORY w/ Genghis Tron, High Places, Telepathe ALL AGES
NEW YORK, New York

Apr 1 2008 9:00P
MARKET HOTEL w/ Aa, Knife Hyts, Black Pus, Crime Novels ALL AGES
BROOKLYN, New York

Apr 2 2008 8:00P
AS220 w/ Triangle Forest
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island

Apr 3 2008 8:00P
DANGER DANGER GALLERY w/ Pony Pants
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania

Apr 4 2008 8:00P
VELVET LOUNGE
CHOCOLATE CITY, Washington DC

Apr 5 2008 8:00P
WHAM CITY w/ Videohippos, Ponytail, Ecstatic Sunshine
BALTIMORE, Maryland

Apr 6 2008 8:00P
THE CAMEL w/ Amoeba Men
RICHMOND, Virginia

Apr 7 2008 8:00P
DOWNTOWN EVENTS CENTER
RALEIGH, North Carolina

Apr 8 2008 8:00P
NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN w/ Thank God
COLUMBIA, South Carolina

Apr 9 2008 8:00P
DRUNKEN UNICORN w/ Suitcases
ATLANTA, Georgia

Apr 10 2008 8:00P
BOTTLETREE
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama

Apr 11 2008 8:00P
SPANISH MOON
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana

Apr 12 2008 8:30P
WESTHEIMER BLOCK PARTY w/ ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
HOUSTON, Texas

Apr 13 2008 8:00P
EMO's w/ Daniel Francis Doyle
AUSTIN, Texas

Apr 15 2008 8:00P
RUBBER GLOVES
DENTON, Texas

Apr 16 2008 8:00P
BASH RIPROCKS w/ The Numerators, Daniel Francis Doyle
LUBBOCK, Texas

Apr 17 2008 8:00P
STOVE GALLERY
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico

Apr 18 2008 8:00P
TRUNK SPACE w/ Netzeah, Treasure Mammal
PHOENIX, Arizona

Apr 20 2008 9:00P
THE SMELL w/ PRE
LOS ANGELES, California

Apr 25 2008 8:00P
EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER @ RPI
TROY, New York

May 7 2008 8:00P
UK//EURO TOUR TBA
LONDON, London and South East

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