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[Jun. 21st, 2010|04:09 am] |
Dakota Haywire had it easy. When he was around the age of ten, his parents divorced, forcing him to split his time between two different countries. Although he was originally from Scotland, Dakota spent nearly his entire childhood hopping from parent to parent -- London to New York. Other than the culture differences, he was pretty much an average kid. He liked sports, junk food, classic rock, and later, hot girls. For a little over fifteen years of his life, there wasn't much to him. He wasn't overly smart, overly athletic, overly good looking. He was just Dakota, the kid with the Scottish accent. It wasn't until he was sixteen or so that he discovered how much he loved art.
At seventeen, Dakota got a job working for a small local alternative magazine in London. By that time, he had moved in fulltime with his father to make things easier. He started off at the very bottom, photographing tiny little things that didn't stand out in the slightest. After some short time and hard work, he began his work with London based bands, taking photos of their shows and such. Naturally, Dakota moved up hire and hire up on the scale. Everything seemed to be fantastic. He was only eighteen and had the opportunity of a lifetime. However, along with the shows and photoshoots came recognition, and with that, Dakota was invited to some of the biggest parties in town. He was still only working with local bands, but at those parties, he met more famous people than he could count. To everyone around him, it seemed like he'd changed over night. Dakota got hooked on some pretty terrible drugs, began inking up his body more and more almost every day, and stopped giving a shit about anything and everything around him -- including the people that got him to the top in the first place. Sooner than he obviously would have liked, Dakota was jobless, and severely addicted to cocaine and crystal meth.
Only a few days before his nineteenth birthday, Dakota attempted suicide by overdose. He lived, and when he woke up from a coma, he vowed to change his life around. He packed up all his shit and left to Los Angeles, where he met his band members at local shows. In late 2008, Dakota formed To Kill a Mockingbird. After a few months of touring to promote the band, To Kill a Mockingbird was signed, and they released their debut album in September of 2009.
The rest, as they say, is history. |
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[Jun. 21st, 2010|03:15 am] |
the lips we kiss taste of gossip.
SPAM! OOC! |
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| interview. |
[Jun. 21st, 2010|01:26 am] |
We recently caught up with Dakota Haywire, lead vocalist of To Kill a Mockingbird, to ask him some questions.
Q: What is your favourite track off of 'Stand Up and Scream'?
A: Oh, wow. [laughs] It's hard to pick a favourite. No one song has more of a meaning to me, y'know? I love the way 'A Prophecy' sounds live. It sounds very disjointed yet so put together and perfect. That's what I think, anyways.
Q: How is the new album coming along?
A: Fantastic. I'm really excited to present it to the world. We're not one trick ponies, that I can assure you.
Q: What can we expect from To Kill a Mockingbird in the future?
A: Fun times. Fun music.
Q: In what way was recording the new album different then recording your first album?
A: It became more serious, this time around. We weren't writing just to fool around, y'know? We grew up a little and realized that we're dealing with our lives.
Q: What is the craziest moment/experience you've had while on tour?
A: Our van legit broke down in the middle of nowhere, and it took us hours to find a place to get a signal for our phones. It felt like it was a million degrees and some of us were on the brink of like fuckin' fainting and shit. It wasn't cool, but I guess it'll be a good memory someday.
Q: What would you be doing right now if you weren't in To Kill a Mockingbird?
A: Rotting in the ground. Before TKaM, I was a journalist, and I'd lost my job at the magazine I was working for because I was such a waste of air. I was into some hardcore drugs and shit. There was a point where I was like "fuck this shit" and tried to give up on life. A few months later, after getting out of the hospital from a drug overdose, I turned my life around. I moved officially to Los Angeles, and from there, started To Kill a Mockingbird.
Q: Who or what inspired you to become a musician?
A: Um. I'm not sure. I just knew, one day, that I wanted to do it. I knew that I couldn't spend my life doing anything else. I had to make it work. Getting to the top never meant shit to me. I just wanted to make music, and I consider myself a lucky motherfucker that I get to do that.
Q: Who is your favorite band at the moment?
A: Do 'The Spice Girls' count? I also really like Justin Bieber, though I guess he's not a band.
Q: What band or bands would you like to tour with and why?
A: 'The Spice Girls'. I think they should reform and come on tour with us. Justin Bieber, too.
Q: Okay, what celebrity or band do you hate the most and why?
A: I don't hate any bands. Not yet. I think it'd be bullshit for me to have beef with a band when I don't think any bands have beef with me. Same with celebrities. Though, I can tell you who I love. I think Paris Hilton and Snooki are amazing.
Q: How long have you gone without showering while on tour?
A: About a week. Any longer than that, no one will get next to you because you smell so bad.
Q: Have you ever let a guy grab your ass and enjoyed it?
A: Yes.
Q: Who's the celebrity you would want to have sex with the most and why?
A: Katy Perry, not going to even lie.
Q: Who in the band gets the most ladies?
A: Me, of course.
Q: If you could have sex with Paris Hilton, would you film it?
A: Fuck yes.
Q: Hypothetically, if you were to hook up with (kiss) any male celebrity who would it be?
A: Oh, I couldn't choose just one. That wouldn't be fair at all. |
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| discography. |
[Jun. 20th, 2010|06:57 pm] |
'Stand Up and Scream' [2009]
1. "Alerion" 2:14
2. "The Final Episode (Let's Change the Channel)" 4:02
3. "A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta" 4:03
4. "Nobody Don't Dance No More" 4:00
5. "Hey There, Mr. Brooks!" 4:09
6. "Hiatus" 1:45
7. "If You Can't Ride Two Horses At Once... You Should Get Out Of The Circus" 3:45
8. "A Single Moment Of Sincerity" 3:50
9. "Not The American Average" 4:39
10. "I Used To Have a Best Friend (But Then He Gave Me An STD)" 4:06
11. "A Prophecy" 3:33
12. "I Was Once, Possibly, Maybe, Perhaps a Cowboy King" 3:41
13. "When Everyday's The Weekend" 4:23
'Reckless and Relentless' [unreleased] |
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