CARDINAL SIN

CARDINAL SIN WAS INITIALLY FORMED AS A SIDE PROJECT TO MISERY BY MYSELF IN AROUND ABOUT ’98 OR ’99 FROM MEMORY. I ASKED ANT, MISERY, IF HE’D LIKE TO DO SOME DRUMMING FOR SOME SONGS I WAS WRITING. WHILE STARTING TO SEARCH FOR A GUITARIST LAZ SAID HE’D FILL IN UNTIL I FOUND SOMEONE BUT HE REALLY GOT INTO THE SONGS I HAD WRITTEN SO HE ASKED TO JOIN BASICALLY. I HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WRITTEN FOR THE DEMO, ROCK TIL DOOM DOOMED TO ROCK, SO IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF SHOWING ANT AND LAZ THE SONGS AND I DID HAVE A SINGER IN MIND SO ASKED GAZ FROM SCRUMFEEDER.

I HAD PLAYED WITH GAZ PREVIOUSLY IN A SABBATH COVER BAND CALLED WARPIGS ALONG WITH ANT AND ADAM, (SOUND SURGERY), ON GUITAR AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF HIS VOCALS. I INVITED HIM ALONG FOR A LISTEN WHEN WE HAD SOME OF THE MUSIC TOGETHER, I WAS DOING THE VOCALS UP TO THEN BUT WANTED A CLASSIC 4 PIECE LINE-UP OF SINGER/BASS/GUITAR/DRUMS. GAZ LIKED WHAT HE HEARD AND WAS IN SO THE SIN LINE-UP WAS COMPLETE AND REHERSALS STARTED ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

WE FINALLY GOT A SET TOGETHER AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF PRACTICE, WHICH INCLUDED MOTORHEADS DOCTOR ROCK, AND STARTED TO PLAY SOME GIGS AROUND BRISBANE. I WAS STILL WRITING PLENTY OF MATERIAL AND HAD A STOCKPILE OF ABOUT 20 OR SO SONGS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO RECORD WHAT ENDED UP ON THE DEMO WHICH IN MY OPINION WASN’T THE PICK OF THE BATCH. IF I HAD MY WAY ABOUT ½ THE SONGS ON THE DEMO WOULD’VE BEEN DISMISSED AND WE WOULD’VE SPENT MORE TIME ON RECORDING BUT TIME AND $$$ ALWAYS COME INTO PLAY THERE! I THINK WE RECORDED THE DEMO AROUND 2000 MAYBE, ABOUT 11 SONGS IN ALL IN ABOUT 3 DAYS WHICH INCLUDED MIXING. SOME OF THE SONGS ARE LACKING AS GAZ ONLY LEARNT THE VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS ON THE DAY, CHEMICAL FIEND IS A PRIME EXAMPLE, BUT IT WAS A DEMO AND IT WASN’T A SUPER SERIOUS THING.

ANYWAY THE WHOLE POINT OF CARDINAL SIN FOR ME WAS TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND SPACE WITHIN A SONG STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO JAM AND BE MORE SPONTANEOUS THAN IN THE SOMEWHAT CONFINING SONG STRUCTURES OF DEATH METAL. YOU CAN HEAR THIS ON A SONG LIKE AFTERSHOCK WHERE EVERYTHING IN THE GUITAR SOLO IS BASICALLY IMPROVISED ON THE SPOT BOTH GUITAR, BASS AND DRUMS. I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER PLAYED THAT PART OF THE SONG THE SAME WAY AND THAT IS THE WHOLE IDEA.

I AM NOW LIVING IN PITTSBURGH USA WITH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE SHARON AND HER SON NICK SO CARDINAL SIN IS NO MORE BUT WITH MYSPACE THOUGHT I MAY AS WELL SHARE WHAT WE DID WITH THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED. I’LL BE CHANGING THE SONGS PERIODICALLY SO YOU CAN EVENTUALLY CHECK OUT THE WHOLE RECORDING. I HOPE ONE DAY TO GET THIS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN HERE IN THE STATES BUT OF COURSE WITH A DIFFFERENT NAME AND NEW SONGS SO TIME WILL TELL. THANKS FOR LISTENING AND PLAY ON 10!!!