Lifesize Monsters

Brain In A Box

Add to My Profile | More VideosBlackwood leans over a dimly lit console and turns a dial. Electricity courses through a complex network of wires and cables, igniting a fiery blue spark that arcs between drumsticks. Strange colored liquids bubble in beakers beside a box that contains a brain as Igor, the hunchbacked sound editor, sets EQ levels with maniacal laughter… A scene from a classic horror flick? A midnight movie fest? Nah…just another mad scientist creating LifesizeMonsters.Although LifesizeMonsters’ first album, Brain in a Box, represents a collaboration between numerous musicians and technicians, in a very real way LifesizeMonsters is Blackwood, who wrote the songs, mixed the sound tracks and took the chances that make Brain a masterpiece that challenges it’s audience. Never stale or predictable, LifesizeMonsters’ music ranges from colorfully theatrical to dark and brooding, to wildly energetic, as if David Bowie joined Pink Floyd and formed a punk band. Experimentation is the keyword for Brain in a Box. “We took everything to the limits on Brain,” Blackwood said. “There was no safety net for anyone. I wanted to keep everything experimental, but not at the cost of the music.” “One of the themes of Brain is electric anxiety, just the raw music of the moment,” Blackwood said. “David Nichols and I used every chance we could to experiment (David being the owner of Living Head Audio Recording and engineer for Brain in a Box). No matter how farfetched the idea, we tried it. Maybe we didn’t use every idea, but at least it we tried it.” “I love working in the studio,"Blackwood said, "there’s nothing better…except for playing live. When you’re on stage, you can look into peoples’ eyes and see their reaction. We have a three-piece line up for live shows consisting of myself, Billy Blaze on drums and Vocals and Terry McGill (creator of the band Tinnitus) on bass. With a power trio I can get more intimate with an audience, actually touch them.” On a stage or in your CD player LifesizeMonsters will grip the listener by the throat. Blackwood Original Unreleased Comic Book "Brain In A Box"