Almost A Dirty Dozen with MR STRANGLER from PORN – March 2020

According to a recent press release: “PORN has released their new single “Dead in Every Eyes” off of their anticipated album No Monsters in God’s Eyes, Act III. In this final act of the Mr Strangler Trilogy and No Monsters in God’s Eyes album series, the convicted serial killer Mr Strangler is facing his death, imprisoned and waiting for his execution while also being studied by psychiatrists.” We get Mr Strangler to discuss new music, influences, and much more…

1. Tell us a little about your latest release.  What might a fan or listener not grab the first or second time they listen through?  Are there any hidden nuggets the band put in the material or that only diehard fans might find?

First of all , thank you very much for the interest. We are releasing the last part of Trilogy. In 2017, we  released our third album The Ogre Inside.- Act I, the first act of a trilogy based on a fictional serial  character: Mr Strangler.  In 2019, we released the second act of its trilogy The Darkest of Human Desires – Act II. 27th march 2020, we  return with the final act : No Monsters in God’s Eyes – Act III. The Ogre inside is an album about inner struggle, about dark desires, how society can opress your will. This is a fight no one can win, the Ogre that devours you from the inside always wins. The album is an invocation, a way to set the Ogre free, embrace your « true-self » and allow your darkest desires to express themselves. It’s an incitement to act. The Ogre inside won this inner struggle, giving birth to Mr Strangler. In the second opus, Mr  Strangler, by embracing his « true-self », expresses his dark impulses without limitations and has no boundaries.  With his crew, Mr Strangler commits murders and massacres. He  also invites everyone to make a step forward and act, invites you to express your darkest desires and join his death cult. For Mr Strangler and his team, the Ogre was released. They let the darkest of human desires be: murder. In this last part, Mr Strangler’s bloody odyssey comes to an end. He is in jail awaiting execution. This final Act is his testament. Faced with the imminent end of his life, he takes stock of his life and begins a dialogue with his death and enjoins everyone to continue his work… the work of God, because if God exists everything is his. And even the worst monsters are the children of God. There is no monsters in God’s eyes. After collaborating with Tom Baker (responsible for the mastering of legendary albums like Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar, NIN’s Downward Spiral, Ministry’s Psalm 69 or Rob Zombie’s Hellbilly Deluxe…), we worked with Brian Lucey (Magic Garden Studio in Los Angeles)  the mastering of this album. Lucey previously worked with Ghost, Marilyn Manson,  Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood… We  call our musical style Murder Rock.

2. What got you into music, and can you tell us about the moment you realized you wanted to be a musician?

I think i always knew i will be do music… It’s hard to describe… I always knew…

3. Building on that, is there a specific song, album, performer, or live show that guided your musical taste?

Maybe Robert Smith from The Cure. I remember being like hypnotized by his voice….

4. Who would be your main five musical influences?

The Cure, Type O Negative, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Stabbing Westward.

5. If you could call in any one collaborator to do a song with, who would it be, and why?

David Gilmour for a guitar solo. Roger Waters for a bass line. Robert Smith as singer. Danny Carrey as drummer. And so many other…

6. How would you describe your music to someone who’d never listened to you before? What is the one comparison a reviewer or fan has made that made you cringe or you disagreed with?

I think we are a rock band with industrial rock influence… I don’t want to control the comparisons that people do. If the feel something, so it’s true, we don’t to control of judge it. I respect everything that people will think about PORN.

7. When the band are all hanging out together, who cooks; who gets the drinks in; and who is first to crack out the acoustic guitars for a singalong?

We don’t do such thing… here is what we do all together — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK69umvM97A

8. When was the last time you were star struck and who was it?

Richard Ramirez!

9. If you weren’t a musician, what would be your dream job?

Exécutioner. In a way we are…

10. Looking back over your career, is there a single moment or situation you feel was a misstep or you would like to have a “do over”, even if it didn’t change your current situation?

Not really… Maybe, the hole wasn’t that enough big – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8_fJf8nTg.  I should have dig more.

11. If you could magically go back in time and be a part of the recording sessions for any one record in history, which would you choose – and what does that record mean to you?

Wish You Were Here – PINK FLOYD.

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