INTERVIEW: Brandon Rike from Dead Poetic
December 31st, 2006 |
Interviews | Source: HM Magazine (6)
Brandon Rike is the vocalist for Dead Poetic, a band that almost didn’t exist anymore. After a near break-up in the fall of 2004 on the heels of their hit record New Medicines, Rike speaks out, among a flurry of other things, about putting the band back together, the screamo genre he hates, and spirituality.
HM: I understand the band now is not what it was back then. Can you give me an up-to-date history lesson in your band’s life? Brandon: When we started, back in 1997, and we were just a bunch of dudes in school trying to rip off Green Day and Weezer and trying to be like Stone Temple Pilots—that whole thing. […read more]



