Review Fix Exclusive: Down & Outlaws’ Peter Danzig Talks ‘Above Snakes’

Review Fix chats with the Down & Outlaws Peter Danzig, who discusses their new album “Above Snakes,” breaking down their sound and goals for the future along the way.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Peter Danzig: Chris and I are brothers and we’d been renting out a practice space from Kyle and Jon’s band. Eventually both of our bands dissolved and we started Down and Outlaws.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Danzig: Our process is generally very collective. Songs are usually built up from a riff or melody that’s brought to the table. Once we figure out what feels right for the vibe of the song, we add parts and see where it takes us.

Review Fix: What was recording like?

Danzig: We recorded ‘Above Snakes’ in a week at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA. The experience was great. None of us had ever been able to be totally submerged in a recording process with no distractions for that amount of time. John Lousteau produced the record and became like a fifth member of the band during its production.

Review Fix: What’ inspired “I Don’t Care”? How was it written?

Danzig: ‘I Don’t Care’ is a song about being so caught up with one particular thing that you stop caring about everything else. Tunnel vision to the point of obsession. I had written lyrics and the initial guitar groove but when we started to play it as a band we came up with the ‘drop out’ style of chorus and everything else, which really made it what it is.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2016?

Danzig: We’re planning on touring as much as possible to bring this record to as many people as we can. We have dates across California in July as well as Outside Lands and Echo Park Rising in August to start.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Danzig: I’d like our music to be cathartic for people. All the songs are written about something that meant a great deal to us at one point or another and the music carries that energy with it. If people can be inspired to feel a certain way by our songs, I’d be happy they were.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Danzig: I think I’ll go pet my roommate’s dog and get ready for more music.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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