Review Fix Exclusive: Space Cadets Talk ‘Way Too Loud’ And More

Review Fix chats with The Space Cadets’ Zachary Wexelman, Dan Creed, and John Cocco, who discuss their new single, “Way Too Loud,” detailing its creative process and origin. The band also chat about their goals for the future and share how their sound has evolved over the years.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Zach: My best friend growing up got me into music. I imitated everything he did: Everquest, eating cereal all day, picking on his sister, and music. His passions became mine.

Dan: I started as an “Orch Dork” playing cello in middle school. Then I realized I was better at bass.

John: Music got involved with us.

Review Fix: How has your sound evolved since you started the band?

John: We get older, our sound stays the same age. Alright, Alright, Alright.

Zach: We’ve come a long way. I played open mics around Los Angeles for a couple years before I asked Dan to join me on bass. We played as a duo for a little over a year before John arrived with the cajón. About a year after that John upgraded to a 3-piece drum kit. It’s been a steady evolution from singer-songwriter to full-fledged band.

Review Fix: What makes your brand of rock special?

Zach: You get what you see: acoustic guitar, bass, 3-piece drum kit. There’s no hiding behind backing tracks or distorted electric guitars. We put just as much emphasis on the space between the notes as we do the notes themselves.

Review Fix: Why do you think people should enjoy it?

Zach: They shouldn’t. They shouldn’t feel obligated to do anything.

Dan: Our sound is honest, though. It’s real. We don’t want to bullshit anyone. Like Zach said, you get what you see.

Review Fix: What inspired your new single?

John: This city can be frustrating.

Review Fix: How do you want that song to affect people?

Zach: The song wasn’t written for other people. It was written out of the desire to create something special and original, not as an attempt to affect others in a particular way. That being said, I hope people at least recognize that it comes from somewhere real.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Dan: Learn how to play bass.

John: Worldwide tour, groupies, and an album.

Zach: The same thing we do every night, Pinky – try to take over the world.

Review Fix: What’s next?

John: More music.

Dan: More shows.

Zach: More.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

John: Shout out to my man, Zoli!

Dan: I mean, we could be working for the phone company. So that’s something to think about.

Zach: “Fuck commerce.” –Billy Walsh

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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