Then they have a Rock band, which they
aren’t known for being a great Rock label
in the first place. They’re not going to give
you the attention they should.” Louis says
with a drag off his cigarette. It’s obvious
that labels like RCA are the source that is
hurting music, not to mention just not
knowing what they were or are doing. You
may remember when Bullets and Octane
did their video for Caving In; it was
debuted on MTV 2’s Headbanger’s Ball. “I
mean come on; we’re not a Headbanger’s
ball band.” Louis exclaims. Louis may
seem diplomatic about the whole RCA
thing, but that isn’t the case for everyone
in Bullets and Octane. “There are a lot of
bands on there [RCA] that you’ll never
hear.” James Daniels [former Bullets and
Octane’s guitarist] exclaims. “There’s
Velvet Revolver, you’ll never hear of them
signing again. My Morning Jacket, but their
not getting the push they need, and Maroon
5, who just pulled the carpet out from
underneath RCA, which I love.” Daniels
says with a smile. “They [Maroon 5] knew
this was their chance to get out from RCA.
They sold 6 million copies of their last
record. They got everything
written and recorded,
and at the last
aren’t known for being a great Rock label
in the first place. They’re not going to give
you the attention they should.” Louis says
with a drag off his cigarette. It’s obvious
that labels like RCA are the source that is
hurting music, not to mention just not
knowing what they were or are doing. You
may remember when Bullets and Octane
did their video for Caving In; it was
debuted on MTV 2’s Headbanger’s Ball. “I
mean come on; we’re not a Headbanger’s
ball band.” Louis exclaims. Louis may
seem diplomatic about the whole RCA
thing, but that isn’t the case for everyone
in Bullets and Octane. “There are a lot of
bands on there [RCA] that you’ll never
hear.” James Daniels [former Bullets and
Octane’s guitarist] exclaims. “There’s
Velvet Revolver, you’ll never hear of them
signing again. My Morning Jacket, but their
not getting the push they need, and Maroon
5, who just pulled the carpet out from
underneath RCA, which I love.” Daniels
says with a smile. “They [Maroon 5] knew
this was their chance to get out from RCA.
They sold 6 million copies of their last
record. They got everything
written and recorded,
and at the last
second they say [to RCA] we’re going to
handle this on our own.” Daniels continues
with a shit eating grin.
Although Bullets and Octane may not
have the pull that Maroon 5 may have, this
time around Bullets and Octane decided to
take things into their own hands, writing,
recording, mixing and mastering everything
themselves. With Clawson producing, their
third coming full length record, just
another record to his collection, well just
not another record, “We learned from our
pervious producers, that there might be
great producers out there, but they don’t
spend enough quality time on anything.
They get a nice pay check and sit there and
go ‘yea, sounds good, sounds good.
Obviously it’s our little baby, so we are
going to treat it a little more carefully.”
Louis explains.
handle this on our own.” Daniels continues
with a shit eating grin.
Although Bullets and Octane may not
have the pull that Maroon 5 may have, this
time around Bullets and Octane decided to
take things into their own hands, writing,
recording, mixing and mastering everything
themselves. With Clawson producing, their
third coming full length record, just
another record to his collection, well just
not another record, “We learned from our
pervious producers, that there might be
great producers out there, but they don’t
spend enough quality time on anything.
They get a nice pay check and sit there and
go ‘yea, sounds good, sounds good.
Obviously it’s our little baby, so we are
going to treat it a little more carefully.”
Louis explains.
Song for the Underdog may be Bullets and
Octane’s baby, but Bullets and Octane’s is
Louis’ baby. “What a lot of people don’t
realize is that Gene did everything on the
first record.” Miller later tells me. Not to
mention that Louis was also Bullets and
Octane’s original drummer, of course this
was all way before Bullets and Octane
actually recorded anything. Something that
isn’t that much of surprise considering that
Louis grew up traveling with his father
playing Dixie Land Jazz. “My dad gets it,
he doesn’t get it. I think he’s just excited
he’s a big fan of Elvis so when we were
on RCA [a label Elvis Presley was on] I
think it was a big deal for him. I just think
for him to see me do shit is a big deal for
him. I dropped out of High-School and I
think he was a little worried, because I
started getting tattoos on my forearms
when I was like 15. I think he was like
Shit! What’s going to happen? He’s just
proud to see me take the ball and run with
it as far as I can.” Louis says.
Octane’s baby, but Bullets and Octane’s is
Louis’ baby. “What a lot of people don’t
realize is that Gene did everything on the
first record.” Miller later tells me. Not to
mention that Louis was also Bullets and
Octane’s original drummer, of course this
was all way before Bullets and Octane
actually recorded anything. Something that
isn’t that much of surprise considering that
Louis grew up traveling with his father
playing Dixie Land Jazz. “My dad gets it,
he doesn’t get it. I think he’s just excited
he’s a big fan of Elvis so when we were
on RCA [a label Elvis Presley was on] I
think it was a big deal for him. I just think
for him to see me do shit is a big deal for
him. I dropped out of High-School and I
think he was a little worried, because I
started getting tattoos on my forearms
when I was like 15. I think he was like
Shit! What’s going to happen? He’s just
proud to see me take the ball and run with
it as far as I can.” Louis says.
