THE ROT SETS IN<\/p>\n
An A \u2013 Z of decadence with UK Decay<\/p>\n
UK DECAY are one of the few bands around who are not running long any of the music industry\u2019s approved roads to its approved goal of as-great-as-possible success.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re not attached to a particular movement or genre capable of being promoted, or heralded as the next big thing.<\/p>\n
In the three years they\u2019ve staged independent, have chosen the gigs they want to play and have shunned the entourage of tour managers and promotion agents that grows up around bands. They don\u2019t want to be marketed as a commodity, says singer Abbo.<\/p>\n
\u2019It\u2019s the big old corny phrase that we want success, but we want it on our own terms. Everybody says it, but I can\u2019t name one band that\u2019s done it. All of them have compromised in at some point, but I don\u2019t think we have and we\u2019ve paid the cost in record sales. But I think in the long run we\u2019ll benefit, because of the honesty and the positive direction.\u2019<\/p>\n
UK Decay\u2019s music is sparse and uncompromising. Lyrics are steeped in religious imagery, drawn into an air of despondency and bleakness, giving the impression of a twisted sort of sanctity, a demonic pagan variety of Christianity. UK Decay say they don\u2019t invoke religious symbolism to enhance any atmosphere, but rather to challenge myth and tradition.<\/p>\n
Abbo: \u2018We\u2019re optimistic. We believe in our ideals, which means there\u2019s hope. If we didn\u2019t see any way out \u2013 any end to the tunnel, then we\u2019d be doomy. I don\u2019t offer any definite solutions, but I offer the way to them in the lyrics.<\/p>\n
\u2018The decay in UK Decay stands for decadence. Our vehicle for being different is our decadence \u2013 not in the nihilistic sense of drug abuse etc, but in the sense of using different methods and channels to achieve a purpose.\u2019<\/p>\n
UK Decay have a new single out, \u2018Werewolf\u2019 and have one album to their credit, \u2018For Madmen Only.\u2019 With the \u2018right\u2019 efficient machinery behind them they could quite easily have achieved more recognition by now, but that doesn\u2019t worry them \u2013 they don\u2019t think they\u2019re failing or missing out in any way.<\/p>\n
Abbo: \u2018I think it\u2019s a fallacy that if you get a political record in the top 30, its going to have more effect than one that doesn\u2019t sell very many. If too much stress is put on the entertainment value then you lose the message behind it. People buy it merely because its got a good beat or a catchy tune or whatever. That\u2019s myopia.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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