Day of Fire: Interview with Day of Fire

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"The Day of Fire is the day when the Holy Spirit comes into your life and gives you new vision, new power and sets your heart on fire for God." - Joshua Brown

"Jesus is really the only way to ever conquer the bad habits that you have, and that I have." - Joshua Brown

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Update:
Bass player Dusty Beach just recently left the band and has been replaced by Joe Pangallo's brother Chris.

Just recently, we got to chat with Joshua Brown of Day of Fire...

MQ: Can you tell us a little about the album (self titled debut - Day of Fire) and what some themes are lyrically - and also, how would you describe it sonically?

JB: When I think of the theme of the album, it's definitely 'a new beginning.' A lot of the songs are about dealing with yourself now ... and how Jesus is really the only way to ever conquer the bad habits that you have, and that I have. You know what I'm saying?

MQ: True.

JB: It's realizing that even though we may be in the middle of trial and circumstance right now, but that doesn't change where we're at with God, and the way God sees us. When I was back on drugs, and doing drugs - and I was doing everything I could do to destroy myself, I believe God still saw the completed me - the me that I was going to be. That's pretty much the theme of the album. No matter where you're at - even if you're in a circumstance that you caused yourself, maybe you're in jail, maybe you've done horrible things in your life - Jesus still loves you right there and He's still willing to pull you out of that situation. It's really an album that I want to give hope to people that are hopeless. And sonically, God put it together as far as the musicians. He allowed us to have a great producer, Scott Humphrey. Sonically, it stands up with about any record, because it's a real rock record. It's not some 'Christian theme based' music that we try to make it sound 'rocky.' It's a real rock record. The themes of it are what people deal with - it's reality. So, I'm very thankful for the record.

MQ: Do you have any favorite songs on the album - any that stand out for you?

JB: You know, I've got a lot of favorite songs. And at different times, each song has been my favorite song - and I've hated every song at one time or another, too. But my favorite is probably 'Jacob's Dream.' Because it identifies with all of mankind. It identifies the search for truth. If you're going to church, you're searching for truth. If you're going to a bar, you're searching for truth. You're looking for it in different places. Also, the song 'Jacob's Dream' really brings out some Pink Floyd kind of aspects, and anytime you can have Pink Floyd influence, you're going to have good music.

MQ: Nice. How would you describe your sound to someone who is not familiar with it? You know, what differentiates this from the other rock albums I'm going find on the shelf?

JB: I would explain it as a great collaboration of American Rock. Honestly, I'm not one of those guys that will tell you that I'm trying to be the most original band in the world, and that I want to make my own sound. Really, I want to sound like the guys I grew up listening to. So, if I write a riff or a melody line that sounds like Nirvana, or SoundGarden, or Pink Floyd, or Queens of the Stone Age, or KISS or whatever...I go with it. Because that's the kind of music I like. A long time ago, I threw the idea of trying to be the most original rock guy in the world out the window. Because all Rock is is a collaboration of music that you've grown up listening to - and that's what Day of Fire is, totally.

MQ: Cool. We're all influenced by anything we've ever heard and how can we not be influenced by all that stuff?

JB: Right, exactly! And why not be influenced by it? You've got to admit, man, a lot of the rock that I grew up listening to, their hearts weren't in the right place maybe, but the talent from God was there. You know what I'm saying?

MQ: Exactly, yeah.

JB: I can glean from that.

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