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When did you start working together?
NS: We were both
students at MICA. I was working in the mailroom, and Bruce came
in one day and said, “Do you want to start a metal band?”
And I thought that would be cool, so we tried to start a metal band,
but we didn’t really know how to play metal, so it ended up
being this crazy hardcore band called League of Death. We practiced
for a couple of months, and we thought it would be cool to make
a poster for our first show, so we snuck into the mailroom one night
and cut pictures out of an old book and magazine, and drew some
lettering, and stayed up all night printing.
And you still play in a
band together.
NS: After League
of Death broke up, I was in the mailroom again and Bruce came in
and said, “Do you want to start a band that writes songs about
graphic design?” And I thought that sounded cool. That’s
how Double Dagger started.
BW: We started getting
asked to do work for people who had seen posters we made for our
shows.
You screen print posters yourselves. Is it gratifying
to work with your hands?
NS: After sitting
all day in a cubicle, there’s a satisfaction that comes from
working at three in the morning, when my back is sore from pulling
prints.
What do you find compelling about graphic design?
NS: Design gets
out to the public. In school, my fine art work was only seen by
my teachers and classmates, and then it was kind of dead. But if
you design something, like a t-shirt or poster, it goes out into
society and has this life outside of you.
What advice do you have for people who want
to use graphic design to promote their band or music?
BW: Think about
what distinguishes your music and how you can translate your musical
concepts into visuals. Don’t get caught up in the technology.
Focus on the idea.
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