IGNITE: New Video Interview With ZOLTAN TEGLAS Posted Online

January 5, 2010

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with vocalist Zoltan "Zoli" Teglas of the Orange County, California hardcore punk band IGNITE. The chat is now available for viewing in four parts below.

IGNITE's acclaimed 2006 album "Our Darkest Days" was re-released in 2007 as a limited "tour edition" for a fan-friendly price and including two bonus tracks ("Last Time" and "Bleeding"),a video clip ("Bleeding") and alternate artwork.

IGNITE's video for the song "Bleeding" can be viewed at this location. The band, which has been crafting some of the most definitive melodic West Coast hardcore for more than 15 years, is also known for its no-holds-barred social and politically engaging lyrics. This song and video is no different as the subject deals with the Iraq occupation by the U.S. As bassist Brett Rasmussen explained, it is about "the lies our government told us to get us into a war without taking the rest of the world's consideration into it." Teglas, who wrote the lyrics, had a younger brother who was stationed in Iraq, where, as Zoli explained, "he [was] forced to risk his life driving Halliburton execs to meetings that benefit the politicians and not the people." The performance footage for the video was shot in the blistering California desert where the band attacked their instruments. Interspersed with news footage of the war and intense images, the message is driven home by director Chris Sims (LAMB OF GOD, AS I LAY DYING).

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