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(With the second half of Midnight Skies' upcoming release, this is intended to be a look back on the songs that helped get Infinite into the position of recognition they have today. This first section is about the songs they made while they were an underground rock band. The later parts will, naturally, deal with the songs later in their career.)The Early Days
The Communist Ents
“Meh, what can I say? I was completely and utterly stoned back in the day, which is how this song came into existence. It’s one of my first attempts at songwriting, which is why it is so utterly terrible. I was a big fan of Lord of the Rings when I wrote this, so I just tried to incorporate as much of that book as I could. It’s J.R.R. Tolkien on drugs… it’s not as good as you’d think it’d be. It’d be fun to play it again, just for shits and giggles. I’m sure the fans would think we’d completely lost the plot, though.”
-Eric Quillington
Galaxy of Thoughts
“It’s decent, and a slight indicator of the paranoid sound that will eventually be on Blue Nebula. Actually, we completely picked apart this song. Tore it to pieces, and used parts of it for new songs. The ending guitar solo was the skeleton to the melody of Supernova, for instance. We probably won’t ever be able to play it again, because the people in the audience will just think we’re ripping off our other songs… it’s very ironic. The lyrics are decent, too; I’d ripped off a book again, this time George Orwell’s 1984. I was basically describing all the thoughts and feelings people in a government like that would keep to themselves. ‘Big enough to fill a galaxy.’ Horrible? Yes. But, everyone’s gotta start somewhere.”
-Eric Quillington
Supernova
“It’s almost cliché for me to now mention just how important this song is to me, but I’ll say it anyways. I wrote this when I was nineteen, and going through a very dark period in my life. Infinite was basically failing at every turn we made, and I rather stupidly began to develop a heroin addiction. There were a few good things in my life at that point, though; a girlfriend, close-relationships with the band members… stuff like that. So, I had really conflicting feelings in myself about whether the positive things outweighed the negative. That’s basically how this song came into existence, I was basically writing about my feelings. The song uses a supernova as a metaphor for how I’m feeling: it’s a beautiful thing to see, but it also means the death of a star. Without this song, I can guarantee that Infinite wouldn’t exist today. It taught me to believe in the band's potential. And, yes, I know how lame that sounds. The only bad thing about this song is how similar sounding the title is to that shitty band Oasis’s song ‘Champagne Supernova’.”
-Eric Quillington
Styx
“Back when I was a teenager, I was completely fascinated with Greek mythology. I figured I’d give it a shot, and fans still love the result even today. The ideas behind it are very deep; a man is being taken down the river Styx (which is the pathway to the Greek afterlife), and he contemplates all his missed opportunities in life while he’s being taken to Hades. It’s a very simple piano-driven song, and the falsetto vocals are a result of me listening to too much Radiohead. Styx was our first single… it was an odd choice, but the underground scene still loved it. Barely anybody knows about it today (we’re always referred to as the band that made Fusion Paranoia and Problems with Pluto), so it’s very under-appreciated to this day. It’s a bit of a diamond in the rough, which just makes me love it even more.”
-Eric Quillington
0.9 Pelnav
“Eric came up to me one day, talking about how pissed he was about people considering him a spotlight-whore. He was extremely erratic in those days, so he basically yelled at me for an hour, telling me how I don’t do any of the work. I was given a choice; either I play an improvised bass solo during the concerts, or he’d fire me. So, naturally, I make the fucking solo. It doesn’t really have any meaning, so I can’t really explain it much more than that. It was either create a riff, or be homeless."
-Matt Roberts Edited by user 15 September 2010 13:16:36(UTC)
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Kid Anything- Indie/Britpop/Shoegaze; influenced by Sigur Ros, XXYYXX, Kanye West, Blur, Oasis (Bringing together an eclectic group of influences, Ulysses' songs are sung with carefree abandon by Nick Junk) Kurt Ulysses - Songwriter, Guitarist, Backup Vocalist Nick Junk - Vocals, Mojo Infinite- Alternative/Experimental Rock; influenced by Muse, Radiohead, and The Beatles (Known best for their experimental music and their frontman's eccentric behavior, the band disbanded after Eric Quillington's death to pursue solo careers or, in Matt Robert's case, peace of mind. Infinite released four albums over the course of their career; Blue Nebula, Midnight Skies, Insomnia, and Dancing about Architecture.) Eric Quillington (Deceased) - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Piano, Primary Lyricist Matt Roberts - Bass Greg Oldson - Drums, Backup Vocals, Secondary Lyricist Amelia Florentine - Keyboards, Piano, Lyricist, Backup Vocals "When asked 'how do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time', and this answer is invariably dismissed. But that's all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope." - Stephen King |
