Some people don't have friends, not the kind that really like them, anyway. That's why some people are still using Friendster. They just don't know any better. All of the world's discarded friends linger there still, hanging on to flickering, antiquated proof that they are loved. They are wrong. The rest of the world has moved to MySpace. That is where future stars The Main Frame have set up shop. People love them. Ever see a band that made you want to dance and cry at the same time? Inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Devo, & Tubeway Army, playing with everyone from [I Am Spoonbender] to [Starlite Desperation], the Main Frame are working hard to bring danceable rhythms soiled by the dark undertones of life to you and me.
FAG: The name of the band is [The Main Frame]; are you guys a bunch of Bawls-chugging, code-grokking cyberpunks picking up where Billy Idol left off, or is there some other significance to the name? Are you frontin' or representin'?
TMF: ...
FAG: I saw your write-up in the OC Weekly. Do you claim OC or LA?
TMF: Not Orange County. Steve and I live in Long Beach, Rob and Trip live in LA proper, so whatever. It's sort of an ongoing battle to say either Long Beach or Los Angeles. I could care less, really, I live under a rock, but people in this business sort of demand a home town so for them, we say Los Angeles. We get the occasional LA scenester barking "you're not from LA, you're from Long Beach!", like it really matters, maybe it does who knows. It's amusing. I remember at one show in San Francisco, someone announced us as being from the "southern California area". I like Long Beach and I like Los Angeles, but the truth is, if we said LA exclusively the OC Weekly would never write about us and then we'd be stuck with the LA Weekly and who wants that. So there ya go.
FAG: Explain the songwriting process for The Main Frame and how that process influences the end results that we, the listening audience, are presented.
TMF: For the most part, we make danceable, techno-like at times, music as a four piece "rock" or "pop" band. We all listen to electronic music and trying to emulate it has become sort of our modus operandi. It is important to us that we don't use laptops, or sequencers, or samplers, or drum machines. It would make things much, much easier at times, but in the end, human error is important and embraced. It adds a uniqueness that bands with sequencers and drum machines just don't have.
FAG: I also saw a review of The Main Frame at ambitious-outsiders.com; it spoke about the hypnotic effect you are having on the soft-headed youth of america. What kind of message are you spreading through your music, and is it liminal or subliminal?
TMF: Seriously though, we want to make good records and we want to play good shows with bands we like. We feel we have a lot of integrity that many, many bands, especially in Los Angeles, lack. Press and publicity is not always important to us. Meeting interesting people and playing shows with them is much more fun. There is no Holy Grail here. It's just a process for us as people. We see this is as a good thing. Later.
The Main Frame are: Stephen (guitars/vocals), Bill (bass guitars), Rob (keyboards/synthesizers), Trip (drums) and will be playing 01/27/05 at the Prospector with [Madelia] in Long Beach. Please visit [http://www.themainframe.org] for more information.
FAG: The name of the band is [The Main Frame]; are you guys a bunch of Bawls-chugging, code-grokking cyberpunks picking up where Billy Idol left off, or is there some other significance to the name? Are you frontin' or representin'?
TMF: ...
FAG: I saw your write-up in the OC Weekly. Do you claim OC or LA?
TMF: Not Orange County. Steve and I live in Long Beach, Rob and Trip live in LA proper, so whatever. It's sort of an ongoing battle to say either Long Beach or Los Angeles. I could care less, really, I live under a rock, but people in this business sort of demand a home town so for them, we say Los Angeles. We get the occasional LA scenester barking "you're not from LA, you're from Long Beach!", like it really matters, maybe it does who knows. It's amusing. I remember at one show in San Francisco, someone announced us as being from the "southern California area". I like Long Beach and I like Los Angeles, but the truth is, if we said LA exclusively the OC Weekly would never write about us and then we'd be stuck with the LA Weekly and who wants that. So there ya go.
FAG: Explain the songwriting process for The Main Frame and how that process influences the end results that we, the listening audience, are presented.
TMF: For the most part, we make danceable, techno-like at times, music as a four piece "rock" or "pop" band. We all listen to electronic music and trying to emulate it has become sort of our modus operandi. It is important to us that we don't use laptops, or sequencers, or samplers, or drum machines. It would make things much, much easier at times, but in the end, human error is important and embraced. It adds a uniqueness that bands with sequencers and drum machines just don't have.
FAG: I also saw a review of The Main Frame at ambitious-outsiders.com; it spoke about the hypnotic effect you are having on the soft-headed youth of america. What kind of message are you spreading through your music, and is it liminal or subliminal?
TMF: Seriously though, we want to make good records and we want to play good shows with bands we like. We feel we have a lot of integrity that many, many bands, especially in Los Angeles, lack. Press and publicity is not always important to us. Meeting interesting people and playing shows with them is much more fun. There is no Holy Grail here. It's just a process for us as people. We see this is as a good thing. Later.
The Main Frame are: Stephen (guitars/vocals), Bill (bass guitars), Rob (keyboards/synthesizers), Trip (drums) and will be playing 01/27/05 at the Prospector with [Madelia] in Long Beach. Please visit [http://www.themainframe.org] for more information.
