Chad Bowar: Describe Tourniquet to someone who may have never heard your music.
Ted Kirkpatrick: Somebody came up with a simple description years ago. They said it sounds like Beethoven meets Frankenstein. I've always liked that analogy. People tell us all the time, "we can't describe your music." There are so many influences, from ethnic instruments, to world music, to doom metal. Since the beginning, I've done most of the writing, and I love everything from beautiful sounds to the nastiest sounds that you can get out of an instrument.
How would you compare the sound of Where Moth and Rust Destroy to your previous work?
The new album has a bigger sound. The guitar sound is definitely fuller and heavier, and it's got all the twists and turns that people would expect from Tourniquet. I think it's a little more accessible than the last album was. I also think it's Luke (Easter)'s best album on vocals. And thanks to Marty Friedman and Bruce Franklin, without a doubt it has the coolest guitar solos of any Tourniquet album.
What does the title track (Where Moth and Rust Destroy) symbolize?
The title track is taken from a Bible verse that says "Do not put all your belief in worldly things where moth and rust destroy." I think whether you're a Christian or someone who doesn't want anything to do with God it's something that we can all relate to, and that's that there are things that are more important than the material things. When we leave this world, whether you're the richest man in the world or you're homeless living on the street, you're kind of in the same boat when you die. It's just a reminder to people to look at other things that are more important than material things.
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