Blood And Water has the kind of songs that make me fall in love all over again with alternative rock. Today Brad Hagmann, Matt Hagmann, and Jon McMaster, three of the four members of the band, answered our Seven Questions in Heaven.Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Matt: Alternative.
Brad: Does that count as a genre?
Who are your musical influences and idols?
Jon: Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, and I definitely get a lot of my bass ideas from Face To Face.
Brad: Everything. George Michael. Morella's Forest. Tasty Snax.
Matt: Nada Surf, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Weezer, Better Than Ezra.
Did you pick the name Blood And Water because of the its biblical reference and do you consider yourself a Christian band or a band made up of Christians?
Brad: We've actually been asked this question a few times, and I really don't feel like either of those labels define our band. If a Buddhist starts a punk band, does that make it a Buddhist punk band? If a Christian makes a pizza, is it then a Christian pizza? At the most basic level, we're four guys making music. If anyone would like to sit down and talk about faith or spirituality on a personal note, I encourage them to reach out to us individually. We're all pretty open about that stuff.
Matt: We chose the name when we were around 12 years old. It sounded hard.
Brad: I think we wanted to be a screamo band back then. Or ska, I can't remember.
