DisCorD: Bryan, please provide us with a little background on VAC for those who may not already by familiar with your work.

BryaN: VAC started in 1990. We set out just to please ourselves. To express ourselves. The vision has stayed the same through all the years and all the different members. I kept it alive. It was my child. No one else in the world seemed to care too much about it but me. We set out to write industrial music mixed with classical music elements. I was heavily influenced by old SOM, Puppy, The Cure and The Legendary Pink Dots. Those were our main influences. But we eventually evolved in our later years to have our own sound. When you hear a song, I think you can tell I wrote it. No matter how different it is.

D: How would you describe the sound of VAC?

B: Now, I think we are just fusing many styles together and putting my emotion into it. "Calling ov the Dead" is a dark, upbeat, conceptual CD about a crazed business man whose creations backfire in his face. He then becomes tortured and becomes moral. And he seeks out evil. YOU ARE THE FIRST ZINE' WHO KNOW'S THIS! It is about me. He is a person who brings on retribution where it is needed.

D: Comparing "Church of Acid" to "Calling ov the Dead", the production and overall sound is much tighter and cleaner on the latest release. What would you credit this to?

B: I wrote most of the music on COA as well. About 85%. But I had shitty gear and no studio. I was using Gary's gear in the old days. It sucked. I kicked everyone out of the group and worked like a madman to finish it and make it better than the previous work. Something that Gary was not interested in. So I booted him. This is why I think it sounds better. I wrote 95% of the music on COTD myself. There were some left overs from my old work with Gary, but I only chose the songs I did because they sounded the best and I make sure they did. Gayr would just sample a drum loop and he would layer some cheesey strings and tacky techno basslines over it. It was not very good. So I didn't use that material. It lacked soul. And to make COTD, what it needed to be with its conceptual elements, I had to basically start over and re-write almost all of the material. It took a year and a half to produce because of all the set backs. I had to buy all new gear and learn it all. But man, it paid off. And now our new remixes and newer VAC is much better than even COTD. Chris just comes over every now and then and adds a riff here or there. He is still with me. Gary became an asshole. All he wanted was the money to raise a family and he wanted me to pay for it. We fought all the time, so kicking him was the only answer. And now its just me. I call a few people in and out every now and then. I write all my music at home. No studio. I just figured out how to make my home studio and do it right.

D: What kind of equipment do you use?

B: Haha. Only musicians care about details like this. And considering the fact that I am competing with other musicians, I try to keep that to myself. All I can tell you is that I use alot of analogs and digital analogs now. I spend alot of time making my own sounds on them. Besides, i wouldnt want to plug one company or another in the public eye.

D: Who or what would you cite as influences to VAC?

B: Drugs, my fucked up childhood, my hate, my hate of religion and this backwards society. But lately, I have been expressing more personal events in my life, as you may be able to see in COTD. Movies and video games also play a role.

D: I know you recently hand Pain Konsept come out to your studio to record his debut release with your label, Electric Death Trip Records. How did that process go?

B: Very good. I loved working with him. His is very talented and is full of passion. Something most artists I have worked with are lacking. So for me, I was very excited. We spent 2 weeks and got it all done. I helped write a couple of riffs and a few beats, but all the ideas were his. I did some backing vocals in the song "white walls", and i remixed "Charge, Intercept" for him. It appears on the new Culture Shock sampler. If all goes well, I hope that he can work won VAC with me in the future. I like him so much and he was so easy to work with that I would even consider putting him in VAC as a full time member. But I think that would overshadow PK. I would never let that happen. I hope to help produce the next Pain Konsept as well. Oren is the greatest.

D: Congrats on finally getting EDT records underway with releases by Aghast View, Suicide Commando and Klinik. These initial releases all fall into the elektro/EBM realm. Do you plan on catering to this genre of musik exclusively with future EDT releases or do you have other plans?

B: EDT...hmmm. What a nightmare. Aghast view and my new A&R left behind my back and started a new label. Shitty, huh... They are gone. But hey, what can I say? I have bigger things in the works now for EDT anyway. Bigger bands. Big surprises. I am listening to the new Suicide Commando right now. It's amazing. The new Klinik is awesome as well. Both of these are 10 times better than their last works. We will have those out in May, for sure. No delays! EDT will go everywhere. Even Rap is planned. We, of course, plan sub divisions of EDT. I like to many kinds of music to just cater to EBM/Darkwave. The new Klinik is more techno oriented but really musical and weird at the same time. That is the direction we want to go in as well. We want future music. Not just cheap techno, but really good music that you can dance to or zone out to in your home. Music with emotion and feeling. This is what we have in our sights. Not just mindless aggression. In a way, I am glad that Aghast View left. They are very talented at what they do. But I am moving in a different direction.

D: I've heard plans of a VAC European tour in the works. When is the tour scheduled to happen? Are there any plans for a US tour in the near future?

B: The Dates are finally up on the Offbeat web page!

D: Has work begun on the VAC/Individual Totem Remix War yet?

B: This is not for sure. It may be with someone else. We are still working on these details now.

D: Are there any future plans for VAC that you would like to get out in the open?

B: No. There will be tons of things happening. But I am sick of spilling my guts. There will be surprises.

D: Any final Comments?

B: TRUST NO ONE! In this industry, no one is your friend. It is all money and shit. Stay true to yourself and think about other things rather than fame and money. This is a healthy way to live. All us musicians will die young.