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HM Interview with Matt McCormack:
...in Austin, the most credible and potentially best-selling new act is an all-star alliance that had its debut album financed by none other than Gene Simmons of Kiss. “Gene bought one of my songs,” relates vocalist Matt McCormack of Rock Bottom Choir, the sale of which allowed him to finance the For All The Saints album. McCormack moved here from Memphis and hooked up with Will Sexton, Ryan Carter, George Reiff, Joey Shuffield, and Bill Carter, whose collective rock pedigree is staggering. “I wanted to do this thing called The Rock Bottom Choir, which developed more into spiritual songs and trying to raise money for charities and do certain things. Bob Dylan had Slow Train Coming and George Harrison had All Things Must Pass – I wanted to do something like that. Not preachy or anything like that. I’m no saint and I don’t live my life that way, but kind of like an outlet of positive music. That’s what Rock Bottom’s about.”
"It’s called the Rock Bottom Choir, because, man, everyone’s been there and faced every aspect of every kind of situation. Instead of saying, you know, ‘My boat’s gonna sink,’ saying, ‘Well, we’re going to swim and make it to shore,’ kind of thing. I think it’s very easy to write a song about how bad things are. Anybody can do that, and that’s very important to – to be able to do that – but I think there’s a whole other game to it if you recognize it and move in a different direction. And that’s what I’ve been drawn to.
Have I swayed off the course in my life? Yes. Does something always call me back? Yes. That’s kind of what Rock Bottom’s about – that whole thing – but I tell you what, since I’ve been doing this band, I’m being pulled more and more to the direction and the honest of what the message is about in this band. It’s something pretty powerful. It kinda changed my life. But, you know, I’m no role model. I don’t wanna be a role model for anybody. I’d rather talk about something they’ve been through or I’ve been through… Everybody’s gonna fall. Rock Bottom Choir is there to pick you up when you do, and go, ‘It’s a new day.’ That’s it. I think I’d be a phony if I said anything else.”
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