Arm The Pit - Lucid Nation

ATP

Most people will never know what it feels like to be on stage in front of a crowd, what does that feel like?

LUCID NATION

When people sing the lyrics you wrote while you're singing them, that's a feeling I wish everyone could know at least once.

ATP

Describe your typical stage show performance. What might we expect at your show and why we should go?

LUCID NATION

We try to make our shows communal events to experiencen and remember, but we hardly ever play live, so you should go because you may never get the chance again.

ATP

Tell us about your most memorable gig and why it was so great?

LUCID NATION

My favorite gigs are the time we played with Tori Spelling Fiasco in Boston, when we opened for Bikini Kill in Los Angeles, our second show ever. But also shows with Mecca Normal, because Jean Smith is always so inspiring, and The Breeders were really nice to us when we opened for them. But opening for John Sinclair was a real honor. Hard to pick one show.

ATP

Tell us about your worst gig and why it was so bad?

LUCID NATION

My worst gig was probably at The Black Cat in Washington D.C. because I was spitting out pieces of a rotten tooth, sick with flu on a national tour, and in a fight with my drummer.

ATP

Tell Us About Your Dream Gig, who you'd like to play with, where?

LUCID NATION

My dream gig would be having everyone over to join in the music making, a million people somehow making music together, how intense would that be?

ATP

Do you believe commercial/mainstream music has had a negative effect on new music, why or why not?

LUCID NATION

Mainstream music is mostly product. I like some of it, there's even good dubstep and rap going on if you dig hard enough, but music has been made into wallpaper.

ATP

Has the internet really been helpful to your promotion, why or why not?

LUCID NATION

The net has always been our best friend. We booked our first tour with the help of friends and bands online and we've always been lucky in getting attention and meeting cool people thanks to it.

ATP

Can you name a few of your favorite places on the web for band promotions?

LUCID NATION

I use tumblr, twitter, facebook and youtube mostly.

ATP

Do you have a website, tell us about it?

LUCID NATION

We do have a Lucidnation.com with an archive of over a hundred songs for free download. But mostly we use social networking sites. Most of writing for Newtopia Magazine and Reality Sandwich.

ATP

Do you have a street team and how can you join?

LUCID NATION

Anyone can be part of our street team just by sharing our music. We have friends, not fans. NOTE: Arm The Pit has set up a street team page for Lucid Nation http://www.armthepit.com/artists/artist/l/li/streetteam.html

ATP

Are you looking to get a record deal, why or why not?

LUCID NATION

We turned down major label record deals. Danny Goldberg was kind enough to explain the fame machine to me and it was easy for me to decide I wasn't interested. I don't want to be famous. I just want to make music.

ATP

What are your plans for the future, in a year, 5 years?

LUCID NATION

I've got a documentary film on the Cuban hip hop group Los Aldeanos I helped produce, and I'm helping out with a doc on riot grrrl, and another on zona norte, the killing zone between the US and Mexico in Tijuana. We have a ton of unreleased music we'll be doing something with, and we have new songs on the way. I'll continue writing for Newtopiamagazine.org and for Reality Sandwich and I'll have my own ebook imprint soon for my collection of herbal recipes for charms and tonics. I figure I'll pretty much be doing what I'm doing now next year and five years later.

ATP

Finally, do have any words on what Arm The Pit means to you?

LUCID NATION

We need more websites like Arm the Pit, to help people find music to love that doesn't come to them on a corporate silver platter.