MONDAY 5/11/20

Q: I am a photographer and I love seeing BIC use cool photos in many ways. How would you say you are influenced by photography?

A: This is an interesting question! I am certainly blessed to have several friends that are indeed amazing photographers. I would say that I am influenced by certain photos. On ‘FBIC’, my friends Greg and Sarah sent me a lot of photos of abandoned buildings that they shoot in Pennsylvania . Those pics certainly inspired the cover of our debut album… which to me perfectly exemplified both beauty and chaos. Rick Parent, my dear friend who lives on a ranch in Texas, contributed not only the gate-fold photo on the vinyl version of ‘FBIC’, but also the cover of ‘the storm before the calm’. Both photos, shot from his deck; to me that jumped out as perfect for what we wanted. Nick Court, a DJ friend at UK’s Revolution Radio, also has a great photo eye and two of his photos will be used on the new record. I guess the best way I can describe is it is a case of ‘i know it when I see it’. I have a folder on my computer now with two photos (actually one is a painting), that will almost certainly be the front and back cover of our next ‘remix’ release. They also have inspired the probably name. With BIC not being a typical band, visuals are really important to us. I also put Anabel DFlux and Industrialism Film’s Vicente Cordero as key components to the public face of BEAUTY IN CHAOS.

‘People’s Republic of Texas’ sunset photo by RICK PARENT

‘FBIC’ cover by Sarah Sheriff