About Dead Noise
Dead Noise started in March 2022 with the intention of bridging the gap between the fanbases of both horror films and rock/metal music. With a ton of overlap between both fanbases, it only made sense to cover them both under one roof. Starting on Substack on March 4, 2022 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the revolutionary vampire classic Nosferatu (1922), Dead Noise didn't waste any time moving into the video realm, with the YouTube channel starting up in April of 2022.
In the beginning, the Dead Noise YouTube channel primarily contained cellphone-recorded concert videos, but eventually leveled up in production value with the horror-centric video essay series "Monster Memories." What Dead Noise is perhaps best known for, however, is the interviews with musicians and horror film industry professionals. Starting in August 2022 with vocalist Brandon Elgar from Palisades, interviews quickly became a fixture for the YouTube channel and overall Dead Noise brand in general.
Over the years, interviews have included conversations with mainstays in the local North Carolina rock music community, established musical legends like Everclear frontman Art Alexakis and Blue Öyster Cult founding bassist Joe Bouchard, promising national prospects like Makes My Blood Dance frontman EV0 and Deadlands mastermind Kasey Karlsen, industry professionals behind the scenes of the music industry like concert photographer Christian Maravelis and publicist extraordinaire Amy Sciarretto, and horror film icons like Night of the Living Dead (1968) writer/actor John Russo and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise protagonist Heather Langenkamp.
About Me
I've been a fan of rock music and horror movies for as long as I can remember – from the trauma of watching Jaws (1975) for the first time as an easily-scared 7-year old, to being introduced to the musical greatness of bands like Rush and Iron Maiden by my dad, horror films and rock music have always been impactful forms of entertainment in my life. Being inspired by people like "That Metal Show" host Eddie Trunk and independent horror filmmaker Adam Green, I've had many moments in my life in which I've flipped back and forth between wanting to pursue something in either the film or music industry at different points in my years in school. Eventually, I decided to find a way to carve a path into both avenues, coming in the form of commentary and conversation.
I started Dead Noise in college, after completing an entertainment journalism course for my journalism minor and discovering the fun of writing about things that interest me instead of simply doing the average academic assignments from other classes in years prior. This class gave me the idea to start my own blog, leading me to set up the Dead Noise substack page the following spring. Since I was also majoring in film studies at the time, the desire to bring a video component eventually reared its head, so I quickly started the YouTube channel around a month later.
One of my earliest serious professional ambitions was to follow in the footsteps of Eddie Trunk and interview musicians – growing up watching "That Metal Show" at a young age, I often imagined myself in one of the hosts' chairs and formulated my own hypothetical questions for whoever the featured guest was for each episode. Several years later, I finally realized that dream through Dead Noise, with the interviews being the most consistent content-source and one of the most enjoyable parts of this endeavor. I always love discovering new music and having conversations with people with like-minded interests, and doing these interviews over the years has allowed me to not only discover new music for myself, but to also help introduce those artists to other people, along with making some great new friends and acquaintances in the process.