“ We were so scared of somebody else looking at our stuff !”
“ It is still a passion project for all of us , a lot of the problems that did exist on why do this still exist on a smaller scale for us than before .”
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blossoming reputation on our side of the Atlantic , momentum is beginning to build for CAR BOMB . The band ’ s rise comes at a time where progressive metal is experiencing a time of immense popularity and for Elliot , this is nothing but good news . “ I think it is great that people are playing progressive music . Me and Jon have been playing together since 1994 and back then it was like CYNICand
WATCHTOWER and that era of progressive metal . Then it kind of fell off and the only band that was really doing that was MESHUGGAH and then , unexpectedly , you ’ ve got all the djent bands come out and popularise it to a newer generation . It is great for us because since we put our first album and early demos out in the early 2000s , we ’ re looked at as old school metalcore which is unbelievable because we were doing it in the mid 90s . It ’ s like “ you put out an album in 2007 , you ’ re old school ”.” The realities for touring bands who are not at the summit of the heavy metal pyramid can be tough and brutal . One which financial income and exposure can be a constant struggle , a struggle which can break a band . Back in 2010 , CAR BOMB released a documentary which highlighted