WE-BE Magazine Interview with Poison Corn | Page 3

WE-BE: Do you write your own music or play covers?

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Poison Corn: We only really play three covers; everything else we’ve written
ourselves. Deon, Zakk and Blake all write music so there are always new ideas. 


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Blake: Good and bad personal experiences influence what I write about.
Deon: I wrote a song about my brother, who has schizophrenia.
Zakk: Often my songs are about girls, honestly, ex-girlfriends, or friends who have
been mistreated.

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WE-BE: Who are your music heroes, and why?

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Anthony: I like a lot of punk rock, and pop punk bands like Rancid, NOFX, and
Screeching Weasel. I always wanted to start a band, and different bands inspired me
to start drumming.
Blake: I listen to NOFX, and Fat Mike’s song writing techniques; how he says what
he thinks.

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Deon: I love Metallica and Led Zeppelin because of their style, and how Jimi
Hendrix plays guitar.

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Zakk: Blink 182 and The Offspring are two of my favorite bands. I like Isaac Brock’s
unique writing style. Guns N’ Roses inspired me to play guitar.

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WE-BE: How long have you guys been a band?

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Poison Corn: Poison Corn has been around for about a year and a half, but we
originally had a different drummer. Anthony joined us about a year ago.

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WE-BE: Is there a story on how you became a band?

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Poison Corn: Yes, actually Zakk and Deon met in high school. They were in Music
composition and social studies class together. They started to jam together and their
socials teacher let them write a song about one of the topics instead of making a
poster. Blake was in their socials class too, and wanted to join, which led to their
original band called the ’18 Strings’. After playing together awhile, they got a
drummer, who eventually was replaced by Anthony. Anthony fit right in and brought
more energy into the band. Over time our band became a family.

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We really enjoyed interviewing these inspiring rising musicians. We are looking
forward to hearing their new EP and we’ll do a WE-BE news flash when it comes
out! It takes a lot of courage to stand up for what you believe in, and we have a lot of
respect for these young men and their voice in the world; we wish them all the best!