Damon Johnson speaks of the origin of SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM

In a recent interview with The Gauntlet, vocalist Damon Johnson of Slave To The System spoke abou the band's inception, their all-new record and more. You can read the complete interview in the Interviews section.

The Gauntlet: What would you most like fans to take from the music that's on this record?

Damon Johnson: The name of the band, the name of the record and obviously, we wrote a song with the title "Slave To The System", that was Kelly's idea and as soon as the words came out of his mouth, I knew that it really represents our motivation for coming together. We've all been in bands and had major label deals and these days, I feel that the musicians are taking the business back and it's been a long time coming. With the Internet and that medium of reaching fans and reaching people and spreading the word, you don't have to sign your life away for ten years to some record company to make records and express yourself. I feel like we're right on the front end of that whole thing and I think it's going to be interesting to see what unfolds in the coming years for the music business in general and bands doing their own business and we think that the songs on the record represent our take on that. I think fans can pick up on that if they listen to the songs. I think that's what we're really all about. If we get to make twenty records together, you can bet that they will all be self-produced and self-arranged. We'll do it ourselves because we've all got experience. I think that it says somewhere in our bio that we've made over twenty-five or thirty albums between the four of us, that's a lot of experience, man. It always feels like I have made my first album last week and now, all of a sudden, it's like we are the elder statesmen. That experience is very valuable and I wouldn't give anything for that so hopefully, we can take advantage of that and pull some fans along with us.

The group's new, self-titled record hits shelves Feburary 21st.