CTRL+Plus was lucky enough to be invited to have an exclusive first look at NOT A TOY’s live performance video of “J Cash” and take part of a press conference with NOT A TOY.
Biography and what the collective is about: “Not a Toy is not just a band; it’s a lifestyle of art and creation,” affirms Branson. “We’re not the first to combine different genres of music, but we’re also actually blending other artforms—from streetwear to art shows. We’re a snapshot of this generation’s tattooed youth and bedroom beatmakers. We’re just creating, and there are no rules to creation.”
The members of this collective initially met in high school and cut their teeth in various projects together before launching Not a Toy in 2020. Operating out of a shared house in Denver, the group’s synergy results from the sum of its parts. Classically trained on the violin from a young age, TJ plays a slew of other instruments, adding a variety of textures and production to the sound. Jeremy not only rips on guitar but he also “makes trap beats so quickly it’s ridiculous.” Benji holds down the groove as the drummer and acts as an “overarching producer.” Meanwhile, Branson pens the majority of the lyrics and plays guitar and piano. Based on a background in graphic design and painting, he “brings the art to the project.”
During the press conference held by °1824, many music news and blog outlets were invited to have an exclusive look at a live performance video from NOT A TOY. After the performance, the outlets were allowed to ask NOT A TOY approved questions (they couldn’t have the outlets asking the same questions). During this interview, we get to learn more about what makes NOT A TOY tick and about their message of self-respect, and pushing art to the limits. We also learn the interesting story on how they got their awesome name.
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Kathleen Kelly from °1824:
I love the way you guys had that was filmed (referring to the exclusive live video) You guys have any insight on how that was filmed or the process behind that?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, we stuck with the same couple video guys; since we were all in high school, we’ve all just grown together. So it’s our crew, we got two guys, Ryan Frazee and Hudson Bloom. Hudson Bloom filmed this, but it’s just our little shop here, it’s where we tattoo, paint, make all of our music, design all the streetwear kind of stuff. So, we kind of do everything based out of this spot that you guys are in right now. So, it was all filmed right here.
Victoria from the Daily Trojan:
Hi, my name is Victoria, I’m from the Daily Trojan at USC. And my first question is, can you talk a little bit about how your branding gets into your collective ambitions as a group of four creatives? You talk a lot about not fitting into a genre or not conforming to the title of a band. What do you hope to teach your audience through these ideas or values?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Sweet. Thanks for the question.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
That’s a good question.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
The biggest project with NOT A TOY is that we didn’t want it to feel like a one band or one entity’s music tastes. We wanted it to feel like a snapshot of this generation’s artistic expression. So, we more wanted Not A TOY to feel like almost more of a movement than more of a band. So, the branding definitely plays into literally just the band itself being a representation of that article.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, I guess what we’re trying to say is, that how we approach every situation is by not putting ourselves in any box, allowing completely free thinking of ideas. I think that’s kind of what helps.
Victoria from the Daily Trojan:
Thank you. And my next question. NOT A TOY launched in 2020. What was it like to kick things off during a pandemic? Do you feel that there were any hindrances? Or do you feel that more people were able to discover your EP because they were home? How were you able to establish a fan base with the world on quarantine?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
I think the biggest hindrance for this year is not being able to tour. So that was definitely difficult as far as getting, you know, that would really help a lot of people hear our music and get the EP in their hands. So, it’s definitely been the biggest hindrance, but I think the biggest blessing is that we’ve been able to stay home and focus on the art, and what’s still to come, you know, so we just released this EP, but we’re able to really dive into the new music and our new sound and really dial in our merchandise, our street wear, our clothing. So that’s been a really good blessing. And we have definitely, you know, relied on just trying to not necessarily go viral, but just to continue to put out our message, what we think is cool. And if you look at our Instagram, a lot of it is just pictures that we find that are appealing to us. And so we just want to, you know, that’s kind of, I guess, what we’ve been focusing on, I hope that answers your question.
NOT A TOY – Branson
Yeah, Fearless’ team has helped so much. They’re literally, they are a powerhouse. We definitely still put in a ton of work. But we were all a little lost when this pandemic started in, trying to figure out what a band is supposed to be right now. And it was a blessing and a curse at the same time. So, a lot of challenges, but also, a lot of good that I can get out of it.
Victoria from the Daily Trojan:
My last question is NOT A TOY met collectively in high school, and has evolved exponentially since then. In terms of remote learning, many current high school students are home without the privilege of congregating with their friends to explore their passion for music. What would you say to the younger generation of creatives who have the same aspiration as you in high school but lack the circumstances to pursue music?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, it’s kind of scary right now, because we’re all forced to create by ourselves, which so much music is collaboration. So luckily, the internet, I feel, is just getting crazier, and crazier, as far as, collaborating with people. So there are a lot of cool ways to collaborate just one even Zoom calls and that kind of stuff, or sending project files back and forth. But I think that the biggest message we have for them in general is, honestly, just like keep trying to find a way create something original or something that hasn’t been done, like keep pushing music as an art form. And that’s been NOT A TOY’s M.O. from the beginning.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
I would also add to that just real quick, I guess the best thing that you can do is just really hone in on your own craft. If you can’t practice, if you can’t get together with your peers, you know, just work as hard as you can on yourself. And as far as music goes, and all that stuff, so I think just really dial in your own practice if, you’re a guitarist, drummer, bassist, honing in on the instrument, make as much music as you possibly can, and then Branson’s right. I mean, you can send files to each other and use technology to connect without being in person.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
It’ll all pass here soon, we hope.
Victoria from the Daily Trojan:
Thank you so much.
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Thanks, Victoria. Thank you.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Hello, everyone. This is Shaun from CTRL+Space, and thank you for having me here. Shall I start with my first question?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Absolutely. How you doing, man?
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
I’m doing well, how are you?
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Doing good. Thanks for asking. Thanks, Shaun.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Great, well, thank you for having me. So, let’s get started. So, which artists have the biggest influence on your sound?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
So, we all have super-diverse influences. But I would say since we all started out as a rock band, we were super influenced by all the Warped Tour genre fans. I’m talking, you know, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, and My Chemical Romance, all that kind of stuff. But I think in the long run, the biggest influences have actually been the artists that have been the most creative and have tried pushing music as an art form themselves. So I think one of our biggest consistent one is Kanye. I know, that’s kind of funny, because he’s running for president right now. But as a producer, we all love his outside of the box, no rules mentality. And that’s what NOT A TOY has, has really tried to hone in on.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Alright, great. Quite cool. So my second question is, “J Cash” is currently your most listened to song on Spotify. Do you want to tell us what the song is about?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, so that song was one of the first ones that we wrote for the EP, and we were in the basement, and it was one of those songs, that this was one of the first times as a band, we were really thinking, let’s just write whatever the fuck you want to write. And so Jeremy had this guitar riff on acoustic, and him and TJ just started blasting ideas off into space, and they just started rolling with the sound. And that song, the whole time, I feel like we were just throwing things in there. Like, what if we added a whip in there? But honestly, the song is about, you know, us being fameless, not famous, but fameless in the basement, striving for what, you know, I feel every artist or band narcissistically wants which is to be successful with their music and be famous. I mean, I think the songs a little bit flashy and exaggerated.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That song had a good start with TJ and Jeremy though. It’s never the same, we all write individually, so sometimes, you know, sometimes it’s me that starts, sometimes it’s TJ, sometimes it’s whoever. So that one, though, we had beat and the acoustic guitar first, and then I did vocals on top of that, so and it just felt like a perfect like attitude for a song that a band who just got signed who no one knows. I felt like it was a perfect way to introduce us.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Alright, looks like you got a little bit of influence from Devo, is it Devo? “Whip It,” you know that song?
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Laughs
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Joke, terrible joke.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That was out main influence.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Oh, great! Laughs
Anyhow, your third question would be “Quit Quitting” has a music video. Do you feel it represents the story of the song, and which scene best represents it?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That music video was so much fun. It was such a challenge to film because during the pandemic, you’re technically not supposed to have big groups of people together, so we literally kept just the band and like a super minimalistic crew.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Three people, three-person crew.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, it was, and all the streets in LA were shut down, so we just drove around LA. The meaning of this song is more of like, contemplating where you’re at in life, which we were doing very heavily at that point. And just questioning all the different directions we can go, and especially in this pandemic, I think there’s a lot of uncertainty, and so honestly though, the whole music video is different shots of us, literally just driving around Los Angeles. So, there’s not necessarily one scene that jumps out. But the whole video has this energy of just a late-night drive like just in your own head, contemplating where you’re at in life, where you want to go, all the things you’ve experienced, and that’s completely how we wrote that song.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Nice.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Beautiful, well, thank you for that. And I got approval from good ol’ West over, Wes, not West, Wes over there. He said, I could ask about the painting behind Branson in the music video that we just saw.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Oh, yeah.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
What is that about? Who is that, please?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
I got you. I actually had just never painted someone with wrinkles. So I was painting this queen here. It’s not someone specific, but we gave her a bunch of tattoos, and she’s not done yet. I’ve been working on it for like, three years. So, it’s a little ridiculous, but painting is kind of my sacred art form where it’s the one that’s not for finance or fame, anything like that. I literally just paint because I need a way to create without it being a job. And then not that all music is a job, but we care about it so much, and there’s certain things that we hold ourselves to. So yeah, the painting was literally, it was just for fun, I guess. Yeah, that’s literally all there is, it was just for fun, but yeah.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
Wonderful painting. I mean, really, that is like professional quality, I think. It’s awesome.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Thank you.
Shaun from CTRL+Space:
I don’t want to hog it all. So, I’ll let other people have their turns, so thank you so much for answering and showing us your art.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Thank you, Shaun.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
We appreciate you.
Blake from Hidden Beats:
Hey, guys. So, I’m Blake from Hidden Beats, we’re based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, so quite literally, the other side of the continent from you guys right now. For a relatively new band, though, you guys came out of the gates, like really, really strong; you got the EP, videos, merch, like you guys were saying. I didn’t realize you guys were tattoo artists, that’s really cool too. How did you go about creating and driving all that with just the four of you?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
You want to take it?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, sure, I’ll start it. I mean, it took us two years, I feel to bring NOT A TOY to being able to come out of the gate strong because nobody really knew what was going on from 2018 all the way through 2019. We were kind of absent from the scene. And so it took a good amount of thinking, and time, and just like work to- it’s kind of just the appearance you know, but we put in a lot of work over two years to make it like that.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
All four of us individual as well. I feel like there was so many ways that- I don’t know I feel like a lot of bands have kind of one or two people who do the most of the writing, the branding, the artwork, that kind of stuff. We really aren’t super split, like we all put in so much work to that EP, and just the branding in general, and I feel like that was what made it able to come out of the gate so strong. The other thing that I feel like happened was before the release, we had all of these different passions and art forms, even just the fashion side of things, like creating streetwear, that whole Avenue. We were like, well, we could start a, you know, a clothing company separate and then we’ll have to band separate, I’ll also tattoo separate. It’s like, it was such a disconnected representation of us, and I think what really made it come out so strong was that for the first time, we didn’t try to keep everything separate. We were like, you know what? We’re a group of artists, and if someone wants to, you know, look into the band and follow the type of art that we make, then they’re going to get all of it, they’re not just going to get the music. So it was actually, it was the first time that we just said, “Fuck it, there’s no rules, we can make whatever we want to make.”
Blake from Hidden Beats:
Nice, nice, no, yeah, there was like so much going on like it was really, really cool. And as someone who also went to a billion Vans Warped Tour and Taste of Chaos’, I really, really, love the sound. I am curious though, like what was the decision to pick “J Cash” over some of your other tracks, like “Demise” for instance, which is one of my personal favorites?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, we just wanted to choose the song with the biggest balls, and that was definitely “J Cash.” There are so many bands and there are so many songs that sound like everyone else’s, I want to make sure, we all want to make sure that right off the bat, NOT A TOY stood out as being its own thing.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, we didn’t want to play it safe. We’re like, fuck it, we’ve gone this far. Let’s just throw it out there. You know? Yeah. And like he said, some balls.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, I’m so glad we did though. Because I also think that the more polished Pop sounding songs are really fun as well, and that’s also something that we love. But “J Cash” is its own beast. There’s so many influences in there.
Blake from Hidden Beats:
Oh, yeah, that riff is just dirty. It’s a good track. So anyhow, those were my two questions. So, thank you guys so much.
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Yeah, we appreciate it. Thanks for your questions.
Emily from Haunted Publications:
Hey guys, I’m Emily from Haunted, I’m happy to be here, thank you for having me. I just have one question, and I was wondering what songs on the EP you would recommend a person to listen to if they were, just starting to get into your sound?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
I feel like I would show them “J Cash.”
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That’s so hard because it would depend on who I’m showing it to you, know what I mean? If I show it to my parents, like, you know what I mean? Like, different people in different walks of life would appreciate different songs.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, I guess I might show “Quit Quitting” to somebody who wants something a little bit more conventional, maybe. And then if it’s somebody who I know gets down with some crazy music or something a little bit different, I’d show them “J Cash.”
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That’s probably the two, though. It’s probably “Quit Quitting” and “J Cash.” “Quit Quitting” is so refined, and I feel widely accepted, that I feel like that’s more likely to catch a new fan. But “J Cash” is so out there that it could also turn some heads, so one of those.
Emily from Haunted Publications:
I vibe with both, so your answer, either way, was going to be a good one.
Natasha from Urban Latino:
So, our first question is, you said before that you guys are more than just a band, NOT A TOY is a lifestyle of art and creation. So why is it so important for you to be more than just a band?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
There’s already a ton of bands, right? Like, there’s so many bands.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
From a marketing side, I think that’s a great answer. On the flip side of things, I feel like
it wasn’t necessarily like it was easier for us to not just be a band. We just are passionate about too many other things. And it wasn’t something we’re trying to do to make people, like know that we’re different. It’s more that it was really hard to keep the other art forms out of the music, just because we’re passionate about so many things. I don’t know, I appreciate everyone in the band’s artistic vision and artistic eye. It’s not just how they look at music, it’s how they look at film, color correction, fashion, all that stuff. So honestly, we just really wanted to have a project that had no rules, and that’s, I think, the biggest reason we wanted to combine everything.
Natasha from Urban Latino:
That’s amazing, thank you. Another question we have is, what message do you have for young creators, which you refer to as the tattooed youth and bedroom beatmakers, especially at this difficult time that we’re going through?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
I think, specific to the pandemic, just keep your chin up and keep finding what makes you happy, and keep creating and that goes for more than just young creatives, that’s everyone. I feel like this is such a bizarre time. Such an uncertain time as well. But I think on, specifically, like what to say, in the music side of things, our biggest M.O. has always been, what can we do that’s different sonically? What can we do that hasn’t been heard before, or that is a different spin on it? So, and that’s the biggest thing I look for when I listen to music as well, so I would say to any young musicians out there, more just, keep trying to find little ways to push this amazing art form that we all are so passionate about and keep finding how this generation is going to be represented by music, and we’re all a part of that no matter how big or small as a musician, everyone, making music right now is a snapshot of the 2020 generation of musicians and I feel that’s so cool that you can be a part of that. Thank you for your question.
Natasha from Urban Latino:
The last thing we would love to know, first of all, your music is incredible, that video we saw is incredible. So, we were curious as to what’s the process of creating music together like? And I’m going to leave out this one because I feel like I know the answer to it. But, do you have a favorite song of yours, and I definitely know it’s gotta be “J Cash.”
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, I think, we all like different pieces of different songs.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
I think my favorite song is actually “Sideways.”
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Really?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
I don’t know if I’ve got one necessarily favorite part.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Us coming together, we still don’t really know how to write music together, to be completely honest.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
We’re still figuring it out.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah, we’re always figuring it out, and I feel like every song comes together differently. Sometimes it’s just one person’s idea that is brought to the band, and then maybe the idea is 75% of the way there. And then, collectively, we put the next 25% in. Or it might be two members, or three, or all four of us; I mean, it’s all over the place, honestly.
Natasha from Urban Latino:
I love that you guys each have your own things and skills that you collaborate and contribute to the band, that’s amazing. I love what you guys stand for; thank you so much for your time and for having me here.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Thanks, Natasha.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, of course. Thanks for the question.
Natasha from Urban Latino:
My pleasure.
Ben from Narrow Magazine:
Hey guys, I’m Ben, I’m from Narrow. My question to you guys is, what is your favorite lyric off the EP?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
What up, Ben? Thanks for the question, man. So yeah, lyrics are more on my side of things. I think my favorite one is actually in the song “Watch Me.” The second verse, it’s a more of a love type song, but I want to describe the significant other in such a way that it would like, I don’t know, really resonate, and so I think that lyric is: It’s something about talking about her electric soul, forever glow, and youth looks so incredibly good on you, or something along those lines. But yeah, I thought the idea of an electric soul was, yeah, I don’t know, I felt it. I think that’s one of my favorites. But another little one, I also love, like mixing words together or phrases where one of the songs has its LOL, like laugh out loud, but also Elementary, it’s talking about, I think that’s awesome.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
LOLmentry.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, it’s LOL, LOLmentry, so it’s just like the poetry side of combining different words and phrases.
Ben from Narrow Magazine:
Definitely. Awesome. Thank you guys so much.
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Ben.
Worldwide Waves via Kathleen from °1824:
What’s it been like growing bigger but still maintaining that DIY aspect?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Ooh, that’s a great question. I actually don’t know if we really- I don’t know if we’ve ever not been DIY. So I actually think that’s what we know, is if things don’t happen unless we make them happen and even, you know, I love Fearless. Fearless has been such a game-changer for us, and so much fun to work with. But, even within that Fearless has whatever 20 or 30 bands, and it’s not Fearless’ job to come up with the vision, the artistic vision for each of these groups, so they’re just giving us the platform, so I think even though we’re signed now, nothing’s really changed as far as how we create and how we put our vision together, it still has to be from us. And I think that’s the piece of it that people have kind of latched onto more than anything.
Kathleen from °1824:
Wow, I really like that, and then one of the last questions that’s been bothering me, and I need to know is, I need a little bit of background on the name of your band and like why is NOT A TOY, NOT A TOY?
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Oh, well, we previously were a band called Shatterproof, which is a totally different sound, different band.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
And so, God, we came up with probably like 300 bands.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
So many names. We even paid someone in another country on-
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Fiverr.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
In another country who was like, offering to do band names for-
NOT A TOY – Benji:
We Fiverred it.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
We spent like $30 or something.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Yeah.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
For ten band names that were not what we were looking for.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
They weren’t there. Ultimately, I was just wandering around my house like a madman one night, and I saw a bag that was facedown. It was transparent, and it said Yotaton on it, and I was like, Yotaton? What’s yata- That’s kinda tight. And then I flipped it over, and it said not a toy. This bag is not a toy, and I sent it to the band and said not a toy? Band name?
NOT A TOY – Branson:
It’s a warning label on those on those bags because they want to make sure kids aren’t putting plastic bags over their head or something, so.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Disclaimer: Don’t do that. We do not endorse that all.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
We don’t endorse that at all. But yeah, he saw the flipped word, and at that point, literally, we were going crazy, we were looking everywhere. We’d be driving down the street, like any street sign that passes, any label, or warning-
NOT A TOY – Benji:
We all got ass tattoos because we thought we had a band name, and we all had to our butts, a little heart on it.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Terrible.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Because we thought the name meant love, and we were like yeah, and then we couldn’t trademark it.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
Yeah, so there’s so many steps. It’s not like we were a local band you just decide on a name and that’s what you are, but this was definitely like the first time where you had to get it approved by a lawyer, and he had to like-
NOT A TOY – Benji:
And the label.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
And the label.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
And four members.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
And the legality. It took us forever. It took us like, what nine months to come up with just the name.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
Ultimately though, the name did, you know, I think, kind of like what shatterproof initially came about because at the time, we thought it was cool. And so then, NOT A TOY, kind of, at the time was like, this is cool, it’s brandable. But it really comes down to, kind of like a self-respect message and knowing your own self-worth. I think is what I can identify, you know like when we’re branding our clothing and our things. I feel like it’s more of a message than just like a brandable, good looking name, you know.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
It was really hard to find the right name. We wanted to be playful but have a little bit of a meaning but still be taken seriously, and I think NOT A TOY was the perfect thing that we could have landed on.
Kathleen from °1824:
Wow, that is, that was way more than I was expecting out of your band name story, and it’s everything I need and more. I think you guys should make merch that are like the plastic bags that just say like NOT A TOY on them. I would buy one. So maybe you should do that, I don’t know.
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That’s the plan.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
You’re right on track, we’ve got stuff in the works.
Kathleen from °1824:
I’m glad you’re planning that. Oh yeah. That’s so funny. All right, well thank you guys so much for spending time with us. We’re gonna ask all the outlets to stay on. But if everyone would be so grateful to unmute yourselves and clap and say thank you so much to NOT A TOY for joining us today.
All present:
Claps
NOT A TOY – Branson:
That’s so sweet. Thanks guys.
NOT A TOY – Benji:
We should give a clap for you guys.
Kathleen from °1824:
Have a lovely day, and we will be talking to you very soon.
NOT A TOY – Branson & Benji:
Awesome. Sounds great. Thanks again. We appreciate you.
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NOT A TOY’s live performance video of “J Cash” review: First off, I thought it was a music video with an alternate recording of “J Cash,” but no, it was a live performance to my disbelief. It sounded polished like a studio recording with all the editing and refinement that recording allows, but it wasn’t, it was the band! The production was mind-blowing, and so was the filmography. It may have just been four dudes in a warehouse making music, but it was still exciting and fun to watch. The song itself is unique, where it’s a blend of several genres. Like the drummer, Benji said, “If it’s somebody who I know gets down with some crazy music or something a little bit different, I’d show them ‘J Cash.’” The song is definitely geared toward the people who are tired of the same old sound that they’ve heard ad. nauseum in the past, and you could argue it’s for the more hardcore music listener. As different and out there it maybe, it’s still within Earth’s orbit, so it’s accessible to the casual listener and is an excellent introduction to NOT A TOY. If you’re a fan of experimental music, if you love perfect, live performances, then this video is a must-watch for you!
