SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
April - 2016
47
Yeti
- Drenalin is a force to
be reckoned with right now
and even though you’ve had
tracks on both the NHL Play-
offs and the World Series of
Fighting, there are still peo-
ple who have yet to hear of
you. For those people how
would you descibe Drenalin?
Dan Gutter
- On the surface
Drenalin is a polished, edgy
Hard Rock band from Cleve-
land with soaring harmonies,
anthem-like hooks and even
a little 80s pop thrown in the
mix. If listening to our track
makes you to feel like you
could stand up and conquer
the world we’re happy.
But for those who wanna dig
a little deeper than the tradi-
tional “Sounds like” cliché:
Drenalin aims to keep both
the listener and ourselves en-
gaged at all times. We need
to feel like we are writing a
‘New’ song every attempt
and not just another version
of previous songs.
This is why our album could
start off with a Dancy Pop
song, the next an anthem
like power ballad, immedi-
ately followed by a heavy
‘grip and rip’ metal track.
We try to make intelligent,
non-repetitive music without
sacrificing integrity or its ‘ear
candy’
Yeti
-You guys are on fire
right now! You’re coming
off your second Emmy nomi-
nation in two years and your
first win which is a huge ac-
complishment. Can you tell
us a little about that?
Dan Gutter
- Yeah. Last
year the name of the track
“Fever Within” that was
for the Chicago Blackhawks
during 2014 NHL playoffs
and that was nominated for
an Emmy. Being nominated
was a huge honor by itself
but, this year, when I got the
call telling me we won I hon-
estly teared up a little bit. I
know it’s not very rock star,
but it happened.
Yeti
- I can imagine so! That
has to right up there with
having kids or something.
Dan Gutter
- It is. It has as
much impact on your life but
in a different way. It made
all the nights in the studio,
working, worth it. I mean
I’ll be down in the studio
and look on Facebook and
see that friends or relatives
are out doing this and that,
out at the bar or at the gym
or whatever and I’m just in
there working my butt off
wondering why I can’t be
out there to, but things like
that win make all the nights
of hard work or all the long
drives to gigs worth it.
Yeti
- I know that Drenalin
is a totally DIY band and I’ve
heard that you own and op-
erate your own studio.
Dan Gutter
- I do. It’s
called Screamline Recordings
and I started it because a lot
of bands I’m sure have went
to a studio and put down a
considerable amount of coin
to get back a product that
wasn’t up to their standards
or what they originally want-
ed. We wanted to be able
to record and be as true to
Drenalin as we possibly could
both for us and for our fans.
Yeti
- Since we’re talking
about studio time how does
Drenalin go about record-
ing?
Dan Gutter
- What most
do not realize about us is
that our number one job as
composing musicians is to
listen. Our job isn’t to com-
pose exactly what we want,
how we want, and when we
want to do it; we prefer to
listen to what the song is tell-
ing us. It will tell us where to
go and what to do when we
get there. We’re simply here
to interpret the songs, put
them into our own analog
words, and jot them down
on digital paper. This process
has brought us our best ma-
terial to date.
