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The open eye was selected as the symbol
of watchfulness, and the eye of God as
the symbol of Divine watchfulness and
care of the universe.
You started all of this back in 2004 out. Then Alissa came in a couple to swim” kind of a thing. All of a
with the original The Agonist ears later, and then Simon, and sudden you are on tour with the
of y
lineup. It’s been 10 to 11 years now. then Paco. Over all those years, we bands that you’ve looked up to, and
Tell us your thoughts on how you grew up together. We started the now they’re your contemporaries.
feel your band has changed from band when we were 18 years old. It’s been really cool to see and hear
the beginning to now. throughout the albums how the
It’s gone through a lot of evolution. So you’ve grown up in this. music has matured to what it is
To be honest, it started with me Yes. Especially like with Chris; now. I think the latest album really
and Chris Kells, the bass player. we grew up together in vans and is, in my opinion, the deciding
Before Alissa was in the band, inside venues, and tour busses, and sound of what we’ve come to.
we had a male singer, and we we learned as we went. Musically,
had started to do some shows in we matured a lot because we were What are some of the resounding
Québec, but it really didn’t work thrown in so early. It was a “learn themes of Eye Of Providence?
The album title itself, Eye Of
Providence, if you were to look it
up, is a mythological concept or
belief of the “all-seeing-eye” which
sees everything and everyone at all
times. Even a Christian God has
that kind of a viewpoint, where
God can see everything, you know?
What I did with the album concept
was to incorporate two of my
interests: one of them is ancient
civilizations and mythology, and
by contrast I’m very interested in
technology and science fiction as
well. I was very inspired lyrically on
this album by a lot of the emerging
Vicky Psarakis - Vocals | Danny Marino - Guitar | Chris Kells - Bass | technologies that infringe on
Simon McKay- Drums | Pascal "Paco" Jobin – Guitar
of watchfulness, and the eye of God as
the symbol of Divine watchfulness and
care of the universe.
You started all of this back in 2004 out. Then Alissa came in a couple to swim” kind of a thing. All of a
with the original The Agonist ears later, and then Simon, and sudden you are on tour with the
of y
lineup. It’s been 10 to 11 years now. then Paco. Over all those years, we bands that you’ve looked up to, and
Tell us your thoughts on how you grew up together. We started the now they’re your contemporaries.
feel your band has changed from band when we were 18 years old. It’s been really cool to see and hear
the beginning to now. throughout the albums how the
It’s gone through a lot of evolution. So you’ve grown up in this. music has matured to what it is
To be honest, it started with me Yes. Especially like with Chris; now. I think the latest album really
and Chris Kells, the bass player. we grew up together in vans and is, in my opinion, the deciding
Before Alissa was in the band, inside venues, and tour busses, and sound of what we’ve come to.
we had a male singer, and we we learned as we went. Musically,
had started to do some shows in we matured a lot because we were What are some of the resounding
Québec, but it really didn’t work thrown in so early. It was a “learn themes of Eye Of Providence?
The album title itself, Eye Of
Providence, if you were to look it
up, is a mythological concept or
belief of the “all-seeing-eye” which
sees everything and everyone at all
times. Even a Christian God has
that kind of a viewpoint, where
God can see everything, you know?
What I did with the album concept
was to incorporate two of my
interests: one of them is ancient
civilizations and mythology, and
by contrast I’m very interested in
technology and science fiction as
well. I was very inspired lyrically on
this album by a lot of the emerging
Vicky Psarakis - Vocals | Danny Marino - Guitar | Chris Kells - Bass | technologies that infringe on
Simon McKay- Drums | Pascal "Paco" Jobin – Guitar
