{"id":494,"date":"2024-05-20T19:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feedbackmag.co.uk\/?p=494"},"modified":"2024-05-31T16:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T15:49:59","slug":"vision-video-blood-bombs-bullets-inspiration-can-come-from-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/feedbackmag\/2024\/05\/20\/vision-video-blood-bombs-bullets-inspiration-can-come-from-anywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Video: Blood, Bombs Bullets, inspiration can come from anywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When inspiration hit, it wasn\u2019t somewhere you\u2019d expect. A place that wouldn\u2019t muse the thought of a guitar, or of anything other than survival in every frightful step you take. \u201cOf all places, I started writing music in Afghanistan,\u201d said Dusty, lead singer and guitarist of post-punk goth rock band Vision Video<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. He was deployed in Afghanistan in 2013 as a platoon leader for 8 months before returning home to Atlanta, Georgia in 2014. \u201cWhen I was out there the previous squadron who were in the barracks before us had a left a guitar. \u201cI used to play it every night before I went to bed.\u201d \u2018Glory and honour are hollow words that sell the act, we\u2019ll keep moving forward back-to-back\u2026 Will children have to die today?\u2019 sings Dusty in the track Organized Murder<\/em>. A song that he said \u201ctrundles over the reality of war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dusty explained, \u201cthe same sort of thing happened during the four years I spent as a firefighter and paramedic.\u201d This was between 2018 – 2022 after he had left the army and was waitlisted for graduate school. \u201cI would pick up the guitar and play all day on the days off I got, and it sort of became the relief that kept me alive.\u201d However, during this time Dusty had started Vision Video and they were growing massively. This led to the release of their first two singles, In my Side<\/em> and Inked in Red<\/em>, in 2019, alongside 10 other singles and then their first two studio albums, Inked in Red in 2021, and Haunted Hours in 2022, plus tours across America and the UK. The success eventually left Dusty to leave the jobs in 2022. \u201cI had to leave firefighting as we (Vision Video) the band grew, we were playing more and more shows, and I also knew I may never be able to play music professionally ever again in my life.\u201d Starting the band at age 31, he wasn\u2019t wrong. Music generally blesses the young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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