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The Gorgeous Nightmares of Escape the Fate: SSMF 2011

The Gorgeous Nightmares of Escape the Fate: SSMF 2011

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Escape the Fate rocked the Sunset Strip Music Festival this year, and we had the chance to catch up with them before their set. They tell us their inspiration for the "Gorgeous Nightmare" video, including their thoughts on the 7 deadly sins. Robert Ortiz tells us about being on the Avenged Sevenfold street team, and an interview with Escape the Fate wouldn't be complete without some Soft-core Porn talk. Hosted by Jessica Smith.

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The Gorgeous Nightmares

We're on an airplane and I do porn in my top sock for this band video type of way. You know, there's different ways to portray things. You have hardcore porn and then there's soft core porn. We don't really see anything. So we're going a little more for the soft core.

Young Hollywood

This is Young Hollywood. Hey, what's going on? This is Young Hollywood. We're here with the band Escape the Fate. How's it going, guys?

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Um, it's going really good. I have a lot of pressure today playing at the Sunset Music Festival.

Young Hollywood

No, I want to talk about that cuz you guys are sharing the stage with Motley Crue on the main stage. How does that feel? That's so amazing.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

It's very, very surreal and unreal at the same time. Like I can't believe that we're actually doing it. So even if we didn't end up playing, I'm just happy to be a part of it, you know?

Young Hollywood

You just want your name like right under there.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Yeah, like I'm I've already been asking people for the poster, so I can just hang it up in my house when I'm like 60 years old. Or no, just one day play with them. Sunset. It's cool. So it'll be fun today though. I'm super excited for it.

Young Hollywood

I saw your video, Gorgeous Nightmare, and I love everything like bloody and gory and like porn and stuff like that. Like that's my that's my passion. And I was telling everybody about it. Where did you guys get the concept for that video?

The Gorgeous Nightmares

I don't know. I just I just wanted something dark and creepy. And I figured the seven deadly sins would would do that very well. I've got another confession to make. So complicated that you won't even try to explain. I just wanted it to be very dark and theatrical and just something different for us since we usually are just playing with a bunch of half-naked girls dancing around us, you know.

Young Hollywood

There's some still nakedness in the video under love. You got to keep it real, dude. You got to keep it real.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

So there's nakedness in a more like sexy artistic way instead of a I don't know. Can I say slutty?

Young Hollywood

You can say that. Yeah.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Instead of like a slutty, we're on an airplane and I do porn in my top sock for this band video type of way. You know, there's different ways to portray things. You have hardcore porn and then there's soft core porn. We don't really see anything, so we're going a little more for the soft core. Come back to life. I feel so alive. I feel so alive.

Young Hollywood

Now, I love the gluttony one. Like one of you guys look like y'all were like ready to lose it. Like Which one of y'all?

The Gorgeous Nightmares

I was I was filming that. Like we're I was underneath there's like this staircase, and I was sitting there, and this that fat guy was just sitting there eating stuff, and food was flying like onto me. It was disgusting. Like I was going to puke. I hated it, dude. But Turn out awesome. His own potatoes on his belly and gravy and shit. It was so nasty. That was my favorite.

Young Hollywood

See, I'm not going to lie. I'm like, I have to admit that was my favorite. My least favorite is the lust one. The initial one.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Why?

Young Hollywood

Cuz the guy's railing the girl from behind in the shadows, and you can clearly see he has no ding-a-ling. I feel so alive. Now, you guys um are doing the Uproar Festival with like Avenge Sevenfold and Three Days Grace. Are you guys excited about that? Cuz that's a great lineup.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Yeah, definitely. I mean, Robert you survived I'm Avenge Sevenfold street team. Are you serious? Oh, dude, I want to I won't even like try to hide it. That band was like that was my obsession. I bagged it. I didn't I was never really into new stuff. I was always like the 80s, like like, you know, we're playing Sunset Strip. This is like my dream. But Avenge Sevenfold was the only band to come out that I was really into. I was on their street team. I would put posters up. I'd give away like copies of like some of their songs to get my friends into it. And So to come full circle and be on the same stage as them, this is like, you know, I could like check that off my bucket list for sure.

Young Hollywood

What else do you guys have coming up like for the rest of the year?

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Um, well, we fly over to the UK right after Uproar to play with a band called Funeral for a Friend. And then uh probably do some European dates, come back, plan a headliner. And then we're trying to get into the studio this year or next year and start working on the next record.

Young Hollywood

Nice. All right, well,

The Gorgeous Nightmares

Headliner sometime early next year.

Young Hollywood

Oh, that. Okay. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Well, thank God I'm in between you, guys. I was just fantasizing about Avenge Sevenfold and how I could jam with them.

The Gorgeous Nightmares

He's imagining candles. It's a romantic moment. You need to let him have it. I love you, man. All right. What's up? This Thrasher. This is Robert. I'm Craig. And I'm Max. And we are Escape the Fate. You're watching Young Hollywood.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jessica Smith

    Hosted the interview

  • Robert Ortiz

    Member of Escape the Fate, discussed being on Avenged Sevenfold's street team

  • Thrasher

    Member of Escape the Fate, introduced himself

  • Craig

    Member of Escape the Fate, introduced himself

  • Max

    Member of Escape the Fate, introduced himself

  • Motley Crue

    Shared the stage with Escape the Fate at Sunset Music Festival

  • Avenged Sevenfold

    Shared stage at Uproar Festival, Robert Ortiz was on their street team

  • Three Days Grace

    Shared stage at Uproar Festival

  • Funeral for a Friend

    Escape the Fate will play with them in the UK

FAQ

What is the inspiration behind Escape the Fate's "Gorgeous Nightmare" video?+
The inspiration for Escape the Fate's "Gorgeous Nightmare" video came from wanting something dark and creepy, specifically incorporating the seven deadly sins.
Which band did Robert Ortiz of Escape the Fate previously do street team work for?+
Robert Ortiz of Escape the Fate previously did street team work for Avenged Sevenfold, putting up posters and giving out songs.
What festival did Escape the Fate play with Motley Crue?+
Escape the Fate played with Motley Crue at the Sunset Strip Music Festival.
What are Escape the Fate's upcoming plans after the Uproar Festival?+
After the Uproar Festival, Escape the Fate plans to fly to the UK to play with Funeral for a Friend, do some European dates, plan a headliner, and start working on their next record.

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