Waking Born

Mike Zullo

Rick Rossi

Randy Hurst

Mickie Kice

Funky Chicken

Choir

Frequently Asinine Questions

Q. Who is in the band?

A. Mister Hepburn and Mark Zullo are the only two full-time members of the band. However Waking Born works very closely with other highly talented artists who each contribute their own unique twists to the project. We brought in a saxaphonist and flautist for some transition pieces and the track "Terminal Revolution" (Rick Rossi), an actor for "Goin Down" (Mickie Kice), a choral director (Faith Rivera), choral arranger (David Stern) and several singers for the choir. Randy Hurst provided acoustic guitar on "Wicked Clown" and co-wrote the lyric for "Home Sweet Home" while Mike Zullo played electric lead guitar on "Wicked Clown" and "Death Of A Fugitive" and let's not forget the inimitable Bridget O'Rell who performed all the classical operatic works. The contributions of all of these musicians are truly significant and help to make the album the incredible psychedelic audioscape that it is today.

Q. So how did you two meet and where are you living/from?

A. Mister and Mark met through some mutual friends in Venice, California in 1984. Mark is a native Angeleno, and Mister is Scottish, having emigrated to the US in 1984. Both currently live and work in Los Angeles on various projects. — Top Menu

Q. What is Life Without Breath all about?

A. Our intention is to paint sound, music and words onto the canvas of the listener's sensorium, reaching directly into where people actually live — catalyzing the creation of whole new universes; engaging the Self in a truly inspiring and powerful dialog with life. Life Without Breath is intended to be deep enough for you to listen to it a hundred times and still find new stuff that you didn't know existed.

There is a running story through the whole album that can be followed by paying close attention to the music, lyrics and ambience. We don't want to give the game away by laying it all out here, so you'll just have to figure it out for yourself. The album contains all the information you need to understand the story. — Top Menu

Q. What are the titles of the tracks on "Life Without Breath"?

A. Life Without Breath contains the following tracks, but also includes some unforgettable "off track" audio:
Wicked Clown
Devil's Call
Home Sweet Home
Goin' Down
Death Of A Fugitive
Dust to Dust
Be Free
We Are Love
Into The Night
Terminal Revolution

You can read the lyrics and find out information on who composed, wrote and performed the material on the Life Without Breath album page. — Top Menu

Q. How did you come up with the ideas?

A. Mark likes to explore all possibilities when it comes to composing and writing music and Mister is into searching for the boundary conditions of reality. Mister's research into the antipodes of human thought, together with Mark's extraordinary musical capabilities allows Waking Born® to conceive and express myriad, thoughtful and inspiring musical works. That's the offical answer. However, we also spent some time in research for each part of the project. — Top Menu

Q. Where can we get a copy of the CD?

A. Life Without Breath is available for purchase at BrainScream. — Top Menu

Q. In which category would your music be placed?

A. We haven't totally figured that out yet, so far, we refer to it as "Art Music", or a "Psychedelic Rock", intending that people listen to it in the same way one would listen to serious classical music. People have said that our music sounds like a film audio track, and there's no denying that it could easily accompany an art film or full-length video, perhaps, but we prefer that the listener create his or her own universe to fit, without the distraction of someone else's imagery. The universe created by Life Without Breath is is as real as the one that you live in today; you utilize the same mechanism that you use to determine what's going on in the universe. The worlds inspired by our audio catalysm are real—and they're all yours, with a little help from Waking Born®. — Top Menu

Q. How do we contact you?

A. You can fill out the mail form, or write to:

Waking Born
c/o BrainScream.com
PO Box 950848
Mission Hills, CA 91395-0848.