Growing up, Dios frontman Joel Jerome‘s biggest musical influence was always the Beatles. Until, in 1994, he heard Beck’s “Pay No Mind” on L.A.’s KXLU. Says Jerome, “Beck was a huge building block for me as far as songwriting. I loved how laidback and anything goes that music is.” He loved it so much, in fact, that he decided to record an album celebrating Mr. Hansen’s early material. When Beck Was Cool, out today via the Future Farmer label, features 10 covers Jerome recorded at home with his brother and various members of Dios. Download opener “Cyanide Breathmint” below, and read our Beck Over/Under.
“Cyanide Breathmint” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/CyanideBreathMint1.mp3
