The Obelisk Questionnaire: Corey Quintana of Nebula Drag
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Corey Quintana of Nebula Drag
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
I’m a guitar player who also sings. I wanted a guitar from the first time I saw one.
Describe your first musical memory.
I have lots of “musical memories,” but my first musical instrument encounter was when I was around eight or nine, I was living with my Grandma, and her oldest daughter had just attacked her husband with a late ’60s Teisco electric guitar, which ended up getting the neck broken off of it. I walked into the house and saw the guitar all busted up and shit, and was smitten with it real quick! I still couldn’t have it though and they threw it away.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
My favorite music memory? Just one is Impossible. For sure when I saw Pink Floyd in Sacramento in ’88 or when my friend dragged me along to see Pantera and White Zombie. Could also be the first real show I ever played when my band opened for Operation Ivy up in Redding, CA in the ’80s. But a more contemporary answer would be when Nebula Drag played our first show with YOB.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
Tough question. I feel like my beliefs are tested almost daily. I question most everything and as I get older, I continue to grow and change… as do my beliefs.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
I wanna say that artistic progression leads to happiness and possible knowledge… if it’s what you really enjoy or love.
How do you define success?
I define success by not quitting! Unless of course some horrible shit happens and forces one to change their path.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
Those ASPCA commercials are pretty tough on the tear ducts.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
Doing good to finish up our third album during a pandemic.
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
To express and to inspire.
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Family vacation!!!
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