Divide Zero’s Ty Lord Breaks Out Solo Career
by Tim Wenger
Divide Zero was a band very similar to Jack Flash: Here in an instant, garnering attention, stealing looks from the ladies, and kicking some major ass- then poof, vanished, leaving the starry-eyed masses to wonder when (and even if) they’ll make their next heart-wrenching appearance. The band’s pop-punk fury crashed head-on with hard rock guitar licks and the effervescent on-stage personality of front man Ty Lord, who at age 19 has already amassed the accomplishments of many musicians years beyond his age.
Now, with the band standing back in the shadows, Lord has re-emerged as an acoustic powerhouse seeking to prove himself worthy of the same instantaneous respect. His acoustic style is punk-ish- think that old Saves The Day acoustic record mixed with even more pop- the big difference being that it is actually good.
In effort to capture the moment, I forcefully secluded Lord and his father in an office deep in the depths of Herman’s Hideaway prior to his first solo gig to get the kid’s thoughts on where this all might lead.
CMB: No Divide Zero right now huh? Let’s get the back story on your solo music and how it evolved.
TL: April of 2014, so April of last year, I started playing acoustic just because I kinda wanted to try something different. As time went on, I kind of did that a little bit more, Divide Zero is on a little bit of a hiatus right now, so it was like everyone’s doing their own thing and I didn’t really want to do anything else. The cool thing about it is that some of the songs I play are Divide Zero songs and some of the songs I play are new stuff I wrote on the fly. I play some old stuff and some new stuff to please the people that were here for Divide Zero but I also play stuff for me, that was never played in the band.
CMB: Have you been doing gigs for a while? How have they been going?
TL: It’s weird because I was playing acoustic with another guy as a duo last summer, until about October, and then he was like ‘I want to go do my own thing’ so I’ve just worked really hard on my own stuff. Worked really hard to be good and present.
CMB: You’ve got a long career ahead of you, right?
TL: Haha, yeah, we’re hoping.
Father: He’s got a few years behind him!
CMB: What’s pops role in all this? Were you pushing him to play guitar back in the day?
Father: Yeah.
TL: When I was growing up, music was the big thing in the household. My mom listened to a lot of pop and my dad listened to a lot of metal, so I kind of combined the two and made the punk thing All my life, he’s like ‘You’ve got the best fingers, you’ve got super long fingers, you could totally play guitar.’ I started playing bass because everyone plays guitar, then I started playing guitar a little more. Once you learn to play bass, I think you kind of learn to play guitar soon after.
CMB: So what’s the plan then? Are you going to try and record? Or just keep playing gigs and see what happens?
TL: Right now the goal is to play what I get offered and get my name out there more. People know who I am because of Divide Zero but I need to get my name out there more, so my goal is to play acoustically and I’m working on an EP right now. I just recorded my first demo yesterday. The thing is, no one knows who you are until you really put yourself out there.
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