Chad VanGaalen Shrink Dust

Chad VanGaalen is a family man, but artistically seems to be haunted by inner demons. He has two bands with his kids. A hardcore band called Crocodile Teeth & The Snugglers and a techno band called Banana Bread. How awesome is that? But if you watch his self-animated videos and listen to the lyrics of songs like "Molten Light" ("As she watched their bodies burn, she whispered, 'I found you and I killed you'") you might think, "holy hell I hope this guy never procreates and raises demon spawn." But inner troubles can create great art, and they have for all of history in all creative fields. Van Gogh immediately comes to mind. Sylvia Plath. Ernest Hemingway. Syd Barrett. Brian Wilson. My current obsession Daniel Johnston. The list goes on and on. The artistic process can help you express what you couldn't/wouldn't say in a normal conversation, and can get some of those demons out. Maybe VanGaalen is completely at peace and just loves to create fiction of an ultra-dark and trippy-as-hell nature. I'm just hypothesizing here. Maybe he's just has an odd sense of humor, after all he does tweet pictures of his "piss drawings" in the snow..... by greg0rb

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