HREX
This is Homunculus Rex, a band driven by curiosity, insane bass, and a passion for music made for musicians. Meet Lincoln Saxton, Sam Weld, Jack Bester, and Alec Gullerud. In this interview, we asked them what would go into the cocktail that best describes their band, their answer? A long island iced tea. Or when you go to a soda gun and get a little bit of each kind. In other words, made up of many different components. From strong bass, to crazy drum sets, to lyrics that actually mean something, H-rex knows how to make their listeners feel the music.
With their earliest influences being Rush, Greenday, and all of the guitar hero 3 soundtracks, we think they know a little something about rock and roll.
Alec says he used to just think of music as background noise, but once he found out about different types of music, he realized it can make you feel something. That’s the realization they’re striving for with H-rex.
What do you think people romanticize about this industry, that maybe they don’t fully understand?
“Rock and roll lifestyle does not exist” Lincoln says. And Jack agrees. “And if it does, this shit is kinda lame.”
The reality of touring, and being a band is not sex, drugs, and rock and roll. It’s mostly driving, and arguments about who farted in the bus. It’s not all glitz and glam like the movies make you think. Honestly, none of it is.
“You get a 30 minute set, and that’s basically the rush. But that’s what you do it for.”
Being an independent band is not for the weak. A con, but also noted as a pro, is that there’s no advertising push.
“We don’t have anyone pushing our work out, but that can also be a pro. We aren’t forced to make a tik tok every other day, like legally contracted, so that’s nice.”
“We put a lot of our own money into this band, we sell t-shirts, we all maybe put in a hundred dollars and use the money we make on those to put it back into the band.”
It’s nice to be independent, in the sense that they have more freedom to create what they want, and put it out when they want. No timelines, no deadlines, it’s all whenever it works for them. That being said, it leaves more room for creativity and individualism.
We asked about their creative process when working together to create music. Introducing a ton of different sounds, riffs and tempo changes, this is what makes Homunculus Rex different. They don’t completely fall into the pop culture scam, they continue to make their music their own.
If you take anything from this article, let it be that rock and roll culture does not exist like the movies, but it is full of exciting shows, and an amazing community.
