MAD ALEISTER interview
Hi! Mad Aleister is a pretty loaded name, and it immediately makes people wonder where it came from. Was there an actual story behind it, or did you simply find something that sounded right? And who came up with it? Scott: I’ve had the name around since my early teens. The time just never seemed right to use it. When we were throwing around names for this band, one day I brought up Mad Aleister, and after a little thought, that’s what we went with. It seems to work. Allan: It was frustrating, it took forever to come up with a name, Scott and I were going back and forth for a very long time and nothing seemed to be the right name. One day out of the blue Scott texted me, MAD ALEISTER, it struck me immediately, it sounded very old school to me and the more I thought about it the more I liked it, so it stuck. You describe the band as “Anarchy Metal”, but you've already said that basically means there are no stylistic rules. At what point does that freedom become a problem for ...
