1) Who are the members of your band and how did you meet?
Sheldon Reynolds (Me!): Band founder, producer, song writer, Lead Male/puppet vocals

AzilX: Longest serving member of the band (2nd to me), Drummer. She was a friend of our 2nd female singer. She introduced me to her and she has been part of the tribe ever since.

Holly Barentine: Female vocals. After our 2nd female vocalist left, I spent almost a year searching for a new singer. A few days after her audition I accidentally played her audition recording and there was something haunting about her voice that I just knew was perfect for Lucid Dementia.

Ste7en: He’s our 5th guitarist and the very best at what we do. I met him through a mutual friend that had his own band. When it came time to replace our last guitarist, he auditioned and he turned out to be perfect fit.

Tim Duvall: Tim’s Wife is friends with my Wife, so that’s how we met. We get a long really well, so when we parted with our last bass player he just stepped right in.

2) How long have you been in Austin and how long have you played music?
I escaped from Houston and moved to Austin around 1991 and have been here ever since. I had family here (My Grandma owned the world famous Dry Creek Cafe and was known as the worlds meanest bartender). I took piano lessons when I was around 12 years old, but I really got serious with it when I was 17. Years later I started Lucid Dementia in 1996. There is at least one teenager that was named after us. We’ve been through a lot.

3) Has the city of Austin had any influence in the style or direction of your music?
There has always been a struggling yet flourishing industrial gothic music scene in Austin, as much as mainstream Austin loves to deny or ignore it. I’ve been told that if bands play at venues that feature industrial gothic music, a lot of other venues in town will actually black list those bands. We were voted best Industrial Gothic band in Austin twice in the Austin chronicle music awards, yet back when we still tried we were never chosen for an official show case at SXSW. I’m much more of an old hardcore punk than a goth, so that kind of oppression definitely helped me write and produce the dark music that we do. We are still here Austin. For whatever reason, Austin has had some really great Gothic Industrial bands that have had worldwide success in the genre, so being around that has definitely helped us over the years.

4) Do you perform live shows in Austin, and if so, what are your favorite venues?
We’ve been playing at Elysium since it was Atomic Cafe from the very beginning of the band. It’s our home really. It’s always been a welcoming and comfortable place for us. When The Backroom was open (Non-Emo’s) it was really fun the play there.

5) Are there other bands in Austin you’d recommend to your fans?
Mr Kitty, CTRL, Adoration Destroyed, Scorpio Rising, Torque Order, Panjoma, IRockthy Experience, just to name a few…

6) What musicians have most influenced you?
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Ethyl Meatplow, Skinny Puppy, Butthole Surfers, Cabaret Voltaire, Mindless Self Indulgence, and Ministry.

7) What’s the best thing to that has happened to your band?
In the very beginning our song “Twisted” got picked up by the label COP International to be on an international complication of female gothic industrial performers. That immediately got us world wide attention and some long lasting club play. 2nd best worth mentioning: The original and late owner of Atomic Cafe Randall Goodwin gave us our first shot at playing live when we first started and really took us under his wing, encouraged us to keep going and gave me advice that I still use today.

8) Any cringe-worthy moments the band has endured that you’re willing to divulge?
We’ve had moments that would make Spinal Tap blush. One of the worst was when we played at Alamo Draft House opening some film festival with Quentin Tarentino in the Audience (He left before we were done). This was back when we I would do the entire performance with the Luci Puppet on, and it takes about 5 minutes to put on. We were waiting to be told to start and without warning we were told to go on now or not at all. So I didn’t have time to completely put on the puppet so that it’s legs were flinging around and it was just barely staying on. We had to provide our own PA, so we used speakers that were on stands and one of the speakers that should have been facing the audience came loose and pointed directly at us, taking everyone to feedback city for half the show.

9) Is there anything you’d care to share or anything else you’d like to let us know about?
We are not your typical “gothic industrial” band. Give us a listen, and be sure to try out more than 10 of our songs, because there is a lot of variety in our musical style. Our music has been used in a lot of small budget to bigger budget movies (Sweatshop, Kopy Kings to name a couple) as well as television shows (twice on NCIS). If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out our official music video for our song “It Came From The Dead” directed by the up and coming horror movie director Justin P Warren featuring Michael Baldwin of “Phantasm”. Try it out!

10) Give us one fun fact.
The album cover for our album “The List” has a hidden message on it that no one has ever figured out. It was released in 2004. I didn’t think it would be so hard. Then again maybe people don’t care to share the message.