2 FORKS Daniel C (aka "Danny 2 Forks") is the drummer for the legendary goth rock band, The Wake. 'Quanticode' is the newalbum released under his own project, 2 Forks. It paints a fascinating story about the hunt for a seriel killer. We're grateful for Daniel's time in talking about the album and as well as other things going on in the world of 2 Forks. Thanks for taking time out today and we hope for a great 2024 for you. What has 2 Forks got planned? I’m still getting the word out about the 2 Forks project and the album ‘Quanticode’ I’m working to get more eyeballs on the 3 videos that have been released. 2 Forks is currently filming another video, our 4th ‘studio’ video and recording tracks for a new audio release. Singles will release in the spring and there will be additional follow-up live shows on the heels of a fun debut show this past November. You’ve also worked for a number of years for TheWake. How do you balance your time between them and 2 Forks since they’ve become more active in recent years? The Wake is my true calling and passion and my ‘main’ gig. The Wake works extremely deliberately and plots and plans masterfully like a championship chess player. 2 Forks is more of a white water rafting ride. Fast, rough and bumpy and you’re never sure which end is up. That said, I work very cleanly and people are usually surprised by that.The Wake is a part of my personality. 2 Forks is a part of my personality. It is no wonder that I wrote an album that has a multiple personality serial killer in it, right? In reality, The Wake and 2 Forks do not play many live shows. They are fairly exclusive events so there is not really much chance for conflict, at present. I am blessed to be able to work on art, whether it be music, video, digital imagery or lighting just about every day. So for me the balance is pretty easy. I’m just doing music every single day. With The Wake, I get to focus on drums only. It’s a focus on my body, on my strength and stamina.Very tribal.With 2 Forks, I play‘everything’and write lyrics and sing – so it is a totally different release. I’m more of a thinker and get total control over the mixing and production,which is something I really love to do. It’s the most fun of the entire songwriting process, for me. As Danny 2 Forks, I’m able to bounce around between playing drums, playing keyboards and singing. So I feel like I’ve found a really good balance. www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 22 - ‘Quanticode’ is the name of the new album and it’s noted that it thematically has to do with hunting a serial killer. Is that correct? Does this stem from a true crime interest or was there any special research done prior to you starting on the album? Thematically, many of the songs go into what the serial killer might be thinking or is thinking when I take on that persona in the song. But not just thinking but also feeling too. I tried to make the story-telling more real and get into the mindset. I’ve been interested in the subject since I was a very young person, having read Vincent Bugliosi’s ‘Helter Skelter’ when I was about 10 years old. When I was growing up, I found newspaper clippings of the announcements from when I was born. And the front page of that newspaper was all about the Manson Family murders. I was looking for my birth announcement my parents placed but all I could focus on were all the headlines about these murders. And it started a curiosity that lasted.To get into the mind of the protagonist serial killer in my songs, I read several papers by an esteemed professor on the topic. The music is written first. The lyrics are thematically fit to the felling of the music. And the words become the next chapter in the story that is ‘Quanticode’. And the story is a story – but also a fly on the wall snapshot of a
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