ComradeChris
16th November 2004, 23:08
Originally posted by
[email protected] 16 2004, 06:41 PM
I'm not sure where I heard it, but someone said that Tom and Zach were christians. Though unlikely, I guess it's possible. Anyone know the band's religious affiliations?
I don't know whether he was religious or not. This quote lead me to believe he'd have a bad opinion of Christianity though:
In 1983, his father suffered a nervous breakdown due to excessive religious ideals. He strictly applied the Bible's teachings to every aspect of his life. Of the commandments, "Thou shalt not make engraven image," Beto interpreted as reason to destroy his work and quit painting. When Zack went to visit him on weekends in LA's Lincoln Height, he would be forced to fast for days, to sit in a room with the curtains closed and the door locked. He would eat on Friday, and not eat until he returned to his mother on Monday. While there, he was forced to help Beto destroy the paintings that established a sense of Chicano identity for him. After a while, he couldn't cope with a such a lifestyle any longer, and he permanantly lived with his mother in Irvine - which was, at the time, perhaps one of the whitest cities in Souther California, but is currently a racially and culturally diverse area.
http://www.musicfanclubs.org/rage/zack.htm