Sam: We had a lot of friends in common just being around the geek culture space. P-C: For readers who may not be familiar, can you tell us how this partnership initially formed? That stuff is huge when it comes to my musical approach. I feel like they’re the intersection of the band Queen and Queens of the Stone Age-their hodgepodge style and the way they structure music, not being a traditional verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus. They’re kind of a big rock prog band of the ’90s. On a musical and structural level, there’s a band from the ’90s who I adore called Jellyfish. I feel like on a lyrical level, what he does with clever references and internal rhyme is very fundamental to how I write a song. I don’t have a traditional music background, so I feel like one of my first primary influences is Tim Minchin, who is a comedian and pianist and obviously a songwriter, based out of the UK. Sam: Again, I hail from the world of comedy and TV/film writing. We feel that part of being entertaining is to let something really catchy play and catch your ear. Yoav: Yeah, I feel like it applies to pop music and the music that we make. Sam: I guess a video game song is basically all hook? A lot of it has to do with trying to be as catchy as possible. Yoav: Video games have been the biggest influence. P-C: Who or what has the biggest influence on your career?
Before I joined the Living Tombstone a few years ago, I was working with a comedy band, and that was primarily the musical outlet that I had.
Comedy is why I started performing music. There were elements of that that would be more on the musical side. When I was around seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen, I started doing sketch comedy in New York. Sam: On my end, I found my way into music in a roundabout way. Besides being musically included, I wanted to come back to gaming because I grew up on the internet. Yoav: I wanted to combine my two passions. It was a way for me to connect with people through the internet.
Besides making music, I’m very much into gaming. Yoav: I started the channel nine years ago. P-C: How did you each discover your passion for the arts and music? This year, the band is showing off a different, more personal side to their artistry, and we caught up with Yoav and Sam to learn more. The duo, composed of Yoav Landau and Sam Haft, have taken the industry by storm with over four million subscribers and over one billion streams. If you’ve ever been on YouTube or are a part of the gaming community, you know who the Living Tombstone are.
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