Comments on: Interview with Kyle from Electric Zombie

By: Bill Poon

Bill Poon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:34:44 +0000

Kinda late jumping in here but I was a little disappointed by the interview. I’ve checked EZ’s website and it’s nothing new as far as designs go, so i’m a little confused as to why you’re hating on other brands trying to do their own thing. You sound as if you hold proprietary rights to certain styles or certain designers (they have to eat too). Seems to me you’re either afraid of a little competition or you’re a spiteful person. And to rag on people for using emptees.com as a ’super market’ is ridiculous. Artists have bills just like everybody else and conversely, everyone has different tastes in artists. Emptees.com is fortunate enough to have so much talent in one place and a lot of these designers could use more exposure. Having such a negative attitude about other designers or clothing labels isn’t going to earn you any points with anyone, let alone help you get jobs in the future.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:09:14 +0000

WOA!
What the eff is going on here?

Major hating.
Major props.

Something is going down.
It’s like the TMZ of DIY.

By: Matt Rupp

Matt Rupp — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:19:54 +0000

Kyle, I don’t really know how to go about this. I know you are a genuinely good dude first-hand from meeting you. There is no doubt about that. However, you seem to attract drama and conflict because you involve yourself in mindless arguments. Then you tell people that you are a nice guy and they obviously don’t buy it after seeing how you have acted. Its in your best interest to step back from attempting to defend yourself so much. It is only making you look worse when you tell people “I normally dont deal with whack ass pussy kids like yourself who hide behind fake “alias” when youre obviously affriad I’m going to tear you a new asshole. Which will happen REGARDLESS of who or what your name appears to be.”
Stay golden. Don’t waste your time with the negative influences.

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:24:42 +0000

Kyle, after reading the interview and writing my comment on that (above), I decided to check out your website and see what you were all about. Well, I must say the overall design and feel of the website is very nice! I read a little bit of your blog, and you do seem like a very cool person. It does you a lot more justice than this interview did, and it shows that you ARE, in fact, very dedicated to your company and excited for what’s to come in the future. I am personally not a huge fan of the whole zombie thing going on right now, but I checked out the freelance work you’ve done, and it’s obvious that you’re an extremely talented guy! Keep up the good work, and I hope everything works out for you!

-Loren

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:10:52 +0000

I don’t know anything about this guy. I have never heard of him, never been to his website, and never seen his artwork. It may be great, or it may be terrible. Sometimes, that doesn’t even matter. What really matters is how much work you put in and how dedicated you are to your company and your fans.

Unfortunately, this interview made Kyle seem like he is not dedicated at all, and doesn’t really care to make Electric Zombie any bigger or better than it already may be. Maybe he is very dedicated and he was having a bad day for this interview, or maybe he doesn’t want to talk about how hard he really works at pushing his brand, but either way – this interview was just plain bad. It seems like he is just in it to be in it, and he’s letting his company go wherever it ends up. It doesn’t seem like he has any huge goals or any intentions of making it the best brand he can possibly make it, only that he’s trying to stay afloat… and it doesn’t even seem like he’s trying that hard! He said he would step back if the brand doesn’t become much more successful a year from now. What kind of inspiration is that?

He also said he doesn’t even put EZ first… just talks about how its kind of a “hobby”. Maybe if he put in 110% like Johnny Cupcakes claims to, he wouldn’t have to be worried about supporting a family or where he will be in a few years from now.

One last thing: if somebody talks about how they’re at the top and how they are so much better than everybody else, at least have the confidence to back it up during the rest of the interview. Don’t mention that your brand might fail, and you might have to look for a second job. That’s not what the fans want to hear. If you don’t believe in yourself, then why should anybody else?

By: nonny

nonny — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:26:12 +0000

it’s all well and true to use your name when you suck up to him, get some form of recognition, so maybe one day he might IM you…
the point in anonymity is not to put a face on an opinion which may be seen the wrong way.
stop being kyle’s sheep.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:21:02 +0000

Personally this is my favorite interview I have done, say what you want but I think it has sound advice whether you take it or not. Thanks for all the support and comments, the site will just get better over the year!

By: justin ryan

justin ryan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:51:39 +0000

Funny how people talk trash on Kyle and don’t have enough backbone to use their own name.

Either way – cool interview. Contrary to popular belief, Kyle is a super rad dude. Always very nice and helpful.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:05:35 +0000

Also, this was a well put together interview. I really like what you’re doing with this site!!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:04:29 +0000

I really think Kyle has loads of talent, and I love some of his work. I’m sure a lot of people would agree with that, no matter how they view him. He’s actually what got me into really pursuing design as strongly as I am now. But it bothers me that he acts as if his opinion is the only one that matter in the design world. And he comes off as if he doesn’t care about a persons view of his company and the way a person perceives his character, as long as he’s got their payment for their order. That’s one thing that i’ve always been under the assumption of.
He’s never done anything to me on a personal level, and I dont mean for this to be a slam towards him at all. It’s just something that bothers me when i see someone as inspirational as him doing certain things.
I know it’s great to have a strong back bone in the business world, but professionalism should come first in my opinion. I just dont see why people (not just him) but other designers and people in general have to develop such an attitude about things, and forget professionalism when you get to a certain point in your career. I’m not writing this as another “bash kyle” comment, i’m saying this because i seriously hate seeing him having to post a thread on emptees about how much people hate him. I’ve hated people strongly in the past for things they’ve done to me, but i feel so much better now that i’ve let go of them, and i have grown as a person in effect of letting go of those things. And i will attest that some of the most awful acting people can change for the better, and you can get over things with them and be at peace with them. I have really debated on posting this, but i feel that for some reason i needed to.
I’m not taking sides at all, because I do see both sides of this epic battle lol. I just think we should all choose our battles wisely and have respect for others even if we dont always want to.

If something in this post went against the grain of some of you all i apologize, i just wanted to share what i’ve thought about this.