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If someone wanted to hear your music where
could they find it? Do you have a Soundcloud or ReverbNation account?
Juston- Facebook, ReverbNation, Soundcloud,
Itunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, music videos on Youtube....I’m probably leaving some out...but its damn
sure out there, and easy to find.
Speaking of social media sites, do you think that
online presence like Facebook or Twitter are important
for a band? Do you guys use any?
David- I think social media in general is important these days just to keep in touch with fans and keep
people interested. With all the distractions in this world
and the sheer amount of other acts out there, it’s necessary to keep a constant reminder in people’s faces just
to keep their attention whether that be with pictures,
videos, sound clips, or just a simple message.
Juston- Online presence is pretty paramount for a
band that has any aspiration to make noise, you know?
Access in the fullest sense.
Do you guys play out much? Do only play locally
or do you get to tour much?
Juston- We do play out quite a bit, and try to push
outside of our general area whenever we can, but our
primary objective as of late is just continuing on the update process. New music, pictures, videos, all that stuff.
Frankie- Yeah we
most definitely do as
much as our schedules
allow us to. I mean we
have toured as well.
And hope to again
soon. But we really
plan on pushing this
new EP “Tyrants” extremely hard.
David- We play
wherever we can.
We’ve been on tour,
but that was a couple
years ago. Personal
schedules have gotten
much harder to coordinate in recent times, but we try to make everything
happen that we possibly can.
What’s your opinion of your music scene? And
what would you like to see change if anything?
Frankie-This scene is fantastic! Amazing bands are
all over. It became a bit stagnant a few years back, but is
on the rise big time! Id just like to see bands continue
mixing it up with different styles sharing the stage with
one another.
Juston- Love my
scene. It ebbs and flows
like everything else, but
we have a blast here in
NC/SC. I don’t want to
see anything change. I’m
a realist about this. Every
show won’t be some massive blow out. They don’t
need to be. There’s an intimacy in smaller shows.
There’s an intensity at big
shows. Its a sweet and
sour kind of deal. The
fact that we have people
here who come out and
enjoy themselves with/for
2 people the same as 2000
is something special.
Travis- I love our
local scene, there are so
many great bands, and
amazing people to hang
out with!
Where do you see
this band in a year or
two? Do you guys, as a
band have any goals you
want to reach this year?
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Travis- Taking over the world!
Juston- I don’t have an expectation of where this
band will be in a year
or two, or what it will
be doing, nor the
height of which. I’m
just enjoying the escalation. The music
is getting better, the
band is having fun, the
shows are a great time,
and I keep seeing new
faces at shows. There’s
the goals.
David- In the
forseeable future, I
think the biggest goals
are to get this EP we’ve
been working on out
and to follow up with a video and a strong push for
shows. Maybe something good will come from it all.
Frankie- I’d like to say still kicking ass!! We have so
many good new tunes coming! We would love to tour to
support the new music, but I agree with Juston. As long
as its having a blast with my brothers and partying with
new faces, I’m content.
If you were asked to describe your band’s sound or
who you sound like, what would you say?
David- I always respond to this question by just
simply saying metal. There’s so many sub genres and divisions out there and you can tell we’re fans of each and
every one in some way or another. We sprinkle in a little
bit of this one and that one, and so you end up with a
fair mix of stuff, so I tend to try to keep the label simple.
Frankie- I agree. Just pure American metal. We
sound like SkinKage due to all of our individual influences. But I mean if you like Pantera, Machinehead or
Lamb of God or Killswitch Engage, you will probably
dig our sound.
Travis- I’d like to say that we’re carving out our
own sound, it’s really hard to put a bead on what we
sound like right now.
Juston- ‘merican metal hahahahah
Who would you guys say was the biggest musical
or non-musical influence on each of you? And why?
Frankie- Lord to many to list!! I respect talent. I’m
a metal head, but dig all kinds of stuff.
Travis- I’d say my largest influences would be David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and Brian Wilson (The Beach
Boys) they both have an amazing ear for really wringing
emotion out of their music.
David- I really got my start on guitar through classic rock, so a lot of my influences are your stereotypical
answers like Hendrix, or Zeppelin. My all-time favorite
being Pink Floyd of course. I learned a lot about melodies listening to them.
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