Interview: Miss May I

October 22, 2012 in Featured, Music by Justine

Interview by: Justine Fischer Live photos by: Justine Fischer Miss May I is a metal band from Troy, Ohio. They are currently headlining the AP Tour and I had the chance to chat with Levi Benton before the show to talk about tattoos, superpowers, and his stretching routine in this exclusive interview. Miss May I is: Justin Aufdemkampe - lead guitar (since 2006) Levi Benton - lead vocals (since 2006) Jerod Boyd - drums (since 2006) Ryan Neff - bass guitar, clean vocals (2006–2007, 2009–present) B.J. Stead - rhythm guitar (since 2006)   So you were on main stage Warped Tour this year! How was that? Yes. It was crazy just because we’re a metal band and metal bands don’t ever get to do mainstream cools tuff like the AP Tour. It was cool, it was fun to represent the metal world and stuff but uh yeah it was crazy!   How have the last two days been? I know you had some bus problems? Yeah other than bus problems it was awesome. It’s always scary headlining because at the end of the day all the kids are sticking around to watch your band and it’s nerve-wracking. Other than that it’s been awesome, like I said its just crazy to be on the AP Tour because that’s like mainstream and we’re not a mainstream band.   Exactly, it’s huge! So do you get nervous before you go on stage? Um, I only get nervous when there’s important people watching. Like last night our producer was there so he knows how the songs are supposed to be so when we were playing I was like ugh if I sound like crap he’s going to call me out. So, yeah.   Understandable. So the new album dropped in June, good responses from it? Umm, yeah it was the best response we’ve had. Obviously
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Interview: The Ghost Inside

October 22, 2012 in Featured, Music by Justine

Interview by: Justine Fischer Live photos by: Justine Fischer The Ghost Inside, a hardcore band from California talk about cat chants, rehearsals and 3D movies in this exclusive interview. The interview is with the vocalist Jonathan Vigil, and Jim Riley, the bassist, jumps in for a few remarks. The Ghost Inside is: Jonathan Vigil – lead vocals (2006–present) Aaron Brooks – lead guitar, backing vocals (2006–present) Zach Johnson – rhythm guitar (2008–present) Jim Riley – bass, backing vocals (2009–present) Andrew Tkaczyk – drums, percussion (2011–present)       So how were the last two shows that you’ve played so far on the AP Tour? Yeah the first two shows were awesome, we played New Haven, CT and New York City and um I don’t know, it’s always cool starting a tour on the East coast because it feels like actually going on tour you know because like whenever we start a tour on the West coast it still kind of feels like home because I get to go home every night. So it’s cool to be on a tour this size and the shows were awesome! So what do you think the hardest thing about touring is? For your band? Or for you? The hardest thing for me is probably just missing my friends and family and being a fan of music myself I miss out on a lot of really cool shows that come to my town. Like a lot of my favorite bands go on tour and I wont have a chance to see them or bands will get back together and play these shows and I don’t get to see them. And you’re on tour until Thanksgiving or around November 24th? Yeah around there, yeah. I think we have a show or two after but pretty much. And so what are your favorite
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