Without Riley I’d legitimately be working some miserable office job instead of pursuing the things in life that I love. In 2016 he called me out of the blue and basically forced me to drop out of school to go on tour with Power Trip. That experience completely changed my life.
I wish HC kids would stop making $50 Bjork and Third Eye Blind bootleg shirts and go back to making cool designs for 80s HC bands. I need some new tees 😩
Fuck. The memories keep flooding in. Here’s Riley and I moshing on stage while Lamb Of God covered “United Forces” with Charlie from SOD / Anthrax on drums. Of course I was scared to do it but Riley hyped me up and we went out there and had the time of our fucking lives. ❤️
I remember the night this footage came out of Lamb of God covering United Forces by S.O.D. You see Riley of Power Trip and Connor of Protestor/Red Death slamming on stage and singing along.
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Finally put the last Protester record up on streaming. We kinda broke up and faded away right after it came out but I still think this shit rocks. Recorded at Inner Ear with Don Z (!). Gonna put the other missing ‘ster stuff up on spotify/apple music/etc soon too. XXX.
Always kills me when people put stuff like “NO COPS” or “NO CREEPS” on flyers. Like oh ya sorry I was gonna invite my creepy policeman friend but I guess now I won’t.
If Power Trip doesn’t get the Grammy it’ll be like when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for best Metal album in ‘89. Out of touch losers who don’t know anything about shit making themselves look dumb.
THE FINAL AGONY is my one man band worshipping at the altar of the almighty INTEGRITY. I couldn’t do the guitar solos right so I got Aaron Melnick (from… Integrity) and CC (from NO TOLERANCE) to help me out. Check it out wherever you listen to music.
I never got to express that to him, but now I really wish I had. He believed in me more than I believed in myself and I’ll never forget that. This hurts.
This was on the last night of tour after playing an insane sold out gig in LA. I got to meet Danzig and Randy Johnson at the show. I cant believe I got to experience all that at 22 years old but it was all thanks to Riley. I really don’t know where I’d be without his support.
INNUMERABLE FORMS - PHILOSOPHICAL COLLAPSE. 9 songs of pure misery and brutality coming out in September on
@profound_lore
Produced / mixed / mastered by the incomparable Arthur Rizk. Check out the first single “Built On Wrought” anywhere where music can be listened to.
Finally put the Protester discography up on streaming! Nostalgia is fuckin lame / onward and upward and all that but I really loved being in this band and am still proud of the music we made. XXX.
Being a non alcohol drinker is tough on dates. If you order a normal soda women look at you like you’re a 6 year old wearing a propeller hat. Coffee works, but it doesn’t always go with the meal or whatever. I’ve learned that Diet Coke is the way to go. Classy, refined, stylish.
The difference between hardcore shows and metal shows is that hardcore people wear tour shirts of bands they weren’t old enough to see and metal people wear tour shirts of bands they saw last week.
You people are afraid to use the bathroom at a hookup’s house but I’m all up in that mf shower using her roommate’s dr bronners singing teenage dirtbag at the top of my lungs like 🗣🗣🗣
My favorite customer at work told me he’s only gone to see 3 movies in the last 20+ years.
- titanic
- passion of the christ
- don’t mess with the zohan
Me when a band tries really hard to be unique and original and takes their craft extremely seriously: 😴😴😴
Me when a random band from Japan is just a complete Extreme Noise Terror ripoff: 😳😳😳🤯🤯🤯😳😳😳
BRAIN TOURNIQUET - …AN EXPRESSION IN PAIN
Brand new 10 song LP out soon on
@ironlungrecords
. Preorders are live RIGHT NOW. First 2 tracks can be streamed anywhere you listen to music.
INNUMERABLE FORMS - PHILOSOPHICAL COLLAPSE is officially out now! The goal was simple: absolute misery. Guaranteed to make you grimace with disgust. Thanks to everyone who’s listened so far!
Me playing an excerpt from “Play The Part” by Career Suicide. The fake “double bass” between the floor tom and kick drum blew my stupid little mind when I first heard it. Hopefully I did it justice here.
One time I walked into a gas station that was getting robbed but I had to play it cool and act like I didnt know what was happening so I asked the cashier for a soda and some candy but then my card got declined so I just walked out of there ashamed while the robber shook his head
Backlines for fests be like…
Guitar/bass - 4 JCM 800s, Peavey 5150, Ampeg SVT, complimentary foot rub right after the set
Drums - …uh… Pearl Export with 4 lugs missing on each tom. No legs on the kick drum. And if you don’t bring a hi-hat clutch you get shot with a gun.
Someone came into the store and was like “this place is such a hole in the wall! I can tell it’s legit - I’m from New York, so I’d know”.
Thanks for your validation. Im just a country bumpkin runnin a little ol’ record store in a tiny ol’ town WASHINGTON DC lol get a fuckin life
Ambrose and I booked some gigs in our beloved city of Washington DC. See you there!
2/17 - PUBLIC ACID, DESTRUCT, ABISM, DAUNTING NIGHTMARE @ COMET PING PONG
2/18 - LION OF JUDAH, SCARAB, GRAND SCHEME, THE FINAL AGONY, DIMENSION SIX @ SONGBYRD
TICKETS:
Guy in a cowboy hat talking to Ambrose - “you smoke weed right?”
Ambrose - “nah”
Cowboy hat - “what the fuck?” **points to me** “but YOU definitely smoke weed dontcha”
Me - “nah I don’t”
Cowboy hat - “you sure look like you do! What the fuck is wrong with you two?!?!”