Crush Your Soul (Guitar)

Years active: MY WHOLE LIFE

How did you first get into music, and which band became your first real obsession? I SAW SLASH PLAYING A LES PAUL WIT A CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH AND THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE. THE FIRST BAND I WAS REALLY OBSESSED WITH WAS AND STILL IS SLAYER.

How did you discover HC, what pulled you in, and which band served as your gateway? MY BROTHER SHOWED ME HATEBREED SATISFACTION IS THE DEATH OF DESIRE WHEN I WAS LIKE 10, THAT BECAME MY ANTHEM. AFTER THAT HE SHOWED ME MADBALL HOLD IT DOWN AND ALL OUT WAR FOR THOSE WHO WERE CRUCIFIED. THATS WHEN I REALIZED I WANTED TO WRITE FIGHT RIFFS.

Biggest musical influence? SLAYER, KA, HIROSHI YOSHIMURA, MF DOOM, APHEX TWIN, PINK FLOYD, GUN’S N ROSES

Describe your sound in 3 words. I LOVE MUSIC

Top LIHC / NYHC bands of all time? MADBALL, CANDIRIA, ALL OUT WAR

Top 3 non-HC bands of all time? TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, NEIL YOUNG

Current LIHC / NYHC bands worth checking out? If none, list from other places. COMBUST, MINDFORCE, CAPE FADE, ROC MARCIANO, FATBOI SHARIF, BILLY WOODS

“I love all sounds, styles and genres. Hardcore is one that really helped mold me into who I am but I still listen to hootie and the blowfish “let her cry” and think about life. Or maybe I put on Brian Eno and lay on my bedroom floor in the dark after eating a gram of mushrooms, or yo, if I gotta go do some G shit I’m putting on a Estee Nack record, need to feel wavy? Now I’m bumping BoriRock, or maybe I wanna think about how my parents struggled with drugs and we were on food stamps in the projects so I put on so many nights by E Town. Moral of the story, music is home. Hardcore is music is dope, but so is singing this I promise you by Nsync with your sister at her wedding to see her smile!” —FELONS

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