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Inside This Issue This Is: My Darkest Days Impact: Interview w/ Mike and Stevie of Drowning Pool On Tour: Interview w/ Chris Motionless of Motionless In White Plug’d In Features: Ace Augustine Inside The Industry: Mark Phillips of Prospect Park Dear Dead Abby The Breakdown w/ Bandi

From Beyond the Grave w/ Abby

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Nov. 19th - 12 STONES!! PLAYING HITS LIKE, LIE TO ME, BROKEN, WE ARE ONE AND ANTHEN FOR THE UNDERDOG!! Also, Over After, Featuring Chad, drummer from Breaking Benjamin, Pride Of A Lion, Silas, Beyond The Element and Me Against Myself!! Presale, $13 and $15 DOS! Tickets available from bands or on ticketmaster! All Ages, doors at 6:15!! Don't miss this one!!

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This Is: My Darkest Days Interview and Photos by Curt Ridall Post-grunge Ontario, Canada based group My Darkest Days, has a current crash course heading set, for super stardom. With an obvious underlying vulnerability and a honest lyrical approach. MDD has crashed through the speakers of everyone‟s TV, radio, computer and iPod out there. The band got a big hand up in the scene, when lyrical genius Chad Kroeger of Nickelback signed them to his 604 Records, label. Since then their single “porn Star Dancing” had been rapidly climbing the charts. I‟m currently waiting for it to fall into the number one slot.

Their debut album not only houses their catchy single. But a closer listen reveals artists using what they do best, to try and use their lives and experiences, to let people know that they aren‟t alone. They have a mix of their honesty, personalities and willingness to reach out and communicate with their fans. Whether it‟s on Facebook or behind the venue, they make time. Their stock is growing, per say, in the industry.

Being an old school My Darkest Days fan, I was excited for them when they got the deal. Listening to the album it could be said that they sold-out on a song or two, for the sake of making it more radio friendly. Not that I feel that way, but I have read it. The original version of “Save Me” is still one of my favorite MDD tracks. So needless to say, I may not have like the changes. But in talking with these guys for awhile, you come to realize they have grown as artists since then and did whatever music they thought, was right for them to make. Whatever sounded best to them. Who are we to judge what another expresses in the context of artistry…To each his own. Take it or leave it, but this is who we are.

I had the honor of interviewing the group after a recent Papa Roach show in Baltimore, MD at Rams Head Live. The guys were nice enough to allow me into their home on the road to go over the meaning of their album.

PI: How long have you guys been on this tour?

Sal: About 3 months now. We actually were in Baltimore with Sick Puppies, not too long ago.

PI: I guess we will start at number 1 on the CD and go through. “Move your body” Anyone‟s thoughts or your interpretation of why it was written?

Sal: It‟s just a song about having fun. It‟s just an upbeat song, a lot of fun to play live because everyone starts jumping. We need more songs like that I think; they are just high tempo, more fun.

PI: I noticed “Save me” has changed from demo days until now it‟s a different song. Was there any purpose behind that?

Sal: You mature as a band as you go and your song writing starts to mature as well. Working with Chad and Joey who produced the record and when you start to work with people who really know what they are talking about and how to construct a song, that‟s really going to potentially do well. You start to reformat and change your songs and work on them. So those are demos and they changed after working on the songs originally. You grow as an artist and a musician and a person.

PI: I guess some of the songs are self explanatory but “Porn Star Dancing” Sal: It‟s about our grandmother who passed away… [Laughter] Reid: It‟s about my favorite pair of leather shoes... [Laughter] Sal: It‟s a party song, it‟s written for strip clubs pretty much.

PI: Number 3, “Every Lie” Matt: It‟s actually a personal song about me. I made it about someone else. I used to use the excuse „My phones dying, I couldn‟t call you‟. I wrote it about my ex-girlfriend to whom I just found myself lying to all the time and I don‟t know why. You try to keep that relationship going for some reason; I think a lot of people can step in my shoes. You just feel comfortable and you always want that comfort. You know that it‟s not going to work out, but something inside you just keeps it going. You will lie through your teeth just to make the other person happy and to keep them in your life, when in reality you should just let go.

PI: “The world belongs to me” Sal: Yea that song is just about being on top of the world. When we got a record deal and things were happening. It was just like nothing was in our way You feel almost superhuman PI: How did that day go when you got the phone call?

Reid: We were different places actually. I believe Matt was down in New York and some of us were home. At the time I wasn‟t even in the band, but the guys had gone down a bunch of times to get the record deal and play for them. So at the time I think Matt was down there and we were all at home. I was actually downtown with some other friends talking with Doug on the phone. We all just kind of found out within 5 minute margins.

The energy was intense. I was just so stoked because they were my best friends and they just got a record deal.

PI: What do you do when you get that call, do you mess with them and say „eh well I will think about it. Or you are just too happy to even think about being a smart ass?

Sal: Oh we were happy. There was a few different things going on at the time and we just kind of had to regroup and figure out what was best for us.

Our label has been great to us. It‟s very surreal to actually think that we are actually doing music for real. It‟s no longer a dream, it‟s a dream come true.

You just have to vision your dream and if you want it to happen it will happen. I would be going to bed and my brain wouldn‟t stop. I would start thinking of the show and I came up with really good ideas right before I fall asleep. Then I can‟t fall asleep.

So I start thinking in regards with songs or even our look and who we rock out with. Just everything about music and how to improve on top of that. You just have to think it and try to solve it. Make it happen.

PI: “Save Me” Doug: “Save Me” That is when I was going through the worst crap in my life. When I started playing that song, Matty had this riff that I really related to. “Save Me” was almost like there was nothing else there and you need something else to pick you up. Only your love can save me PI: “Set it on Fire” Matt: It‟s about this girl that I met. She is a dancer and I was currently with my “now ex” and things were shit, man. We stayed together for 5 years and I met this girl and she just….

The way she moved, I just described everything she did…the way that she smiled and threw her hair around. She could just dance and she just pretty much set my life on fire. I just wrote the song for her.

PI: “Come Undone” Matt: When that song came out it was by Duran Duran, I had the single tape. That‟s when they still sold the single tapes and they would have like a remix on the back. I just sat and listened to the song over and over again. In the songs they have those things when you first start listening to them, it‟s great and the more you listen to them, they start to fade and it starts to wear off a bit. This song I just kept listening to and I kept feeling the same way every time I listened to it. It never got old to me. Later on I just thought that it would be an awesome cover to do.

PI: Did you ever think it was risky to cover a well know song? I think I prefer your version personally.

Sal: We‟ve heard that. We pick songs that are totally not in our on genre and we start jamming them and think; that‟s kind of cool. What Seether did to “Careless Whisper” is exactly what we did to “Come Undone.” I feel if bands that are in the same genre….say if we took a Nirvana song and covered it. It wouldn‟t have the same effect.

PI: “Can‟t Forget You” Matt: It‟s about when you break up with your chick or your boyfriend and you are on the shitty end of the deal. Like you still care and she or he really doesn‟t. Everything I saw I would remember that. I would look at couples on the street and in my mind it would turn into me and her. Then I would be watching TV and I would see a pretty girl. I would almost want to snap, because it reminded me of her and it just drove me nuts. Everything I did, I couldn‟t forget her. I tried to. Even love songs would come on the radio; I would just shut it off. At that point in my life I was just young and it was driving me nuts so I wrote a song called “Can‟t Forget You” PI: “Goodbye” Matt: That‟s just when you had enough. You just want to get away from somebody.

PI: There were a couple of bonus tracks “Without You” and “Still Worth Fighting For” Matt: “Without You” is pretty self explanatory too. It‟s just a love song to tell you I‟m a disaster. It‟s nice to sometimes write and take a sad song and make it better. You know you get sick of writing depressing songs and then sometime you just have to turn it around. Write it about how you feel for somebody in a good way.

PI: I think “Fucked up Situation” wins song title of the year, by Far. What‟s that all about?

Matt: [Laughter.] Man, It‟s a “fucked up situation” when the one you love is never enough. I think that hits home with many people, because a lot of people aren‟t happy in their relationships, but they love that person. I have felt like that so many times.

It‟s like I love that person but it‟s still not enough for me and I feel like I need more. I think that a lot of people feel that and that‟s why divorces and breakups happen. It‟s because of cheating and that song is all about cheating. That song describes it in the verses. “You got a family at home; you‟re out with me getting stoned. It‟s been a long time coming and now I got you alone” It‟s taking place in a hotel room and it‟s about cheating on your significant other. Point blank.

PI: How do you guys feel about the album as a whole?

Sal: It‟s good I feel that we didn‟t cheese out, we didn‟t rush anything and we didn‟t put in any filler. Not like we needed three more songs so we thought, why don‟t we just take these chords and use them backwards.

Brendan: When the record was like 80% done we were still months and months away from finishing the record. We didn‟t want to put any filler on it. We spent a lot of time on it.

PI: Are there a lot of you guys in it? Do you guys feel you have stayed true to yourselves?

Sal: I think at the end of the day the five of us wanted a record that sent out a message. This is a record that has many messages, one in every song. That‟s what we wanted to accomplish and I think we did it. We took a lot of time on it PI: What‟s up next for you guys?

Sal: We are going to finish the end of the Papa Roach tour then we are on tour with Saving Abel and Hinder after this one.

After that there are going to be some cool tours coming up in the New Year. You can expect us to be in your country for a damn long time now.

PI: Thanks for keeping us Plug‟d In on My Darkest Days. We appreciate it.

MDD: Thank you for taking the time to come talk with us.

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Dear Dead Abby Abby was born and raised in the coal regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The oldest of eight, she constantly had her younger brothers and sisters asking her questions about everything from how things work to why that boy threw dirt on her. She‟d try to steer them straight with her advice, though sometimes she could be a bit sarcastic. Abby also had an uncanny ability to see the truth in people, despite what they tried to portray with their lies. Unfortunately, this led the locals to believe that she was with surrounded with dark forces. The summer before her final year of school, Abby was sentenced to death by hanging, without a proper trial, simply stating that she was a witch. Abby can‟t recognize the faces of her family through death, but she answers questions, thinking it might be one of her siblings needing her guidance.

Q. Abby, I‟m hosting Thanksgiving dinner @ my house this year for the very first time. I have a big family and its really stressing me out. Do you have any advice to help make the day go smoother? A.R. A. Nope, sorry, but you're doomed. There is no way to make the day go smooth. You'll be stressed and aggravated well beyond what you are now. No matter what you plan for and take into consideration, things will go wrong. Best thing to do is to just deal with it as it comes, and after it's over, open a bottle of wine or whatever you drink and relax.

Q. I want to go into the Army after I finish High School, but my Mom wants me to go to college. This is causing a huge fight.

What should I do? R.C. A. Go National Guard or Air Force Reserves. You'll make yourself happy with joining the military, and you'll ease it on your mother by choosing one that has great schooling options. You can learn a trade and have your tuition paid for what you decide to take in college. Let her think that's the main reason that you're choosing it. If she still gives you grief about it, just do what makes you happy. In the end, that's what ultimately matters.

Q. Abby, a lot of my friends smoke weed. I just don‟t think it‟s for me, but I really feel pressured into doing it. What do I do?

E.S. A. If you feel sot pressured that you are considering going against your beliefs, then you don't have a backbone or have very good friends. They should respect your decision and not try to pressure you into doing it. They want you to do it so bad so they're not alone in their stupidity. If you're not smoking weed, it makes you the smart one in the crowd, and it's only a matter of time before you see how pathetic they really are and leave their little circle. Stick to your principles and move on to better things.

Q. I keep getting picked on @ school by another kid in 12th grade. (I'm) in 9th. He's a lot bigger than me so I can‟t beat him up.

How do I get him to stop picking on me? I really want to teach him a lesson. Anon A. Oooo, revenge.... Does he have a girlfriend or a girl he likes? If so, making him look stupid and pathetic in front of her would be a great way. If not, just making him look stupid in front of his buddies would work as well. I'm not sure how you'll do that, as I don't know the school situation, but I'm sure you can figure out some ideas.... People like that pick on people to make themselves feel better. He's basically a gorilla. He pounds his chest to look all big and bad and frighten people into not coming close, but he has no brains. That's how he makes up for it.

Q. My boyfriend wants to have sex before we go away to college. (We are both Virgins) I really love him, but I just don‟t want to do it before I get married. When I tell him this he gets mad and says I don‟t love him and that we should break up. What do I do? F.L. A. He's pulling the "if you loved me" card, pathetic moron. Get rid of him. You don't want to be pressured like that in a relationship. If he's pressuring you like this, it only shows that he is controlling, and it'll get far worse as you stay with him. The man you're with should respect you, and it's obvious that he doesn't just by saying that. Even if you didn't have sex with him and didn't break up, he'd get it elsewhere, probably at college. If you did have sex with him, you'd only regret it. You'll be sad for awhile, but you'll move on. You'll meet someone who deserves you, and you'll eventually encounter your current moron in the future and say to yourself, "What was I thinking? His poor wife...."

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Stevie Benton and Mike Luce of Drowning Pool Interview by Michael Demos and Liana Marie Photos by Liana Marie Liana and I got a chance to sit down with Stevie Benton and Mike Luce from Drowning Pool right before their gig opening up for Five Finger Death Punch and Godsmack in Camden, NJ. The guys are so full of energy and really kept Liana on her toes. I sat back and enjoyed the whole thing. Do your best to keep up……M.D. S: Hey, I‟m Stevie. (M) I‟m Mike. (S) We‟re from Drowning Pool.

PI: Alright. How is the tour so far?

S: It‟s great. We‟re only a few shows into it. We‟re just breaking in our new stage configuration. So we‟re still trying to get used to that. We got stairs and ego risers and stuff like that so I keep banging my shins on all of those things. I‟m kind of scrapped up but I think it looks good! So, it‟s worth the pain, right? (M) Yes, Definitely. It‟s always good to bring a little bit of production, which we don‟t get to do a lot of the time. Whether it‟s for small venues, or if it‟s our position on the bill, or sometimes just having to get on and off the stage quickly. Hats off to our guys for that because we only have two dudes in our crew and we‟ve got more stuff with us now. If you ask someone to load who is in New York they‟ll tell you we need a Penske truck and not a trailer. (S) We have a trailer that‟s a few feet shorter than our other trailer and we have like, twice as much stuff on this one.

(PI): Oh gee. (M) I realize that anyone reading this is probably...we‟re talking details and they‟re like...”Well I don‟t care about your trailer...”

S: It‟s about being on tour! (M) The show‟s cool if you can make it out come check it out! (PI): Awesome.

PI: You guys just released a new album...did it meet your expectations?

M: That, and then some. Sonically, the record is definitely trumped anything I think we‟ve done in the past. Largely impart to do with the guys that were in charge of that... Engineering it, producing it, and just running it through the new engineering of today. That would be the guys at House of Loud. Those guys were huge in the sound of the record and just the monster sound that it has. (S) And it also... in the overall performance and playing on the record I think is a lot better on this one just because they really pushed us to play well. You know, not that every producer doesn‟t but they had a special way of just making you feel guilty if you just weren‟t living up to their expectations. Like, you‟re playing your parts and you think you nailed it...Kato will say something like, “Yeah, man I mean... It‟s your record you know. I guess if you want it to suck we‟ll leave it like that. It‟s totally up to you dude. You know, whatever you want to do.” (PI) It‟s good he‟s honest. (S) Yeah. And then you‟re like ugh, damn it. Give me that thing! (M) Yeah. They will kill it. We can‟t wait to do the next record with them.

(PI) Nice. (M) Well maybe we‟ll do it with them, I don‟t know. You just gotta make...we gotta leave some bargaining room, out there. (PI) Yeah.

PI: I know it may be a little soon to ask... but are you working on any new material?

S: Always. Mike, CJ, and myself, are not really getting to where we‟re competent to where our own individual pro tools rig so each one of us have our Macs and inboxes. So, it just makes it easier to write on the road. On the last record we really weren‟t competent in that yet, so we were still having to do the old school way…on a day off, move all our stuff in the studio, some place we‟ve never been before and try to on a whim, try to come up with good stuff and a lot of times that‟s hard to do. (PI) Right.

(M) There‟s no replacement for getting into a jam room and just sweating‟ it out and doing the music organically and live and just bouncing ideas of each other. But at the same time there‟s a lot of down time sometimes where you sit on the bus and it can be really easy to call into a habit of just eating a bag of Doritos and watching whatever‟s on TNT. Sometimes, I mean we‟re big football fans and we have the ticket but you get parked somewhere that you don‟t receive the satellite signal, so I mean instead of just sitting there and just bitching or hanging‟ out and moaning‟ about something. You know, you break out your pro tools rig and you know...”Hey man, what was that piece of music you were working on? Let me check that out.” (S) Yeah. So, it‟s great to have it because you never know when inspiration is going to strike. Last night, we were playing a show in New York and randomly...you‟re playing a show you‟re playing the songs it‟s the same song you played a million times before... And this random thought came to my mind and I remember thinking, “Man that‟s a great line for a song...” And I woke up today and could not remember what it was. (PI) Awhhhhhh. (S) I hate it. I HATE THAT! (M) On stage? (S) Yeah! It‟s been nagging me ALL DAY! (M) Who said it? (S) No, It was just a random thought that popped in my head. (M) Oh you had a thought? (S) Yeah. (M) Well. Way to go dude! (S) Yeah, I know. (M) We need some post its! (S) Right in the middle of the song it‟ll go... “Note to self.” (M) “THIS NEXT SONG...”...Hang on Ryan!

PI: Speaking of TNT. You had mentioned it earlier...

What sit com or television show would you consider yourselves as a band?

S: Seinfeld. (PI) Seinfeld? (S) Yeah we‟re Kramer. (M) Yeah [Mike agrees] definitely.

(S) We just fall ass-backwards into Situations. No word or doing of our own. (M) Yeah.

The few cool things that happen to us are definitely Kramer situations. You just stumble into a good cool environment. All the bad stuff, it‟s like George. (S) Yeah! (M) George is always you know, sickened w/ some ailment or some bad luck karma that just comes up and bites him in the ass. Meanwhile Kramer just stumbles into a good time. So, it‟s kind of a mesh of both worlds…a little more of George. (S) Every once and awhile we get to be Kramer (M) Every once and awhile we get to be Kramer [both agrees]. (S) We‟re NEVER Jerry. (M) No. And then, Ryan dances like Elaine. [Laughter] PI: What would you say your favorite song to perform live would be?

S: Right now, in our set, I would say “Feel Like I do” because it‟s the most recent and successful single that we‟ve done. But, you know, ultimately I guess it‟d have to be “Bodies” because here it is 10 years later and people still, every night, lose their minds when that song comes on. I‟m thankful for it, I‟ll never understand it, but I love it. (M) I‟m digging‟ “Regret”. I Like “Regret” right now. It‟s not on the set in the Godsmack tour just because we‟re only playing 30 minutes, and we had to chop some material. “Regret” is a fun tune.

It‟s an up-paced song. And by the end of it...and it‟s not a song that has been a single, or at least not yet, but it‟s a song that as soon as we‟re done people will just energize and just [soft-toned scream] scream about it. It‟s cool because that‟s...that‟s just cool.

PI: Speaking of “Bodies”, that song was tied in with so many different things. I believe it was tied in with Triple X, the movie Triple X [xXx]...So many different soundtracks, this and that. Do you guys see yourselves maybe writing another song and having it picked up by the TV shows, movies etc. Do you look to put something together like that?

M: You know, that song was just a song that we wrote and Dave pinned the lyrics. That song was just a product of its time.

There was no formula to it. (S) We weren‟t trying to write for Triple H or XXX or any of those people that have used the song, it was just about the kids that we saw every night while playing clubs in Dallas. We had no clue what we were doing or where that song would take us. So, maybe if we think about it less we‟ll have more success. (M) Yeah.

PI: What would you say your favorite and least favorite aspects or touring would be?

M: Least favorite would probably be the obvious. I don‟t like flying. So, every time we‟re getting ready to head out and jump on tour I have to fly. Or if I want to go home to see my family, while I‟m out on tour, I have to fly in. I can‟t stand it! It messes me up for an entire day. I get rocked in the head. I blame that on my brother who took me up [He has his own license] He took me up in the smallest plane...They shouldn‟t even make them. I realized that you really are a speck in God‟s eye at that point. You could die at any moment. And they put these cans on your head, and you can hear EVERYTHING! And my brother taps me, “Hey look out over there, radio control is saying we‟re in line with another plane. Do you see anything?” DO I SEE ANYTHING!? What! TAKE THIS THING DOWN NOW! Boy... I mean there‟s no stop sign like on the ground. Look, am I good!?

NO! You‟re in the freakin‟ air man! (PI) Let me check my rear view. (M) Right!? You‟re the pilot! It freaked me out. By the time I got to the ground my stomach was so tensed I felt like I did like 25 minutes of like an ab workout or something. I had knots and my stomach hurt. (S) So let me ask you this... that skydiving trip we had didn‟t cure you of that? It did me! It was therapeutic to me. I was terrified of skydiving and being in the little plane getting ready to jump out...I used to be terrified of turbulence on a plane but now, it seems like nothing to me. (M) It hasn‟t. (S) What about flying in the C1-30‟s? (M) See. That was great! And that‟s the same thing. With the Golden Knights, jumping with these guys...These guys have jumped w/ Presidents. I was never gonna go skydiving at Joe-Bob‟s Saturday discount skydive. I‟m just not going to do it! I don‟t know why... BUT The Golden Knights... HELL YEAH! These guys know what they‟re doing. They‟ve been doing it for years. If anything‟s going to go right, it‟s going to go right with these guys! With you know the army, and the air force. So, Yeah I‟ll do it. And even flying in the C1-30‟s...I was like ,”Hey, you know if God forbid we go down over the skies of Iraq…but if we do... this is the way we do it”. You know, we‟re on our way to play for the troops in the C1-30‟s. (S) I see. So you‟re fine diving like that but you just can‟t do it on a commercial Airline. (M) I can‟t do it on a commercial airline where every day on CNN they‟re talking about some dude who didn‟t have enough hours logged behind the controls and he nose dives a Continental. That scares the shit out of me! Unbelievable.

(PI) There‟s no room for accidents on an airplane. (M) You have a flat tire; you pull over to the side. When you have bummed wing you ...*Whistles* (S) But for every guy like that you‟re talking about there‟s a guy who landed the plane in the Hudson.

(M) But that was all one, see? And he used it! There‟s a one chance in a million you‟re going to walk away from that plane wreck. Those guys... that one dude walked out and he wasn‟t even wet and they were in the Hudson! That dude that landed the plane should have a cape on his back! But that was the one...it‟s used up! Everybody else from now if we‟re flying, we‟re going down and that‟s it.

You‟re not walking away. .

PI: Right, right. Gotcha. How would you describe the feeling of stepping out on stage, looking out into the crowd? You see all those people out there just waiting to see you play...How does that make you feel?

M: You know what, a lot of times, and I‟ll be selfish right now, I miss that because just being back behind the drums. I‟m going over the checklist in my head of everything that I have to do to start the show off right and on time. The segways between the songs, you know given the visual cues or checks to make sure Stevie and I are on board and on the same page, as well as CJ, if he‟s all good.

That dude‟s got so many gadgets pedals and it‟s all his signature sound. Yeah. So that and taking my cues off Ryan... so I miss all of that. Ryan was just telling me last night he jumped into the crowd for “Bodies” and they were crowd-surfing him back to the stage. I never saw it! So I miss all of that stuff, I miss it all the time. He‟s up there laughing‟ his ass off cause Ryan maybe fell of the stage, and I missed that, and he comes back giggling and I don‟t hear any singing and I look and I don‟t see the singer... So I knew he fell! And I‟m like damn it! I missed it!

(PI) “Could you do that again, please?” (M) YEAH! EXACTLY! Do it- Do it again! Awhh shit! The shows over. So yeah, unfortunately... I hear the crowd which is awesome. When I get the goose bumps, the chill bumps, I have to wear these in-ears and they pretty much almost completely cancel out any outside noise... BUT when I can hear the crowd coming‟ in over this, and I‟m way back. Not to mention I‟m the farthest one away from the crowd. So, when I can hear the crowd, that far back and through the in-ears, I know we‟re putting on a good show. That‟s pretty killer. It just makes you want to hit harder and play better and just give the crowd a better show. And then throw a stick and try and hit somebody in the head... [Laughter] Nah, I‟m just kidding. (M) Did you want to answer that? (S) No, you did great!

PI: If you could put together your ultimate tour, what bands would you include?

S: Uhhh. (M) I‟m going to let you take this one! (S) I want us to tour, or I wish we would have been around to tour with The Mamas and The Papas. (M) Okay. Hang on, before Stevie goes MUCH further... I want to say.... (S) Well, hear me out! Hear me out! The one reason is...It is public knowledge that the one dude was banging‟ his OWN daughter. (M) Can you say that though?

(S) LISTEN! If that is one of the stories that are out there, what kind of crazy shit is going on behind the scenes that they don‟t want anybody to know about? The backstage parties...At that place... That must have been the ultimate. People like Ozzy, Motley Crue...They can‟t touch that dude! That is the ultimate debauchery. I would love to have been just a fly on the wall to see. I mean, what were they doing, man? (M) So much of what you‟re saying is true, but it‟s also just so wrong! (S) Curiosity, dude.

That‟s the only thing. (M)Yeah, you‟re right. Exactly. What does he go...” Oh. I don‟t want that getting out.”

PI: Anybody else on that tour package relevant to the type of music that you guys play?

M: Okay, seriously. We would never be able to be on it, but I would love to… “The Big Four”. (M) You know, that was just overseas... Was it Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth? I mean, if you wanted to pull out some old school stuff on there, the original Guns and Roses lineup would be, WELL. I don‟t know about Steve Adler. ..You know, Matt Sorum could still be in it. I mean just actual Slash, Duff, you know, get those guys back together, and put them out there. (S) Yeah. We‟ve toured with so many bands. We‟ve done Ozzy, we‟ve done Sabbath. We‟ve been on tour with Slayer...Metallica is like the ONE. We‟ve played on and off shows, but that is just the one tour that seems like it would be the ultimate. Especially being in high school, that‟s all I listened to, really. (M) Maybe not so much who, but when. Because, I could tell you, Ozzy took out Motley when they were first coming out. Then, Ozzy also took out Metallica, from Master of Puppets. So, maybe if you could like combine those 3 at that time together... Ozzy with Motley when they were putting out “Shout at the Devil”, Metallica when they were coming out with “Master of Puppets”. (S) Dude, you know what tour I‟d love to be on now? Alice In Chains, Deftones, Mastodon...that would be an awesome tour. (M) Yeah, yeah. [Agrees] (S): To tour w/ Alice In Chains, that would be awesome. (M) We saw those guys not too long ago at a band camp- kind of situation. It was like a whole weekend, a lot of different bands. We happened to be on the same day that Alice In Chains headlined it. Phenomenal. I mean, 14, 15, 16 years later whatever it is...Just came out. You can close your eyes and just watch...

(S) Close your eyes and just watch? (M) Close your eyes and listen. I mean It was every bit... You know how some people get all crazy about how music moves you and “it moved me last night”, blah blah blah. Well, that was one of those for me. It was kind of like watching that (pauses) and listening to it. It was unbelievable. You know, not to sound like a light in the pants or whatever, but there were a couple points where I just closed my eyes and listened. It was 15 years ago, Alice In Chains, it was unbelievable. It was awesome. (M) If anybody is reading this and asks, “Who‟s Alice In Chains?” You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

PI: How would you describe your typical day on tour?

S: A typical day on tour is a lot of “hurry up and wait”. A lot of times where any second you know you have to do something, but it takes you all day to find time to actually do it. So it‟s a lot of being on the edge and waiting to get your stuff accomplished. You can‟t leave, you can‟t go anywhere, because at any moment they could call your number and you have to be ready. (M) It can be a mental strain on you too sometimes, just because sometimes you have to be in 3 places at once and you‟re trying to make it all happen before the deadline. So sometimes you‟re just sitting there waiting for it to happen and then BAM it happens all at once. So you‟re kind of just like, Agghhh. (S) For people out there who don‟t know, pretty much every aspect of being on the road sucks. The only thing that makes it worth it is, the 30 minutes-1 hour you‟re on stage. It makes it ALL worth it. Otherwise, no one would do it. (M) And that‟s the thing. That‟s when bands get so upset...I‟ll apologize on behalf of all of us. We‟re all human. Sooner or later somebody‟s going to meet a guy, and unfortunately maybe the dude had a bad show and the reason being or at least I can speak for us. You wait all day for that hour. You try to do everything to prepare within your grasp you‟re control If something one little thing goes wrong, a domino effect starts to happen on stage. You start back pedaling on your heels and you just can‟t get it back. Then, when you‟re done and the shows over you‟re like, “Man. All i wanted was that one hour, All day long. We had it and it slipped. You can point the finger back at yourself and you can take it on the chin a lot easier when it‟s your fault but if it‟s something out of your control, that‟s when you get frustrated. You‟re like,” Aggghh! What was that?!” (S) We used to be a lot worse about that when we first got started. We‟ve been doing this for years now a lot of stuff that used to bother me I don‟t let it ruin that one hour. Basically, don‟t sweat the small stuff. For instance last night we were playing in New York and for whatever reason during our set Tool was playing through the monitors the whole time. We‟re trying to play, and then once things get a little quieter; through my monitor I hear a Tool song. (M) Which is killer. (S) YEAH! Cause we love Tool, but dang. (M) It throws you off. For example, all of the sudden...You‟re at a baseball game and a naked dude runs out on the field. Everyone stops and looks. It kind of throws the rhythm of the game off.

Everybody‟s just like, “It‟s cool but uh what‟s going on”? (S) I like a naked dude. (M) YEAH! Who doesn‟t? (S) But in it‟s on environment. (M) Right, right. And everything has its place. That‟s no excuse. Nobody should be an asshole after the show to anybody. If you happen to be standing next to a dude and you‟re able to get his autograph or say Hey to him...There‟s no excuse for the guy to be a prick. I‟m not saying that... I‟m just saying if the guys not doing back flips It could just be that he‟s upset that he was unable to give the best show for one reason or another even though he tried his hardest. (M) It sounds like..

What am I? Tim Robins or something, here?

PI: Alright, so back to the music. What would you say your musical influences or inspirations would be?

S: Almost all of our songs are about being beaten down by life, in general.

(PI) It‟s legitimate. (S) Yeah, you know. You wake up in the morning, and something bad happens. So, you write a song about it. You try and keep the lyrics vague enough that it can apply to anybody‟s life. Everyone has those days where the world completely freaking sucks. A lot of our songs are kind of based on that. (PI) It‟s nice to know that someone else out there relates to what you‟re going through. (S) Exactly. (M) I mean and that‟s the thing. If we were Jimmy Buffet we‟d write about margaritas, beaches, cheese burgers, and pickles on the side. It‟d be great! We‟d live on the beach and have our own private jet...SHIT! It‟d be awesome! We‟d be kicking it with Bahama Mama and Panama Jack! (S) I‟d wear a Speedo, dude. But everyone wakes up and different things hit you at different times. Sometimes you wake up, things are great and you might write ”Walkin‟ on the sun.” Ba da bap ba [Snaps] (S) Yeah! We‟ll get right to that. (M) Something like that or in our case, when you‟re trying to remove yourself the ever-following black cloud..You know what though? Another thing that‟s kick ass is like, “Bodies.” You mentioned that earlier...That was completely written by Dave about his point of views of being up on the stage and in that crowd.

Then you also asked a question about the rush of getting on stage, the crowd, and what it does for us. (PI) Right. (M) That‟s exactly what that song is. It is all of that combined. Dave wrote those lyrics about his point of view from the stage as well as his tip of the hat, his thank you. He‟s thanking you guys. If you weren‟t mixing it up in the pit, getting your aggressions out, and knocking yourselves around showing up and sweating with each other at the shows, we wouldn‟t be able to do the show. There wouldn‟t be a show. It‟s that, completely. You get a diamond in a rough every once and awhile but it pays off in the end. You write about what happens to you, everybody. We all go through the same shit, we were just fortunate enough to land at the right spot and time and be able to play music and eventually turn it into a career. For that, we‟re thankful.

PI: What can we expect from Drowning Pool in the future?

M: Maybe some balloons for the kids. Yeah, ha-ha, I don‟t know, hopefully another record! (S) Yeah, we‟ll just keep plugging along. We will continue to do what we do. Bring a live show every single night and make the best records that we can w/ our limited ability... [Laughter]. (M) That‟s the thing we‟d like to do! Nobody wants to be big and rich, not the country band, but we‟d like to keep progressing and continuing to make the show bigger and better. Then, when guys come back, they don‟t go, “Well, I saw them do this the last two times they came through...” or “I know that song, I want to hear the new one...”, we just want to put it back into the show. We want to be able to...Godsmack; perfect example. They‟re a great band, as well as great dudes. Each time, we want to try and bring a few new elements. But at the same time, we‟re not trying to go completely over the top and dazzle you with bullshit, instead of the music. The music rocks and it‟s kick ass. A little bit of something, to the point that everyone‟s enjoying it and that we‟re having fun and enjoying it on stage too. So, hopefully with each record, we get better than the previous. I hope the shows continue to progress and get better as well.

PI: It was a pleasure getting a moment to chat with the two of you. Thank you so much for your time and giving us a chance to get Plug‟d In. S&M: Thank you!

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The Breakdown w/ Bandi Saturday, October 30th, the Rock Halloween Show at The Silo, put on by Driving Metal Entertainment Booking.

Call Me Crazy was the first band of the night. They had a good overall tone to them, but I felt the bass needed to be turned up a bit. They ended with a cover of Blink 182‟s All The Small Things, which I felt was a good type of song for the band. I felt like their singer needed some vocal strengthening, but they were young, and they will become a lot better with time.

Lead Fly was up next, and they were a bit of reggae, a bit of rap, and a bit of metal. The mixture didn‟t do anything for me, but there were people that liked it. The bass was a little out of tune, but the bassist was in a cast playing in a wheelchair, and I‟m not sure if that affected the sound quality or not.

Lake June was an energetic band with some nice guitar pieces. They had a nice size crowd on the floor, and the band interacted well with them. There was a man in a banana costume that they had come up stage and dance to a song. The crowd loved it.

Oh! Rabbit! Not quite sure what to say about them. I didn‟t like the “echo” they had through most of their set. I thought it took away from quality of their sound. They had a good energy, but it was hard to really listen to anything else when distracted by the synthesizer or whatever they were using. I did enjoy their cover of Science Fiction Double Feature, from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Six Penny was a pop/punk band, similar to Green Day. Their music was what I‟d picture at college parties and roller rinks and such. It was catchy, but I felt like I‟ve heard it all before. I think they need to find their own sound. They had the largest crowd of the night on the dance floor.

East Coast Wild Cards had a melodic rock sound, almost like Creed. I felt that their singer was a little drowned out by the rest of the band. He was having fun with it, and really getting into the songs, but it almost seemed like he was getting lost in the midst. They did have a good sound and energy.

Midnight Decadence was the headlining band. Three people carried their singer onstage as their fans cheered at the start of their first song. They had a very high energy to them. Midnight Decadence is a pure rock and roll band, where all their songs are about sex, drugs, rock n roll, and just having a great time in general. It‟s easy to see that the members all love to have a good time. They‟re a lively bunch, and they all were enjoying themselves onstage. They had a good bass line and some incredible guitar riffs, and I do mean INCREDIBLE!! I love it when they drop the guitar to a nice, clean, acoustic sound; it‟s simply beautiful. Their final song of the night was No Pigs, and at the end, a couple guys ran out onstage, grabbed the singer, through him down, out his hands behind his back and hauled him off stage. Midnight Decadence always puts on a great show, and I highly recommend going to one if you have the chance.

Thanks to all the bands that played and all the people that came out. Support local original music. Your next favorite band could be among them.

W.T.F.?

Sometimes stuff makes no sense at all...

BEER TROUBLESHOOTING SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet.

FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle.

ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling.

SYMPTOM: Feet warm and wet.

FAULT: Improper bladder control.

ACTION: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about house training.

SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.

FAULT: Glass empty.

ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

SYMPTOM: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights.

FAULT: You have fallen over backward.

ACTION: Have yourself leashed to bar.

SYMPTOM: Mouth contains cigarette butts.

FAULT: You have fallen forward.

ACTION: See above.

SYMPTOM: Beer is crystal-clear.

FAULT: It's water. Somebody is trying to sober you up.

ACTION: Punch him.

SYMPTOM: Hands hurt, nose hurts, mind unusually clear.

FAULT: You have been in a fight.

ACTION: Apologize to everyone you see, just in case it was them.

SYMPTOM: Don't recognize anyone, don't recognize the room you're in.

FAULT: You've wandered into the wrong party.

ACTION: See if they have free beer.

SYMPTOM: Your singing sounds distorted.

FAULT: The beer is too weak.

ACTION: Have more beer until your voice improves.

SYMPTOM: Don't remember the words to the song.

FAULT: Beer is just right.

ACTION: Play air guitar.

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SYMPTOM: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet.

FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.

ACTION: Retire to restroom, practice in mirror.

SYMPTOM: Floor blurred.

FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.

ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

SYMPTOM: Floor moving.

FAULT: You are being carried out.

ACTION: Find out if you are being taken to another bar.

SYMPTOM: Room seems unusually dark.

FAULT: Bar has closed.

ACTION: Confirm home address with bartender.

SYMPTOM: Taxi suddenly takes on colorful aspect and textures.

FAULT: Beer consumption has exceeded personal limitations.

ACTION: Cover mouth.

SYMPTOM: Everyone looks up to you and smiles.

FAULT: You are dancing on the table.

ACTION: Fall on somebody cushy-looking.

Korn– Life Is Peachy 1. Twist 2. Chi 3. Lost 4. Swallow 5. Porno Creep 6. Good God 7. Mr. Rogers" 5:10 8. K@#Ø%! (Kunts!)

9. No Place To Hide 10. Wicked (O'Shea Jackson) 11. A.D.I.D.A.S. 12. Lowrider 13. Ass Itch 14. Kill You

Inside The Industry: Mark Phillips of Prospect Park Interview by Michael Demos Talk about being busy‌Mark Phillips seems to take the cake. As a manager at prospect Park, Mark has his hands full. We caught up with him for a brief moment, thru email, and asked him a little bit about himself and what he has going on.

PI: Mark, How Have you been. Can you please tell us what you do?

MP: I am a manager at Prospect Park and have been here for two years.

PI: How did you first get involved the music business?

MP: I started as a temp- answering phones for a management company called Spivak Sobol Entertainment after I graduated college.

PI: What are some of the artists you currently work with?

MP: I work with artists such as Korn, Five Finger Death Punch, Flyleaf, and Danzig, and our company manages many other artists.

PI: What are some of the perks of having your job/position?

MP: It's great to get to be creative, and to see an artist's career take off- with Five Finger Death Punch and Flyleaf, I've had the extreme pleasure of seeing them go from the very beginning to becoming two of the biggest rock acts around today.

PI: In this changing industry...How are Labels and Management Firms changing to bring their clients to their fans?

MP: It is absolutely an industry in flux- the digital world has vastly changed everything, and piracy has forced artists, managers, and labels to change their business model and think more like a small business, and be more cost-effective.

PI: What current projects are you working on?

MP: Five Finger Death Punch has a new album out, WAR IS THE ANSWER, which is selling very well. Also, Korn's new album, KORN III: REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE and Danzig's album, DETH RED SABAOTH is out as well, so those are keeping us busy!

PI: What types of music do you personally listen too?

MP: Hard rock, punk, metal, hip hop, pretty much everything except country and pop, haha! I grew up on Punk music and Alternative, though.

PI: What are some memorable events during your career?

MP: This is definitely a fast-paced industry. I remember when I was an assistant; we had a band member who lost his passport right before going to Japan. We had to drive down to the consulate, get his new passport, get his new visa at the last minute and get it to him at the airport, JUST as they were about to take off! It was incredibly stressful.

PI: Mark, thanks for sitting down with us and giving us a chance to get Plug'd In. MP: Thanks for having me!

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On Tour: Interview w/ Chris Motionless of Motionless in White Interview and Photos by Liana Marie I had the chance to step aside with Chris Motionless, lead vocals of Motionless In White, just before their set. I really appreciate how noticeably genuine and down to earth he was. He gave a really interesting interview and I really enjoyed working with him. Here‟s what he had to say...

PI: This is Liana Marie of Central Pa Plug‟d in magazine here with...

C: Chris from Motionless In White.

PI: Would you mind if we started out naming each member and their individual role in the band?

C: I‟m Chris, I sing. TJ plays guitar, Angelo plays drums, Ricky Olsen plays bass, Ryan plays guitar, and Josh Balz plays keyboards. ...and yes, that‟s really his last name really is balls. (PI) It‟s good you answered that, which was actually going be a part of this interview. (C) Oh, oh, good!

(PI) Yes. [Laughter] PI: What‟s the story behind Motionless In White? Where did it come from?

C: We‟ve actually been a band for a really long time. Our drummer Angelo and I started the band a long time ago with 2 other members. We were only a 4 piece band. I guess you could say it‟s the product from playing together in high school. Over the years that we‟ve been doing this we acquired all the members we have now; the solidified Motionless In White. We‟ve been like this for about 2-3 years.

PI: Is there any significance behind the title of your band?

C: Yeah. The title is actually a song by the band 18 visions; a band we were heavily influenced by when Angelo and I started the band.

It was one of my favorite bands; what makes me want to play this kind of music. We just picked the name as a way to represent what our influences were and kind of pay a tribute to them. (PI) Right, right.

(C) Its cool because they actually know about us and approved the name and now we‟re sponsored by 18 Vision‟s bass player‟s clothing line. (PI) That‟s awesome! (C) Yeah. It‟s really cool to have that. (PI) Yeah, that‟s really awesome.

PI: Did you imagine or dream you would be where you are today?

C: I dreamed that this is where I wanted to be, not where I would be. I never thought we would ever come this far. I know that I wanted it and wanted to do anything I could to get where we are now. But, I never knew that it would actually happen. It‟s something that...You‟ve got to risk a lot of your life to make this happen. I felt that if I was going to put that much effort into it then I‟ve hoped it would be this way. We‟re still a small band so we‟ve got a ways to go. (PI) You guys are pretty big though.

PI: How long would you say that you‟ve all known each other?

C: For as long as the band has been around. We‟ve been using the name “Motionless In White” for about six years, which is crazy. Like I said we‟ve only been the band we are now for about 2-3. Every one of those six years has brought on us knowing each other. We met TJ. Through TJ we met Ryan, through Ryan and TJ, we met Josh. We ended up getting our bass player Ricky last year so, basically every year someone comes in and now we‟re done. This is it. I hope so at least... (PI) Yeah.

PI: What genre of music would you consider your band?

C: When I wrote the music to this record I wrote it so we wouldn‟t be able to answer this question. But, if I had to choose I‟d say metal-core. There is a lot of different kind of shit in our songs industrial-wise or melodic black metal type stuff. For example, Cradle Of Filth etc. It‟s just probably easiest to say metal-core. We‟re not a scream-o band anymore.

PI: Which one of your songs would you say you enjoy performing live most?

C: Definitely the song “Abigail”. It‟s a newer song we just put out about a month ago; it‟s on the record. I don‟t know why....Kids who don‟t even know it are always jumping up and down. It‟s such a good song! It‟s short, it‟s heavy, it‟s fast, and it‟s everything. I definitely like that song best.

PI: Is there any bands you haven‟t played with quite yet, that you would like to play a show with in the future? If so, who would they be?

C: There‟s a lot. My answer to this...even though we already toured with them, I would love to tour with Bleeding Through, again for…forever!

They‟re definitely my favorite band. They‟re “THE band” that inspires me to do this but we already fortunately; dream come true, got to tour with them. If not them, I would really like to play with Cradle Of Filth. I would also really like to tour with August Burns Red. I think they‟re actually from Lancaster, right? (PI) Yeah, they‟re from the area. (C) lot of bands, man. Definitely Cradle Of Filth. Cradle Of Filth is a BIG one just because I feel I would want to see how we do with that crowd and our new record.

PI: How does being in a band affect your personal life?

C: You don‟t have a personal life when you‟re in a band. Well, I mean you do but you‟re gone so much it‟s so hard to have a life at home, when you‟re gone all the time. Relationships are kind of...are really rough and tough to handle, and anything like that, really. I mean, my personal life on the road, I love it!

This is what I wanted to do so my personal life is to be alone, and on the road with my friends. I enjoy doing this for my fans. My personal life is pretty awesome because I get to do this every day.

PI: What would you say one of your biggest challenges as a band has been? And if you have, what did you do to overcome such an obstacle?

C: I feel like the biggest challenge for a band, where we are now is to get our name out there; like we have been, and it‟s still a challenge. I wouldn‟t say you can ever really overcome getting your name out there but just breaking from being a local band to an internationally touring band...That‟s something that we really wanted, and had to work towards. Fortunately, it turned out well and it is something we‟re able to do now...Putting out a record, getting a full-length under our name, stuff that every band wants to do that not everyone gets to.

PI: If you could describe your band as a sitcom or television show what would it be?

C: Oh man. “The Adam‟s Family” for sureMan I loved that show! (PI) That reminds me, you really have some crazy awesome make-up going on! I really dig that. © Thank you. (PI) How long does that take? (C) This is actually... I tried to hurry up, because I didn‟t want to wait too long to do this interview. I actually do more. I don‟t know... It depends on the day, if I want to go crazy with it I could take awhile. If not, I just throw it on. (PI) That‟s awesome! (C) It can take anywhere from ten minutes to about a half hour. (PI) So, you do it yourself? (C) Yeah. I‟ve been doing it for so long! (PI) It‟s legit. Real cool.

(C) Thank you!

PI: What are you currently listening to?

C: We‟re all fans of William Control. Now that we‟re on tour w/ him we‟re addicted to his music. We hear it every night.

Sometimes we‟ll go in the van and just listen to Aiden or William Control the whole time. However, whenever someone‟s driving they‟ll listen to whatever they want. So, we‟re never really listening to one thing as a band. I think the last thing we unanimously listened to was the new All That Remains record that came out 2-3 days ago. That‟s about it. Yeah, everybody just does their own thing.

PI: Any specific musical influences or inspirations other than what you have already mentioned?

C: Musically, for me...I generally write all of our music and lyrics etc. The way we do it is ... I‟ll have an idea or Angelo or Ricky will have an idea and they will bring it to me and I‟ll pretty much take it from there and write the songs. Musically for me, Bleeding Through is definitely the band that inspired me to play this kind of music. Bleeding Through really pushed me to be in a band. I really like Marilyn Mason. His stuff really influences me. People may think this is weird, but lyrically and vocally my biggest inspiration would be Morrissey from The Smiths. His stuff as well as that band in generally has lyrically pushed me to not care what I say or what people think about what I say and just say it, because it is want I want to say.

PI: What advice would you give those just starting out or who want to be in a band as successful as yourselves?

C: Kids ask if I have any advice all the time...There‟s not really any one thing I could tell anyone that I could guarantee 100% that it would work for them. We kind of got lucky, being in the right place at the right time. We were a band for four years before we got signed. Basically, don‟t ever stop. If this is what you want to do then don‟t stop. Just do it, do it, and don‟t give up. Find the new members If you have to. Play the shitty-ass shows in bars with five people. Just keep going and if nothing works out then it‟s not meant to be. Though, you never know. Four years down the line we were like you know, “Alright this is just not going to happen” and then we ended up in the right place at the right time and it worked out. So, that‟s really all I can say...

PI: October 12th you released your debut album, “Creatures”. Did it end up exactly as you planned or expected?

C: There are some things I would change about it just due to time issues in the studio. We unfortunately didn‟t have as much time as we would have liked to have.

For the most part, I‟m pretty happy with it. I like all the songs a lot and I really just like the way it sounds. It‟s cool, but there are some things I would have done differently but I‟m not going to bitch about it.

PI: What inspired the title, “Creatures”?

C: It‟s completely dedicated to what we now refer to our fans. I feel like our band... I don‟t want to say we‟re underrated because that sounds self-centered ... For me to say that,” We‟re an underrated band! We should be bigger!” I don‟t mean it like that but I feel like we‟re a small band. I would rather be a small band with a limited amount of fans that are really dedicated to our band than just another “cool” band. You know, like other bands...that I can‟t exactly mention the names of. I don‟t ever want to be that “cool” band. I would rather just have a dedicated legion of fans, and that‟s kind of what it feels like we‟re doing. In dedication to those people that actually really like our band we are referring to them now as “Creatures” in which we named the record. We did this to make the fans aware that they‟re just as much a part of this band as we are.

PI: What can we expect from Motionless In White in the future?

C: The record came out a couple days ago. We‟re just going to be touring a lot to try and get the record out there. We‟re shooting for Warped Tour 2011... I mean everything kind of comes day by day and week by week. So, it‟s hard to say what is going to happen. But, we are shooting for Warped Tour, and to keep touring and hopefully getting this record out there.

PI: Any last words? Anything you‟d like to include?

C: Thanks. Thank you for having us do this. (PI) Yeah! It‟s no problem at all. Thank you! (C) I‟m glad. This is a good interview. There are a lot of people who just come and do interviews to get into shows for free... Like, “Oh, I‟ll interview the band and I‟ll get in for free...” They don‟t care about the interview or the band. So, thank you for actually giving a shit.

PI: Well thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to help make this happen and giving us a chance to get Plug‟d In. C: Yeah, It‟s no problem.

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So, if you haven‟t heard yet, you must live under a rock… either that or you spend way too much time surfing for porn. Well, either way it‟s time to bring you up to date. Ace Augustine has been signed to Strike First Records.

Strike First is a division of Facedown Records and the label is solidly behind the band, promising the release of their 1st major label debut in early 2011.

I‟m not gonna waste your time making comparisons about who the band sounds like, all you need to know is Ace Augustine kicks major ass. Seriously, I‟ve seen them play numerous times and they will shred your face! The band comes from Lancaster, Pa and has sometimes been unfortunately lumped in the same category as some of the other noticeable bands from the area.

Make no mistake…Ace Augustine will stand on their own.

The bands line up seems to be pretty secure now and it‟s definitely time for them to focus on writing some more of that kick ass music.

It will be exciting to see what the guys can come up with now that Strike Force is backing them. Be on the lookout for these guys…enough said!

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