Life Afer This Sight on the Horizon
What first got you into music? We all came from different bands before finding each other.
Who inspired you to make music? Our influences have a wide range of rock/metal. Our singer Matt is influenced by Corey Taylor, Chad Grey and Adam Gontier. Drummer Matt is influenced by Charlie Benante from Anthrax. Bassist Ray enjoys Jane’s Addiction and Ozzy. Guitarist Thomas is influenced by Mark Tremonti, James Hetfield and Dimebag. Our biggest influence as a band is Metallica. How would you describe the music that you typically create? We mesh all of our influences into our music. We strive to make high energy Hardrock/ Metal that sounds original and relatable. We like the heavy riffs, hard hitting drums, thumping bass and high energy vocals. Most of our songs start with an idea and then it snowballs into a full song. How did you come up with the name of the band? The band members all came from different bands and wanted a fresh start with Life After This. Starting new from this moment. It’s also part of our message. No matter what you’re going through or struggling with, just remember there is Life After This, This moment. Name all the band members and the instrument they play? Matthew Fritsch (Vocals), Matthew Johnson (Drums), Thomas Cheek (Guitar/Vocals), Ray Vitatoe (Bass/Vocals)
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What is your creative process like? We like to start our songs with ideas. Thomas will bring a riff or an idea on the guitar and we’ll collectively run with the ideas and build the songs that way. Sometimes our songs start with a bass Idea, a vocal phrase, or a drum pattern. We like to feel each other out in real time and ALWAYS have a recorder handy when the ideas are going. If we all like our parts together and individually, we’ll keep the song.
