Backslider Interview Conducted on June 2012 Originally printed in SF&L #27
Tell me about the humble beginnings of Backslider and where you two came from. I remember you separately from Common Enemy and Raw Sewage respectively. Patrick: We started in the winter of 08 I believe? Logan had just moved out to Philadelphia and I had known him previously from my band at the time I Hate This, who did a split with Logan's previous band Raw Sewage. I had a project I was starting to try and sing for with his roommates and we would practice at their apartment. Logan had mentioned starting something together, so we would mess around with his song ideas he had for it after the other band practice. Started out just kind of getting one song done every practice. Logan: Pat and I knew each other from working on the I Hate This// Raw Sewage split back in 2006 or 2007. I moved to Philly in the sum-
mer of 2008 and that's when we started jamming. We used to practice in the living room of my old shithole apartment.
What were the initial ideas behind starting a two-piece fastcore/powerviolence influenced band? Patrick: Actually, we were going to have a bass player when we first started. Let's just say that it didn't go too well ha. I think at some point we both kind of agreed that it was best this way. I was actually really stoked to finally be in a functioning two piece band as I had a few failure attempts years ago. I think initially it mostly has to do with being in a band with someone who was into some of the same music, worked well together musically, and was committed. We were both fed up with trying to be in bands with people who were too lazy to constantly tour, record, etc. Everyone wants to "be in a band", but nobody wants to be in a band. Logan: We never really made plans to
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