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Contentr* October 2016 Vandala 8 REVIEWS & EDITORIAL Bayside "Vacancy" (Alternative/Punk/Rock) King 810 "La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God" (Rock/Metal) The Everyday Losers "Before You Say A Word" (Rock/Grunge)

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Have you been through a rough break-up recently? Was your heart ripped from your very chest, crushed, and spat on? If you've answered 'yes' to one or both of those questions, I offer a solution to end you're emotional woes. It comes courtesy of the Long Island, NY punk group, Bayside and their seventh studio album, "Vacancy". Released August 19th, 2016, "Vacancy" not only shows the growth of the group musically, but also allows listeners to connect to the songs on a personal level in an emotionally fuelled presentation of lyrical expertise, based around difficult life situations.

Lyrically, Bayside has always been one of my favourites. The comparative and metaphoric styling of Anthony Raneri plays a major role as to why I love their albums. After listening to a few of the songs, you pick up pretty quickly that one of the biggest inspirations for Raneri's lyrics involves his recent divorce. However, taking a different route and exploring songs outside of the two most common emotions, anger and sorrow, that accompany a break-up, "Vacancy" instead is a story that tells the tale of all stages involved in a separation including, denial, acceptance, desperation, and overcoming the challenges that come with moving on. I've been listening to Bayside since the release of their self-titled album in 2005, and since then guitarist, Jack O'Shea has been one of my favourites in the genre. He's wickedly entertaining to listen to and did not disappoint within "Vacancy". His unique styling and intricacy allows each track to be completely diverse from one another, but still carries a trademark tone that gives Bayside their exclusive sound. Musically, each member showcases their capabilities throughout the record, and although I'm a huge fan of their prior efforts, "Vacancy" shows to be one of their best albums yet. One of the tracks that stood out most to me on the record, was "Rumspringa (Return to Heartbreak Road)" because of how insanely catchy Chris Guglielmo's drumming in it is, as well as the great guitar solo from O'Shea. The other track being, "Mary". Interpreting the song about the loss of a friend going through the hardships of life, the lyrics of this tune totally grabbed me on a personal level and actually moved me to tears. If you've been a long time fan of Bayside, or you're just discovering them now, "Vacancy" is a great listen, and will be an album you'll listen to again and again, making it a perfect addition to your music library. So if you're dealing with heart-ache and need something to sooth the pain, "Vacancy" is a great remedy that will give you the ambition to forget "what's his/her name" and carry on living your life. iNww.baysidebayside.com www.facebook.com/Bayside 08 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

Remiew King 810 "La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God" (Rock/Metal) By Chad Thomas Carsten - 5/5 Dragons Hailing from the slums of Flint, Michigan, King 810 have completely reinvented themselves for the better inside "La Petite Mort or A Conversation With God". It's not possible to label this just another nu-metal release. This strong sophomore effort is far beyond that! The Flint 1 natives don't hold back the aggressiveness they're widely know for; it still makes you want to mash n roll, but this unique release isn't afraid to explore the bands classical jazz influences, more hip-hop elements, and some industrial tinged sounds that would make Al lourgensen of Ministry proud! The subject matter of being a small child struggling to survive the ghetto of Flint, Michigan within "I Aint Going Back Again" is undeniable proof that David Gunn has grown more lyrically, while the jazzy love struck anthem within "Me and Maxine" is undeniable proof that the band as a whole have grown more technical and are capable of pulling off guitar solos that could make David Gilmour of Pink Floyd weep in joy. The first part of "La Petite Mort or A Conversation with God" are King 810's heaviest and most emotional tracks to date! Songs like "Alpha & Omega", "Vendettas", "Give My People Back", "War Time Featuring Trick Trick and "Black Swan" could very well have the irate people surrounded by Michigan's urban decay rioting against the government in honor of King 810 always have their backs. The softer side of the album could represent the aftermath of Michigan's citizens rising up and finally living in peace. The song "Wolves Run Together", serving as the main anthem. The final verdict; This is not a release to be slept on! It's one of those albums you can put on repeat for hours on end and feel like your completely escaping from your own personal struggles. The Metal world and the people trapped behind the ghetto walls of Michigan desperately needed this type of album! www.king810.com www.facebook.com/KING810FLINT

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The Everyday Losers "Before You Say A Word" (Rock/Grunge) By Chad Thomas Carsten - 5/5 Dragons The Everyday Losers are destined for greatness! Their album "Before You Say A Word" will go down in Indiana modern rock history as an album that takes rock n roll back to it's dangerously exciting roots and keeps rock n roll alive thanks to it's super charged guitar solos and heavy hitting riffs! Each track is flawless and will no doubt open up the rock n roll souls of every person who sits down and listens to the album for the very first time. Mouths of listeners worldwide will be drooling long after the album is done playing from all the tasty rocking riffs within "Before You Say A Word" and their music souls will be so beyond stuffed after devouring all the bad-ass riffs that their souls will somehow be required to have triple by pass surgery. Yes, it's really that good!

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Labour Day Weekend with Devin Townsend Photos and Article By Dana Zuk Photograhy

Gracing the stage of the Starlite Room in the midst of Labour Day long weekend, beloved fellow Canadian's of the Devin Townsend Project boomed into Edmonton, laying down a wicked 14 song set to a sold out house. Anticipation was rising throughout the night, as Calgary's Divinity, and San Francisco's Fallujah warmed up the audience with songs of consistent beauty and neck-breaking speed. As fog began to fill the room, concert goers were tightly packed on the floor of the Starlite Room, slowly inching their way forward towards the stage. As the lights dimmed, the crowd began to roar, consecutively louder, as each member of the Devin Townsend Project took to their place on stage. At deafening levels, the audience beamed as Devin Townsend himself, took his place front and center. Exchanging smiles with nearby audience members, the band slammed into Ocean Machine's 'Night', causing an outburst of singing voices to echo around the venue, before rolling into Ziltoid the Omniscient's By Your Command', which resulted in a frenzy of headbanging across the floor, and unfolding the excitement even more so with 'Failure' from the soon to be released album Transcendence. Rolling on throughout the set, Devin and his band played a number of fan favorite tracks, 'Hyperdrive', 'March of the Poozers', and 'Kingdom' to name a few, as well as 34 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

a handful of songs such as: 'Higher', 'Stormbending' and 'Secret Sciences', from their newest record, Transcendence. It was obvious that the audience received hearing these new tracks for the first time well, as murmurs of eagerness to hear the rest of what the album had in store could be heard amongst fans in the crowd. As each member of the band left the stage momentarily, Devin appeared alone, silhouetted against beams of white light. Speaking to the crowd with sentiment, as if he were speaking to an old friend; All the while, expressing his appreciation for everyone who made it to the show. Armed with an acoustic guitar, Devin flew solo as he played the familiar melodies of lIh-Ahr. His hauntinly-beautiful voice soared through the Starlite Room, as the audience began to sing along and clap to the rhythm of the song. Exchanging smiles with his band mates at the side of the stage, he welcomed each of them back to their places before tying their performance together with 'Grace', their final song of the night. After the last hammering chorus of 'Grace' had left the bodies of singing audience members, Devin bid his farewells by shaking the hands of nearby concert goers, thanking them for their endless support while also being on the receiving end of thanks for his genius; Overall casting a memorable evening of sentimental musical enjoyment for all who gathered at the Starlite Room on Sunday night. For tour updates, to watch the just released "Transcendence Documentary" music videos and more visit Devin Townssend online at: www.hevydevy.com

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Gerry Buckley Debuts New Album Carousel Live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go Photos and Article By L. Paul Mann Gerry Buckley, best known as one of the founding members of the classic rock group America, played a special concert, debuting material from his latest solo album, Carousel, Wednesday night, September 7. The unusual private party at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Hollywood was a stark contrast to the normal rock shows held for decades at the iconic nightclub. In place of the usual burger eating and beer drinking crowd dressed in black leather jackets and torn jeans, was a well dressed mostly older audience. Invited guests were treated to an endless array of gourmet food and drinks from an open bar, featuring top shelf liquor. The appreciative audience was already in great spirits and celebrating in full party mode, by the time opening act Janey Street took the stage. If it wasn't already a strange departure from an average night at the busy nightclub, Street brought a set of unlikely Americana music, created from her real life story of unusual happenstance. The bluely singer took her name from her youth in New York where she grew up a street kid. After several false starts in the music business and a career of mundane survival jobs from being a "terrible waitress" to a "really bad clown," the singer was at a crossroads, with critics telling her she was too old to proceed in the music business. But, after heeding the advice of her friend the inimitable singer songwriter Janis Ian, she moved to Nashville and jump started her music career. In 2009 she released "The Streets Less Traveled", a well received R&B roots album. That led to an offer to join Blue Elan records and she came to Los Angeles to record a newly released album chock full of personal experiences. Street and her band of accomplished musicians played an hour set, politely received by an appreciative audience, largely unfamiliar with her music. The set of original tunes, culled from a lifetime of experiences, brought musical elements from the areas Street has called home. New York F B, Nashville country, and California classic rock sounds are blended into an interesting sound that reflects a genuine Americana sound. By the time Gerry Beckley took the stage, also with an accomplished backing band, the well-oiled crowd had swarmed the front of the stage. The charismatic singer-songwriter, chatted frequently with the crowd between songs, reinforcing his inherent storytelling skills as an accomplished songwriter. His 90 minute set vacillated from his latest material on the newly released Carousel, and some of the most well known classic hits of America. Beckley showcased his multi-instrumental talents on the recording, playing most of the instruments himself. The new material 44 VanclalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

blended perfectly with the well known America sound and featured a few classic covers that can be found on the new album. These included a haunting version of "Natures Way," from the seminal American rock group Spirit, and a riveting cover of "To Each And Everyone," dedicated "in memory of another Gerry, Gerry Rafferty". Beckley played most of the personal and storied twelve tracks from the new album, including a song he wrote with Grammy-winning songwriter Dan Wilson, entitled "No Way I'm Gonna Lose You". The set was punctuated by some rock drenched covers of America classics, like "Sister Golden Hair" and "Lonely People". The nostalgic hits were augmented with vintage photo and video projections of Beckley, with his original America compatriots Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. Beckley commented that the last time he had played the Whiskey-A-Go-Go was in the early 70's, back when the group was still a trio of singers, adding to the nostalgia of the night. Peek left the group in 1978 and died in 2011. Beckley and Bunnell have kept America a relevant touring band for 46 years. For more information on Gerry Beckley and the just released Carousel recording: www.gerrybeckley.com

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Hailing from Windsor, Canada; 3-Reno represents the underground to it's fullest! For over twenty years he's been on the mic and even charted on the billboard top twenty-five hip-hop with his masterpiece single, "Snap Music". "Snap Music" orginally appeared on the hip-hop compilation "Tunnel Runners" released by Psychopathic Records. His new record "Politikillia" just dropped through Reel Wolf Records and is completely taking hip-hop back to it's early roots! Don't sleep! You've been rapping for twenty years, what keeps you coming back to the mic? 3-Reno: Probably because I love making music, I love all the fans who have supported me and I have a lot of fun doing what I do. It's really as simple as that. I've been through a lot of ups and downs and a lot of points where it becomes like a job and the fun goes away. It's been 3 year's since I've released a full length album and the only real reason that I did is because I was in the studio having fun creating this project and I really reignited my passion and love for hip hop music. Not the business end, not the political aspects but how much I truly enjoy creating and making music. Most emcees hit the point I am at in their careers walk because it didn't pan out the way they wanted and for me I've come to terms with the fact that being rich and famous isn't the goal. As long as I love making the music and there is a market for me to release it in I will continue to do it. I love the creative control and freedom to do music how I want when I want and where I want. What's life like in Windsor, Canada? 3-Reno: Life in Windsor is pretty much like life in any industrial city, especially in our current economy. We have the highest unemployment rate in Canada but it seems to be turning around with the big auto industry picking up and more people getting jobs. The city is a very blue collar. Everybody is either working 40 to 60 hours a week or scamming the government and doing drugs. There isn't much of an in-between here. We're also the most Americanized city in the country being the border city to Detroit so the news and radio is all American which really led to a heavy influence in music and culture here. Some of the greatest music in history across all genres came out of Detroit and that has always played a role in this city's development. There are a ton of talented musicians and artists in Windsor spanning across all genre's and it's a direct influence of our neighbours across the river. As much as I like to call Windsor home, it is a small city with very limited opportunity when it comes to what I do but I wouldn't have wanted to grow up anywhere else. For someone who has never had the chance to see 3-Reno live; what's a 3-Reno show like and why should a music fan attend? 3-Reno: Well when it comes to live shows I tend to bring a certain energy that is rarely seen in hip hop nowadays. I see a lot of solo artists on stage not moving around much, rapping with their eyes closed, not really interacting with the crowd. I like to keep it high energy, keep the crowd involved, mix some comedy in-between songs and just generally focus on getting a reaction out of the people in the crowd. If it's an up close and personal type of crowd I like to really engage everybody. When it's the bigger shows I like to get the crowd as active as I can. We like to throw a lot of merch and cd's to the front row people and I love to get the crowd chanting and reacting to the words. I leave everything on the stage and after so many years of touring and shows, I feel like the live aspect is something I have really gotten the hang of and there hasn't been a crowd yet that I haven't gotten over on. You can rock out to the beats, you can soak in the lyrics, you can mush, you can flip me off or whatever it may be but I will get a reaction out of you if you're at my show. You true thoughts on the current state of Canadian Hip Hop? J-Reno: I can say with confidence that it is absolutely amazing. There are so many talented artists from Canada that are doing things on so many levels. Hip Hop in Canada now is what October 2015 - VandalaMagazine.Com 55

Ineriv4ieivAr; 3-IRemo Ummei Is btne Pol Hip Hop used to be in America. There's so much more substance in Canadian Hip Hop. In America the new wave of "hip hop" has tarnished what to me was something so special but here in Canada the true elements of Hip Hop are still very alive and well. It's also amazing to see so many Canadian Hip Hop artists being accepted internationally in countries like America, Russia, the UK, Germany and all over the world. I am very proud to be a part of Canadian hip hop and it is taken very seriously here. What is it like being part of the Reel Wolf Productions family? J-Reno: Awesome. Tom Vujcic is a genius when it comes to independent music, video and everything in between. Reel Wolf has a huge reputation worldwide for doing some of the biggest music videos in underground hip hop's history and to be involved with a team like this is an unreal feeling. I have been featured in a handful of Reel Wolf videos and have gotten to meet and work with a lot of very talented artists on all levels through it. The main reason I love being a part of Reel Wolf is the fact that they are always pushing the envelope and constantly inspiring me to do better by putting me in so many opportunities to shine alongside some of the biggest names in hip -hop. It keeps me sharp and ready for anything. Reel Wolf is just getting started and is really about to solidify itself as a top independent record company in 2016 and 17. How is Politikilla keeping hip-hop alive? 3-Reno: Politikilla is keeping hip hop alive by inspiring these up and coming kids who still have that love and passion for real hip-hop music that it can still be done. There is still an audience and you can do it on your own terms without having to dumb down or conform to reach an audience. I believe with or without it hip hop would still be alive you just have to dig a bit deeper to find the true art form nowadays but I feel it's a solid contribution to the culture that I love so much. Can you describe what type of record Politikilla represents? 3-Reno: Politikilla represents exactly what it 4 says. I came out to kill the politics and expose the shady underbelly of the scene. Even in the underground, there are a lot of divas and artists and labels that act no different than '1 the industry or celebrities. There's a lot of 44' _1:A0.7! or "independent" and "underground" that built everything they have off being exactly that but will have you jumping through hoops just to gain an opportunity. To me they are no different then the industry they claimed to be against. The politics in the music industry and the amount of snakes trying to get in your wallets or get in your profits just to get you an opportunity or two; that if you work hard enough you could just get yourself. The album as a whole represents the fact that I can do everything I need to do myself and still get results without having to have a label or publicist or promoter or headlining artist digging into my pockets or limiting me. voar.Aik Why should a hip-hop fan listen to Politikilla? Wan J-Reno: A hip hop fan should listen to it because it's 100% raw, uncut, unsanctioned and underground. I speak my mind on many issues and I have complete freedom to do what I want. That's when music comes out the best. When you have full control of it and nobody involved picking at what your doing. There's a great variety on the record but it all fits 56 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

"Tinter-view ZiRreraUM'ilrirrireiRoilitrilgi within the realm of my style and it takes a heavy influence from the golden age of hip-hop with a lot of focus on rhyming, lyrics, scratching and beats. What Political issue inspired the title"Politikilla"? J-Reno: Just the state of underground hip hop in general. In 16 years I have come across a lot of people who would want you to believe that they do this for the love of hip-hop and the culture but in reality are only sitting in wait to catch you at the right time to dig in your pockets. Nobody really wants to help you they just want to get something out of what you do- The title politikilla doesn't directly relate to the government politics as much as it does the politics of the music industry be it underground or mainstream. The album was inspired by the fact that I am going to prove that you do not need all these greedy hands in the pot to accomplish something with music. You can do it on your terms and you can see the 4w0,43. success that way. What did you set out to accomplish with "Politikilla"? J-Reno: Man, to be honest I didn't set out to accomplish anything other than making a dope record that people will enjoy. At the end of the day my main goal is to create good music. After the album came together and I realized what I had on my hands; that's what I really wanted to accomplish with the album was to inspire people and also expose some of the things that usually stay hidden from the general listener. Being 99% self-sufficient and coming out with a product like this is an amazing thing! Biggest challenged you faced when recording Politikilla and how did you overcome it? J-Reno: The biggest challenge I faced with the album was the decision on the artwork. I really had a vision and if you follow my music or me you know that I pride myself on being very self-sufficient but I just could not for the life of me bring the concept that I came up with to life. I hand drew like three separate images, did some photoshop mock-ups and all of that. I wanted the album artwork to be completely off the wall and perfectly embody the music within. The solution to that was to outsource the work to a local artist named Ellis that I have known for many years. I had to let go of the idea that I could do it myself and really just let him take my idea and bring it to life. I feel like that was the best decision I made in terms of this project because the artwork is some of the best artwork I've ever seen on a hip hop album period. It came out exactly how I envisioned it, maybe even better. How did you prepare yourself in the booth before recording Politikilla? J-Reno: No word of a lie. Before I get in the booth I always jump around like a cage fighter during the introductions. I also do it before I hit the stage. It helps get my energy and cardio moving and it's a big part of how I get into my zone. Once I am in it I can't be stopped. I'm very calm in the booth after all these years. A lot of artists get flustered when they mess up or put pressure on themselves and really make it harder to get the job done. I go into the booth like a trained assassin. I know my mission, I am in my zone and I complete my tasks. Who primarily produced "Politikilla" and where was the album mainly recorded? J-Reno: That's the best part of all this album. I made EVERY beat on the record. I engineered the entire project myself (aside from the guest features from other cities). I did all the mixing as well. The process was very simple for me. I would be in the studio making a beat and if it hit me a certain way then I would continue to produce the track and write my verses and hooks at the same time. All the tracks were produced, written and recorded one by one as I made the beats. I run Lunatic Studios and I have the freedom to work as I please, so there was never any pressure and I could really just lock myself in the studio and work. This album is a true declaration of independence because aside from the mastering and the cover art, I did everything. Any behind the scene details you'd like to share when first recording "Politikilla"? October 2016 - VandalaMagazine.Com 57

IneriviiewT 3-Remo LAmmei 3-Reno: Truthfully behind the scenes recording isn't the show most of these artists want you to believe it is. I get in the studio and get the job done. Back in the day we used to always be drinking and smoking and kinds partying while recording but at this point in the game it was all business in the studio. I was also alone for the most part doing the record, aside from a couple sessions my homie OD would sit in on and help me run the board. Details on the artist responsible for the official album cover and how it relates the world today? 3-Reno: As I mentioned earlier the cover art was hand drawn by a local artist named Ellis. He is one of the most talented individuals I have ever met. He has done a lot of designs for local artists but none of them hit like the one he did for me. He stepped outside of his comfort zone and created something unique, even for him. As far as how it relates; I feel like it relates to the world perfectly because this place is a mess. It's utter chaos across the globe and it's all due to political bullshit. In the cover you see the music executive or politician with the puppet strings attached to him and the stage is burning down. The people on the floor are up in arms and the major label symbolism is on fire relating to the awakening of people on the political scale. It really brings the chaos of the world to life and it also directly relates to the business we are in now. fit 44 le How did you go about choosing who you wanted to guest feature on the record? 3-Reno: That was easy. I respect them all and we all are working towards the same goals. There is a lot of Reel Wolf flavour on the record with features from Ironic, Mersinary, Resin and Raw B Snatch. These guys are a part of the team so its only right we work and build together. Brad Shank makes two appearances on the album, because that's my partner and honestly the motivating factor behind me really getting back behind the mic and doing this again at this level. I also have a feature from Odoub of Nah Bro Entertainment, who is a battle rapper out of New York and a hell of an emcee. The album also features the debut of OD, a long time homie that has finally decided to step into the booth and put something dope together which I will be 100% behind. He is also the host of one of the Canadian Bakin Network podcasts with me. The only artist that isn't in my direct circle that featured on the record is Diabolik The Monster and I hand picked him to feature because I came across one of his songs on social media and I was blown away! I couldn't believe how dope this kid was and that I had yet to hear of him. I bumped his whole catalog online and reached out. We ended up doing one of my favourite songs on the album. Is "Wake Em Up" about people sleeping on your skills? 3-Reno: Yes. I think that because I did a lot with certain artists in the underground and that I was generally looked at to be stuck in that box. I am far more than that and Wake Em Up is really me just letting the world know that I can't be contained in a genre or style and that I am bigger then any label you can throw at me. I can rhyme, I can write, I can hit with punch lines, multi's, patterns, stories, concepts or whatever. To me the song was basically a welcome back kind of thing. A lot of people slept on me because of where I came from and who I came up with, but if you really just listen you will see that I am much more then a one-sided act. When you were first writing "The Burial", what exactly was rushing through your mind when coming up with the concept? 3-Reno: I needed a darker song on the record and having picked out Dieabolik to feature on it I wanted to also cater more to his style while still keeping that J Reno feel to the track. The concept was easy to come up with. Once I had the beat going and I was really happy with the way it sounded; all I could think about was burying anybody who stood in my way on the track. This is one of my favourite songs on the record hands down. I wanted the album to have a more well rounded feel to it but I knew deep down I needed to do a darker anthem type song and this is it. 58 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

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perspective. I would be lying if I said I didn't have any personal connection to the song because I have seen people I really care about go down the wrong path or be easily influenced by "friends" who really weren't their friends at all. The actual song concept came to me while I was sitting on the couch watching A&E. The show "The First 48" to be exact. They play like four episodes back to back and I got sucked in and watched them all. The one thing I gathered from the show was so many of the victims AND the suspects were all in the situations they were in because of people they called "Friends". There's a lot of people dying just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time because they trusted somebody else. A lot of people getting caught up in things they shouldn't be because of who they associate with. At the end of the day it means a lot to me personally because I have seen it and experienced it myself first hand but the actual idea came from the show. So many of those guys on that show were in the shitty positions they were in because of the people they called friends and after its all said and done, they have thrown their lives away and those friends are nowhere to be found. I've also watched a lot of documentaries on prison culture and in every single one there are multiple inmate interviews where they explain â&#x20AC;˘ their situations and how those people they were involved with at the time are nowhere to be found and they are rotting in a cell. It just all came to me that I should write a story type 11 song about the situations these people deal with and hopefully the bigger picture will be clear to people who listen to it and they really think about who they call a friend. You already dropped a music video for "Wake Em Up". How soon until the next single for Politikilla drops and any sneak peek details about the next video you'd like to discuss? ]-Reno: Wake Em Up is a single and on the album is a metal remix of the song, which dropped before Politikilla was even complete. The first single from the album is called "Do What I Want" and can be heard right now on youtube. We are planning some real fun visuals for this with the Reel Wolf team and I can tell you that with them behind the lens it will be nothing short of a classic. I also have plans to drop at least three more singles from the album with a video to accompany each of them. Maybe more depending how much fun I have with the visual aspects of the tracks. The 2nd single off the album hasn't been chosen 1000/0, but it will be a collaboration and that's all I can really tell you. As a recording artist, where you do see yourself in the next 10 years? ]-Reno: I don't have an answer for you for this because I truly live in the moment when it comes to this. I can't tell you I'll be alive in 10 years let alone releasing music. I hope 10 years from now I can be more behind the scenes and helping other artists develop and come up in this music game, but who knows. All I know is as long as the fire is burning I will continue to make music and go where it takes me, no more or no less than that. Top 5 most influential Canadian Hip-Hop albums ]-Reno: This is the toughest question of the interview because truth be told I grew up on American radio, and American artists. I can't honestly list you 5 influential albums from Canadian Hip Hop artists because all the albums that influenced me are all American. When I first got to check out Much Music I remember seeing Maestro Fresh Wes and guys like Choclair, Kardinal, The Rascals and Swollen Members all doing their thing, but I was more drawn to the American stuff because it was a lot more grimy and had a lot more edge to it. I can tell you right now my favourite hip hop album to come out of Canada is probably Merk's album "Scars". I respect all the guys who laid the groundwork for Canadian Hip Hop but I can't sit here and lie to you like I was a huge fan of all of their work or that their work personally influenced me because it didn't. I always felt that at that time Canadian Hip Hop was a lot softer and just didn't have that rough edge I was looking for as a kid in the 90's. www.jrenomusic.com

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@rover Nteramiewic," Coakeime dad 0[001,0s-bay it goes without saying that when you think of the Descendents, you think of Milo Aukerman's bespectacled face. From Jeff Atkinson's rendition on the cover of Milo Goes To College, to the many inventive reiterations over the years (many of them done by the talented Christ Shary), Milo's face is, for many of us, the face of punk rock. Proof that you can be a nerd and still be unequivocally cool. Since reconvening in 201 1, Descendentsmania has been in full swing. Proof that if a band is good enough, they can take decade long breaks and still find their audience right where they left them, should they decide to return. Fortunately for all of us, that return has yielded a brand new album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, which has been garnering rave reviews and even a climb up the Billboard album charts. As the singer of the Descendents, Milo is an icon. But he's also humble, gracious, and of course, endlessly self-deprecating. He spoke to us about the past, the present, the future, and the reason you likely won't be hearing the band perform 'I'm Not A Loser' in front of an audience again. You guys are infamous now for your big breaks between records and periods of inactivity. You've been back at it since 2011. Is it easy to pick up where you left off when you do reconvene, or is there some legwork involved? Milo: Well, in 2011 there definitely was. Prior to that we hadn't played in 9 years. And the gig that we played 9 years earlier was a one-off. But in 2011 we went to Australia pretty soon after we reconvened and I had some vocal problems. So my big thing right now is to try to stay in shape vocally, and i've had to work at that over the past few years. It's a challenge because the way we tour now is we go out and do a few shows and then come home. And as a singer it doesn't allow you to get your voice toughened up enough. I have to try to toughen my voice up in my basement singing karaoke, which is a different vibe than it is in front of thousands of people. So that's been my challenge, recreating what we do live in my basement, so that when I actually get my voice ready, i've got it at the right intensity level. And it's a work in progress, is all I can say. But the plan now is to try to do more shows, tour a little more regularly. Are there any plans for a full-length tour? Milo: I think we'll still do what we're doing, but instead of going out for one show, we'll go out for two or three or four shows. And then instead of taking a two-month break, we'll take a week or two. I don't think anyone wants to do hundreds of shows, but in the end, I think we'd like to maybe do forty or fifty shows a year. Which keeps us out in people's minds. But we all have families and nobody wants to be away from their family for X number of months. And the nice thing about your band, and this is well earned, is there will always be a large audience of people excited about seeing you play. It's not like it was in the 80's, where you have to earn your audience. Milo: Yeah and we did a lot of two and three month tours in the 80's. I look back and think about how gruelling it was, but I guess it did build an audience. We kind of did put in the legwork at that point, so hopefully that's helping us out now. 64 VancialaMagazine.Com - October 2016

Coiver Iroteriviiew. 111110 Aukeriffla Qf th. Des@emclemts Do you think it helps to take long breaks, as far as that's concerned? Because when you're gone for ten years, or five years, or whatever, there's so much excitement around you guys being active again. Do you think if you had never taken any breaks, that level of excitement would still be there? Milo: Yeah, there's something to be said for that. When we came back in 2011, I was kind of amazed at how we could just pick it back up again. But maybe it's like you said, that people look forward to those shows because we keep them kind of rare (laughs). Having said that, we are going to be increasing the number of shows, but we also have a new record out, so people can come and hear the new songs, which still makes it kind of an attraction I think. There's also the aspect of, you know, if you have a chance to see the Descendents, you better take it, because this might be the last chance you have for a while. Milo: (Laughs) Yeah, we'll have to milk that for a while. I think we're sticking around for a while now. I've cleared my schedule and made the commitment to have the band be more the thing that I do, as opposed to more of a hobby, like it has been in the past. So I don't think people have to worry about never getting a chance to see us again. That's good news for Descendents fans. Was there any moment in time when you were doing your work as a scientist and thought, 'you know, I think this is good. This is it for me. I don't think I'm going to go back to the Descendents'. Milo: I think my science career had an arc to it that peaked in, let's say 2003/2004. I was in hog heaven, working in a corporation, getting paid pretty good money and doing really exciting research. And we had just done the Cool To Be You record, and I said well, we'll put this record out, but I can't tour it because I just want to do science. That's my gig, my future. And that sustained me up through 2008/2009, and then my situation with the company just started to get less certain and I was a little more miserable year after year there. To the point where in 2011 we start playing again and by 2014 I'm sitting there kind of weighing my options going, why should I even do this science stuff anymore? Music's so much more fun and rewarding. And the science had really just kind of withered on the vine at that point. And actually, they laid me off earlier this year and it was truly a blessing for me. You help form an interesting triptych of punk singer's with PhD's or Doctorate's in fields of science, along with Greg Graffin of Bad Religion and Dexter Holland of The Offspring. What is the correlation for you personally between science and punk music? Milo: Well, punk's really cool because it's very inclusive of all types, which I like. And I would submit that even though people talk about punk as being thuggish, I think it can be more creative than other types of music. And one thing that really attracted me to punk was the DIY aspect. And the fact that, since I was a nerd, I was like 'you mean nerds can belong to this little society? So all of these things went into my attraction to it. And maybe that's also true of other intellectual types like Greg Graffia or whoever. I don't think there's anything in the subject matter itself that really has any commonality with punk. I've never written a song about DNA or anything that I work on. But I just think that DIY aspect, and the creativity and the belonging and acceptance is what drew me in. The word 'punk' itself has transformed somewhat since the 80's. Does punk mean the same thing to you now as it did back then? Is punk as a concept dead? October 2016 - VandalaMagazine.Com 65

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Milo: I tend to view punk as DIY, like I said, but also as the most visceral expression of emotion in music. So I think in that sense, it's totally still alive. And that's still our modus operandi, to just wear everything on our sleeves. So I still think punk's around. It's been pushed into the mainstream and it gets harder to draw that line between what's pop and what's punk. But I don't really like to draw those lines, I just go with my own definition of punk and according to that definition, it's still alive and well for sure. As long as bands are still out there slaving away in the garage and putting out their own records and just pushing the envelope for how songs should be written or how they should be played, punk will never die. Let's talk about the new record. Are these songs all fairly new creations or do they stretch back a number of years? Milo: They stretch back kind of to the 2011 period. I wrote a bunch for the record, not all of them got on the record, but I went through a period of, kind of hyper-creativity that started in 2011 because Bill, the drummer, had his surgery and then I wrote the song 'Comeback Kid', which was the first song I'd written in a long time. And then rapidly, over the course of the next year or two, I wrote several more. And the rest of the band are always writing songs. I can't even count the number of songs they've got floating around that they can just pull out. So when it came time to record we had something like 36 songs to choose from, but most were written within the past five years. 66 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

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A lot of these songs feel like sequels to previous songs in your discography. 'No Fat Burger' for example, to Like Food', 'On Paper' to 'Mass Nerder', 'Without Love' to 'She Don't Care' and `She Loves Me' and 'Beyond The Music' to 'Thank You'. Was this at all intentional? Milo: Well 'No Fat Burger', that was intentional on my part, because I would go to the doctor and have him yell at me about my lipid profile. So I thought 'oh man, I can't eat all this good food anymore'. And initially the song was called Like Food 2014', but we thought that was a dumb name. That was really the only song that was written with that in mind, but some of these themes you'll inevitably end up returning to. And if nothing else, we always have to have a decent dose of self-deprecation in our music. So when Karl came in with 'On Paper', I just thought that was brilliant because we gotta have something like that on the record. We love laughing at ourselves and almost every record has a bunch of those songs. I love 'On Paper'. It feels to me like the continuing story of that nerd from the song 'Mass Nerder'. He's graduated from high school and is in the work field now. Milo: Right, right. And I can relate to that song also from my experiences in the science field. It's funny though, because in science, even though I had the PhD, I always felt like a bit of an imposter and spent much of my time there trying to prove to people that I belonged there and never fully felt like I did, at least in my mind. So I can relate to (`On Paper') on that level. Was the song 'Beyond The Music' inspired by Filmage? Milo: Bill wrote the lyrics on that one, but I think maybe it was. I had come in with 'Full Circle' for this record and he goes 'oh yeah! I'm writing something kind of like that'. But I think we're at the age now where we have no shame in just looking back. And Filmage condenses that long look back into one document. But part of 'Beyond The Music' is also the notion that no matter what came of us, or the band, the most important thing for us ended up being the friendships. And my friendship with Bill extends back from High School. We've gone through periods of not being in communication with each other, not for any reason other than that our lives were moving in different circles. But every time we get together, it's like reconnecting with your long lost brother. That's what happened in 2009 when he suffered all his health problems. And we hadn't been in contact for a couple of years and I felt awful about that when he was sick. So my determination now is not to let that happen again, because he really is kind of my soul mate, on a certain level. Milo Goes To College came out in 1982. You were nineteen. Do you ever look back on some of those lyrics that you guys wrote back then and think, can't sing this anymore, that's not who I am now'. Milo: Yeah, well, I would point to a song like 'I'm Not A Loser', which I tried to evolve as best I could over the years. But finally after years of trying to evolve it into October 2016 - VandalaMagazine.Com 67

@rover Imteramiew. EPafitieime am 01.ilemiLisbry something a little more, up to date I guess, we just don't play it anymore. And I just kind of had to lay it on the line to the band at a certain point and say that I don't think we should play it anymore. And that's a pretty recent thing. For the past, maybe, five years though I was changing the words when I sang it, to reflect the fact that we're not homophobes or anything. And the song was written by Frank (Navetta), who is no longer with us, and he wasn't writing it as a homophobe, he was writing it as a schoolyard taunt kind of thing, which obviously is no longer acceptable. So I changed those words and I thought well that's cool, we changed them. But then I recently realized, well, no, because the people in the audience are still singing the original words so that's when I said we should stop playing it altogether and I think the rest of the band was on the same page. Which is a drag because it's a popular song, but I don't want it to be popular for the wrong reasons. I think that's admirable. And it's not like you don't have other bratty punk songs in your repertoire. Milo: Yeah and you know, we like to be punks. We like to still be kind of edgy and if being edgy means you might teeter on that line of being inappropriate, I'm still willing to teeter on that line, even at my age. But some of them go over that line and you've gotta draw that line somewhere. Descendents are currently on tour with dates across the USA. Also Be sure to grab their latest album "Hypercaffium Spazinate" which is out now on Epitaph Records. www.descendentsitum blr.com www.facebook.comithedescendents www.twitter.comidescendents

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don't know how I was able to succeed. Thanks to Joey Jordison calling me up to do the Murderdolls thing, everybody knows of me now, but before that I was just a needle in the haystack and Joey found me. I'm forever indebted to that guy for giving me the chance to get out, even though we don't talk anymore. Last time we didn't talk for almost 6 years and we did a record. Laughs What is your most cherished memory working with Joey Jordison? Wednesday 13: That's a good question. [Pondered on the question for a few minutes.] There was a ton of cool stuff! We did a lot of stuff in a really short time! I literally went from North Carolina to (seriously) playing in Tokyo, Japan in front of thirty thousand people with Guns N Roses in a month. Being able to do that kind of stuff/being on tour with Murderdolls/meeting my hero's like Alice Cooper and him taking us out on tour; there are so many memories. It was just really cool on how he and I wrote together. When we did the record "Woman and Children Last", we hadn't seen each other in almost six years. We went into the studio and I sat right in front of his drum set with my guitar and we tracked everything and talked it out, just guitar and drums. We tracked all eighteen of those songs in a day in a half. It was perfect! No arguments, nothing! We laughed the whole time. When it comes to music wise, me and that dude can do amazing things. And it's not just him; it's a lot of things that factor into why we haven't done anything since. It's just unfortunate when that last Murderdolls record happened, Paul Gray died right before it came out and that really changed everything. So had that not happened, things could be different. But it was just a really, really bad time when that happened. The first album when it came out we had all the steam going. We were blowing up in England; it was huge! Then the label wanted more Slipknot, so it was no more, we had to take a break. And when you take a break, people forget. And that's why we had to start all over again. So it's just unfortunate that the band had all this steam and it got put on hold. Which horror film best reflects your personality? Wednesday 13: Beetle Juice! When you finally get a chance to direct your own horror film, what type of horror will it be? Wednesday 13: I don't know. Part of me wants to do something really crazy, violent, and weird and the other side of me wants to do a Toxic Avenger type of movie. It's just so dumb and over the top. So I was thinking on something like that. It would be cool to have a movie titled "Wednesday 13's Very Bad Movie" and that way if they say it sucks, well it's in the title, what do you want from me? What are your true thoughts on the current state of the horror genre? Wednesday 13: For me because I just turned forty a couple weeks ago; nothing ever replaces being alive in the 80's and actually seeing "A Nightmare On Elm Street" for the first time. Before there was no Internet. I discovered Fangoria Magazine when I was like eleven. Horror was just something you had to go to the movies to see and you had to get it on VHS. Now it's just everywhere! It's just like everything; everything is available now. It doesn't seem as fun to me. But also rite been so busy with my music and everything I really haven't been watching anything new, even horror movies. I still watch the old stuff. I check out the remakes and stuff just to see how it is. But "Stranger Things" was the last cool thing I saw that made me go, "Wow, they really captured the 80's vibe." October 2016 - VandalaMagazine.Com 81

Inerriviievv. Is Wednesday 13 the Col Arleta Amg of kloraster;sf! Can we dive into the details on how you came up with the name for the And Bloodshed For All Tour? Wednesday 13: I always try to come up with tour names, just so my dumb swiss-cheese brain can remember what tour it was. Laughs There was no specific thing about the title at all. I just thought it sounded kinda cool. It kinda sounds like Metallica's "And Justice For All" and I looked at the advertisement for it and I read the name for the tour and there's blood all over and I have a song called "Gimmie Gimmie Bloodshed", so it was just a cool title and something I had never used before. If you look at all the tours that I've done since 2003, I give them all a name. They're either a song title or named after one of the albums. For the "Skeletons" record I called the tour the "Skeletour". Actually, Alice Cooper got really jealous about that and wanted to use it. For your upcoming record "Condolences", how does the album title represent your own personal life? Wednesday 13: It's very representative! It's weird, we're just getting the mixes back for it this week and we've been listening to it. We started on it June 1st and we finished September 1st, writing and recording, I think. I never spent three months working on anything, ever! It's kinda a serious record, so to speak. If I could compare it to any of my other releases, it's more like "Skeletons' and the fact it kinda had more of a serious vibe and the campiness is out of it. It's really dark, it's really violent, and I based it all off; it's not a concept record, but the theme is about death! It's about every aspect of death. Being the victim, the killer, you know, from every point of view. And the last two songs; the title track for "Condolences", is about my own funeral. And the last song on the record is about the afterlife. So it's a really weird dark record and it's kinda serious in a way. It still got its fun vibe but it's a really heavy dark record. And I think it's the coolest sounding record. The whole death thing, death was all around us. Roman lost a close friend, I lost an old band mate, and then you got all these f*cking cool rock stars going away like Bowie, Lemmy; everything was just death. I just kept seeing condolences everywhere. And it was just like, "F*ck!" But it's a weird cool, dark title. Was there ever anything you wanted to do recording-wise that you finally had the chance to do inside "Condolences"? Wednesday 13: Yes. "Condolences" is the first Wednesday 13 record that I did not produce. So we had Zeus (who did the last Murderdolls record) produce the album for us. So it was the first time I had someone come in and say, "Do that a little different." And it was cool because it was Zeus. I didn't fight about it at all I was like, "You're 82 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

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right! Cut that part out!" He came in as an outside ear and also as a fan, he likes the music. But he listened to it in a different way. He brought out a lot of things in us that I think needed to be there. So this record to me is like the ultimate Wednesday 13record! The sound and all the styles on it; it's got everything that live ever done, plus a ton of new stuff that you've never heard us try. It's the heaviest music from us ever on this album! It sounds like Glam meets Lamb of God or something. Glam of God. Laughs It's bizarre because the music is really heavy but I don't sing metal lyrics and I don't growl. I write lyrics the way I write. It's a really unique kind of thing. I don't think I've ever heard anybody pull it off. Like there is this one song, I call it "Sleaze Knot" and just sounds like a sleazy Slipknot song. It's cool, man. I let my band do the music this time and I talked them through it. On the other records I was used to doing all this shit myself. Recording everything, playing the bass, playing the guitar, and over the last couple releases, I just started letting my lead guitarist Roman do all the stuff. On this record I wrote a lot of the music but I gave it to him and just said, "Play it how you would play it. Make it better." This record has turned out great and we're so stoked about it! It will be out by April 2017. That's all i'm saying. I don't have a release date for it yet because i'm also not self-releasing it this time. I'm getting a label and everything this time. It's common knowledge among Wednesday 13 fans that you wrote a song about Vincent Price. If you were able to record an original song with him, what would it be about? Wednesday 13: I don't know. I'm sure if I had the opportunity to work with him I write something specifically just for it. I don't even know how to answer that question. It's a good question. But tell you how I wrote my original Vincent Price song. I'm moving into my house and my friend was helping me carry a couch upstairs and I just started whistling that chorus for Vincent Price. "Some people prefer the finer things in life! I'm all right. Hanging out with the ghost of Vincent Price." And I went, "I'm going to write that down." Then I was I like, "Why is my brain thinking like this while i'm moving a couch?" Which guitar solo from any album from any band that was just so damn good, it just took your mind on a journey? Wednesday 13: I'm a guitar nerd. I think i'm an ok rhythm guitar player but I could never do the shredding/noodling and all that stuff. I wanted to, but Joe Satriani is still one of my favorite things to listen to. His solo album "Flying in a Blue Dream", to this day me and our guitarist Roman will listen to that album at least once a week! And everybody in our band will be like, "Why are you f*cking listening to this?" and we'll be like, "Shut up! You don't know! This is the seventh grade for us!" You know when I got a guitar and it's an Ibanez and I wanted to be able to play like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and I couldn't do it. So I started singing and now I got a guitar player that can do it! Best of both worlds! Laughs. Wednesday 13 currently is on tour across the USA so be sure to grab your tickets and see them live! Website www.officialwednesday13.corn Facebook www.facebook.corni offkialwednesdayl 3 Twitter - www.twitter.corniofficialwed13 YouTube - www.youtube. corn/ Wedin Hollywood October 2016 - VandalaMagazine.Com 83

New Members and Pentagram Worship An Interview with Satan's Satyrs Interview Matt Bacon So how are you guys? Jarret: Pretty good! What do you think of the whole Las Vegas experience? Jarret: Its the capital of sleaze! Clay: I really like it. It's totally overwhelming and garish and I love it! Its over the top. Since I spoke to you last you've added Nate to the band, how has that been? Clay: It's been excellent. Nate is our secret weapon. It's made the sound of the band that much better. Its just another bit of "oomph" He is a fantastic player and anyone who has seen him play can agree. People already liked his playing before he joined our band anyway. How did you find each other? Jarret: Over the internet. He was a fan. I met him officially on the Electric Wizard tour and we always joked about having Nate in the band. Then it turned into half kidding and then it became serious - we flew him out to try out. How do you feel your integration has been Nate? Nate: Good. I feel like there's a lot of similar mentalities and experiences as far as how the four of us grew up and the music we were listening to To me it was like we had known each other for longer than we did. Steve: You were a fan first but you knew all the influences going in. Nate: We all share the same core influences at the end of the day. So I immediately understood what was going on. What do you mean by similar experiences growing up? Jarret: Being kids in your teens playing music no one else likes. Being the only kid in your school who listens to Witchfinder General or being obsessed with Pentagram. Nate: Having a group of friends and trying to get them to play that style of music is hard! Clay: That's why I thought it was worth it. Obviously from Minneapolis to Virginia is a big distance but there was a definite chemistry. As musicians and as fans of music. There was something that we couldn't find in our immediate surroundings so we had to go the extra mile to find Nate and bring him in. Nate: I don't think I knew a person as big into Pentagram as Clayton. Clay: We shared the same set of references and knew too much about Pentagram, all the trivia. 84 VandalaMagazine.Com - October 2016

Give me some good Pentagram trivia! Jarrett: We can quote almost every Bobby Liebling interview on Youtube. Clay: It's stuff like that. If we're talking Pentagram we can finish each others sentences. Nate: We know all the lineup stuff too. Clay: It's the same with Sabbath and Blue Cheer or even Witchfinder General. The core bands that brought the three of us together in the first place - Nate could have been there from the beginning but it took us a while to find him. It's that mindset of being obsessed with the bands and the history. Nate is a fantastic player and it adds an extra edge to our sound. That's why the distance is a non issue. It is totally worth it. The four of us have a chemistry that only the four of us can have. I haven't met another person who could take any of our roles in this band. We travel around and play around and haven't met anyone like him â&#x20AC;˘ What's the enduring appeal of Pentagram? Clay: It's just really really f*cking good music. ItTs like even after all of the accolades they've gotten and how far they have come I still think they are underrated. They need to be ranked up their amongst the best because they are in my opinion. If you look at what they were doing throughout their history compared to what else was going on they always only sounded like Pentagram. It wasn't doom metal, it was Pentagram. Nate: What interests me about Pentagram is that a lot of the time when you look at bands that have had different lineups it doesn't really matter but with Pentagram you can hear the distinct differences. It's all Pentagram but there are different musicians bringing in new things. Clay: But the core of it survives though the decades - that's really inspirational. What was it like for you Nate to join a band that have toured with Pentagram? Nate: Well it sure beats hashing it out on club tours you booked on your own. Its the logical step in the right direction for me. The short answer is it feels awesome and convenient. Clay: To add on to that and without sounding too pompous with the standing of Satan's Satyrs, I'm very happy that we were able to do this and bring Nate in. If we can put him on a bigger pedestal and give him a bigger stage to paly on I want to give him his time in the sun. What do you love so much about music? Jarret: Playing live and the sonic power that you can wield. That's something i've wanted to do since I was six years old. As soon as I saw a guitar I knew that's what I wanted to do. Steve: All of the answers to that question are in the song "Music" by Witchfinder General! Clay: There's different answers to that question but I absolutely love songwriting and recording and building something and obsessing over something and losing sleep and not eating over something! Do you have any final words of wisdom for me? Nate: Stay in school! Steve: That's a joke - don't stay in school! Jarrett: Watch pro wrestling and the Simpsons! Steve: Play hard rock music! Satan's Satyrs Online: www.facebook.comisatanssatyrs wwww.satyrs.bad-omen-records.com www.youtube.com/BadOmenRecords

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