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By Todd Jones
The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.
Metallica being one of the bands that inspired Jordan to play guitar
Guitar World magazine
Writing songs as a teenager
Getting into heavier stuff Stigmata, Merauder etc.
Writing mid-tempo songs in a scene of bands playing fast hardcore
Feeling discounted not being from East Coast, feeling discounted within Toronto
No Warning making a name for themselves in the USA
No Warning signing to Bridge 9
Favorite Blood For Blood album
Breakdown "Blacklisted" being an incredible record
Mike Dijan's guitar style
Matt Henderson doing guest spots on No Warning and Terror albums
James Matthew 7th
No Warning playing together after so many years not playing
Putting together the tune "Resurrection Of The Wolf"
Drummers playing guitar, guitarists playing drums
Taking outside influences to write hardcore songs
Enjoying recording
Recording Suffer/Survive
Right Brigade being a big influence to young Jordan and young Todd
In My Eyes "Nothing To Hide"
Track listing an LP
Shelby's 1985 Gibson Explorer 425
The tune "Dunwich Whore"
Writing songs using a non-traditional folk song structure
Sepultura "Arise"
Sepultura Promo Photos
Providence writing
Ulthar's guitar tone
Mesa Boogie Amps
Being a power-trio
Pandiscordian Necrogenesis
Suffocation
"Effigy Of The Forgotten" back cover promo pic
Long Island Slam
Deathcore
Ulthar getting walked out on at a deathcore show in South Carolina
Musical background, getting interested in music
Getting ahold of his first guitar
Nirvana being a gateway band
Soundgarden, Alice In Chains
Doing Hellripper as a sole member vs. having a full band of members
Rehearsing with members who are so spread out
Midnight being an awesome band
Being uncomfortable taking band promos photos
Hellripper being a band and not a "project"
Metallica "And Justice For All"
Signing to Peaceville
Delaying release of new album from May 15th to later in the year
Being effected by covid-19
Information about new album
Learning how to record
Dealing with scheduling of the festival during covid-19
Getting positive pressure from Martin Stewart to do the festival in 2016
The folks involved in working on Sound and Fury
Booking the festival in non-ticketed venues vs ticketed
Buying pre-sale tickets to shows now vs. yesteryear
Downtown LA becoming gentrified and having shows
Booking venues owned by LiveNation vs venues not owned by LiveNation
10,000 people attending a hardcore show
3 Bands that Riley was personally excited to book on SaF
Having Hardcore music and culture help give confidence to be creative
How gratifying it is throwing Sound and Fury
Sound and Fury being more focused on modern bands releasing music opposed to reunion bands
Harley Flanagan still writing new hardcore music and still being awesome
Enjoying being in the studio recording
Process of spending 30 days in the studio recording Tired Of Tomorrow
Recording with different Producers
Desire to record in Los Angeles Studios
Process of doing music videos
Overseeing all the duties in Nothing
Producing the 'Blue Line Baby' video
Producing videos for bands outside of Nothing
Handling press and interviews
Being misunderstood
Nothing playing with Kozelek/Broadrick collaboration in Poland
Meeting Justin Broadrick
Seeing musicians that you admire wear your bands t-shirt
Introducing new sounds to your band without alienating the audience
Nirvana playing South Street Philadelphia, being too young to go
Seeing Pantera at the Electric Factory as a 13 year old
Seeing Rage Against The Machine on their demo
Crowd surfing to Smashing Pumpins as teenager
Recording Terror's "Total Retaliation"
Recording guitars or the new End album
Guitar rig for End gigs
Peavey 5150 amps
Getting a recording engineer internship at Machine Shop
Dropping out of college to continue to work at Machine Shop
Going from an intern to an engineer
Moving to a new studio in the future
Mixing Misery Index's "Rituals Of Power"
Mixing a record vs. Engineering + Mixing a record
Traveling to record bands
Recording new ETID in Buffalo
Possibility of recording END/FFAA music with other engineers
Being invested in a trusted circle of people and supporting each other
Working with Body Count and Ice-T
Working with Thy Art Is Murder
Australia being a great country
Navigating the release of the new END album and touring around covid-19
Plans to support End LP
Converge
Pete Morcey 100 Demons/Murmur singing on the new END LP
Still feeling 'star struck' when seeing other metal/hardcore musicians we admire
Playing shows with Body Count
Adam Burke's art for the END LP
Some Kind Of Monster
Seeing Metallica
Ride The Lightning
Learning how to record out of necessity
Pivotal moments as an engineer
Folks discovering his work via producing + engineering 2 Power Trip LP's, Inquisition, cult black metal etc.
Being opened minded about recording different genres
Working with Ghostmane
Playing with War Hungry
Prioritizing Producing over being a guitarist/song-writer
Prioritizing creativity over a period of time
Creep Recording Studios
Recording albums in a house
Recording in high end studio vs. lo-fi space
Capturing the right vibe
Sumerlands LP#2
Sumerlands live guitar rig
Owning reliable new gear vs Unreliable vintage gear
Recording is like cooking
Drummers having it tough
Packing vans, sharing backlines among touring bands
Jarhead Fertilizer
Being musically open minded
Making a benefit shirt for first responders charity, Direct-Relief
Living outside a major city during covid
Playing with Mr. Bungle
Feeling validated getting praise from older musicians
Being inspired by Converge
Recording with Kurt Ballou
Having their van stolen on tour with Cattle Decapitation
Conversation cuts and starts again:
808's
Doing split 7"s vs doing collaborations
Exceeding expectations with Full Of Hell
Feeling fortunate to be in a band with 10 years history
Putting yourself out there as a person in a band
Primitive Man
Writing songs for specific releases
Recording instruments singular vs All instruments at same time
Finding/Developing vocal style
Favorite 3 vocalists
Tracking vocals
Covid-19 making us anxious to play and see a show
The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.