Name: Jeremy Bushnell
Bands past and present: Cowardice, Never Looking Back, Forget the Grey, Perfect Enemy, The Suzis, Supertruck
One book everyone should read: Calvin and Hobbes. Never forget how you felt as a kid.
Veg, Vegan or Carnivore: Carnivore
Favorite current band: Trial. They are playing at least three shows this summer so they count as current to me.
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Cowardice: The Chase
28 MayAgitator: Walls Closing In
17 May
Name: Marty Williams
Bands past and present: Agitator, Burdens, and some embarrassing metalcore bands in high school.
Most influential lyricist to your writing: I don’t really think I can answer this, because I write most of our songs about people that make me mad, so they are my influence.
Favorite venue: My favorite place to see a show is the First Unitarian Church in Philly because it’s the best place for stage diving. My favorite venue that I’ve played in is the funeral home in Buffalo because it had shelves along the side so I could still jump on people even though they were in the back of the room.
Favorite book: I don’t do a lot of reading, but I’ve read every Calvin and Hobbes book. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat was the first one I ever read as a kid, so it has a special place in my heart.
Last Excuse: Inhumane
9 May
Name: Nara Anderson
Bands past and present: Last Excuse
One book everyone should read: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Veg, Vegan or Carnivore: Veg
Favorite current band: At the moment I’m loving Paint It Black, Shook Ones & Outbreak
Pulling Teeth- Funerary
3 May
Name: Mike Riley
Bands past and present: Pulling Teeth, Paper Dragons, the Spark, Jon Falk, FVK DC, Looks Like Rain
Favorite lyricist: Tim Barry
One book everyone should read: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Favorite song: Bikeage – Descendents
Unrestrained: Freak The Mighty
22 Mar
Name: Ryan Krushenick
Bands Past and Present: Cheat To Win, Spies In America, Nationwide Panic, Pretty And Nice, My Revenge!, Unrestrained
Most influential lyricist to your writing: Karen Hesse, Andy West, Spencer Crispe
Favorite book: Out Of The Dust – By Karen Hesse and Dreaming War by Gore Vidal
Favorite current band: Kill Your Idols (like a bad bf/gf/partner at the end of a relationship I refuse to acknowledge the breakup)
Sacred Love: Dividing Lines
16 Mar
Name: Phil Hiotis
Bands Past and Present: Sacred Love.
Favorite Writer: Ernest Hemingway for literature and Wallace Stevens for poetry.
Cats or Dogs: It is not a very easy answer for me. I’ve had cats my entire life. I don’t dislike them; however, I do have a sense of yearning when I’m introduced to a friend’s dog. I feel unfulfilled, as if I’ve been missing out on a great friendship all these years. So, to answer the question, I don’t know. I love my cat; however, I love most dogs. I feel that your everyday life is full of having to prove yourself – to your friends, to your spouse, to your boss – that having someone love you unrequited is necessary.
Favorite Current Band: I can’t narrow down my favorite current band, so I’ll list a few: Give, Mindset, Rival Schools, Thought Crusade, and Praise.
Critical Point: Broken
7 Mar
Rafael is on the left.
Name: Rafael Madeira
Bands past and present:Pointing Finger, Time X, New Winds, The Defense and Common Cause (Past). Pressure and Critical Point (Present).
One book everyone should read: Lord of the Flies.
Veg, Vegan or Carnivore: Veggie
Favorite lyricist: Ian McKaye
Paint It Black: Surrender
17 Feb
Name: Dan Yemin
Bands past and present: Paint It Black, Armalite, Kid Dynamite, Lifetime
One book everyone should read:
Fiction: “Cat’s Cradle,” and “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”
Non-fiction: “A People’s History of the United States”
If you could meet one person throughout history who would it be? Myself at age 14. I’d set my young self straight about some things.
Most influential writer to your lyrics: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Ian MacKaye, Sam McPheeters, Chris Hannah, KRS-ONE, Chuck D, Aesop Rock, El-P
Agress: Tongue Blood
12 Feb
Name: Jacob (Justice) Stastny
Band: Agress
Veg, Vegan or Carnivore: Carnivore
Most Recent Book You’ve read: Waking up Screaming by H.P. Lovecraft. Its a collection of short stories. So sick, so dark, so creepy.
Most influential band to your lyrics: hard question. I wouldn’t really say that there is a band that I pull ideas from as far as words go. but when I write lyrics, I usually find myself listening to From Ashes Rise, The Banner, or Cursed
Remission: The Stranger
3 Feb
Name: Philippe Arama
Bands past and present: Remission, Invierno (current); Remains To Be Seen, Approach (past).
Veg, vegan or carnivore: carnivore
Most recent book you read: The Anti-Matter Anthology (Norman Brannon)
Most influential band to your lyrics: Verbal Assault
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