Five years ago, Animals As Leaders guitarist Javier Reyes auditioned for Periphery. “He didn’t make the cut!” jokes lead guitarist Tosin Abasi. As he laughs and shakes his head, Reyes defends himself, “They were 20 years old, and I was 26. I...
In a 2008 interview with Ryan Minic of Ryan’s Rock Show, Cody Bonnette and Colin Kimble of As Cities Burn offer a candid look into the realities of being a band in the ever-changing music industry. They discuss their early days of relentless DIY touring, booking their...
When John Baizley and Peter Adams of Baroness were preteens, they played together in a band called Jab. “We would build stages from two-by-fours and plywood,” guitarist/vocalist Baizley says. “At that point, we hadn’t even seen shows except for...
