Backslider-Interview

 

 

 Backslider is Philidelphia's finest in fastcore.established in 2009,they've quickly become a mainstay in the east coast grindcore scene.With only two members Patrick on Drums and Logan on Vocals/Guitar,they are an exciting live act.they just finished recording their new 7" "Maladapted" on to live a lie and are about to embark on a west coast tour.i was definently stoked to interview these guys.enjoy!

-chris

36th:hows the recording for your new 7" on to live a lie coming?

Patrick: recording is done! we recorded with Kevin Bernsten at Developing Nations in Baltimore. I think it's definitely our best stuff and best sounding.

Logan: Recording with Kevin was a really great experience, definitely the least tumultuous session we've done. He's into alot of the same shit as us, so we had several points of reference that made for easy communication.

36th: how did you come to be signed by to live a lie?

Patrick: Ha. I wouldn't say we were "signed", but Will has been a friend for a while now. Iv'e worked on other stuff with him and he said he was down. 

Logan: Don't forget the blood pact.

36th: how did backslider come to form?

Patrick: I knew Logan before he moved to Philly. My band I Hate This, who Logan would play in later when he moved out here, did a split 7" with his band Raw Sewage. I was jamming with some other dudes, and Logan suggested we try and start something. He had a bunch of stuff written already. We started jamming here and there after the other project would practice, and it just took off from there.

Logan: I was a big fan of I Hate This long before Pat and I even met, we had corresponded quite a bit before I moved to Philly so it seemed natural to start jamming. We started practicing in the summer of 2008, and our demo came out in the winter of 2009.

36th: how did the PA music scene recieve you when you first started?

Patrick: Good I guess? We just kind of hit the ground running regardless of what people were doing. We were both in I Hate This and playing a U.S. tour in 09 and we hopped on after only being a band a few months. Kind of ambitious looking back, but it worked out for the best.

Logan: Our first show was with In Disgust, Nothing is Over, and Chainsaw to the Face so we were in good company. At the time, there wasn't much of a scene for this kind of shit but there are alot more people and bands involved now.

36th: What are some of your infulences as a band?

Patrick: Logan is the lyric writer so he can tell you more I think. For me I think there are obvious band influences but its more of an aggression outlet. Stupid people, everyday aggression are main influences. Also, being able to play with lots of other awesome bands and travel. 

Logan: Musically- lots of 80s hardcore (early Boston and NY shit), 90s sludge and powerviolence, some 70s rock and old death metal...whatever we're listening to at the time we're writing, really. Lyrically- things I read about in the newspaper, some medical/psychological ailments, particularly annoying people or relationships in my life, some political/sociological issues.

 

 

36th: i love the fact you guys are just guitar drums and vocals.have you ever tried playing with a bassist?

Patrick: Actually, we did ha! Lets say it didn't go to well. We juggled the idea early on. In the end I think its best we are a 2 piece. We are both pretty committed and know what we want to accomplish and do. Being a 2 piece unit simplifies that. Sometimes we will inevitably bump heads with no third party around, but its bound to happen. I also think having only a guitar and drums forces us, and challenges us to write a certain way, which is good. 

Logan: Ultimately, he was just too lazy to put forth the necessary effort. Everyone wants to be in a band, but nobody wants to be in a band, you know.

36th: what are your plans as a band for the future?

Patrick: Well, the "Maladapted" 7inch will be out soon on To Live A Lie here, and Psychocontrol Records in Europe. We have a short West Coast tour coming up soon. In May we are playing Maryland Deathfest, then in July we are doing a European tour with The Afternoon Gentlemen, to Play Fast or Don't Fest. Big thanks to Smith and the Gents for booking that for us. In the middle of all this we are slowing piecing together a 10" for Six Weeks, playing a bunch of other random shows and planning other records and a million comps that will never come out. 

Logan: We have some sick local shows lined-up, playing with Negative Approach, Catheter, Laughing Dog, Nasum, Dropdead. After the 10" we're doing a split 5" with Roskopp (CO), then after that...who knows. Wait for the aliens to return I guess.

                                         "Idiot Hymns " off of Maladapted 7" on To Live A Lie

36th: who are some of your favorite PV/fastcore bands just coming out?

Patrick: I dont know if these all fall under that genre... but DOC, Mind as Prison, Triac, Nimbus Terrifix, Scaphe off the top of my head.

Logan: Scaphe, Fuzzkill, Cokskar, DOC, Mind as Prison, Triac, Amputee, Nothing is Over, Congenital Death, No Thought, Human Waste, Lie Still, PHF, and No Qualms are all holding it down for the bad guys. Pat is in a new band called Callous that are sick, kind of like a cross between Su19b and Melvins, or early Nirvana. I'm also in Gash and Attitude Era. Check out Ilsa from DC for the low-end destruction!

36th: thanks for the interview dude! cant wait to see ya at the spot in LA!

Patrick: Thank you. Yea, will be a banger. 

Logan: Shit's gonna pop off, I heard Kat Von D. will be in attendance.

thanks for the interview homie

 Check Backslider out at the spot in LA on march 30th.
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