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MERCH RUNNERS

If you need custom printed stuff in Windsor look no further then the print shop MERCH RUNNERS!   These guys are a prime example of DIY and what this magazine stands for.

Q:WHO IS MERCH RUNNERS AND WHAT DO YOU DO?

A: Shane Wright aka Shadow and Joe Morneau aka joey-g. MERCH RUNNERS AKA THE T-SHIRT HUSTLAZ LOL

  Q:WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO START MERCH RUNNERS?

 A: Basically for the bitchez the fame and the fortune haha. No, but seriously......Shane was looking to move back to Windsor but there was no jobs available and Joe had a 4 color screen printer in a spare room at his house so we figured we'd put it to use............. We talked about it over the phone, Shane came down on a few weekends from London, we hammered out a few jobs out of Joe's house and then later we found a shop and opened a week later. At 2343 Pillette rd.

  Q:CAN YOU NAME SOME BANDS YOU HAVE DONE WORK FOR?

A:Salt of the Chief Cornerstone, Apex, days fade, brad shank, jay Reno, violent Vatican, devilz by definition, Nihility, purely hate driven, central slang, them county Bastardz, and the list goes on. We're always at local shows showing our support. Even buying shirts from bands that we've printed.

  Q:ANY LAST REMARKS/SHOUT OUTS YOU WANT TO SEND?

A: Just want to say thanks you to PUTRID MAGAZINE and everyone that has come through the shop and had some custom printing done, bought one our items from our 519 and RCR line and to anyone that has passed our name along. We've gotten this far with no advertising, just word of mouth.

  www.facebook.com/merchrunners

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DENIAL!

This was one of the most interesting interviews I've ever done.

I met up with Murad Erzinclioglu, an artist for the self described art-factory DENIAL.   I was expecting a regular, question and answer interview, as my interviews typically go, but Murad took the essence of DENIAL and laid it on the floor for everyone to see:

M: Daniel didn't invent the wheel.Art factories have existed in the past, y'know? You look at a guy like Andy Warhol, you've got somebody who's the mastermind behind the idea, right? A lot of the really big pop artists, that's how they do it. If you look at a Mr. Brainwash, or a Banksy or an Andy Warhol, it's not just one person, its a whole collaboration between a bunch of different artists, and a lot of these artists are, like myself, working outside of their realm. But they have an understanding of the art, so it allows them to take part in this bigger picture, and that's what Denial is. Denial is Daniel Bombardier. At the root of Denial is Daniel Bombardier, and he is the master mind. He's the one coming up with the ideas. He is the designer, he comes up with all the concepts, he develops the techniques and the processes. But he works with artists, like myself and others, in collaboration to create the end product. And so by no means do I take any credit for Denial, I work with Denial like to make this bigger picture come into fruition. Like I said, it's not like he invented the wheel, it has been done. It's a way that artist can expand themselves and take on more ideas.

P:I like that explanation.

M:At the root of Denial it's street art. It came from the streets. Denial was originally just a tag, and as Dan got older, and learned more and developed his craft more, Denial became more than just the switching of the letters, "a" and "e" in his name, Daniel. It became much more. It's like there's this whole untold power in the word Denial.  Everyone is in denial to a certain extent about a lot of the things. Especially here in north America, and the western world, with mass consumerism, and government corruption, and control, and media manipulation. And there's all these things around us that everyone is kind of in complete denial about, the things we kinda have to be in denial about just to live your day to day life.

P:yah I think that's what makes it such a powerful message, y'know?  I think so.

M: Well living in North America as a North American you've got this huge swath of blessings and things that like 80% of the world doesn't get to have. Even if you're on the lowest rung of society, and your on what they call the "poverty line". It's a joke what they call the poverty line, because like real poverty is no where near the $14,000 or whatever, y'know? $14,000 especially in a city like Windsor, its a good amount of money. You can live on it. It's definitely not "poverty" in the real sense of the world when you look at the state the a good majority of the rest of the world is in, and the way those people live.  So just to go on in your with your life and to get up in the morning and not feel like a sack of shit; basically, you kind of have to be in denial with the way we live and the way we consume, and act in society, and I think the art takes that into account. There's a ton of ideas that we try to create that are somewhat subversive in the sense that we try to wake people up to some of these ideas, and we try to use iconic imagery that people connect with naturally, y'know? But they've been almost manipulated to interact with it, like a lot of iconism that you see in your everyday life. Like McDonald's signs, and Coca Cola, and all these icons, and you relate these ideas to them. So to take those ideas and all the things that people have wrapped into this idea, and twist and turn it on its head, and to get people thinking differently about how they see the world around them. I think is really kinda part of the idea, and its massive like the over arching thing about what we do is to take those things and kinda take them and twist them and make to question your reality and the reality we live in.

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EMMA LEE FIELDS

Emma's passion for the Windsor scene is unmatched right now between photographers.   There is a large gap between where she stands and the others follow. It's quite simple: No one else is getting great and clear shots of bands.  No one else goes to every show to get shots of bands. that's what sets her apart: talent, and passion. Also the fact that shes only 19 makes it that much cooler that she takes these photos.

www.facebook.com/photographybyemmalee

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BLAK ICE

meet the mind of Mike White, also known as cybergoth overlord BLAK ICE.

I got the rundown on what exactly it is that blak ice does:

  Q: WHO IS BLAK ICE? A: Blak Ice is Blak I¢e Gawd, dystopian overlord, reigning sonically supreme over the psyberslug tribe and the dancing cryogenic ladies. A psybersludge, gothicclub, lavahause producer, expounding magesterial chants for bulbous tounge-like populous. A future aural omnipresence that has seeped backwards in time into your earlobes.

Q: WHAT IS THE INSPERATION BEHIND YOUR MUSIC? A: traplord labrat's experimental narcotic cuisine/ schizophrenic alien hobos/ narcissism/ fake plastic blingbling & Kurt Kobaine. 

Q: DO YOU/DO YOU PLAN TO PLAY SHOWS? A: Blak Ice has dj'd at parties and noise shows all very lowkey & presenting very little original content. I have future plans for live perforances involving harware oriented sounds, vocalzz & vissual installations. 

Q: WHAT DO YOU USE TO MAKE YOUR MUSIC? A: The project is highly software oriented for the time being due to certain financial limitations. Reason 5, Audacity, & Mixcraft are just a few programs I utilize to create my sounds.

Q:ANY FINAL REMARKS/SHOUTOUTS YOU WANNA GIVE? A: Shoutouts to Hustle Flesh formarly known as No Skin.

www.soundcloud.com/lavaclique

www.glamshak.tumblr.com

www.blanglords.tumblr.com

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its a beautiful august.

this month for you we have local talents:

  DENI@L

EMMA LEE FIELDS

MERCH RUNNERS

BLAK ICE

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Rayny Forster is the creator of Moshpit Tragedy. He's a huge inspiration to me when it comes to diy. I had the privilege of interviewing him this month about Moshpit Tradgedy Records an how he started it.

  1. When and why did you decide to start your own record company?

I started this thang literally with the first release on 6/6/06. I was just another Satanist, in between bands of my own at the time. I wanted to network and showcase good bands from all over the globe. I did around 13 physical releases, then a few free digital titles. It was easier, but probably even more effective at getting music out to people.

2. Can you explain how Moshpit Tragedy works?

Well everything is on bandcamp now, which is a pretty straight forward process. You can download an album for free, or you can make a donation for it. Donations go to an animal shelter called Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary. One reason we do this is because donations are not much for each separate band, but collectively add up to fifty or a hundred bucks per month. So I got permission from everyone to pool that money together and put it to some good use.

3. What made you decide to make it pay-what-you-want?

I had already started putting out free downloads, when Radiohead released 'In Rainbows' as PWYW, and saw that made a big impact. There was also a guy I know from a label, who is a total dick, but he gave me a couple pieces of valuable advice that have gone a long way for me. One of them was that a label should have a strong identity. A few weeks later, an interviewer asked me if I had ever considered going PWYW. At first I thought there was no point, but later I started to envision it as part of an overall protest of the record industry itself.

4. How many bands do you have or have you had on your label?

There's over 50 now, but at one point there were 125 or more. Thats because I also used to carry some releases in coordination with different labels. There was stuff from Inimical, Give Praise, Anti-Corp, Feral Ward, Audiosiege Media, and even Relapse Records. Although when I decided to put our catalog on bandcamp, most of the other labels and even some of our bands already had their stuff on there, so I decided to omit those titles and cut the catalog down to releases that are found exclusively on MT.

5. Would you care to name a couple that really stand out on your favorite list of music?

Off the top of my head... Skaven, Phobia, Doom, Agrimonia, Extreme Noise Terror, The Dregs, After The Bombs, Dogma, Securicor, Devil's Son-In-Law, State of the Union, Arsenal of Empties, Alarido, Burnt Church, Doomed Youth. That said, I don't release anything I wouldn't have on my own mp3 player.

6. Aside from Canada, do you get traffic from anywhere else in the world?

Tons. Canada is in 6th place for my web traffic this month, after US, Germany, Russia, Spain and Japan. This month alone I have had visitors from Brazil, UK, Romania, Greece, Argentina, Sweden, Mexico, Czech Republic, Morocco, Australia, China, France, Chile, Slovenia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Belgium, and Croatia. There's probably someone in Fiji downloading '25 Years of Misery' right now.

7. Any last remarks/things you wanna say to the readers about Moshpit Tragedy?

Please don't read this interview.

http://moshpittragedy.bandcamp.com/

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photos by Walter Petrichyn

So we are in the good ol van with my two friends in TOQUE, Andrew and James.

P:So first lets just talk a little bit about your guys album, the "ROSHAN" EP, recorded here (Windsor), right?

J: Recorded at Sound Foundry.

P: Sound Foundry Studios, right cool, and did you guys enjoy that?

A: It was nice.

J: Ya it was good, it was our first time ever recording "professionally"

P: And this is your guys first heavy band you've been in, right?   J: Yeah, we wanted to get a lot of aggression out, we've only been in quiet bands.

P: Ok cool, do you mind naming a couple of the other bands you've been in?

J: I was in FIN, um, FRONTIERS, they were both like math rock, or folk punk kind of stuff.

P: Cool, both from Windsor?

J: Yah.

A: I was in RED RED RUN, and WAY GONE, so that's the stuff that started before toque, both bands were instrumental.

P: So you guys weren't in a band together before this? I always kind thought you were.

A: No but we played a few shows together, REDRED RUN and FIN,  and that's how we became friends, started talking a lot about music and realized We like a lot of the same kind of music all around.

J: We just started jamming and were like "hey, lets make as much noise as we can, like fuck all our quiet bands."

P: And I mean, its great, very different which I enjoy, its hard to find bands that are unique nowadays, a lot of bands sound the same, id like to think you guys stand out with your uniqueness.

A: Well thank you.

P: Now you guys recently just moved away from Windsor right? James to Lindsey for school and Andrew to Toronto also for school?

A: Uh, well I moved just to find a job.

P: Oh for a job! I thought you moved for school, sorry, my mistake, and any luck? Did you find a job!

A: Yah it went well just got fired a week ago! But yah I just wanted to try somewhere new, a different scene for a bit.

P: Cool cool, and I know we were talking about it before we started recording, but you guys were said jamming in Toronto isn't always the easiest?

J: Well its hard to get used to, going from Windsor where its such a tight-knit community,  to Toronto where, I'm sure there is a community, its harder to mesh right in just cause its so big.

P: But even just like finding places to jam?

A: It seems like what the problem is, is that there's all these potential jam spaces and there's these hourly ones called "rehearsal factory" which is a pretty big investment, especially for a 2 piece, but some people can find places by the month and they tend to stay cause its a good deal. And they don't wanna find anything else, so these places get occupied pretty quick.

P: But you guys are still finding time to jam?

J: Were trying, whenever we can.

P: Any new stuff?

A: Yah for sure we got a couple new things in the works.

P: Any plans for your next EP, or release?

J: Um, yah, we've kinda started writing for it, but were more focused on getting some tours together.

P: Yah? Summer time!

A: And ROSHAN still deserves some promotion.

P: And that was another thing I wanted to talk about, I mean, I know ROSHANS out, do you guys have some plans to bring it out more?

J: Yah were working on getting some promos together right now, and once they're done, we have a mailing list, were gonna send them out to every college radio station in the country basically.

P: Oh nice! And you guys could bring them to some local shops in Windsor and Toronto too, have you guys tried Dr. Disc? they would totally take it.

A: Well right now we only have a digital version of the release, we've talked about making a physical copy of the CD, right?

J: Yah well basically our business goal was to put it up online for 6 or 7 months, and use it to make a psychical release, so right now were kind of in limbo, just waiting to make some money off it.

P: It's so hard now especially with bandcamp, cause you can just go online and listen for free, you don't have to download it. J: It's kind of the irony of it where, physical releases, like they generate so much more income, I think.

P: Oh absolutely, and I mean, the internet is great and all but there's nothing really like a hardcopy, and I know not a lot of people agree with me on this nowadays, but for me, and I'm sure some people out there still would like a solid copy of it.    But anyways okay, have you guys talked to any one about getting a tour, is that something that will be coming up soon.

J: Yah were working on the end of august we want to do a lake Ontario tour, like start in Lindsay, or Peterborough, and just go around Lake Ontario, so like Peterborough, Kingston, Syracuse, Buffalo, Hamilton, something like that, We've been talking to a few people.

P: Oh awesome, and did you guys wanna just do it just you guys, or with another band.

J: Yah wed like to get a few bands, some friendly faces maybe that we haven't played with.

A: Definitely try and meet some interesting locals in those city's.

P: Awesome, that's what its all about.

J: Yah totally.

P: Okay well I don't want keep you guys for too long, is other bands or is there any last things you guys wanna talk about?

J: Well GREYS just put out there first full length, that's pretty amazing. They got signed to CARPARK, crazy.

A: This bill happening tonight, is sick.

P: Yah that's something I forgot to mention when we started, we are at a North By Next Level Syndicate show tonight.

A: BIRD DEATH!

J: Yah there is this one band on the bill, there alright, they have there moments, haha.

P: We're actually were also looking to go on tour at the end of august (UNCLE RAY).

J: Perfect we should try and meet up.

P: I was actually gonna say, maybe we'll meet up, cause BIRD DEATH is also going on tour at the same time, maybe we'll all cross paths and can all do a show together somewhere.

J: Yah we should talk about it.

A: So now that were talking about all this out should we revise the interview, "Yah so were thinking of going on tour with UNCLE RAY this summer", for accuracy's sake. hahaha.

P: Haha we'll I mean its ultimately up to Steve, he's kind of the plan maker for this tour.

A: STEVE!

P: Haha okay well I also wanted to mention briefly, Andrew also currently plays sax in the band violent Vatican who I interviewed for this magazine last month, they are also playing tonight, so your doing a double shift.

A: Ohhhh god! I've never done that before! I'm probably just gonna die.

P: It's alright man, I've done it before.

A: Im so out of shape.

P: If anything I feel bad for James, cause your set is pretty long and he gives er' on those drums.

J: Haha yah that's right, I work twice as hard as you (Andrew) haha.

P: Awesome, well if there's nothing else you guys wanna talk about I think that's it.

A & J: Cool.  

http://toque.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/toquemusic

photography:

https://www.facebook.com/walter.price.73?fref=ts

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Liam's passions are very apparent in his photos, he is a young and very talented photography and I always look forward to seeing new  work from him. you can also check out his videography works with a link found at the bottom of this article.

    I’m Liam Higgins, a 20 year-old freelance photographer and videographer in Windsor, Ontario. On top of my own freelance stuff, I dedicate as much free time as possible to South City Collective, which consists of my three friends, Simon Giroux, Ryan Bro, Chris Holt and I. South City Collective is a troupe of videographers and photographers striving to display a unique perspective of the art, music and content documented through our SLR’s. While our credibility stands out through our life-long interests, we hope to embody a positive and progressive vision for those who follow their goals and strive to create more and more everyday. As per myself, my interest in photography stems from my involvement with film and a sensory aesthetic for what encompasses my every day life. While I’ve always attempted to be involved with something artistic, nothing came naturally as much as photography has. My first introduction to photography was roughly two years ago when I was first enrolled in Convergence Journalism at St. Clair College. With a fair combination of skateboarding, photography and film, the three always went hand-in-hand, which later interested me in pushing my boundaries of content. Whenever I’m not shooting, I’m finding new interesting ways and things to shoot. Whether it be action sports, portraits, specialty or conceptual, I attempt to create a look that I can call my own. Further into education, I am enrolled next year at the University of Windsor hoping to receive my Honours degree in Communications, Media and Film/Production. If anyone is interested in booking any work with me, feel free to message me on Facebook.

    https://www.facebook.com/LiamHigginsPhotography

  https://www.facebook.com/SouthCityCo

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PAUL JACOBS ART.

My name is Paul Jacobs, I'm 24 years old. I was born in Leamington ON Canada. I started drawing when i was young. I used it for something to do while i was dragged to church. I used to draw Lego men and whatever else i was interested it. I like to draw things that make people laugh. I've been inspired by a lot of the years, thank you inspiration.

ART:

https://www.facebook.com/PaulJacobsStuff

  MUSIC:

http://pauljacobs.bandcamp.com/music

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Welcome to the month of July!

This month features:

Windsor/GTA 2 piece Toque.

Moshpit tragedy Records.

Paul Jacobs Artwork

Liam Higgins Photography

WELCOME TO JULY!

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Did an interview with my buds in Violent Vatican this month.

I actually started this band with Dane and Andy but due to forces beyond anyone's control I had to leave the band. And I have to be honest, since I left the band is way better, the new permanent drummer Mike is unreal, a perfect fit for the band. I love all these guys and wish them the best, not that they need it,  there gonna go far!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo3keUO1PPI

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Violent-Vatican/459961910792707

      1. We'll start by getting all your names and what you play? 2. Most people don't know this but me and Dane started Violent Vatican as a side project when we were in the band raid. We went our separate ways due to lack of time, but Dane kept the band going, since me, has their been any other lineup changes in the band? 3.how long would you say you guys have been a full band for? 4.with the band being so experimental, what would you say your genre is closest to? 5.can you name some of your influences? 6.you guys are playing the heavy fest with the apex this month, are you guys stoked about it? 7.any other bands in Windsor you guys wanna give a shout out to? 8.you guys recorded your album yourself, any particular reason why? 9.any big shows coming up soon? 10. Any last remarks you would like to make to our readers?

DANES ANSWERS (GUITAR)

1- Dane, i play guitar and vocals. also am song writer and producer on the album. 2- no changes just additions of ben and mike 3 - Violent Vatican has been around since July 2013, but the current line up started in November 2013 4- extremely difficult to say. hardcore jazz fusion? 5 - influences include naked city, Frank Zappa, faith no more, and grindcore 6-absolutely stoked cuz now I don't have to pay cover haha. but you gotta show up at doors cuz we go up first around 4/4:30 ish 7- ill give all my brother bands a shout out Uncle Ray, The Apex, Corrupt Leaders, and Thick As Thieves 8- we record by ourselves because I've been producing solo now for 7 years and know how to make the most out of what we have. it saves us a lot of money, and we get pretty much the same result. that and I'm stubborn as shit,  I cant imagine another producer trying to tell me how Violent Vatican should sound. 9- we have 2 shows booked right now and they are on the same weekend, which normally I don't do, but i figure the crowds will be very different so its acceptable. Friday May 30, which is a show i booked myself featuring Bumpin' Tacos, The Line Drawn, and a band with no name ex Valerie Page, along with us. Also Great Lakes Heavy Fest, which is Ryan Barrons beast featuring something silly like 2 stages and 16 bands or so. That's June 1st. 10- We did it all for the nookie.

MIKES ANSWERS (DRUMS)

1. Mihilo John

2. Yeah I joined violent Vatican playing drums and im definitly the newest member of the band.

3. with the current lineup weve been a band for over 6 mos.

4. some people say we're a jazz/grindcore band. I would say that we're progressive metal. its really hard to use all the different styles we play to sub categorize our music so progressive metal is a more general definition. All . our songs sound out of place independently butbwhen played as a set it just makes sense.

5. This is always a tough one...right now im big into the blues..really diggin junior wells...ive been getting some inspiration from clutch and motorhead trying to incorporate that into our newer stuff...when I was growing up music was all over the place man...from 50's rock to jazz and grunge and industrial....anything I could get my hands on...My drums are kinda a mess of all of that.

6. Apex?! that's a different level man. Those guys push the limits of their instruments...everyone in our bands wonders like how the fuck did you write that. ..let alone play it...they really do something that no one can touch in this town. its always an honourn to be around those guys....but enough of me kissin ass.

7. All of the bands in this town need a shoutout..theres a ton of talent flowing though here its incredible..I guarantee you that you can find a great band playing every day of the week. But I must say a thank you to every band that supports what we do and we hope to reciprocate that as much as we can.

10.I just need to say thanks thats its we worked hard and we are really feeling the love from our fans...keepn it up and we'll keep trying to pump out the tunes...cheers!

BENS ANSWERS (BASS GUITAR) 1. Ben McInnis- bass guitar 2. No line up changes but we we're looking for a vocalist and keyboardist until the well dried up 3. November of 2013 so 6 months or so 4. Probably Fusion (jazz/funk) but thats up for debate 5. John Zorn's Naked City, Mr.Bungle, Alex Webster, Victor Wooten 6. That will definitely be an amazing show, lots of bands at a different venue than most shows.  Hopefully it becomes an annual thing that really showcases Windsor and surrounding areas music scene to a larger audience. 7. Pomegrante Tiger, Salt of the Chief Cornerstone, and The Apex 8. Self producing our music just seems to be the right route for us. Lower cost per unit, and we get to spend as much time as we want to get things done. I really just want people to hear what we're doing and see their reaction to the music and the cheaper it is for them the better in my opinion. 9. We play Fm Lounge Friday May 30th with Bumpin Tacos, The Line Drawn, and Not Valerie Page. Then Sunday June 1st is the Great Lakes Heavy Fest. Both of those shows will be fantasic with completely different vibes so checking out both is a great option. 10. Have fun and stay safe!

ANDYS ANSWERS (SAXOPHONE, VOCALS)

1. Andrew Bradt - Sax

4. It's pretty difficult to classify, since we touch on a variety of different genres throughout our set, but Metal, grindcore and funk are genres we often touch upon.

5. I don't really find myself having too many Influences for this project. Dane composes the framework for all of the songs and I'll usually improvise until I find a part that benefits the song. John Zorn and Colin Stetson are saxophone players that incorporate extended technique into their playing that I've always wanted to master, though.

7. I hope the spice boys never change their name.

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ladies and gents, meet Windsor's The Apex. This insanely powerful 5 piece have redefined the technical metal scene in Windsor. I got to hang out with them for a day at a band practice. I knew a couple of the members since I was young but after hanging out with them I feel I have great new friends in all of them. Things were a little awkward with the interview at first, but interviews are always kinda lame and awkward anyways. enjoy!

Facebook :  www.facebook.com/wearetheapex

Merch Store: http://theapex.storenvy.com/

The Apex gets merch printed at www.facebook.com/merchrunners

The Apex gets merch designed by https://www.facebook.com/EikonicDesign

Photos by: Shari Richard http://www.facebook.com/sharirichardphotography

  P:We are here with The Apex, smokin some joints and stuff, alright so getting right to it,you guys wanna say all of your names and what you play in the band? T:ohhh this is awkward.... J: Ill start, Jeremy, and I play bass. P: Alright! B: Brian, guitar T: Tyson, drums D: HA! Everyone laughs P: Steve.....? S: *points to darren* I thought he was going next!? T:no that's you! S: Steve, guitar. P:alright! And Darren voxs haha. S:Yes and Darren voxs . P:Haha... it doesn't have to be awkward by the way. S:It doesn't have to be. T:It feels like it has to be haha. P:Well... Only as awkward as an interview has to be I guess LOL, but okay, you guys have been a band how long? B:Uh..Technically.. S:Hmm as this, unit here, for about a year P:With this solid crew ? S: Yes with this solid crew yea yea. P: Okay, alright, and that actually goes into the next one, any lineup changes, you guys wanna talk about since you've been a band T:Awww what? Why did you have to do that *Everyone laughing* T:I see what you did! S:We got Brian into the band, we had another guitarist before, and uh, and then we had another singer and now we got darren. P:That's right! S: Yea well we tried the whole 3 guitar thing, but... T: Jay you tell em' you're good at telling stories J: Yea well Brian and Darren definitely changed the dynamic of the band, three guitars was just way to much clutter.. P: Yea B:Yah, three guitars was something different to try though we gave it a shot J: Yah. And it failed B: Yah, oh yah. J: It was real unfortunate. B:Periphery's got that on lockdown.. P:They have 3? J&B: Yah P:Damn.... Not too many of those. But yah you guys had to downsize? P: Okay well.... You guys play the tech; "ghetto tech", correct? B: Yah T: Ghetoooo. P:So who would you guys say each would be your biggest influences going in? B/T/D/S/J: ohhhh haha.... P: Just give like one. B: Well, Dillinger escape plan! P: Dillinger escape plan, yes, okay . T:Ion Dissonance S:Kiss J:Blood has been shed S:Into the moat B: Yah lots of shit, then we go off into Canderia, and Everytime I Die, we throw that stuff in. But you know you, you try and do the best with you're influences don't wanna sound like them, you wanna use like...little bits .. of the riff the ones that piss you off or the ones that make you happy. T:I hope people know that were like kinda joking with the ghetto tech thing, I hope they know that, like its just y'know, its not like intricate tech metal , it just, its almost tech its... B: its like canderia and hip hop...mixed with everything T:Yah its got the hip hop and the groove, mostly groove. J: there's nothing ghetto about living here! *everyonelaughs* T:Everything about living here is ghetto haha S: We try to stay as open minded with our writing as possible T:Yah I guess its having fun with it P: Cool. T: Yoo many people say they're just metal, or hardcore. P: Yup. P: Is there anyone you guys are stoked to be playing with at great lakes fest, the heavy fest? T: Oh yah that From Hell band was killer, of hell? Or from hell? They were killer. S: From Hell P: From Hell? I think its From Hell. T:They were killer, we checked them out, I thought they were just gonna be a hardcore band, cause it just said Detroit hardcore, so I checked them out and they were just killer man. P:Labels ar just so fucking stupid anyways eh? So ridiculous. T:Yah we checked them out and they were just brutal, yah that band, who else is on there? P: Violent Vatican, which actually is , another thing, you guys stoked to play with them. B:Definitely Violent Vatican is dope though, there is no band close to Violent Vatican like, anywhere around here right now. P: Yup, they are crazy man. They are. They're awesome . B: Oh yah there fantastic . B: Days Fade there always fun to play with every single time, Smash Your Enemies, there fantastic, Hellraiser, another Windsor band,fantastic, dig them, Antagonizes dope, its a fantastic festival. T: Yah there a lot good bands on there P:Yah Ryan Barron the man for putting that shit on,I got a lot of respect for Ryan Barron B:absolutely

P:okay, cause we were just talking about this before we started recording this though, how are you guys feeling about the recordings you guys are doing S: oh man, that is such a stab in the kidneys right there.. P: hahaha well it needs to be talked about! S:recording is such a lengthy process.. P: yes. S:its pulling teeth, but we keep at it, and were goanna get the album out, after getting Darren in the band, like Darren changed the dynamic of the album so much and everything's different now that we are playing as one unit, so we've decided to rerecord everything, record it the way were playing it, and do it the way we want, so we were willing to spend the time and money on it. T:We even have some new jams that no one really knows about yet, but now you do! But yah, we wanna add those as well. It just wouldn't of worked out. If we would've continued what we were doing, we would've just got what we got, and not all the changes that were made, y'know S:It wouldn't reflect all the changes we've made now. B:Basically were just taking the time to do it right from the start, were gonna spend the time, if it takes the time to release what we wanna release, the proper way, were gonna take the time and money to do it right. There's no point in rushing it. P:fucking right!

S:The album artwork is paid for, its done, its ready to be pressed and go out P:oh okay so who's doing that then? T: Aaron Pozzer from Eikonic design, he is killer S:he did our t-shirt designs too.

T: ya he did all our stuff, and Merch Runners pressed it there killer dudes also.

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Introducing my friend Malik Parris. Due to circumstances beyond his control he's had to move away from Windsor a couple of months ago, despite that, his passion for Windsor and its scene and beauty is still strong.  For being so young he's an insane photographer. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I do. 

more @

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parris-Photography/610406575694275

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I did a little interview with my friend Rob Maslanka of Dynamic North audio this month. He's an awesome recording engineer and best of all he does it all out of his house, and it has the look and feel of going to a million dollar studio. He is a true definition of DIY.

Q. What first made you want to start recording music? A. I started off as a musician (or a wannabe…whatever), in a couple of crappy bands, and those ended pretty quickly. I started to do my own thing, wrote some shitty songs, and I wanted to record them, so I bought some really basic gear and started recording. In doing so, I fell in love with recording and never looked back. I still enjoy writing and playing music, but recording and production is what I love doing.

Q. Can you name a couple bands you have recorded?

A. A few bands I've worked with are; Suppressulant, Uncle Ray, Get Bent, Raised By Weeds, Junior Bob, and Bad Mines. Those are just a few, but there's way more to come.

Q. Have you worked collaboratively with anybody?

A. Yes! Glad you asked me this question, huge shout out to Josh Kaiser, check out his work at Kaiser Sound Productions. Actually, it was Josh who really introduced me to a lot of the bands in this scene, and we recorded a ton of bands together, and we are going to be working on a few projects together in the near future.

Q. What makes your studio "DIY"?

A. Basically, I've put everything I have into this. I framed it, sound proofed it, built the acoustic panels, and filled it with all the gear that's in it. Pretty much everything I've saved in the last 2-3 years went into this studio. Aside from schooling, where I learned the necessary skills, I did everything myself.

Q. Can you explain some of the equipment you use for the process?

A. So much gear, so little time. Well, obviously, microphones, a lot of them. My studio is equipped to handle 24 channels of audio being recorded at once, through an interface, then into the computer where I edit and mix the audio using a program called Protools. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's basically it.

Q. Any bands you're excited to record in the future? A. Hell yeah! I'm currently working with Spice Boys, and those guys are awesome, we just barely got started and it's already sounding great. Also I'm stoked to get Blank Wall in the studio soon. Things are just starting to pick up for me, I'm meeting new bands and people every week. With all the talent in this scene, its hard not to get excited when bands approach you.

Q. Any inspiring words for our readers who may be aspiring recording engineers?

A. Well, being that I'm still an aspiring recording engineer, I don't have too much advice or inspiring words of my own. This is a ridiculously difficult field to succeed in, but if you put enough hours into it, people will notice (or so I'm told anyways). Go to shows. Meet people. Network. Most importantly, do your best to keep the bands happy, and keep the records true to the bands vision.

Thanks for letting me do an interview!

Check him out @

https://www.facebook.com/dynamicnorthaudio

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Some insane artwork done by Windsor tattoo artist Dijon Mustard of Vibe Studio. I got to sit down with Dijon and get a rad tattoo while interviewing him. Heres how it went:

P: I'm here with Dijon mustard of vibe studio, we just got done doing a tattoo. D:hello P:hello, so we'll start with number 1: how long have you been drawing, painting and tattooing for, like each ? D:Umm drawing I've been drawing for years, since I was in school, preschool, I was excelling at an early age, cause that's all I would do, I was drawing for most of my life, I was like "inside kid", drawing, I wasn't really outside playing too often. Painting I got into when I was about 13-14 and then when I was 16 I really got into it, started really learning techniques, I got alright, pretty good, good enough to get a descent portfolio to start a tattoo apprenticeship. At like 16 and a half 17 I was in a tattoo shop. I was just apprenticing for years. P:where was that? D: my first ever apprenticeship, that was in Niagara falls, I moved around a lot. I started in Niagara falls, moved to Toronto, from Toronto I went to somewhere around Etobicoke for a bit and then I went to Detroit and that's where I got a "real" apprenticeship. Eternal tattoos, Eastpointe, Gratiot is where I got the bulk of my learning. P: Out of painting ,drawing and tattooing, which is your favorite to do and why? D: tattooing cause it pays the bills haha! P: there yah go haha, fair enough, and what is your favorite mediums to work with for drawing and painting? D:well everything is for tattooing right now, I paint and I draw and everything is an , "exercise building process", to get better at tattooing, just to learn. Oil Paint is a favorite because of its methods to prepare a painting. P: awesome man, and any other little bits else you wanna say, mention any rad artist in Windsor, Inspirations? D: Ohh yaa this will be the long part. haha. Well first off thx for havin me in the Zine. But like I was saying before, obviously the guys i work with, Aaron James and Ashley are awesome artists, Mike Knight, who i owe pretty much everything. Mike Knight was the first person I met when I moved to Windsor a couple years ago. Also the first person calling me "Mustard" Another person I wanna mention too is John Bellon, not just for his music that he's been apart of but also the more "artsy shtuff" he's done.   I feel like every time Bellon is mentioned the conversation could go on for a long time because he's done so much. There's so many great artist and people here to choose from, my girlfriend Rayven, who has an amazing voice, Dean Sleiman, my friends in bands, "Thick as Thieves" with this asshole here (points to Nolan Smith), Uncle Ray, Steve and Alexa, Corrupt leaders, my roommate Mattu and his secret projectxxx, Violent Vatican (another band ,id like to do some artwork for.) Also Dustin for havin a rad place for local and out of town bands to play. Paul Jacobs. THIS ZINE. There's so much inspiration in Windsor. So many artists and musicians that inspire me. P:any final advice you want to give out to any artist that may be reading? D: umm keep on............keepin on?

https://www.facebook.com/vibestudiowindsor

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heres some shows happening this month!

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Welcome to the month of June.