Shiner

Come Live the Riot has just released their debut full-length record on Dissentric Records (distributed by Spitshine). The band will soon bring the riot to stages up and down the West Coast of North America. I caught up Garrett (drums) and Ron (bass) and asked them five piercing questions. The results of the interrogation are below.

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH RON & GARRETT OF COME LIVE THE RIOT

Photo: Joe Fox

Photo: Joe Fox

1. The CD looks and sounds great. What did it feel like to hold a copy of it in your hand for the first time?
Ron: It was spretty surreal for me at first, once it hit home I was basically like a kid on Christmas morning. It had been a long time coming, we would all talk about the day we'd hold a copy in our hands for the first time as if it were all we ever wanted out of life.
Garrett: It was like my first day of sex ed. It was a little weird, kinda awkward, but it was strangely satisfying knowing that it was out there for everyone to enjoy.

2. I once had the amazing luck of being in the right place at the right time and getting to hand a copy of my Best Revenge record to Tim Armstrong of Rancid. Given such luck, who would you like to hand the Come Live the Riot record to?
Ron: If it couldn't be Tim Armstrong, hands down would have to be Brett Gurewitz. That man needs to cross our path and soon.
Garrett: If I couldn't find Fat Mike on the street somewhere, I'd love to hear what Ian Mackaye has to say about it.

3. The new record was co-produced by Corey Hallsted. What was the process of recording with him like? (You can be honest - he probably doesn't even look at this website even though he co-owns the label.)
Ron: Corey Hallsted coming into our lives was long overdue, we were pretty fixed on DIY until we came to a point where some outside guidance was what we needed to get moving. The studio was a blast. Corey knows his shit and he really brought the best out of us. He really did a phenomenal job with the recording. I think we're all individually better musicians because of the time we spent recording with Corey.
Garrett: Years before we recorded this CD, we did our first few songs in our basement with a little computer mic sitting in a shoe on the floor (that was as close to a mic stand as we had). Years passed, we grew up a little, we started investing more money into better gear etc but the experience of having a recording of your band that was 100% yours never faded away for me, so I was a little aprehensive about going into a studio to have our songs recorded. Corey quickly snapped me out of it, the way he recorded felt just like it did back in the basement, it was fun, it sounded killer, and best of all our word was king when it came to the sound. I think the result is exactly what we were going for, thanks to that beautiful redheaded bastard.

4. You're about to go on a West Coast tour and you guys have played a lot of shows already. What is the most memorable (good or bad) show that you've played so far with CLR and why was it memorable?
Ron: Playing with Agent Orange and MDC in the same night was a pretty incredible experience. Sharing the stage with two bands of that historic magnitude, who've paved so much of the road bands like us tread today, was a fucking honor.
Garrett: The Subhumans by a long a shot. Even opening that show there was an energy at the show that you don't see at most shows. People were climbing up the support poles to sing along, stage diving off the walls, just going batshit crazy, and why the hell not? It was the Subhumans!

5. You guys are a young band. Are there any bands that came before you that you look to and say, 'They did it right. We want to be like that'?
Ron: Any band that hasn't given up on what their doing long enough for us to hear about them and be inspired. We all want to write the best music we can, just play our asses off, and hopefully reach some kid in the way each of us have been reached musically or ideally at one point by a band we love.
Garrett: It's difficult to say, because most of the bands that we idolized growing up have moved on to different sounds, different styles, different ideals, etc. It makes it difficult to list a band that has done it right all the way. Looking back I'd say that bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, and the Gorilla Biscuits "did it right". I honestly don't think that there has been any sign of the sincerity and reality behind their music in the punk scene today, and if we can capture that feeling at all I'd feel like we "did it right" too.

Photo: Kyle Coster


	Previously featured in Shiner: Corey Hallsted Dolly Resendez Rob Mune Lloyd Raquel Contreras Saul Acuna