#jay baumgardner

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Nu metal was quite powerful during the time of the genre's reign, though I am not surprised some bands abandoned the style later on despite the fact they were quite interesting in that brand. I mean, when you listen to Papa Roach's latest albums, you want to do a double check. They're far away from their nu metal period, which might have been too close to their peers', yet they managed to find their own way within the idiom. While they weren't System Of A Down, they did have their own energy that vacillated between the semi-dignified anger and the anthemic delight. They did speak of the similar themes as many of their ilk, but they didn't overdo them, they more or less found a path to discuss them without putting their pain to much to the front.

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BUDDERSIDE Share New Single "Amber Alert (ft. Carla Harvey of Butcher Babies)

BUDDERSIDE Share New Single "Amber Alert (ft. Carla Harvey of Butcher Babies) In Devilish Music Video

BUDDERSIDE SHARE CIRCUS-THEMED MUSIC VIDEO FOR“AMBER ALERT (FEAT. CARLA HARVEY OF BUTCHER BABIES)”WATCH HERETHE ALBUM ‘SPIRITUAL VIOLENCE’DUE MARCH 26 VIA MOTÖRHEAD MUSIC/SILVER LINING MUSIC Hollywood rock & roll group BUDDERSIDE bridge the gap between the sexy swagger of the Sunset Strip and the soulful depths of Seattle on their forthcoming sophomore release SPIRITUAL VIOLENCE out March…

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Paparoach Biografi

Berawal dari pakaian punk-dan-rap yang dipengaruhi, band Papa Roach akhirnya tumbuh menjadi ansambel batu keras lurus ke depan dengan kecenderungan logam berat yang kuat dan bakat untuk memasangkan kekuatan tanpa kompromi dengan ketajaman pop murni. Muncul pada pertengahan '90 -an, grup ini mengalami kesuksesan besar pada tahun 2001 dengan merilis upaya kedua mereka dan debut major-label Infest, yang meraih triple platinum pada kekuatan single yang terinspirasi nu-metal- dan hip-hop "Last" Resort. Pergerakan menuju gaya rap-maju di album-album seperti lovehatetragedy (2002) dan Getting Away with Murder (2004) tidak banyak menyakiti mereka secara komersial (yang sebelumnya menjadi emas dan yang terakhir menjadi platinum), dan pada saat rilis pemain lama studio kesembilan mereka, Crooked Teeth bernuansa logam industri tahun 2017, grup yang berbasis di California Utara yang dinominasikan Grammy Award ini telah menjual lebih dari 20 juta album dan melampaui banyak orang sezaman mereka yang sezaman dengan metal.

Papa Roach Dibentuk Pada Tahun 1993

Terdiri dari Coby Dick, Jerry Horton, Dave Buckner, dan Tobin Esperance, Papa Roach dibentuk pada tahun 1993 dan mulai merilis EP segera setelah itu, termasuk Potatoes for Christmas tahun 1994 dan Caca Bonita 1995. Pada tahun 1996, grup telah menggantikan bassis asli Will James dengan Esperance dan mempekerjakan seorang manajer baru; pada tahun berikutnya, Papa Roach merilis album full-length pertama mereka, Old Friends from Young Years, yang menjadi kejutan di radio lokal.

Keberhasilan regional band ini menyebabkan pertunjukan yang lebih menonjol, termasuk kencan dengan Suicidal Tendencies, Sevendust, dan Powerman 5000, dan kesepakatan dengan Dreamworks Records, yang merilis album kedua Papa Roach, Infest, pada awal 2000.

Album ini menjadi triple platinum berkat Kesuksesan "Last Resort," sebuah single yang sangat populer yang membantu menjadikan Papa Roach salah satu aksi hard rock paling dicintai di milenium baru. Dua tahun kemudian, vokalis Coby Dick memilih untuk pergi dengan nama yang diberikannya Jacoby Shaddix, dan album baru, lovehatetragedy, dirilis pada bulan Juni itu. Secara gaya, band ini mulai tumbuh melampaui akar rap-rock dan lagu-lagu baru menampilkan suara rock yang sedikit lebih matang, melodik, dan lugas. Pada musim panas yang sama, band ini bergabung dengan sejumlah aksi rap - termasuk Ludacris dan Xzibit - di Eminem's Anger Management Tour.

Pada tahun 2004, Papa Roach merilis upaya studio keempat mereka, Getting Away with Murder. Didukung oleh keberhasilan single "Scars," Getting Away with Murder terjual dengan baik dan akhirnya menjadi platinum. Dua tahun kemudian, Papa Roach mulai mengerjakan album studio berikutnya di rumah Paramour yang terkenal dan bersejarah di Hollywood, yang pernah menjadi rumah bagi bintang film bisu Antonio Moreno. Dirilis pada musim gugur 2006, The Paramour Sessions menampilkan estetika rock LA. yang berat dan menghasilkan dua singel rock Top Ten, meskipun penjualannya terhenti di sekitar 400.000 kopi.

Drummer yang Memutuskan Untuk Keluar

Drummer Dave Buckner keluar dari susunan pemain satu tahun kemudian; setelah mengisi kursi kosong dengan Tony Palermo yang Tidak Tertulis Hukum, Papa Roach berangkat untuk mendukung The Paramour Sessions dengan jadwal tur bersama Seether dan Staind. Mereka tetap di jalan setelah bergabung dengan Mötley Crüe's Crüe Fest pada 2008, tetapi band ini juga menemukan waktu untuk kembali ke rumah Paramour, di mana mereka meluncurkan sesi penulisan lagu untuk album lain. Dirilis pada awal 2009, Metamorphosis mendapati Papa Roach mengulangi interpretasi mereka tentang hard rock metalik dan bersatu kembali dengan produser Infest, Jay Baumgardner.

Papa Roach berpisah dengan Interscope pada 2010 dan menandatangani kesepakatan dengan label Eleven Seven yang independen. Album pertama band untuk Eleven Seven, Time for Annihilation, menggabungkan potongan baru dan rekaman ulang langsung dari hit mereka dan muncul pada bulan Agustus 2010. Juga pada tahun itu, mereka merilis koleksi rentang karir The Best of Papa Roach: To Be Loved . Pada 2012, Papa Roach mengirimkan album punk terbaik studio ketujuh mereka, The Connection. Menampilkan produksi dari Sixx: A.M. vokalis James Michael serta John Feldmann dari Goldfinger, album ini menampilkan campuran gaya dan suara yang telah disentuh oleh band ini selama bertahun-tahun, dari rap hingga hard rock yang lebih lurus, serta memasukkan pengaruh elektronik yang berbeda. Elemen elektronik menjadi lebih jelas di album berikutnya, tahun 2015 F.E.A.R. ("Face Everything & Rise"), yang menampilkan suara pop-metal yang lebih ramah radio dan bernuansa industri.

Setelah menghabiskan banyak tahun berikutnya di studio, Papa Roach muncul pada Mei 2017 dengan album penuh kesembilan mereka, Crooked Teeth. Diproduksi oleh Nicholas "RAS" Furlong dan Colin Brittain, album ini termasuk singel "Crooked Teeth" dan "Help." Mencapai nomor 20 di Billboard 200, dan mencapai nomor satu di chart Album Hard Rock Top. Dua single, Who Do You Trust? [sic] dan "Renegade Music, dikeluarkan pada Oktober 2018 menjelang rilis studio LP baru, juga berjudul Who Do You Trust ?, yang tiba pada Januari 2019.

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Barb Wire Dolls - "Back In The U.S.S.A." video stream

Photo by: Roy Braatz Barb Wire Dolls recently issued a music video for their song, “Back In The U.S.S.A.”. The track is the first single off their brand new album Rub My Mind, due in stores on June 16 through Motörhead Music. The effort was recorded in the Joshua Tree desert at legendary studio Rancho De La Luna with producer Jay Baumgardner (Evanescence, John Fogerty, Bush). Rub My Mind is…

[daveysuicide]

Before I moved to LA, @wuv & @traadaniels from POD let me into their world while they were recording with Jay Baumgardner at NRG Studios. The whole band & crew went to dinner afterwards, and the experience helped me realize there was a chance to follow in their footsteps, if you keep striving toward greatness. Fast forward, 13 years later, we’re sharing the deck stage @ Shiprocked & jamming Super Charger Heaven by White Zombie in front of a packed house. Life is wild! @doccoyle, you are one bad MF. An absolute pleasure jamming “Its So Easy” with you, Bumblefoot, @chrissywarnerdrums & @derek_obscura. Thank you for an amazing experience. (at Shiprocked Cruise) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtT56tiHMT0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1231y83kh9g96

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BUDDERIDE Release Video For "Things We Do" (Feat. MUSYCA Children's Choir)

BUDDERIDE Release Video For “Things We Do” (Feat. MUSYCA Children’s Choir)

Photo @roxyfaithalexandria BUDDERSIDE bridge the gap between the sexy swagger of the Sunset Strip and the soulful depths of Seattle on their recent sophomore release SPIRITUAL VIOLENCE via Motörhead Music/Silver Lining Music. Recorded with legendary producer Jay Baumgardner (Bush, Godsmack, Papa Roach) and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins,…

[ohmoguer]

Drowning Pool es una banda estadounidense de heavy metal formada en Dallas, Texas en 1996. La banda recibió su nombre de la película de 1975 The Drowning Pool. Desde su formación, la banda ha contado con el guitarrista C.J. Pierce, el bajista Stevie Benton, el baterista Mike Luce, así como un elenco rotatorio de vocalistas, siendo el último Jasen Moreno. Después del lanzamiento de su álbum debut Sinner (2001), el vocalista original Dave Williams fue encontrado muerto el 14 de agosto de 2002 por una enfermedad cardíaca. Jason Jones reemplazó a Williams en 2003, grabó un álbum y luego fue reemplazado por Ryan McCombs de la banda SOiL con sede en Chicago. McCombs grabaría dos álbumes antes de irse para volver a unirse a SOiL, que es cuando el vocalista Jasen Moreno se unió a la formación. Desde entonces, Moreno ha grabado dos álbumes con la banda. Drowning Pool experimentó el éxito desde el principio. Cuando una copia de su primer demo llegó a los miembros de Sevendust, fueron invitados a una gira con el grupo de metal industrial. Su segundo demo, grabado después de dos años de gira, alcanzó el Top Ten en la estación de radio KEGL de Dallas y lo llevó a un acuerdo con Wind-Up Records. Producido por Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Godsmack), su álbum debut, Sinner, se convirtió en un éxito instantáneo, alcanzando la certificación RIAA Platinum en 6 semanas. Su primer sencillo, "Bodies", fue uno de los videos emitidos con más frecuencia en MTV para una nueva banda. Llegaron a una audiencia aún mayor con actuaciones dinámicas en WrestleMania XVIII y Ozzfest durante los veranos de 2001 y 2002. Desde entonces, la banda ha lanzado cinco álbumes más y no ha dado indicios de desaceleración. Actualmente están trabajando en su séptimo álbum de estudio. Mira y recuerda el video de “Bodies” aquí: https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0 Sinner es el álbum de estudio debut de la banda estadounidense de heavy metal Drowning Pool. Lanzado originalmente el 5 de junio de 2001 por Wind-Up Records, se considera el álbum más popular de la banda, obteniendo la certificación RIAA Platinum dentro de las primeras seis semanas de su lanzamiento. Esto se debió al menos en parte a su exitoso sencillo  https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPv3nfssWw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I was tagged by @banshee-cheekbones​ for the favorite songs meme. Thank you for giving me something to do to stave off the existential boredom!

Breaking down my favourite songs to 15 feels nigh impossible, so I’m going to consult last.fm for my top tracks.

Tool - Stinkfist

Tool - Jambi

Porcupine Tree - Strip the Soul

Emilie Autumn - The Art of Suicide

Seether - Driven Under

A Perfect Circle - The Outsider

Tool - Vicarious

Temposhark - Don’t Mess With Me

Nine Inch Nails - Every Day is Exactly the Same

Tori Amos - Silent All These Years

Deftones - Passenger

Nine Inch Nails - The Hand that Feeds

Julien-K - The Hunting (Jay Baumgardner Mix) - haha, actually, this one is only on there because I helped them getting it to x amount of scrobbles years and years ago. I don’t think I’ve actually listened to it since then!

Korn - Alone I Break

Temposhark - Blame

Yeah, this doesn’t really reflect my favourite songs. I mean, they’re all songs I like/love, but I’m missing Puscifer’s Rev 22:20 or NIN’s Closer xD And I’m surprised Otep hasn’t made it in there.

I did create a playlist of ~50 of my favourite songs/one song by some of my favourite bands a while ago though (yeah, I got really carried away, and that hadn’t even been the question. I was thinking of doing this one over, but meh.)

tl;dr - tagging @neurotoxia @divinesquishes @theinsectinyourears @giuggiulu @voldiebuns if you wanna - and as ever, if you see this and wanna play, do link me. I’d love to know!

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BUDDERSIDE Uncage New Single/Music Video "Wide Awake"

BUDDERSIDE UNVEIL NEW SINGLE/MUSIC VIDEO “WIDE AWAKE”FILMED AT ABANDONED OLD L.A. ZOO

BUDDERSIDE UNVEIL NEW SINGLE/MUSIC VIDEO “WIDE AWAKE”FILMED AT ABANDONED OLD L.A. ZOOWATCH HERESOPHOMORE ALBUM ‘SPIRITUAL VIOLENCE’ DUE MARCH 26 VIA MOTÖRHEAD MUSIC/SILVER LINING MUSIC Los Angeles-based quintet BUDDERSIDE conjure high-energy alt-rock anthems which bridge the gap between the sexy swagger of the Sunset Strip and the soulful depths of Seattle on their forthcoming sophomore…

[melodymanny]

Hanging with these fun people Anne Carlton.. @stefanpokornyzaltar (in the back) Michael Condon.. Robert Baumgardner.. Jamie Maloney.. David Jay.. at @lightwardsnyc 's going away party the other night. #tymmoss #goingawayparty #goodfriends #funtimes #lifeoftym #gaymoviestar #lgbtactivist #selfie #gay #LGBT #ubctv (at Hourglass Tavern) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9oKLXnQta/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1414y5rj1kaku

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Mesa Music Festival | Free Tour of Our Studios!

ARTISTS! Attending Mesa Music Festival 2018? The Saltmine Oasis Recording Studio is! mesa music festival

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Have a tour of our studio! We specialize in up and coming artist of all genres including Hip-Hop, R&B and Independent.

If you are attending the downtown Mesa Music Festival you're already here! As you happen to be here, just stop at the gate entrance on MacDonald just south of Main St and you'll receive the grand tour from Don Salter, the man himself.

What's the Mesa Music Festival?

The Mesa Music Festival is a 3 day free event that showcases some of the newest and best talent from all over the country.

This is the fourth year for The Mesa Music Festival which premier's Arizona's newest talent and emerging artists. This is a free event and open to any or all ages. All weekend long there will be bands performing at several different venues in downtown Mesa right alongside where Arizona's number 1 recording studio The SaltMine Oasis is located.

It's been called the “Premier Emerging Artist Symposium in Arizona&rdquo ;.In it's fourth year, the town of Mesa-sponsored annual event features around 300 artists that perform in all different styles of music like, rock, pop, indie, folk, hip-hop, soul and metal.

This years keynote speaker is the one the only Henry Rollins. Actor and front man of Black Flag and The Rollins Band. More special guests include Legendary Music Photographer – Bob Gruen, Legendary Producer, President of Muso.AI – Jay Baumgardner, PopTrend Music, Entertainment Law & Artist Management – Paul Insinna, Unleashed Music, Sony, Virgin, Disney – Geordie Gillespie and many, many more.

Artist! Take your music career to another location level by getting your songs recorded on industry standard and vintage equipment with consoles like SSL, Neve and Neumann microphones. Stop by The Saltmine Recording Studio in downtown Mesa and get your free tour.

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Crazy Town - “Butterfly” 12″ Single (2 Versions)

Tracklist

A1 Butterfly (Album Version) 3:37 A2 Butterfly (Epic Remix) Remix – Epic* 3:50 A3 Butterfly (Extreme Mix) Guitar [Additional] – Squirrel (2) Remix – Jay Baumgardner, Justin Warfield 3:24

B1 Butterfly (Jazzy Jim Mix) Mixed By – Larry Funk Remix – Jazzy Jim, Ricky Brown 3:21 B2 Butterfly (Instrumental) 3:37

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Tracklist 1 Butterfly (Album Version) 3:37 2 Butterfly (Extreme Mix) Guitar [Additional Guitars] – Squirrel (2) Remix – Jay Baumgarner*, Justin Warfield 3:34 3 Butterfly (Epic Remix) Remix [Uncredited] – Bret Mazur 3:50 4 Butterfly (Explicit Album Version) 2:48

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Listen to Seether's New Single 'Nothing Left'

Listen to Seether's New Single 'Nothing Left'

Frontman Shaun Morgan says new album looks at how society idolizes ‘vapid, empty people that have done nothing to warrant the admiration they receive.’

Hard-rock band Seether has been on a roll at U.S. radio since “Fine Again,” lead single from their Wind-up Records debut, Disclaimer, introduced the band in 2002. Since then, the South African act — which is led by singer-guitarist Shaun Morgan —has logged 20 top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs chart, including the No. 1s “Remedy,” “Fake It,” “Country Song,” “Tonight” and “Words As Weapons.” They’ve also notched four top 10s on the Billboard 200 (with 2011’s Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray peaking at No. 2) and have accumulated U.S. album sales of 4.5 million, according to Nielsen Music.

With a track record like that, it’s not surprising that Morgan took the reins as both label proprietor and producer of Seether’s new project, Poison the Parish. Morgan acted as the sole producer, employing engineer-mixer Matt Hyde to help put the record together. The album will be released May 12 on Morgan’s Canine Riot Records. The frontman says of manning the boards, “Ultimately, at the end of the day, I didn’t want anybody else to answer to. For me, it was kind of a liberating experience, because I was making an album where I was getting it to sound like I always wanted it to sound like.”

He notes that he learned much from Seether’s previous producers: Jay Baumgardner, Bob Marlette, Howard Benson and Brendan O’Brien. “They’re all great in their own right,” says Morgan. “Of all the producers I learned the most from, [it was] definitely Brendan O’Brien. I learned from him what to do and I learned from the other guys what not to do, so with that kind of knowledge and having done six albums at that point, I figured I had enough information that I could try it myself.” 

Seether’s new single, “Nothing Left,” is being premiered today and can be heard below. Meanwhile, read on about how Morgan’s producing stint resulted in a meatier sound for Seether, why he considers pop-culture hits like Jersey Shore and Real Housewives “vile, disgusting stuff,” why he abhors society’s mindless pursuit of fame — and how growing up on a South African pig farm helped shape his work ethic.

I thought the album had a heavier vibe than some of your earlier stuff.

That’s because a lot of the time, we were dealing with the record company that wanted the band to … sound slightly more radio-friendly, in terms of possibly pushing us toward an alternative direction. Alternative used to be something that was the category [we were] in. That’s no longer the case. Now, it’s more that guitars are less of a player in the music, and it’s more Imagine Dragons and Lorde and stuff like that. We don’t fit the alternative category anymore. That was something that the label wanted us quite desperately to try [to be a part of], and I think the producers steered us in that direction as well. It all makes sense, in some respect. They had a plan that we just weren’t privy to [Laughs.]

The whole point, for me, was to reclaim the fact that we’re a rock band and it’s what we’ll always be, and until the alternative label shifts back to the kind of rock bands that have guitar and vocals, that’s just what we’ll be.

A recent interview quoted you as saying that there were times when Seether made an album and certain songs got earmarked for radio, it seemed like they got more attention than other tracks, and you thought that was a disservice to the band and the listeners. With Poison the Parish, since you didn’t have that hanging over your head, did you still wonder if you would produce something that radio would play?

The problem with the previous approaches is you earmark a couple of songs, those songs get all of the attention, and the rest sort of become considered album filler. I always found that kind of offensive in a sense, because to me, all the songs are equally important, and therefore to treat some differently sort of annoyed me. This time, we said, “Let’s start alphabetically and work that way from the top to the bottom.”

The goal really wasn’t to appease any kind of radio listener or radio station, because the whole point of this was to make music that I want to hear and listen to, that I love to write and to play. If we needed to look at it afterward and say, “This is unlistenable” or “This is unplayable,” then I guess there would have been some hurdle to overcome. But I think there’s a place for what we do. I was never afraid of radio saying, “We’re not going to play this music, it’s too acerbic,” or, “It’s too unpleasing to the ear.” I never had a problem with that. I just wanted it to be written the way I thought it should be. It should be heavy guitar, it should be loud drums, and it should be pretty simple down the line. It shouldn’t have a lot of percussion in the background and keyboard parts and tons of strings in different places. There’s a time and place for all those things, but I didn’t feel like this was that time or place.

What’s the inspiration behind “Nothing Left”?

The inspiration behind that song, and pretty much everything else on this album, is looking around at society and seeing how, in my mind, it seems to be crumbling in the sense that we worship and idolize vapid and empty people that have done nothing in their lives to warrant the admiration that they receive. I see it, and it makes me angry and it makes me sad. The fact that I have a teenage daughter who thinks that Instagram is a very important place to get likes because therefore that gives you some sort of self-worth as a human being, I think is bullshit. There’s no other way to say it. As far as I’m concerned, there’s far more important and valuable ways to be considered important and that you are worth something and that as a human being you have something to offer, something to bring to the rest of the world.

Listen to “Nothing Left” below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vvI0ckwpJU

What we are being fed down our throats is “Well, you can just be a Kardashian. You can just be in a sex tape, and suddenly you can have an empire.” Or you can be 16 and pregnant, and suddenly you can be making millions of dollars as a porn star. I mean, what message is that sending? … To put on a pedestal little girls that are 16 and 15 years old and pregnant, and then to say to other kids, “Look, this is great, because look what happens: You get a career out of it…” To put it on a major TV network that it’s OK to be 16 and pregnant, because things will work out just fine for this select handful, it’s not a message that should be sent. That should be shut down and shelved.

Stuff like Jersey Shore, all these Real Housewives, all this crap dominates the airwaves. It’s vile. It’s disgusting stuff. On Instagram, people are famous because of the way they look. [Laughs.] What have they done? What have they contributed to society? Looks fade, and at some point those men and women will become crones and trolls, and that’ll be the end of their short-lived fame. I just wonder why that’s something that people aspire to and how it’s become a thing where fame is more important than say, I don’t know, learning a trade.

Did you consciously set about writing about that topic, or did you notice as you were writing the music that that was what was coming out?

I don’t consciously set out to do very much, actually. [Laughs.]

I’ve been watching the whole political thing, with the hysterical left and the alt-right, and nobody can get on with each other, and how there’s this massive, ridiculous ongoing inability to allow each other to speak to each other and try to figure out what’s going on instead of “If you disagree with me, I’m going to scream at you” or “I’m going to beat you.” It’s this sort of Neanderthal response.

It’s overwhelming to think that that’s the world we’re living in right now, where nobody can get along because of simple political beliefs, and whether or not one person should be that polarizing is not the point. The point is that you should be able to have a discourse and discussions without turning violent or without [being insulted]. If you’re a Trump supporter, you shouldn’t be told that you’re a misogynist sexist pig because that’s how you feel, or that you’re stupid, and on the other side, you shouldn’t be called a social justice warrior and a hysterical leftist or feminazi or whatever the terms are these days. You shouldn’t have to be called that, either.

When did the name-calling become acceptable, and when did the world become such an ugly place? I guess I’ve been sort of consumed with it, and I find myself sitting squarely in the middle, looking at both sides, going, “You’re all idiots,” because really, what’s done is done. Now’s the time for everyone to get along and figure out how to make the best of a bad situation.

I get your point. But as a musician, you have a certain level of fame, and you may or may not be rich. What would you say to those who think, “You’re condemning people who want to be rich and famous, but aren’t you yourself rich and famous?”

I didn’t start playing music because I wanted to be rich and famous. I started playing music because it was fun and it made me feel like it was a great way to spend a summer afternoon with a few friends and a six-pack of beer. Then you start playing shows, and it becomes this thing that you embrace, and it’s a really fun time. Things like sitting around a campfire and playing an acoustic and singing whatever songs come to mind, those are all the things that started me playing.

In short, everybody has the aspiration to make it in the music business … But that entails a lot of hard work and a lot of focus and dedication and blood, sweat and tears. That does not include just making a sex tape, you know? Or just putting on some makeup and taking some upshots of yourself on an Instagram profile. I think that’s a ridiculous comparison to draw, because we’ve worked our asses off. None of this fell into our lap. I grew up on a pig farm in Africa, and this has been a career that’s been 20 years-plus. I started playing in my first band when I was 14, and I’m 38. For [nearly] 25 years, I’m playing guitar and writing songs and learning how to get better at what I do, and every single day I learn something new. So to draw a comparison like that is absolutely unfounded.

I have no problem with people wanting to be rich and famous. My problem is that’s all that they want to be without having anything to contribute. I think we contribute something to society by the music that we write. Obviously, people get something out of that music, and we provide, in some way, a service. We’re out on the road, we’re touring 10 months out of the year, five, six shows a week. It’s not an easy thing to achieve in a musical climate where whatever we do is, [people] assume it should be free.

Did you have to work the farm as well?

Yes, of course. I was knee-deep in pig shit most weekends. (Laughs.) When you’re on a pig farm, you can’t escape it. You always smell like pig shit wherever you go, because it’s a very permeable substance.

How did that affect your work ethic as a musician?

I don’t know. What affected me most about music was every time I was told I couldn’t do it or I shouldn’t do it, it ticked me off. I was told that by many people, because when you first say, “Hey, I want to be in a band,” your mom says, “Well, that’s fine, that’s cute. Go ahead and try it out.” You start taking it seriously, and then people go, “Listen, you’re wasting your time. This is never going to work out.” Then when it did work out [and you say], “I want to do this with every single ounce of my energy,” they’re like, “Well, now you can’t do it anymore, because it’s stupid.” It just makes you angry, and it just makes you more convinced that you’re going to prove everybody wrong. In some weird way, it made me believe in myself.

Hard work in general is something I’ve never been afraid of. Maybe that was from watching my dad, maybe it was watching my grandfather, who was a diary farmer. I had numerous cousins that had a whole host of other kinds of farms. Interestingly enough, a lot of musicians have come from farms, which is really bizarre. [Laughs.] [Once], I was sitting at a panel at one of those things where they have six musicians with different backgrounds, and four of us had been raised on farms. I think there’s an interesting connection.

This article originally appeared on Billboard.

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Drowning Pool es una banda estadounidense de heavy metal formada en Dallas, Texas en 1996. La banda recibió su nombre de la película de 1975 The Drowning Pool. Desde su formación, la banda ha contado con el guitarrista C.J. Pierce, el bajista Stevie Benton, el baterista Mike Luce, así como un elenco rotatorio de vocalistas, siendo el último Jasen Moreno. Después del lanzamiento de su álbum debut Sinner (2001), el vocalista original Dave Williams fue encontrado muerto el 14 de agosto de 2002 por una enfermedad cardíaca. Jason Jones reemplazó a Williams en 2003, grabó un álbum y luego fue reemplazado por Ryan McCombs de la banda SOiL con sede en Chicago. McCombs grabaría dos álbumes antes de irse para volver a unirse a SOiL, que es cuando el vocalista Jasen Moreno se unió a la formación. Desde entonces, Moreno ha grabado dos álbumes con la banda. Drowning Pool experimentó el éxito desde el principio. Cuando una copia de su primer demo llegó a los miembros de Sevendust, fueron invitados a una gira con el grupo de metal industrial. Su segundo demo, grabado después de dos años de gira, alcanzó el Top Ten en la estación de radio KEGL de Dallas y lo llevó a un acuerdo con Wind-Up Records. Producido por Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Godsmack), su álbum debut, Sinner, se convirtió en un éxito instantáneo, alcanzando la certificación RIAA Platinum en 6 semanas. Su primer sencillo, "Bodies", fue uno de los videos emitidos con más frecuencia en MTV para una nueva banda. Llegaron a una audiencia aún mayor con actuaciones dinámicas en WrestleMania XVIII y Ozzfest durante los veranos de 2001 y 2002. Desde entonces, la banda ha lanzado cinco álbumes más y no ha dado indicios de desaceleración. Actualmente están trabajando en su séptimo álbum de estudio. Mira y recuerda el video de “Bodies” aquí: https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0 Sinner es el álbum de estudio debut de la banda estadounidense de heavy metal Drowning Pool. Lanzado originalmente el 5 de junio de 2001 por Wind-Up Records, se considera el álbum más popular de la banda, obteniendo la certificación RIAA Platinum dentro de las primeras seis semanas de su lanzamiento. Esto se debió al menos en parte a su exitoso sencillo  https://www.instagram.com/p/CRPv1YWMI0b/?utm_medium=tumblr