1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,040 Joining us on the program today. In this hour, we have Bruce from 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:07,120 Legion of Solace. How are you, Bruce? I'm doing great, how 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,000 are you very well? I have to tell you it's funny and I have 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,560 to assume that you that you run into this sometimes. When when you first 5 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:20,199 started showing up in our Facebook live chat during the show, I assumed Legion 6 00:00:20,199 --> 00:00:23,239 of Solace was a band. We do rut into that quite a bit. 7 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:26,920 Yes and uh, and of course you are not a band, but you 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,160 work with a lot of bands. Can you tell us about what you do? 9 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:35,159 Absolutely. We do a lot of marketing, advertising and promoted for local, 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:43,520 independent and unsigned bands country wide worldwide. We have a audience on Facebook 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:50,560 that spans US Canada as far around the world as Iceland, Germany, South 12 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:58,039 Africa, Australia. And the best part about that is music is universal. 13 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:03,719 It doesn't matter what link would you speak, you speak the language of music, 14 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:12,840 right. So the international exposure is beautiful because some of these bands may 15 00:01:12,879 --> 00:01:18,959 never have that opportunity outside of their state. And now people a thousand, 16 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,200 two thousand and four thousand miles away are hearing our music for the first time, 17 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,200 and it's our honor to do that we've become a networking hub. Some 18 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:34,200 bands have actually played with others. They're starting to travel the country because they've 19 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:40,040 met through us. For example, nail Bite out of Pennsylvania has come to 20 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,480 Maine and played gigs with Sepsis. Sepsis has gone to Pennsylvania and played gigs 21 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:49,040 with nail Bite because we were speaking. I was talking with Sepsis at one 22 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,439 of their shows and I had a nail Bite shirt on and they were asking 23 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,000 me about nail Bite because they had start where they were starting to hear a 24 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,640 buzz about them. A couple of years ago when they had first came out, 25 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:05,760 they played Blue Ridge Rock Festival down in Virginia and for a teenage band, 26 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,080 they just wowed everybody. So they're like, oh, well, so 27 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:13,199 you know about nail Bite and I was like yeah, so they were wanting 28 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:20,080 to get booking information as such. They also have gone down to Virginia and 29 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,680 Stepsis has and played some gigs with a band called Dying Oath, and then 30 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,919 they've come up to New England and that done some gigs to reciprocate, to 31 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:35,199 reciprocate, and that it's just all about supporting the scene. Our next step 32 00:02:35,439 --> 00:02:38,199 is to get through the red tape in New England and gets where we can 33 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:45,159 start actually booking shows and providing stages ourselves. And right now, our biggest 34 00:02:45,159 --> 00:02:52,919 thing is we provide financial sponsorship directly to the bands and also to their events. 35 00:02:53,520 --> 00:03:00,439 So say they're two hundred dollars short for a round of merchandise for a 36 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:06,120 year, we cover that two hundred dollars And all we ask in return is 37 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:07,879 whenever you do an event flyer, you put our logo. You put our 38 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,759 logo real small, like one inch by one inch on the corner somewhere. 39 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,080 Yeah. Yeah, you support us, We support you. Now you get 40 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,960 your merch for your table. Everybody gets to make some money, right, 41 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:23,840 yeah, excellent. How long is uh, how long has Legion of Solace 42 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,240 existed? And how did it come into being? It came into being. 43 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,719 Our founder and her husband are in Princeton, West Virginia. Our co founder 44 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:38,840 is in Lynchburg, Virginia. That's Malcolm Malcolm Wood. Oh, yes, 45 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:45,680 yep, and they We originally started as a mosh pit team bests, patch 46 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:50,280 patches and everything. Yeah, and we had decided to move into the business 47 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:53,159 room. We were actually one of the title sponsors for the twenty twenty one 48 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:55,400 Blue Ridge Rock Festival. Okay, there was one hundred and fifty six bands 49 00:03:55,439 --> 00:03:58,960 over four days. Oh wow, I want to say it was one hundred 50 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,960 and forty thousand people total through the turnch files. Wow. So that great 51 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:08,479 way to debut. Yeah. Yeah, And that was actually where we found 52 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,639 nail Bite and a couple other bands. And it was at that point that 53 00:04:13,719 --> 00:04:16,720 we had decided, instead of spending that kind of money on a one off 54 00:04:16,759 --> 00:04:23,680 exposure that's going to the promoter and not to the band of musicians themselves, 55 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:29,040 we should start aligning ourselves with the bands and musicians directly, start doing financial 56 00:04:29,079 --> 00:04:31,079 support that way. Yeah, is that way? We know for a fact 57 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,399 it's getting back to the local scene. It's not being absorbed into somebody's pocket. 58 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:40,199 It's not going into a corporate budget. It's going into somebody's gas tank 59 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:45,360 to get to the next gig. Right, Starting something like that and doing 60 00:04:45,399 --> 00:04:48,839 it, I feel like, I mean, I'm old enough of course to 61 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:54,480 remember when you know, there was no Internet and when I first started being 62 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,240 active in the music scene. I mean at that point we had MySpace that 63 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,439 was like the first real, you know, online networking thing that was available 64 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,319 to musicians and beyond that. I mean, that was kind of it in 65 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:12,800 the beginning for my experience. But I feel like, you know, it 66 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,759 would be very hard to do what you're doing with Legion of Solace, you 67 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:21,000 know, say, twenty years ago, because you know, just the Internet 68 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:28,319 has given us this ability to you know, as you alluded to earlier, 69 00:05:28,439 --> 00:05:30,879 people from all over the world can hear music from anywhere else in the world, 70 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,439 which is so we have that, but also in terms of promoting and 71 00:05:34,519 --> 00:05:41,639 networking, it seems like, you know, there was a time when to 72 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,480 do what you're doing would have been close to impossible. Really, Yeah, 73 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,519 we do rely quite a bit on social media. And the beautiful thing about 74 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:56,399 social media and its ability to promote is it has opened so many closed doors 75 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:04,399 to the local music scene because there have been so many gatekeepers and industry standards 76 00:06:04,439 --> 00:06:08,839 in the way for so long that if you didn't look a certain way, 77 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:14,319 sound a certain way, we're in a certain age demographic, you weren't going 78 00:06:14,399 --> 00:06:17,920 to get as much of a chance right at studio time or radio player getting 79 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,319 out of your garage right. And if it's anything we know, anybody that's 80 00:06:21,319 --> 00:06:25,360 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame started in somebody's garage. Sure, 81 00:06:25,519 --> 00:06:30,680 so never give up hope. Yeah, I always say too. And I 82 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,639 don't know how much you know about what I do professionally, but I'm a 83 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:38,399 college radio promoter, so clients hire me to send their music to college stations. 84 00:06:38,399 --> 00:06:42,360 And what I tell everybody is, you know, I've I've worked on 85 00:06:42,399 --> 00:06:46,959 some projects that were pretty out of the pretty far out of the mainstream. 86 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:50,360 But what I what I always say, and this has kind of been my 87 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:56,040 point of view from the beginning, is that my theory is there's an audience 88 00:06:56,079 --> 00:06:59,759 for anything, no matter how strange, no matter how unusual, how outside 89 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:02,639 of the instreament might be, no matter how quote unquote alternative. Although that 90 00:07:02,639 --> 00:07:06,360 that term kind of became a catch hal during the you know, during the 91 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:13,680 grunge era, for anything that wasn't hair metal but automatically was labeled alternative. 92 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:17,199 But no, but I believe there's an audience for anything. It's just a 93 00:07:17,319 --> 00:07:26,160 matter of figuring out how to not so much connect directly with them because you 94 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,279 don't know exactly necessarily where to go to connect with them, but this is 95 00:07:29,319 --> 00:07:31,680 how I think of it, but figuring out how to be in a place 96 00:07:31,879 --> 00:07:36,160 where they can find you because the audience is there no matter what it is 97 00:07:36,199 --> 00:07:40,639 you're doing, no matter how it might be very very niche, you know, 98 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:46,639 but but it's the audience is there. So so it's a matter of 99 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:50,439 getting into a position where they can find you. And and the Internet of 100 00:07:50,439 --> 00:07:56,079 course has made that's much much easier, right, And that's partially where we 101 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:01,600 where we're trying to come in is say you're a national touring act. You 102 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,480 know, two weeks from now, you're going to be in a certain area 103 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,160 and you just had an opening act back out, or you had a venus 104 00:08:09,439 --> 00:08:15,079 for an extra ninety minutes from your bill and need to need to book local 105 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:20,560 support. That's when you come to Legion of soulis see who's on our Facebook 106 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,160 page, who's posting, who's active in the area, and now they get 107 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:28,240 to come open for a national act because they shared a video two weeks ago 108 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:35,320 on Legion Legion Solist extended family page. Yeah. Yeah, So anything and 109 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,039 everything we can do to give support and exposure, that's what we're here for. 110 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:46,240 Yeah, yeah, excellent. You mentioned Nail by It and you sent 111 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,799 us some music to feature today, and that's one of the bands that you 112 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:52,480 sent us. I think since we were talking about them, we should play 113 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:56,720 one of their tracks? Which one should I mean, we'll probably have time 114 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,679 to get both of them, but do you have a preferences there? Do 115 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,159 they have a that they're pushing Their newest single is the Heart? Okay, 116 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,480 let's let's give that one to spend. And now you said they're they're really 117 00:09:07,519 --> 00:09:11,639 young. They're teenagers. Yes. The lead singer, Lana, I want 118 00:09:11,639 --> 00:09:15,720 to say, she's about to turn seventeen this year. Okay. The guitarist 119 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,559 is in his early twenties. The keyboardist is actually Lana's brother and he'll be 120 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:26,559 nineteen or twenty. Yeah, and the bassist is the guitarist's dad. So 121 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:30,559 it's very much a family affair. And if I remember correctly, they might 122 00:09:30,759 --> 00:09:35,360 be looking for a drummer, as the former drummer just recently got engaged and 123 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:39,159 as you would expect, changed his life priorities a little bit. Yeah, 124 00:09:39,399 --> 00:09:41,399 he's still very much a friend of the band, part of the Nailbyte family. 125 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,919 He's just kind of stepping away from the touring and such of it. 126 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,799 Oh Okay. Whenever I hear something like that, I think of you remember 127 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,559 the band Crossfade. I do like they were. They were huge for like 128 00:09:54,639 --> 00:09:56,519 five minutes because they had that song so Cold. Yeah, and then Tony 129 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:01,440 Byrodes left the band because he got married. And it's like like you're you're 130 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:05,200 you're famous, You're you're gonna throw all this away just because like you can't 131 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,000 be married and be in a band at the same time, like like lots 132 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,200 of famous musicians are married. But for whatever reason, he's like, oh, 133 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,600 I'm getting married, I gotta go. It's like, yeah, okay, 134 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:24,600 sometimes you instantly prioritize like family related over musical related. Yeah, if 135 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:28,000 if that's where your heart lies, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't 136 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,600 judge anyone's choices. But maybe his wife would have liked to have been married 137 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,399 to a rock star, and all of a sudden you didn't want to be 138 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:39,200 a rock star anymore. It's a weird, all right, Well let's give 139 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:43,559 this a listen. So this is nail Bite, and this is called the 140 00:10:43,679 --> 00:11:11,879 Heart in the pasion of my first song play Feeling. Then all my persons 141 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:24,480 up, sue now, so I know the say goes fine and I can't 142 00:11:24,879 --> 00:11:35,399 break how to stay you know, and see my grade I don't know less 143 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:54,600 notes. So when little the sign li spreak, my life still needing more 144 00:11:54,799 --> 00:12:03,320 pic in my soul, blow Park beats in the war, all the waters 145 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:18,240 Iliams. So trust me out my home is as it can't be just we 146 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:31,279 can't break out to say, see my grade. I don't know what John, 147 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:56,799 So you have me, you have me frog, my heart? Oh 148 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:26,600 why why not? My my eyes mail c Yeah, I don't know why. 149 00:13:54,759 --> 00:14:52,960 Their day goes by the praise. Oh that is really good. That 150 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:56,159 is Nai nail bite. The track is called the Heart and we have Bruce 151 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,639 here from Legion of Solis and Bruce you were saying, well, that track 152 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,919 was play and that because okay. So you get to the part where the 153 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,120 you know, the growling and stuff, and you think, okay, oh 154 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,440 okay. So they also have one of the dudes in the band is Uh 155 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,279 also does some vocals. And then you were telling us, no, that's 156 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:16,679 Lana, that's all Lana. Actually both are true. Oh so the hire 157 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,360 of the two dirt dirty Yeah, the cleaner of the two dirty vocals is 158 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:26,279 actually the guitarist Johnny. Okay. And then the deep guttural growl is coming 159 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,559 from Lana, that deep voice that you hear. Yeah, yeah, has 160 00:15:28,639 --> 00:15:33,320 the dark side yeah. Oh, that's really cool. That's really cool. 161 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,159 I love it. I love it excellent. Hey, how did you know? 162 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,840 We're we're very close friends with Sepsis, of course, and they've been 163 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,440 on the show many times and we love them. How did you get connected 164 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,720 with them? They had a show a few years ago that was supposed to 165 00:15:46,799 --> 00:15:52,919 be opening for OTEP across across the street, Juli. Yeah, And when 166 00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:58,559 OTEP backed out because of COVID and everything, Stepsist reached out and asked if 167 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,519 the bill could honor the date. Ah, and she gave her blessing so 168 00:16:03,679 --> 00:16:07,360 that and if I remember right, that show was bad Tune sixteen by twenty 169 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:14,360 inverter In. Sepsis. Yeah, And that was actually the first time I 170 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,440 had been to a show as legion of Sotlas. That was maybe six months 171 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,759 after we had founded and that was when I was like, all right, 172 00:16:22,799 --> 00:16:26,720 I'm the only one here in New England. I should I should probably start 173 00:16:26,799 --> 00:16:30,600 meeting some people. And Sepsis was actually the very first band I met professionally 174 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:37,039 England, no kidding, wow. And we hit it off really well and 175 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,879 we've we've built from just kind of seeing each other at shows to we are 176 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:48,039 full on business affiliates now excellent, excellent. Yeah, they do a remarkable 177 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,320 job in terms of networking, and they do and connecting people, bringing people 178 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:59,600 together, and the positivity is remarkable. And and we'll play we'll play the 179 00:16:59,679 --> 00:17:03,399 single Romance and Reality in a moment. And Jenny pointed out to me the 180 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,359 other day that the new video is out. I love it, and yeah, 181 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,720 and the video is really cool. So yeah, we love we love 182 00:17:08,759 --> 00:17:11,599 Sepsis. Let's give this a spin. This has been running in my head 183 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,400 all week. Yeah, yeah, this is This is such a great track. 184 00:17:15,759 --> 00:17:17,839 By the way, if you're just joining us, we have Bruce from 185 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,039 Legion of Solace here with us live in studio and we're talking and we're playing 186 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:26,160 some tunes and uh yeah, check this out if you haven't heard it already, 187 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:27,200 we have. This is not a world radio premiere, of course, 188 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:32,599 because we first played this on the show a few months ago. But the 189 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:34,839 new video is out check it out on YouTube. But here it is Sepsis, 190 00:17:36,000 --> 00:18:26,519 Romance and Reality any place, Seer not Jay, not my game, 191 00:18:26,759 --> 00:19:23,960 but los amazing shot do master said the rats about I can't like you, 192 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:52,079 p well to you American Aga. Your d is tragic chapter bicks the magic 193 00:20:14,759 --> 00:20:52,319 that is Romance in Reality. That is the newest single from Sepsis and the 194 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,720 new video. The new new video just came out. What was it a 195 00:20:56,799 --> 00:21:00,559 few days ago? Right available now? Yeah, it was day this week. 196 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,039 Yeah, yeah, that is a check that out on YouTube, really 197 00:21:04,079 --> 00:21:07,000 really good. And if you are just joining us, we have Bruce from 198 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:11,599 a Legion of Solace here with us live in studio. Bruce. Is there 199 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:17,759 is there a particular band that you work with a lot more than the others? 200 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:18,880 Or I mean, is is there is there sort of a do you 201 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:22,519 have sort of a marquee talent that you work with? You know what I 202 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:26,039 mean? That's kind of takes priority in terms of what you do for for 203 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:33,720 these artists. Not really. Of course, the more active an artist or 204 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:37,319 a band is, the more content we will have to share from them. 205 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,039 So yeah, it will kind of skew that direction. Yeah, but if 206 00:21:41,279 --> 00:21:47,440 if if you're doing two or three shows a month, then we're pushing two 207 00:21:47,519 --> 00:21:52,839 or three shows and months for you. There's that there's no like different tiers 208 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,960 or levels of representation or anything like like that. If if you're family your 209 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,359 family, yeah, yeah, and what is sort of the criteria in terms 210 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,960 of people that you work with, because I would imagine being in your position 211 00:22:04,039 --> 00:22:07,400 with what you do, you probably occasionally, or maybe more than occasionally, 212 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:11,079 hear from someone who really wants you to work with them, but maybe they're 213 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:18,359 not ready, maybe they're not quite quite at a place where, you know, 214 00:22:18,559 --> 00:22:21,480 maybe maybe they just need to rehearse more or whatever it is. You 215 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:26,920 know. For the most part, myself, Malcolm Tuesday, and Evan we 216 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:32,480 kind of work independently. But when we get something that we're not sure about 217 00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:37,160 personally, we'll have them either go to our website, leaves to a solid 218 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,319 dot com, or we have the QR codes on our business cards and we'll 219 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,519 just have them scan that. And we have an artist's submission area, okay, 220 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:48,000 and then you can send us audio files or video files and then we'll 221 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:52,440 just kind of sit down as the brain trust in jury Jerry something. If 222 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,960 we're kind of on the fence with it. Yeah. Yeah, you occasionally 223 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,000 assume you have to turn somebody away now and then on occasion, Yeah, 224 00:22:59,279 --> 00:23:03,720 I mean we we try not to. Yeah, but and a lot of 225 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,119 a lot of time it's not necessarily a talent level issue. It's more of 226 00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:12,240 a production value issue of the recordings. Yes, yeah, because you could 227 00:23:12,279 --> 00:23:17,720 be the greatest band in the world. But if if you're if it sounds 228 00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:21,440 like you're on a carbon mic from the twenties, your drummers in the bathroom 229 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:26,480 stall, we are not going to hear your talent level. Right, So 230 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,279 that's the best thing I can give anybody, even if you're just recording in 231 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:36,240 your own basement. Staple egg grates to the wall right, kill sound, 232 00:23:36,319 --> 00:23:40,480 vibration, kill distortion. Try to try to record when your neighbor's not mowing 233 00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:44,119 their lawn, for instance. Little things like that will even affect the background. 234 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,640 Background noise is background noise, absolutely, And it's uh, you know, 235 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:49,759 I almost say to say it because it's such a cliche, but it 236 00:23:49,839 --> 00:23:52,720 is true. You only get one chance to make a first impression. And 237 00:23:52,839 --> 00:23:56,440 if you're if the first impression that you're giving to somebody in the music industry 238 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,680 who's a professional, you know, if you're giving them something that's sounds terrible, 239 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:07,480 that's not a great first impression. Give them something of quality. Absolutely. 240 00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:12,359 You also mentioned uh Inverter earlier in the conversation, and uh, I 241 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:17,480 do love this track bow to zod Oh they are so so fun and I 242 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,759 was actually I got to be part of the creation of that album, Sonic 243 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:26,279 Vandalism, that came out last September. They did a bit of a fundraiser 244 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,799 campaign and for a certain donation. I believe there was eight of us total. 245 00:24:32,759 --> 00:24:36,160 On the last I think it's the last song on the album. It's 246 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:41,559 called You've Been Warned. There's a gang shout, so in the chorus it 247 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:47,519 comes through and there's a shout of the word bleed. And so they brought 248 00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:48,640 us in and told us what we wanted to do. So it was kind 249 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,319 of like a VIP experience, if you will. We got to go hang 250 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,400 out at the studio for a while, we watch watching laid Downs. Bill 251 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,680 Bracken was doing some of the guitar parts, Jeff was doing some of the 252 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:04,920 drums, and then we all went in for fifteen twenty minutes. We I 253 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,440 think we did two or three takes, yeah, and they took the best 254 00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:12,640 one and then put everything in. So we're actually we actually made the album. 255 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:18,640 Oh that's really cool. But Boodasad Deek the front man from Inverter he's 256 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,799 actually an old radio man himself. He has a part of the VCN family. 257 00:25:21,839 --> 00:25:23,240 Oh, we had we had quite the conversation, but we had him 258 00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:27,279 on the show. He called in from Boston, and uh yeah, not 259 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,000 only did we talk about the band, but of course me being a radio 260 00:25:30,039 --> 00:25:33,440 nerd, right, I had to ask him all kinds of questions about his 261 00:25:33,559 --> 00:25:37,559 career, his radio career as well. Yeah. So because of that, 262 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,759 he's a just massive comic book geek. Oh really yeah, and you know, 263 00:25:44,079 --> 00:25:49,720 of course it's the Superman villain Zod and so so Baodusod is actually a 264 00:25:49,799 --> 00:25:53,640 play on Neil before Zod. Yeah, so that that's kind of his nod 265 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:57,519 to the old school comic gak comic geek dom if you will. Yeah, 266 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,000 yeah, I never got in a comic books, but of course I remember 267 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:03,480 Superman too, absolutely. You know when the when the three of them land 268 00:26:03,519 --> 00:26:07,880 on Earth, Neil before Zod, a big big piece of glass shattering over 269 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,599 the mountain. Yeah yeah, absolutely absolutely. All right, let's give this 270 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,119 a listen. This is great. Uh. I think this is one of 271 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,640 the tracks we played when Deeke was on the show, and definitely good stuff. 272 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:45,160 This is a bow to Zod from the band inverter w Man. It's 273 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:55,599 all you bo you win, you're buying machine, not doing all that's in 274 00:26:55,759 --> 00:27:00,960 the game, and I'll tell you what I mean esus that dam I'm round 275 00:27:02,039 --> 00:27:07,119 my eyes step that destroy. Don't you never ask? Fine, don't you 276 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:11,279 step to me. Don't tell me or tell me what to do. Ain't 277 00:27:11,319 --> 00:27:15,720 yet know your yellow loud y'all playing a drill bowl. You don't put about 278 00:27:15,799 --> 00:27:22,039 down butt amount down downs. You better go plow too. You'll do your 279 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:26,960 blows. You put about down, butt amount down down do but I'm go 280 00:27:27,279 --> 00:27:33,480 too short and just a lot they go talker up. Now, don't of 281 00:27:33,559 --> 00:27:37,880 it o man that you sell me was all they are far and now I 282 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,160 don't never man come out down. That's my way. You better get used 283 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:48,519 to be. I do proba guy that you bother a way, And I'm 284 00:27:48,599 --> 00:27:52,240 much smaller than you at that man, I'm bad. I was more doubt 285 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,200 anybody a little danger, and I'm failed. I'm a goddamn in general. 286 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:03,559 I'm the man you're resting bounces b You don't been about down bett'emount down 287 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,519 down. Don't better do bow door your your yard bowl n't been about out 288 00:28:10,279 --> 00:28:22,799 when him out out out. You don't put out wall your all bound up 289 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:34,240 my jack Uh, don't ad joab go di can go after that, ain't 290 00:28:34,279 --> 00:29:15,960 I ain't got no leader all y'all luck the mid No let him out now, 291 00:29:17,839 --> 00:29:22,160 let him out now, dow no Betta, no bowjojo, no god 292 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:27,720 bow no let him out, dow let him out now, dow do betous 293 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:42,400 About a odd from inverter the album Sonic Vandalism, great great Boston band. 294 00:29:42,759 --> 00:29:48,599 We are talking with Bruce from a Legion of Solace and uh, Jenny reminded 295 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,640 us while that song was on, we wanted to talk about the logo. 296 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:56,519 The creation of of your logo, which is very cool for Legion of Solace 297 00:29:57,079 --> 00:30:00,960 Surgeon. For those who can't see as you're listening on your lovely radios, 298 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,200 there is an awesome phoenix on the shirts and it has writing on it that 299 00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:11,160 says support local music and Legion of Solace. Now the cool part is how 300 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:15,920 did she come up with that? So Tuesday, our founder, she wanted 301 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:23,559 something unique and our motto is we rise to conquer together, so what better 302 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:29,720 to rise with than a phoenix? And as she was designing it to she 303 00:30:30,039 --> 00:30:33,039 was kind of kicking some ideas around for a few months and it dawned on 304 00:30:33,079 --> 00:30:40,039 her the tail feathers should be musical. So the tail feathers of the phoenix 305 00:30:40,119 --> 00:30:44,640 are actually a bar staff fanning out with music notes falling from it. Oh 306 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:51,839 nice, very cool. As soon as the rest of us saw it, 307 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:56,599 we were like, that's that's the one dude, don't lose that file, 308 00:30:56,839 --> 00:31:02,559 right, Oh my god, that is so cool. So you were very 309 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,720 kind and brought us both T shirts. Yes, yes, and I had 310 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:08,359 to pick it back up and look, it is a great idea. The 311 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:14,039 tail feather of the phoenix is a music staff with notes, and that that 312 00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:18,400 symbolizes music being the muse of the rise. I love this. I love 313 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,279 everything about it. I love phoenix anyway. Yeah, when I first started 314 00:31:22,359 --> 00:31:27,240 getting a little bit better and being painting, one of my first better paintings 315 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:32,599 was a phoenix. Nice symbolic of myself. Sure, and because they're always 316 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,720 on fire, and that connects to CRPS, which is what I have. 317 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,480 You know, there's that connection. But I and I'm a University of Phoenix 318 00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:42,400 grad. There you go a degree. But I love the shirt, I 319 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,920 really do. I love that it says support local music. This is gonna 320 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,400 be one of my new favorite T shirts. I can tell you that fantastic. 321 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,839 Yeah, I can't wait it, I love it. We've got you 322 00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:56,359 sent us. As we talked earlier, as we talked about earlier, he 323 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,920 sent us some music and tell us, what can you tell us about this 324 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:06,480 band, Fractured Reality. Fractured Reality is very impressive. There intended to be 325 00:32:06,519 --> 00:32:09,119 a three piece. They're they're currently missing a bass player. So if you 326 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:16,359 are in the Massachusetts, Connecticut area, and if you are very thrash metal 327 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:22,839 minded, they are a teenage band, so they're asking for thirteen to twenty 328 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:27,200 year old musicians. If you play bass, reach out to Logan. He 329 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,240 is the lead singer and drummer of Fractured Reality. Through Facebook, you either 330 00:32:32,039 --> 00:32:37,599 Facebook or their band camp and also on their band camp is where you can 331 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:43,440 find their debut single or their debut album. But I met them and also 332 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:51,400 a band called Living Wreckage January, the band dead by Wednesday. Yes, 333 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:57,559 ye know them well, Opus their drummer. I went down to the Blizzard 334 00:32:57,599 --> 00:33:00,200 Birthday bashed down in New Haven, down at Toad's place as a Sepsis was 335 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,680 playing that evening, so I went down to support them, take some pictures 336 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:08,200 for the evening, and Fractured Reality opened the evening. And when you're at 337 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:15,000 a six and a half hour event and the very first band pulls over one 338 00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:19,480 hundred people into the room. Oh wow, you pay attention. And then 339 00:33:19,599 --> 00:33:23,359 when they have that old school thrash sound that we've that us old heads have 340 00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:29,599 been craving to have back since the young Exodust Testament days. Yeah, they 341 00:33:29,799 --> 00:33:35,319 bring this back for you. And the fact that Logan is only fourteen years 342 00:33:35,359 --> 00:33:39,880 old. Wow, playing thrash drums and singing is cloudy. It's amazing to 343 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:45,160 me. Yes, the drummer is that is the vocal that is so talented. 344 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,200 You don't see that many drummers That sing is an amazing skill, and 345 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:52,559 especially in a thrash band because there's so much concentration going on at playing one 346 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:58,079 sixty to two twenty bpm anyway, So how do you do that? What 347 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:04,400 do you breathe? I tell people your brain has to work like an octopus. 348 00:34:04,519 --> 00:34:07,640 Each brain has to know how to keep time and keep a different count 349 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:12,719 because late, especially in thrash metal, your feete might be playing twelve twelve, 350 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,199 but your left hands playing four to four in your right hands playing eight 351 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,760 eight. Yeah, and people that are watching or going what are you is 352 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:24,280 that? Thirty two thirty two well, let's tell you what let's do. 353 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:30,039 Let's play both of these. So we've got Live for the End by Fractured 354 00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:34,960 Reality, and you also mentioned Living Wreckage. We've got this song sync below, 355 00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:38,440 and I really like both of these. We'll play these both. Anything 356 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:43,719 else you want to tell us about Living Wreckage, Living Wreckage Great Rate five 357 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,480 piece. They're out of Easthampton, Massachusetts. If you guys like what you 358 00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:51,840 hear. April fifth, they are going to be at the Park City Music 359 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,159 Hall in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They're opening up for the all female Iron Maiden 360 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:58,320 tribute band, The Iron Maidens. Oh wow, okay, cool, So 361 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,719 that'll be a fun night, very cool, very cool. All right, 362 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:07,159 so we'll give both of these a listen, first Fractured Reality and then Living 363 00:35:07,239 --> 00:36:07,719 Wreckage. Great stuff. Check this out, boys, rough do y'all have? 364 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:15,800 He says, So the dress joy? Heck the girls got joy. 365 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:27,480 Let I'll tell you, yeah, Jim Sir saying good b Yeah, Jim 366 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:34,079 Sir said complaining your faith, We'll cripping your joy. He's gonna look a 367 00:36:34,159 --> 00:36:39,480 shelter your front shopping the pain are chilling yourself? And I said, chill 368 00:36:40,119 --> 00:37:15,360 from the South. What fuck? Yeah? Jim sun defend look fuck yeah, 369 00:37:15,840 --> 00:38:10,719 jol suck defend what fuck yead don suck defend what fuck yeah till Sunday 370 00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:25,599 all las mistakes and fast shirts and says I come always so last stay then 371 00:38:27,199 --> 00:38:36,679 never day and I say all the prices and bastely all. I don't know 372 00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:49,960 all the reasons swell hard so my time, some call show my fi all 373 00:38:51,599 --> 00:39:23,400 song song hello, tree races all bad and I have come my dommy handsome 374 00:39:29,199 --> 00:39:36,559 up outside of the back, I say all the three says I can last 375 00:39:36,639 --> 00:39:49,079 help John on so know all thresons hard saw my side, some my so, 376 00:39:49,559 --> 00:40:37,800 my fid so side sa Freeza says, then you follow the sas can 377 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:49,559 tell Jay all so't know all reasons I fell all my time, some my 378 00:40:51,639 --> 00:41:37,079 some my five so below Oh I love that. That is sink below, 379 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:42,000 Sink Below by the band Living Wreckage. And before that we heard Live for 380 00:41:42,119 --> 00:41:45,519 the End by uh what band was that? That was fractured reality, Fractured 381 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:50,639 reality. We're listening to a lot of music today with we have Bruce from 382 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,920 Legion of Solace here with us live in studio, almost out of time. 383 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,840 But if you have a question or anything at all for Bruce get on in 384 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,719 six O three two five O six oh seven. The studio line is open 385 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,760 six oh three two five O six oh seven. Uh. Coming up at 386 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,800 the top of the hour, we have Joe Morrero I think that's how you 387 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,760 say his last name from the band The Great Fraud is going to be calling 388 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,800 in from New York City. Do you know those guys at all? Do 389 00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:20,840 you know The Great Fraud? I I didn't until a couple of days ago. 390 00:42:21,199 --> 00:42:22,400 Yeah. When I saw you post about him, for the first thing 391 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:27,239 I do was like, ooh homework. Yeah, yeah, great sound, 392 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,639 yeah, absolutely great sound. Yeah, they're really cool. They're really cool. 393 00:42:30,679 --> 00:42:32,320 I'm excited for all the artists that you have. I'm excited to see 394 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,920 what keep bringing them to us. Yeah, bring them on in here. 395 00:42:37,039 --> 00:42:38,840 I love to. I want to take a quick moment to say hi to 396 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:44,360 everybody in the chat room. Hello, Carol Zolski, Stepsis woo woo. 397 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:50,880 Melanie is around and she says she's going to be spreading some paganism in Florida. 398 00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:55,159 We all love her all right, very good shout out to Riley King, 399 00:42:55,480 --> 00:43:00,719 Kyle Clayton, Glenn R. Julette. Oh wow, the people's mare. 400 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,280 Very good. So that that means if we have a Florida mand story 401 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,039 in the next two or three days, we know who to blame. Ah 402 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,480 Melanie, well, he's not been given anywhere she goes, and she did 403 00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:15,199 bring sal with her. Sal is her miniature skeleton. Okay, who is 404 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,039 there her? Would you call it her familiar maybe? Or something else? 405 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:23,559 Nice to bring in places and take fun pictures, Bruce, uh before we 406 00:43:23,639 --> 00:43:27,239 run out of time in the hour. I want to make sure, especially 407 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,280 for people who are just joining us, I want to make sure everybody knows 408 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,760 how to find you, how to find Legion of Solace, especially of course 409 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,840 anyone who's interested in having you work with them. Sure, and and all 410 00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,800 that, all that good stuff. The easiest places to find us are on 411 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:49,480 Facebook Legion of Solace and at www dot Legionosolace dot com. Well it's easy, 412 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,360 I'm going to drop that right into the chat. Yes, yes, 413 00:43:52,559 --> 00:43:55,800 And if you feel inclined to support our endeavors, if you click on our 414 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:00,639 menu tab and on the drop down you click Legion Out. We have a 415 00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:06,079 full merchandise store with roughly eighty to one hundred pieces to choose from regular accessories, 416 00:44:06,199 --> 00:44:08,400 men's, women's, children's, unisex. We have everything that might cover 417 00:44:08,519 --> 00:44:13,239 your needs. Excellent, excellent, very good, awesome T shirts and they're 418 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:17,320 comfortable. Yeah, yeah, thank you for the shirts. We appreciate that 419 00:44:17,519 --> 00:44:21,960 very much. And I love that they say support local music, right, 420 00:44:22,639 --> 00:44:25,280 yep, that's what we're all about. Absolutely. Yeah. Then, yeah, 421 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:29,280 we really appreciate you being here with us today. We're actually gonna close. 422 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,559 You would send us another nail Bite song, Endless, and that's that's 423 00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:36,480 the one we'll close out the segment with. But Bruce, thank you again, 424 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,880 and we're going to close with this track Endless from the band nail Bite. 425 00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:45,400 Is there anybody we didn't play? We got all the bands covered right 426 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:46,960 that you sent us. I believe we did, just making sure. Okay, 427 00:44:47,159 --> 00:44:51,199 very good, very and by the way, we love being exposed to 428 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,639 all this new music. I'd not heard nail Bite before today or a Living 429 00:44:53,679 --> 00:44:58,239 Wreckage and both were awesome, just great stuff. And by the way, 430 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,760 too, we should mention just because we were talking about out this off air. 431 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,159 You know, if you're someone who thinks that there's no new music out 432 00:45:04,199 --> 00:45:06,280 there, maybe you're an older person, you know, because we were talking 433 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,840 about how people get stuck in their you know their eras. There is so 434 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,239 much great stuff. Oh what was? What was? What did you say, 435 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,480 Bruce? You used an expression. You can't be afraid to get your 436 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:17,599 shoes dirty to find good music. There you go, there you go, 437 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:22,880 your favorite dive bar, your local dive bar. The hole in the wall 438 00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,159 that you never thought to go in just might have the next Metallica hiding in 439 00:45:25,199 --> 00:45:29,239 it, exactly. And you really don't even have to get your shoes dirty 440 00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:32,320 because of the Internet. You consider your computer and find new stuff. Absolutely 441 00:45:32,639 --> 00:45:36,800 so. Yeah, So don't don't get. Don't get trapped in what era 442 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,039 you grew up in. There are people, no matter what kind of music 443 00:45:39,079 --> 00:45:45,360 you're into, there are new bands, new artists, or maybe established artists 444 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:51,400 that you just didn't know about before making music right now, they would probably 445 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,920 really appeal to you. So don't don't get, don't get stuck in your 446 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,639 bubble. All right, that's our lesson for today. I shouldn't say that's 447 00:45:58,679 --> 00:46:00,880 our lesson for today because I say it. I say it all the time 448 00:46:00,639 --> 00:46:04,960 I bring up I know my dad appreciates when I mentioned this. You know, 449 00:46:05,159 --> 00:46:07,440 my father is in his seventies and he lives on the seacoast and He 450 00:46:07,519 --> 00:46:10,920 listens to w u n H, the great college radio station there because he 451 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,599 loves hearing new stuff. So you don't have to get stuck in a particular 452 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:21,519 period of time. So we will end with this endless from nail bite Bruce 453 00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:23,079 from Legion of Solace, thank you again, my friend, thanks for having 454 00:46:23,119 --> 00:47:25,639 me. You got it anything smooth Sweetie said, I was a round. 455 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:35,840 I tried to silk sos fils or conceptually fast cluel or thought to see Christmas 456 00:47:36,119 --> 00:48:07,880 taste the sides on this we can't contain. From the school goes thanks stop 457 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:40,280 smooth fla feel strong, smooth sweet sake. Sas again starts a sup stop 458 00:48:47,800 --> 00:49:42,760 from sat so were were you going? Saying, oh you joy, you 459 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:52,840 work mold or worse no lor of thor story work working foy wo